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COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 282
TO CONFIRM BY-LAW NUMBER 229 OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLD TO CONVEY TO THE HEIRS OF THE LATE
JESSE ZAVITZ A CERTAIN ROAD ALLOWANCE THEREIN MENTIONED"
Passed 22 June 1876
BE IT ENACTED by the Corporation of the County
of Elgin under authority of the Municipal Institutions Act
That By-law number two hundred and twenty nine of
the Township of Southwold to convey a.certain road allowance
therein mentioned to the heirs of the late Jesse Zavitz be
and is hereby confirmed.
St. Thomas
County of Elgin
21 June 1876
William McKay George Suffel
Clerk Warden
Read a first time 22 June 1876
Read a second time 22 June 1876
Read a third time and passed 22 June 1876
Certified W. McKay Clerk
Note: Attached is a copy of a letter to the Township of
Southwold from Jno. D. Baikie, Provincial Land
Surveyor. Also attached is a copy of Township of
Southwold By-law No. 229
(Cont'd)
By-Law No 282 Page 2
To the Reeve and Municipal Council of the
~~ownship of Southwold -
Gentlemen
I beg leave to report that in compliance with
the request of Mr. Fossett I have measured the content of
land contained in that part of the Union Road lying between
the Town Line between the Townships of Yarmouth and Southwold
and where the said present travelled road used in lieu of said
Union road deviates southerly leading to Port Stanley and find
the same to contain by admeasurement 1-45/100 acres be the same
more or less, and may be more particularly described as follows
that is to say.
CommBncing at a point where the northerly limit
of the Union Road intersects the westerly limit of the Town
Line between Yarmouth and Southwold.
Thence westerly on the north limit of Union
Road 14 chains, 56 links more or less to the easterly limit
of the road leading south to Port Stanley and laid out in lieu
of said Union Road.
Thence southerly on the easterly limit of said
road laid out in lieu of said Uni.on Road 1.00 chain more or
less to the southerly limit of Union Road.
Thence easterly on the southerly limit of said
Union Road 14 chains, 56 links more or less to the westerly
limit'of the Town Line.
Thence northerly on the west limit of the Town
Line 1.00 chain more or less to the place of beginning.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen
Your Obedient Servant
Jno. D. Baikie
Provincial Land Surveyor
St. Thomas
October 3rd 1874
(Cont'd
By-Law No 282 Page 3
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLD
By-Law No. 229
~TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE OF A CERTAIN ROAD ALLOWANCE
IN 'mE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLD".
Passed 10th January 1845
WHEREAS that part of the Union Road lying between
the Town Line between the Township of Yarmouth and Southwold
and where the said present travelled road used in lieu of
said Union Road deviates southerly leading to Port Stanley
and find to contain 1-45/100 acres be the same more or less
and may be more particularly described as follows, that is to
say.
Commencing at a point where the northerly limit of
the Union Road intersects the westerly limit of the Town Line
between Yarmouth and Southwold.
Thence westerly on the north limit of Union Road
14 chains, 56 links more or less to the easterly limit of
the road leading south to Port Stanley and laid out in lieu
of said Union Road.
Thence southerly on the easterly limit of said road
laid out in lieu of said Union Road 1.00 chain more or less
to the southerly limit of Union Road.
Thence easterly on the southerly limit of said Un-
ion Road 14 chains, 56 links more or less to the westerly
limit of the Town Line.
Thence northerly on the west limit of the 'rown
1.00 chain more or less to the place of beginning.
AND WHEREAS the said piece of land having been con-
demned by John D. Baikie, Esquire, Provincial Land Surveyor
as being useless to the public according to a report hereto
annexed.
AND WHEREAS by the 334th section of the Municipal
Institutions Act 29th & 30th Victoria, Chapter 51, the Council
of the Municipality is authorized to sell and convey an origin-
al road allowance which is of the opinion of said Council
useless to the public.
AND WHEREAS the heirs of the late Jesse Zavitz
being the owners of the lands near the said original road
allowance the Council of the Township of Southwold deems it
expedient to authorize the conveyance of said original road
allowance to the said heirs in lieu of lands taken from the
said lot
(Cont'd)
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No
By-Law
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the
Township of Southwold by virtue and under the authority afore-
said that that part of the Union Road lying between the Town
Line between the Townships of Yarmouth and Southwold and
where the said present travelled road used in lieu of said
Union Road deviates southerly leading to Port Stanley be con-
veyed to the heirs of the late Jesse Zavitz being the owners
of the lands adjoining. And that the Reeve of the said Town-
ship execute a conveyance on behalf of the Council for said
road in the Township of Southwold to the heirs of the late
Jesse Zavitz their heirs and assigns and attach the seal of
the Corporation hereto
AND IT IS enacted that this By-Law shall take effect
from and after the tenth day of January in the year of our
Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred and seventy-six
David King
Reeve
Samuel 'rubbey
Municipal Clerk
1876
10th January
Passed