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COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 286
" TO CONFIRM BY-LAW NUMBER 2'3" OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLD
BEING A BY-LAW TO CONVEY THE ROAD ALLOWANCE LEADING TO THE
OLD SELBORNE BRIDGE".
BE IT enacted by the Municipal Council of the Corp-
oration of the County of Elgin -
That By-law Number 235 of the Township of Southwold
being a By-law to sell the road allowance leading to the Old
Selborne Bridge and the said Bridge.
Be and the said By-law is hereby confirmed.
St. Thomas
15 November 1876
George Suffel
Warden
Read a first time 16 November 1876
Read a second time 16 November 1876
Read a third time and passed 16 November 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
and a copy of Township of Southwold By-law No. 235
Cont'd)
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By-Law No 286 Page 2
To the Reeve and Council of the Township of Southwold
Gentlemen
I beg leave to report that in comp-
liance with a notice received from S. 'rubby Esquire
Municipal Clerk dated the 2nd instance: to examine
the "Old Selborne Bridge and the road connecting
therewith with a view to the closing of same to
public travel".
On the 3rd instance I examined said
road and bridge.
Bridge - The latter I found boarded up at each end to prevent
the public from using the same as a public highway.
This I consider as proper, as the middle pier or
bent of the bridge has been removed, I suppose by a
freshet, thereby causing the bridge to sag in the
centre and to be unsafe for public traveL
Road - Owing to the opening of Warren Street and the build-
ing of a new bridge on said street across Kettle
Creek, which is as convenient to the travelling pub-
lic as the old highway connecting the road running
south on the west side of Kettle Creek or Mill Street
from Union Road to the Village of Port Stanley, with
the London and Port Stanley Gravel Road, I consider
that the old road and Selborne Bridge are unnecessary
as a public highway.
All of which is respectfully submitted
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen
Your Obedient Servant
Jno. D. Baikie
Provincial Land Surveyor
St. Thomas
10th February 1876
(Cont'd)
By-Law No 286 Page 3
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLD
By-Law No. 235
"TO AUTHORIZE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
SOUTHWOLD TO SELL THE ROAD ALLOWANCE LEADING TO THE OLD
SELBORNE BRIDGE AND THE BRIDGE".
Passed 29th May 1876
WHEREAS the road leading to the Selborne Bridge
being considered useless to the public according to the
report of John D. Baikie Esquire, Provincial Land Surveyor
and a new road having been laid out and travelled in lieu
thereof, it is deemed expedient to dispose of the old bridge
called Selborne Bridge and road leading thereto.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Municipal Corporation
of the Township of Southwold under and b~ virtue of the Mun-
icipal Institutions Act of 1873 section 41, sub-section 2 -
That that portion of road allowance leading to the
Selborne Bridge be sold to the owners of the land adjoining
said bridge or otherwise as the law directs.
AND IT IS ALSO enacted that the old Selborne Bridge
be sold and the proceeds equally divided between the Townships
of Yarmouth and Southwold.
Samuel TUbby D. Brown
Municipal Clerk Reeve
Passed 29th May 1876