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326 COUNTY OF ELGIN 326 By-Law No :TO AM:§.ill2.ßY-LAW-1iUMBER ~l¡. INCORPOB.£TIN~THE VILLAGÆ OF_SPRINGFIE1D" Passed 13 November 1879 WHEREAS the Corporation of the Village of Springfield have petitioned the Elgin County Council to amend By-Law 294, being a By-Law passed by the Elgin County Council to incorporate the Village of Springfield was found to be incomplete. BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the County of Elgin under authprijy of the fifteenth section of the Municipal Institutions Act that By-Law number 294 to incorporate the Village of Springfield be and is hereby amended so that part of the description of the boundaries of the Village of Springfield in Malahide shall read as follows: COMMENCING on the southern limit of road allowance between the Townships of Malahide and South Dorchester at a point ten chains westerly from the north east angle of lot number (18) eighteen in the ninth concession of said Township of Malahide. THENCE southerly parallel to the eastern limit of said lot number eighteen, forty-two chains, seventy- five links more or less to the northerly limit of the south hundred acres. limi t chains THENCE easterly parallel to the southerly of said lots numbers eighteen and nineteen, thirty more or less to the limit between said lots numbers nineteen and twenty. THENCE northerly on the limit between lots nineteen and twenty in said Township of Malahide, eighty- three links more or less to the north west angle of the south half of said lot number twenty. THENCE easterly parallel to the southerly limit of said lot number twenty, twenty chains more or less to the road allowance between lots numbers twenty and twenty-one aforesaid. ) (Cont'd By-Law No. 326 Page 2 THENCE southerly and easterly across said road allowance to the north west angle of the south half of said lot number twenty-one. THENCE easterly parallel with the front of said lot number twenty-one on the limit between the north and south halves of said lot twenty-one, twenty chains more or less to the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty-two. THENCE northerly on the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty-two, fifty chains more or less to the road allowance between the ninth and tenth concessions of the said Township of Malahide. Read a first time the 13th November 1879 Read a second time the 13th November 1879 Read a third time and finally passed the 13th November 1879 Certified W. McKay Clerk William McKay - Clerk T.W. Kirkpatrick Warden See Petition of the Municipal Corporation of the Village of Springfield - also Description of boundaries of the Incorporated Village of Springfield - also Letter from Mr. W. Harold Barnum attached (Cont'd) 326 Page 3 in CQuncil Assê.!!!Q;hed: By-Law No :;£2-ThLCOuncil-2.! the CO!Q!1LQf El¡;çin THE petition of the Municipal Corporation of the Village of Springfield humbly sheweth THAT WHEREAS cer.tain errors exist in the description of the Yillage of Springfield as contained in By-Law No. 294, of the Elgin County Council whereby said Village was Incorporated. 294, THEREFORE your petitioners, humbly pray your Honorable Body to pass a By-Law so amending By-Law No as that the description of the Village of Springfield shall read as follows: COMMENCING on the southern limit of road allowance between the Townships of Malahide and South Dorchester at a point ten chains westerly from the north east angle of lot number 18 in the ninth concession of said Township of Malahide. THENCE southerly parallel to the eastern limit of said lot No. 18 forty-two chains, seventy-five links more or less to the northerly limit of the south hundred acres easterly parallel to the southerly limit s eighteen and nineteen, thirty chains the limit between said lots No's nineteen THENCE of said lots No' more or less to and twenty. TrÅ’NCE northerly on the limit between lots nineteen and twenty in said Township of Malahide, eighty-three links more or less to the north west ahgle of the south half of said lot number twenty. THENCE easterly parallel to the southerly limit of said lot No. 20, twenty chains more or less to the road allowance between lots numbers twenty and twenty-one aforesaid. THENCE southerly and easterly across said road allowance to the north west angle of the south half said lot No. 21. ) (Cont'd By-Law No 326 Page 4 THENCE easterly parallel with the front of said lot No. 21 on the limit between the north and south halves of said lot twenty-one, twenty chains more or less to the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty-two THENCE northerly on the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty-two, fifty chains more or less to the road allowance between the ninth and tenth concessions of Malahide. J.T.C. Yoder J . B. Mill s Village Clerk Reeve Copy: Moved by J. Sisler, Sec. by W.R. Summers that this Corporation petition the County Council at its next meeting to pass a By-Law to amend By-Law 294 of the County Council with a view to correct certain errors in the boundaries of this village as contained in said By-Law No. 294. I certify that the above is a correct copy of the Resolution passed at the regular meeting of the Springfield Council Nov. 4 1879. J.T.C. Yoder Village Clerk (Cont' d) 326 By-Law No Page 5 INCORPORATED VILLAGE .QE-§PRINGFIELD A§ DE~INED BY BY-LAW NO. 224 PASSED_J2.X~HE ;!!;LGIN_c:OUNTY_QOUNCIL ON T){E 19TfLDAX...QL!!IU:!.~ BQ1!NDARIES OF THE ~ESCRIPTION-ºF THE 18ZLAS-AMENDED J2.LJ2.Y-LA!L,'g§.-1:ASS:ED ON_~1gL1.1~!:U')!OVEMBER 1879 Village of Springfield COMPOSED of parts of lots eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one fun the ninth concession of Malahide and lot twenty-one and part of twenty-two in the tenth concession of said Township of Malahide, and parts of lots numbers five, six and seven in the twelfth concession of the Township of Dorchester and described as follows Boundaries of the COMMENCING on the southern limit of road allowance between the Townships of Malahide and South Dorchester at a point ten chains westerly from the north east angle of lot number eighteen (18) in the ninth concession of said Township of Malahide. THENCE southerly parallel to the eastern limit of said lot number eighteen, forty-two chains, seventy-five links more or less to the northerly limit of the south hundred acres. THENCE easterly parallel to the southerly limit of said lots numbers eighteen and nineteen, thirty chains more or less to the limit between said lots numbers nineteen and twenty. THENCE northerly on the limit between lots nineteen and twenty in said Township of Malahide, eighty-three links more or less to the north west angle of the south half of said lot number twenty. THENCE easterly parallel to the southerly limit of said lot number twenty, twenty cljains more or less to the road allowance between lots numbers twenty and twenty-one aforesaid. THENCE southerly and easterly across said road allowance to the north west angle of the south half of said lot number twenty-one THENCE easterly parallel with the front of said lot number twenty-one on the limit between the north and south halves of said lot twenty-one, twenty chains (Cont'd) Page 6 or less to the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty- 326 By-Law No more two. THENCE northerly on the limit between lots twenty-one and twenty-two, fifty chains more or less to the road allowance between the ninth and tenth concessions of the said Township of Malahide THENCE in a straight line to a point on north side of the road allowance between the ninth and tenth concessions, two chains, seventy-five links easterly of the south west angle of lot number twenty-two in the tenth concession, said point being where the continuation of the easterly limit of lands owned by Jesse Weaver would intersect the north limit of said road allowance between the ninth and tenth concessions if produced southerly across the Canada Southern Railway right of way. of THENCE northerly parallel to the west limit lot number twenty-two on the easterly limit of Jesse weavers land, seven chains more or less to the road allowance between the Townships of Malahide and South Dorchester THENCE across said last mentioned road allowance to a point which is distant, ten chains easterly from the south westerly angle of lot number five in the twelfth concession of South Dorchester aforesaid with the westerly limit of fifty links northerly parallel seventeen chåins, THENCE lot number five, THENCE westerly parallel with the northerly limit of said road allowance between Malahide and South Dorchester, at a\.unifor.m distarrce of seventeen chains and fifty links to the limit between lots numbers seven and eight in said twelfth concession of South Dorchester THENCE southerly along said limit to the northerly boundary of the road allowance between the Townships of Malahide and South Dorchester. THENCE across said road allowance in a straight Imne to the place of beginning and not exceeding in the whole, five hundred acres. (Cont'd) By-Law No. 326 Page 7 W. Harold Barnum B.A Solicitor for the Phone Office 91 Township of Malahide. Residence 90 Carnation Milk Products Co. Limited. North & South Dorchester Mutual Fire Insuranc Go. The Imperial Trust Company of Canada. The South Malahide Telephone Co Office: 74 Talbot Street East Aylmer, Ont., Feb. lOth, 1926 K.W. McKay Esq., County Clerk St. Thomas, Ontario Springfield vs M.C.R. Dear Sir: I suppose there is in your records, a By-Law incorporating the Village of Springfield as a Village I have no idea when this took place, must be back in the '70's some time. If you have such By-Law, will you be kind enough to send me a duly certified copy thereof along with a memorandum of your fees for the same? I shall be oblige if this can be sent as promptly as possible. Yours truly, WHB/MR W. Harold Barnum Copy of original letter