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328 COUNTY OF ELGIN By-Law No. 328 "TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN TO ERECT A BRIDGE ACROSS KETTLE CREEK IN THE VILLAGE OF_PORT STßITLEY". Passed 13 November 1879. WHEREAS the bridge across Kettle Creek at the Village of Port Stanley having become dangerous it is deemed expedient..to erect a new bridge in lieu thereof. AND WHEREAS under the 494th section of the Municipal Act, County Councils are required to keep up bridges over one hundred feet in length in incorporated villages, and the bridge at Port Stanley being over one hundred feet in length it is deemed necessary to erect a new structure in lieu thereof. BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the County of Elgin that a new bridge be erected across Kettle Creek at the Village of Port Stanley with an .iron super structure of about two hundred feet in length and eighteen feet in width with wood abutments according to the plans and specifications of Alfred Ware, Engineer. AND IT IS ALSO enacted that M. Payne, James Martin and Duncan Campbell be a Special Committee, in conjunction with Mr. Ware to advertise for tenders and let contract for building said bridge and have the work proceeded with under the Superintendence of Alfred Ware, the County Engineer, and according to the plans and specifications prepared by him.- AND THE County Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay orders for the erection of said bridge on certificate of the County Engineer, signed by the Chairman of said Committee and Warden of the County. AND THE Warden of the County is hereby authorized to execute contracts on behalf of the County for said works and attach the seal of the County thereto. Read a first time 14 Nov. 1879 Read a second time 14 Nov~ 1879 Read a third time and passed 14 Nov 1879 Certified - W McKay Clerk Sealed but no signatures on.