609
COUNTY OF ELGIN
609
By-Law No
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TO AUTHORIZE THE WARDEN TO SIGN AGREEMENTS.
Passed 15th June 1900
WHEREAS the agreement entered into between the
City of St. Thomas and the County of Elgin in the year
1894 to provide for the payment of expenses of the admini-
stration of justice by the city to the county expired on
the first day of January 1900
AND WHEREAS it has been agreed by the said City
of St. Thomas and the County of Elgin that the said City
of St. Thomas should pay to the said County the sum of
$3000 yearly during a term of five years commencing the
first day of January 1900.
was damaged by fire
been rebuilt and en-
AND WHEREAS the Court House
on the first day of July 1898 and has
larged at an expense of about $50,000
AND WHEREAS it has been agreed by the said City
of St. Thomas and County of Elgin that the said City of St
Thomas should pay the said County of Elgin their proportion
of the total cost to be divided on the basis of census popula-
tion in twenty annual payments with 3~ per cent interest.
AND WHEREAS it is necessary that a separate agree-
ment should be prepared to be signed by the Warden and Mayor
of the said County and City respectively.
The County Council of the County of Elgin enacts
I. That the County Solicitor be and is hereby
instructed to prepare an agreement to provide for the pay-
ment to the County by the City of the sum of $3000 yearly
during a term of five years commencing on the first day of
January 1900, such amount to be in lieu of all expenses of
administration of justice, registry office and all other
accounts to which the City of St. Thomas should contribute
during the said term.
II. That the said Solicitor be and is hereby in-
structed to prepare an agreement to proy~de for the payment
by the City to the County of their proportion of the total
cost of the rebuilding and enlarging the Court House to be
divided on the basis of census population in twenty payments
with 3~% interest.
(Cont'd)
By-Law No 609 Page 2
III. That the Warden and Clerk be and are hereby
authorized to sign said agreements on behalf of this said
Council and affix the County Seal thereto.
Council Chamber
St. Thomas
15th June 1900
County Clerk Warden
Passed 15th June 1900
Certified - County Clerk
Original copy not signed or sealed