621
,
COUNTY OF ELGIN
621
By-Law No
It
TO ESTABLISH A POLICE VILLAGE_AT RODNEY.
Passed
1901
WHEREAS under the authority of the Act 6J Victoria,
Chapter 33, Section 50, it is enacted that the Council of
any county, or the councils of any counties in which an unin-
corporated village is situated, shall set apart such unincor-
porated village as a police village upon a petition being
presented, describing the area to be included in such village
and signed by a majority of the ratepayers resident therein.
Where such unincorporated village lies wholly in one county,
the Council shall, in and by such By-Law, fix a time and place
for, and shall name a Returning Officer for conducting the
first election of Police Trustees as hereinafter mentioned,
and the date of the first meeting of the Police Trustees after
such election.
19th March,
AND WHEREAS, a petition has been received from the
residents of the Unincorporated Village of Rodney, in the
Township of Aldborough praying for the formation of a Police
Village.
AND WHEREAS such petition defines the area to be
included in such Village, and is signed by a majority of the
ratepayers therein,
as
The Elgin County Council therefore enacts
1. That the Unincorporated Village of Rodney,
in the Township of Aldborough be and is hereby set apart
a Police Village
2. That the area to be included in the said Police
Village of Rodney shall comprise all and singular that certain
parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Town-
ship of Aldborough, in the County of Elgin and Province of
Ontario, being composed of the south halves of lots number six
and seven in the seventh concession, the north halves of lots
numbers six and seven in the eighth concession and the south
east quarter of lot number six and the south west quarter of
lot number seven both in the eighth concession all in the
Township of Aldborough, containing five hundred acres more or
less.
J. A meeting of the electors shall be held for the
nomination of candidates for the office of Police Trustees,
in the said Village of Rodney, in the Town Hall, at noon on
Tuesday the 9th day of April.
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4. The Returning Officer shall preside at such
meeting, and shall give at least six days notice of the
same.
5. If after a lapse of one hour more than three
candidates are nominated, the Returning Officer or Chairman
shall adjourn the proceedings until Tuesday, the 16th day
of April when a poll or polls shall be opened in the Town
Hall, at nine o'clock in the morning, and shall continue
until five o'clock in the afternoon and no longer.
6. That Mr. E. A. Hugill of the said'!Village of
Rodney, be and is hereby appointed Returning Officer for con-
ducting such election of Police Trustees.
7. That the first meeting of Police Trustees after
such election shall be held at the Town Hall on the 2Jrd day
of April, at eleven a. m.
Council Chamber
St. Thomas
19th March, 1901.
K. W. McKay W. O. Pollock
County Clerk Warden
Passed 19th March, 1901.
Certified - K. W. McKay County Clerk