971
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 971
TO AUTHORIZE THE WARDEN TO SIGN AGREEMENT. n
WHEREAS under the provisions of the Highway Improve-
ment Act, the County Council during the years 1918 and 1919,
made grants to the frown of Aylmer, a balance of five thousand
and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-three cents of which has
not been paid over.
AND WHEREAS the frown of Aylmer has improved the
streets which form the connecting links with County Roads
through the Town.
AND WHEREAS the said Town issued debentures to pay
the cost of improving said Streets and is desirous of er~ering
into an agreement with the County under the provisions of thé .
said Act with respect to the application of said grants and
for annual grants from said Council during the period for
which Debentures have been issued to be applied towards the
maintenance of said roads and the payment of sáid Debeni;ures.
AND WHEREAS an agreement between the said Town and
County for the purposes aforesaid has been entered into which
agreement is subject to the approval of the Minister of High-
ways.
The Elgin County C ounc il enacts:
frhat the Warden be and is hereby authorized to sign
said agreement in such form as it may be approved by thE!
Minister of Highways and that the same shall be attached to
and form part of this By-Law.
Elgin County Council Chambers
St. Thomas
June 19, 1920
K. W. McKay W. H. Mills
County Clerk Warden
Passed 19th June 1920
Certified correct K. W. McKay - County Clerk
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By-Law No 971 Page 2
W. A. McLean, M.E.I.C.
Deputy Minister
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Toronto, October 21, 1920.
K. W. McKay, Esq.,
County Clerk,
St. Thomas, Onto
Dear Mr. McKay:
In accordance with your request, I am herewith
returning two copies of the Agreement between the CountJ'
of Elgin and the Town of Aylmer, approved by the MinistEir
of Highways, in pursuance of provisions of the Highway
Improvement Act.
Yours truly,
W. A. McLean
WAM/HB
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Schedule "A referred to in the annexed Agreement.
By-Law Date Years to Run 'I\own's Share Annual
Payment Towns Share
781 1911 1920 - 31 1,452.00 116.45
793 1912 1920 - 32 12,000.00 962.40
81.3 1913 1920 - 33 10,235.00 892.30
814 1913 1920 - 33 11,935.05 1,040.73
824 1913 1920 - 33 9.998.76 871.82
851 1914 1920 - .34 2.172.00 189.39
852 1914 1920 - 34 8,485.00 739. 90
856 1914 1920 - 34 565.78 49.32
Total.............. $56,843.59 $Lf,862.31
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Note Totals were initialed but illegible
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T HIS A G R E E MEN T made the
twelfth day of October A.D.. 1920.
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THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
hereinafter called the "COUNTY"
Of the First Part
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AYLMER
hereinafter called the "TOWN"
Of the Second Part
WHEREAS pursuant to By-Laws Numbers 781. 793, 813.
814, 824. 851. 852 and 856, the said Town has improved i.n a
permanent manner certain streets within the Corporation
limits of the said Town. which form connecting links between
certain roads designated as County Roads by the said County
and have issued Debentures pursuant to said By-Laws to pro-
vide for the cost of the work so undertaken and performe,d by
the said Town.
AND WHEREAS the said County has by By-Law undeir the
Highway Improvement Act of Ontario granted to the said T'own
of Aylmer certain sums of money for the purpose of improvement
of certain of the streets mentioned and referred to in c:er-
tain of said By-Laws and there now remains to the credit of
the said Town the sum of $5.029.63 being the amount granted
by the County to the said Town for the purposes aforesaid.
AND WHEREAS it has been and is hereby agreed. sub-
ject to the terms. conditions and provisoes herein contained
by and between the said County and the said Town as follows:-
1. The said County shall yearly and every year,
during the period for which Debentures have been issued
under said By-Laws as shown by Schedule A, attached herE~to.
grant and apportion to the said Town under the provisions of
the Highway Improvement Act. and amount equal to the proportion
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By-Law No
payable by the said Town as a Corporation towards the improve-
ment of County Highways under the said Act to be arrived at
and determined by the said County upon the express understand-
ing and ªgreement that the said Town shall out of the sum or
sums so granted complete any work not completed on said roads
and shall maintain and keep in proper and sufficient repair
all said roads mentioned in said By-Laws and whatever balance
may remain of said yearly grant by the County to said Town
may be applied upon the portion required to be paid by the
said Town as a Corporation of the Debentures maturing from
time to time under the provisions of the said By-Laws hEir'e-
inbefore referred to and the said Town may also in like manner
and for like purposes only as aforesaid apply the balanc,e of
the grant or grants already made by the said County to the
said Town, but which have not as yet been paid over to the
said Town.
2. The said Town doth hereby covenant and agree to
and with the said County to fully and completely do, execute
and perform all and every of the conditions, provisoes and
agreements herein contained.
3. All said work to be done, executed or performed
and all material used in connection therewith is to be c:arried
out under the inspection of the County Road Superintendent
of the said County and in accordance with such regulations of
the Highways Department of the Province of Ontario as may be
applicable thereto
4. This Agreement and any By-Law in connection
therewith shall not take effect until the same has been approved
of by the Minister of said Department as provided in the Highway
Improvement Act or amendments thereto.
IN WITNESS\WHEREOF the said Corporations have
hereunto affixed their respective Corporate Seals and signed
by the Warden and Clerk of the said County and the Mayor and
Clerk of the said Town.
Warden
Mills
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Clerk
McKay
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Ma:y-or
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Wagner
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SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
In the presence of
Denning
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APPROVED
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby approved.
Dated the 19th day of Oct. A. D., 1920.
Minister of Public Works and Highways
DATED October 12, A.D., 1920
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AYLMER
A G R E E MEN T
C. ST. CLAIR LEITCH
Solicitor for County of Elgin
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CLERK'S OFFICE
TOWN OF AYLMER
July 22
Dear Sir,
Duly considered the Agreement with Council and
all expressed that same' was OK.
Your respectfully,
Mayor Wagner
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