1367
A B~-law for Granting Aid to Certain Patriotic /{
Organizations wi thin the County of Elgin
WHERJTIAS it is deemed expedient to assist certain Patriotic
Organizations functioning in the County of Elgin,
AND \~REAS by virtue of Chapter 266, Section 404, Sub-section
3~, R.S.O. 1937 and amendnlents to this Section 404A in the
amendments thereto, the Council of a County is empowered subject
to the approval of the Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs,
,
and of the organization of Resources Committee as therein
designated.
T}ŒREFORE BE IT ENACTED, by the Municipal Council of the
Corporation of the County of Elgin as follows:
1. That the sum of @lO,OOO.OO be inc11.lð.ed in the
estimates for the current year, to be levied as part of the
County Rate and that said money be set aside for assistance to
such patriotic organizations as comply fully with the reQuire-
ments of the special committee of this County Council,
appointed to administer and distribute the said fund among such
Patriotic Organizations, as have been duly registered under the
War Charities Act, of the Dominion of Canada.
2. That said special committee to be known as the "Special
War Purposes Committee, of the County Council," shall be
empowered to requisition funds not exceeding the said sum of
$10,000.00 as reQuired from time to time as approved by the
said Committee for such purposes, upon being satisfied that
each Patriotic Organization has complied fully with the
reQuirements of the Law as then pertaining.
That said Committee having authority to make inQuiries and
req~ire compliance with such application forms, as they may see
fit to determine, the bona fides and regularity of each
application received from any patriotic organization.
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3. This by-law shall not take effect until it has
received the approval of the Deputy Minister of Municipal
Affairs, of the Province of Ontario, as provided in
Section 404A of the amendments to the Municipal Act.
Read a third time and finally passed at County Council
Ohambers, St. Thomas, this 13th day of June 1941.
.r/d. ~ ~
Olerk Warden
AJBG/MP
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A.J.B.Gray
Deputy Minister.
Yours
very truly
Would you please ~orward, for the final
approval of the Department, a list showing the
various organizations to which grants are to be
made, and the amount in each case.
Approval is hereby given to your by-law
#1367, to provide that $10,000.00 be included in
your estimates to grant aid to certain patriotic
organizations within the County of Elgin.
Dear Sir
·
·
J.D. Thomson,
Clerk, County
ST. Thomas,
Esq.,
of Elgin
Ontario
.
Toronto
,
June 24th,
1941
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B
Or'-lTARIO
DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF THE O£PUTY MINISTER