1540
BY-LAW NUMBER 1540
OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY
OF ELGIN
To authorize the Ingersoll Telephone Company
Limited, of Ingersoll, Ontario, to erect and
maintain poles, wires or cables upon the
highways in the said County.
WHEREAS the Ingersoll Telephone Company, Limited, of
Ingersoll, Ontario, is empowered by its Letters Patent dated
the 3rd day of August, 1906, to construct, erect and maintain
its line or lines of telephone along the sides of and across or
under any public highways, streets, bridges, watercourses, o~
other such places, or across or under any navigable waters in ,
certain parts of the Province of Ontario, subject to the terms
therein set forth; and
WHEREAS Part III, Section 79, of The Telephone Act
of Ontario, R.S. O. 1937, provides that no telephone line with-
in the legislative authority of the Province of Qntario shall,
except as therein provided, be constructed upon, along or aClOss
any highway or square without the legal consent of the municipal
i ty having jurisdiction over .such highway or squa:t'e;
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Corporation of the
County of Elgin as a by-law, and it is hereby enacted as a by-la
as follows, that is to say: e-
(1) THAT The Ingersoll Telephone Company Limited be and it
is hereby authorized and empowered to construct telephone lines
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and to erect the necessary poles and wires for the same, and to
maintain and keep up the same upon any and all of the highways,
squares, bridges or lanes within the County of Elgin over which
the said cor~ation ha$ jurisdiction, and to use the said high-
ways, squares, bridges or lanes within the said Cou¡:¡¡ty over whic
the said Corporation has jurisdiction for placing in, upon,
over or under the same the poles, cables, ducts and wires neces-
sary for the purpose of its business.
(2) THAT the construction of the said telephone lines and
the erection of the said polßs, cables, ducts and wires shall
be carried out in accordance with the specifications prescribed
by The Ontario Municipal Board and under the supervision of the
Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin or its
COlmty Engineer, whose written approval of locations of lines
and whose certificates as to supervision shall be binding upon
the Corporation, and a plan showing the location of the said
line or lines shall be filed in the ~fice of the Municipal Clerk
or County Engineer of the said County before the said line shall
be constructed.
(3) THAT upon , obtaining the consent of the abutting land-
owners, the Company may, at it ovm expense, and with the approva
and under the supervision; of the said County Engineer, trim all
trees growing or standing upon the highways of the Corporation
so as to keep its lines and wires free from interference there-
with.
(1+) TliAT the Clerk of the said Corporation is hereby
authoriz~d and directed to certify from time to time under the
Seal of the Corporation, to tile Ingersoll Telephone Company,
Limited, Ingersoll, Ontario, the appointm<n t and the name of
Corporation's County Engineer authorized to act under this
By-law.
(5) THAT the said telephone lines, poles, wires or cables
shall be erected so as not to interfere with the lines, poles
and works of any other telephone or telegraph company at present
constructed upon any such highway.
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(6) THAT the said telephone lines, poles, wires or cables
shall be so constructed, erected and maintained as shall not
interfere with the public right of travelling on or using high-
ways, roads, streets, bridges, waters or water courses.
(7) THAT the said Ingersoll Telephone Company, Limited
shall indemnify the Corporation of the County of Elgin against
any actions or claims for damages which may be brought against
the said Corporation for or by reason of the construction,
operation and maintenance of the said works.
(8) THIS By-law shall come into force and effect upon
being approved by The Ontario Municipal Board, and to the issue
of Supplementary Letters Patent authorizing tr~ said Company to
operate and carryon a general system or business within this
County.
READ a first time this 25th of November 1948.
READ a second time this 25th of November 1948.
READ a third time and finally passed this 25th
day of November 1948.
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