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THE CORPORATIOl~ OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
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Being a By-law to authorize the Corporation of the County
of Elgin to grant aid in the SUJJl of $560,000.00 for the
establishment, erection and equipment of the St. Thomas
Elgin General Hospital.
WHEREAS for the last ten years 01' more it has become increasingly
apparent that a hospital with more active treatmemrt beds was required to ac-
commodate the people of the County of Elgin;
AND WHEREAS after thorough investigation and special reports this
Council has determined that the Corporation of the County of Elgin should
grant aid for the erection, establishment, 11Bi.ntenance"o:r equipment of a public
hospital to serve the needs of the people of the County of Elgin, to be known
as the St. Thomas Elgin Ueneral Hospital;
AND WEREAS it has been determined to erect a new hospital wi thin
the City of St. Thomas or the County of Elgin at a cost, estimated between
~f2,000,000.00 and $2,200,000.00, WhiCh it bas been determined to finance through
grants from the Government of the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario
and by public subscription, and by grants by the City of St. Thomas and the
County of Elgin;
AND WREREAS it has been determined that the respective grants by the
City of St. Thomas and by the COUIrl;y of Elgin should be on the basis of 60:40; I
AND WHEREAS on this basis it nas been estimated that the grant of the
County of Elgin shall be the sum of $560,000.00;
THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County of .f!¡lgin ENACTS
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(1) THAT aid be granted for the establishment, erection and equipment of
the St. Thomas Elgin Ueneral Hospital, to be erected within the City of St.
Thomas or wi thin the County of Elgin as aforesaid.
~2) THAT grant be made by the Corporation of the County of Elgin for this
purpose in a SUJJl not exceeding $560,000.00, said sum to be advanced from time
to time as may be required by the architect of the said hospital, and to conform
with payments by ' ¡he City of St. Thomas on the basis of $40.00 being advanced by
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the County of Elgin for every $60.00 advanced by the City of St. Thomas.
(3) THAT the said County grant shall be provided and raised by the issue
and sale or other disposition of debentures of the County Corporation for a
total ·WJloun"~ not exceeding $560,000.00, which debentures when ißsued and sold or
disposed of shall I}e repayable with in"cerest by annual instalments à:I!F!i.l!.go"'l!ì¡e
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<4> THIS By-law shall be subject to the approval of the Ontario Municipal
Board.
(5) THIS by-law shall beSubtnitted to obtain the opinion of the electors
of the COtmty of Elgin, and the persons entitled to vote thereon shall be those
persons within each of the local municipalities of which the County is composed
who are antitled to vote on money by-laws.
READ a first time t"he 13th day of September, 1949.
READ a second time the 13th day of September, 1949.
REJill a third time m1d passed the 20th day of January 194~. 50.
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