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THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN
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BY-LAW NUMBER 1898
A By-Law of the Municipal Corporation of the County of
Elgin to establish a County Library Service within the County of
Elgin.
WHEREAS Section 86 (1) of the Public Libraries Act,
R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 325 provides that where at least seventy-five
per cent of the municipalities forming part of a County for municipal
purposes request the County to establish a County Library Service,
the Council of the County may by By-Law establish a County Library
Service for all such Municipalities.
AND WHEREAS requests have been received for the establish_
ment of such service from the following municipalities, namely:-
Belmont, Rodney I Aldborough, Port Stanley, Dunwich, Vienna, Yarmouth,
Dut·ton, Port Burwell, Malahide, Aylmer, West Lorne, Southwold,
Bayham, South Dorchester, and Springfield.
AND WHEREAS the said municipalities constitute more than
seventy-five per cent of the municipalities in the County of Elgin;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County
of Elgin enacts as follows:
(1) THAT a County Library Service be, and is hereby
established for the above mentioned municipalities.
(2) THAT an annual rate shall be levied each year upon
the equalized assessment of each of the said municipalities sufficient
to provide such service.
(3) THAT in the event that any municipality or municipalities
within the County, other than those above named, may request to be
admitted to such County Library Service, upon a proper request directed
to the County I this By-Law may be amended to include such municipality
or municipalities.
(4) THAT no property of any kind, including land, buildings,
books or equipment I which may be owned by any of the municipalities for
which the County Library Service is established or by any Public Library
Board within such municipality, shall become the property of the ~lgin
County Library Board, but shall be, or remain the property of such
municipality.
(5) THAT the Council of the County of Elgin hereafter appoint
members to constitute the Elgin County Library Board as provided by
Section 87 of the Public Libraries Act.
(6) THAT this By-Law shall come into force on the first day
of January in the year following its approval by the Minister of
Educati on.
READ a first time this 21st day of September, 1965.
READ a second time this ·2 1st day of September, 1965.
READ a third time, and finally passed this 21st day of
September, 1965.
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Dear Mr. Johnson.
This will acknowledge your letter of September
23rd, with the copies of By~Law no. 1898, to establish a county
library within the County of Elgin.
On behalf of the Minister of Education, under
Section 86 (3) of the Public Libraries Act, this by-law is
approved.
Yours very truly,
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W. R. Stewart,
!\.ssistantDeputy Minister,
pl"ov-i,nci al SchooolS andF'utthèr
Edußation
Mr. H.L. Johnson,
Clerk-Treas urer,
County of Elgin,
Court Hous e,
ST. THOMAS, Ontario.
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TORONTO,
September 29,
1965.
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