1919 Minutes
o( the
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PROCEEDINGS
,
. Elgin County
During the Ses5i'~ns . held
COURTHOUSE, STTHOMAS
. in' the months of.
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Januarj}, April, June, July, September
a~d." November '
19l(~
County Officials
c.W.CoHer, Esq., County-Judge C. O. Ennatinger, Junior' Judg-e
Ja's. H. Coyne, Esq.," Regish',a'l"
D.McLaW~, Esq., Coun,ty Cour't Cierk
A'. McCrimmo;m, Esq., Clerk oof the .Peace and Coun:tyCf\OW-n Attorney
W. 'H. J3JIHoH, Esq" Sheriff
C. F.Max:weU, Esq., Mas>ter in Chancery VV. F. Luton, Esq., Gaoler
,'J. A'!'Taylo,r, B.A., and J. C.Smith, B.A., Public School Inspectors
K. 'AT. MdZay,Esq., County Clerk
B.B. Graham, Esq~, County Trea,snrer
James A. Bell;- M.C.S;, C.E.; COtinty Engineer
'G. F._ Pineo, County Road Superin,tendent
C. St. C. Leitch,-County Solicitor
Frank Hunt, Esq., Police Magistrate
Rohert Kains, Esq., M.D., Gaol Surgeon
Douglas 1.,. Ewin, M..D., Physician House of Industry
D.H.\Goo-d.ing, Esq.; IZeepe:r, House of Industry
A. Turner,; Esq., In'spector House of Industry
\Vhl. Ren-dle, Caretaker Court . House
J oh-n Hopkins,- High Con,stahle" St. Thomas
All of St. Thomas P. O.
County Audit'O'rs:Walker C. Caughell; W.A.Galbraith, Iona Station,
Administration of Justice A,nditon: C.W. Colte,r, County }udLge
Mayor H,orton, St. T'homas; Osca'r McKenney; Aylme<r
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Municipal Clerks and Treasurers
Municipali.ty Clerk ' Treasurer
Aldbo;i.oUghm.....J.A. McRae, ,Rodney....,....A. Gannichae1, West Lorn,e
. Dunw-ich....n.....mD. A. McNabb, DuHon..............J. A.. Campbell,_DuHon
SOU't'hwold.......m...}. .c..McLe11'l1,an,.Finga,L..........D. A~ Cattap.ach, Fill'gal
Yarru'outh..,...vV.-c. Canghell, St. Thoma,s..n..R!. McLachliri, St. Thomas
Mahhicte.::...........J ohuM. Hale, Aylmer......nu,....J ohn, M.Ha,le, Aylmer
Bayham:..:.....,.Benj. Br.i:an, Straffordville,...,......Wm. Grant, St'raffo'rdvine
S. Dorche~ter.,.jli[, S, Charlton, R.R. 1, Sprill'gfield....G.Wirtder;Lyons
Town of' Aylmer~~....m.....'nn...n....D. C. Davisn..,m..........mm.,.,;W_. 'Wa<rnock
Village of Vienna~.......m........n.;Edward SuffelL.....n.m.......nEdward Suffen
ViHage' O'f Springfield....n....m.'on.nJ.B. Lucasn..,m..n.........j., A. Chamhers
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V1l1a:ge 'of Port Stanleym............}. S.R,o'be,rtson....,.......:nJ. S. Robertson
VHyage of Duttonm.,......"..................}. D;,J?lue,"n..n....n..n..'..m...D. Campbell
Village of ' West Lonlen......nm.....'....}. S. Roberts'on.m,.....m...m'..,..F. Stone
Village of Rodney.............................}. D. Shaw....-......................,N. S. Lusty
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Elgin County Council
FIRST SESSION-FIRST DAY
Tuesday, the 28th" Janu,a,ry, 1Q19
The Council elect of the Coun.ty
Court House, St. Thomas,a,t 2 p.m.
oJ EIghl met this' dayat' the
The'Cl'erk in the chair..
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T'he fonowing members filed certi:ficate,s and ..took th-eir seats
at the Ooundl Board: '
WiHialil Sita1lker, Reeve" A'l4borough
,
William Kdly, Deputy.,Reeve, 'Aldbqrough
LesHe Kencla,ll, ; Re'eve, DUll'\vich
J'olhn A. Mc:Callum, Deputy R,eev,e, Duriwidh
WWi1am H. Jurnet, Re.e.v:e,SO-uthwoild.
Wi'l'Ham R. Gunning, De'pu~y Reev.e, 'South world
Jame's To&d, Reeve, 'Yanwoutih
Wi'lSO'l1 H. 'Mills, Fi'r'st Dej;mty Reeve, Yal:mouth
An&rewM'ills, 'Sec'ond Deputy ,Re'eve, Yarmouth
EIT!-nierso:n McTaggart, Re,eve, Malahide
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Eugene' B. Hilil, Deputy Reeve, Malahid-e
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WjUiam 1-1. Moore, Reeve, Bayham
Thonns Dennis, De:12,l1'ty Reeve, Bayh.a-m
M~kolin 'M'cVicar, Reeve, South Dorohest'ev
Osca.r McKenney, Reeve, Aylmer
Geo. F. W~H~ams, Reeve, Vienna
Arthur Ba'rons, ;Reeve"Sp'd'1l'gfie~'d
JoJlnBrumptol1, Re,eve, 'Po'rt Stan'ley
WilHam Pa:t1ton,Reeve, Dutto-n
Hugh C. McKiUop, R\eev,e, West Lome
r-L W; Th01111JS'on, Reeve, Rodn,ey
The election 'of'ATard1en 'W2!spro,ceeded wi,th, and onbhe eighth
votc,WilEam,H. Turner,,"Reeve of Southwold, t'ecdved r\Jhe majority
vote of tihe whol1e Council and was declal'e,d, cluny elected,.
Th'e Warden elect inap,!e ,statutory ,de:cla,rat~Q1n: 'ofoffice ,hefo'1"e
His' Hono'! Jt1dg'eC6ItC'r;
Ex-'Warden Co'rnell then iritrO'duced hi's 'succeS'so~r,who ,too,k' the
Cihai~r an;d't~l,a<nked,the Council f0r the'honor co'uf-efired l1p-o'n him. '
Warden's Address
'''To 'the, Elgin' County Councill:
'~Gentlemeil,-Irl commendng ,thebusines~
to eHrect attention to a few matter's tihat
consic1era~tiq'n.
"'Dhefinancial po'siti:bn of ,tlie County iismost sati'Sfacto:ry, the,
bonded indebtedness being only $12,738. The rece.nt high. rates. of
taxwvion we:re'~ccep'~ed by the peloplle generalll'y as an evid'ence 01
thepa-triqtic' d!ema~,d's of a most,stryuuo-llS fime. The people 'o,f
'Elgin, County'a,re 'to, he" congratrtlate,d'on-Uhei<r\ magnHicent ,e,op1tribu-
tip-ll's 'of men; money, comf.orts anld, Red Or,o'S,sis-uppliC's dud'11,g the
of the year, I. desire
may be' W01"t-~y 6&
.
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past four yea,rs, and 'it 'is mo,re.than gratHying to know tha:t':all i~
paid fo'r, ,and that we enter upon the peLr'iod ofl'ecollslrudion
praoticaJily free from debt.
"It will be inct,mbemt OIn the Council to -co~lt'ill'Ue to safeguard
the, ~nanoe's of the County, for ,it is poss'ihletip.at we ma,y have to
pas-s through a pe-rio-d offinanda:l and indU'sltrial unlrest. This is
something we cann:o.t avoid.
"The Dominion authorities will' establish,Larhor BU'l-eaus 'in "_all
,demohilizati'oncc;utres, indties an.d the large'r town,s, with a ,vi:~w
to"the distribution and assimilation-of laha:r in the, inlClust'ries ':o,f' the
country wher,ever sihw)ted; De~nite housing atld laiO'd s'ettJIement,
poEcies "vin' be ava'ilabloe in' the nea,r fu:tm~e, a,nd I would' ~ugge'gt t'he
re~orgaJ1iization ,of the County Boa,rd of T,rade andPublicit1Y As's'o~ia-,
tio'11;,'1:o s,tuc1y t1l(~ situalti'0n:,with 'a 'view, to se'curiilg tihe"loo:catio'11'Cif
la:boron apeirm",netit basis in Ithe 'ag'riculturarl distf'i'ct1s of the Coun.ty~
"The Coun-eil shouldemba1'k on a p,rogres,sive PQllicy of toad
cOT1Jstruc,tion, witih a v1ew to't'he completion 'or tihe mi,le,age' h1t'he
Cciun.tySys',tem 'within a reasona,btl'e time, 10 be' p'aicCf.o,r by' a'nlll11al
)evy. T1he ~ons'truction .oJ gO'o-d roads ,'h~t's a henefl'cia'l effec't i;n the
t:.o.tllmunitiC's in which they J.'l'e looca:ted, and 1alldval)1es, are thereby
appreciated. I>:wo'1.11d recommend(the Co'uncH to cO'l1sider-:thle
a,dvi'swbihty .of petitioh'1ng 'fOf anamendlnent' to' ,the' preg,ent highway
h-ws, so thalt a small, pei"centa.g<e may he levieclasa direct' cal1h-.ibu:.
tionfor ben-elfitj' O'n the lands ,frori'tin.g on 0',1' co'ntiguoust:o' Countyoi;,
Pro:v~nda.1 highways', Something ot'rthis ldn,d is, ne'cessary to'
,equa,liz,<:tlh~: 'taxation of the ratepayer oon t'h'e back conce-S'sio1;1,wl~ose
.land receives no 'direc't benefi't.
"The-Memorial Hospita,l sugg,:esticin w,iHbe b1'ougrht t,o yb:ur
aHenti;o-n', a;nd Iwol1'ld f1ecolllme'nd it t'O the Council' as the most
p'racticalmea.n.s of- cOlhmem~fa'tin.g t!he supteme ,s-acdfice. mad~by
so many noble ,Elgin 'bo'ys durinrgthe 'wa,r,and at the ,slam~-' time
assqre'those who h<lY'e been, fighlti,n.g our.ba1ttlesthat 'in the' years
to com'e, the best possliMe faci1:ities will at aJl times be availa.ble 'fox
their' ca're." ,
On m0'tio.n the minutes of the last day of the Novembe'r session
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Elgin Cqunty Council,
and 6f-l1he spe'cial
t'aken a's read.
December session, having been printed, w'ere
M'oved by O. McKenney,
Seconded, by yv. ,H. Moore:
That, ,the Reeves of the different
'to &triket'heSianding Committees.
munidpaEties be' a Committee
; _Ca.rried.
, Moved by W. Stalker,
Seconded by. W. A. Kelly:
That thi's Coundlclo now adjourn, to
to allow' 'Committee to meet.
ll1ee't to-morrow at 10 a,m.
__Carried.
K. W: McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H.TURNER,
Warden.
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FIRST SESSION-SECOND DAY
\\Tednesday, the 2,gth January, 1919.
The Elgin County Council met tlhis day acco'rding to
adjonrnan'ent.
The Warden in the ch'ai-r.
All the members present.
The proceedings of, the previous day we're ..read and, co'nfirmed.
. The report of the Specia'l Committee apPo'inlted to strike the
Standing 'Committees was presented and adopted 011 moti'o,n of Todd,
seconded by Monre.
The following communications werei'ead:
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Fro.mMolson's Bank, 're Treasur--er's bond.'--'-Referre.d to P'inau,ce
Commi-ttee.
From County Council of Lincolln, re Ontario MunriCipa.!
Asso,ciati'on.~~efel'red 'to P.etitions an'~lLegishtionCo111mitbee;
FrOm County c:oundloJHasting-s, re 'road ma'in,tenanlce- a'nd, Wid,e:'
tires.,-R~fe;rred to Cou'nty Roa~ls Goninli;ttee.
From, W., Tolmie, report Special Ho'spi'ta,IOommi't'te-e.----:-,File:d,
From V..,T. R Do'11erty, re Hospit'<\,l.,-F~l-ed.
1:71'0111 P.iovin,cial Trustees Associa.t100'l1, tiC de-legates ,to. :;thuual
converition.-Referred, to Ed-uca'tiol1 Gonlmit,tee.
From Pee:l'Courity ROlad'S Commit1te'e; reamend,ing Hig11way law.,
fefeirred to Petition,s and Leg,islat'j:ou Commi,ttee., '
Frotp County ~ouncil, Stormont, Durid:asand Glengarry, in
.s
Elgin County Council,
oPP'O's:i1tion to Daylight Saving.-Referred' to PetiHons and Legisbtiou,
COIma.nitte'e.
F'roI!1 W. VV. Sands, City Cl~l-k, KingsM'n, redeportation of
intern,e'd aHens,.-Rderred to p.et'iticins' f\Jnd Legislation Committee.
From J. R. McNeillie, County Victoria, reDog Tax, and ~heep
l?r6tec.tioll' Act.------'-Ref.e:rred:to Petiltions ,a'u-d,'Le-gislation Committee.
Fr;omW. A.McLe:a,u; Deputy Minister of Higihways, re designa-
ti:on of Road NO'. H, in Bayham" ,as a P,rovi'ncia.l. CounrtyRo'aid.-:-
Refer:red to Couuty'Rqads Commi1btee.
From Coun1ty Council, 'Pl"ince Edward,. 'fC amendments to Higrh-
way Improyement Act._Referred1tb Peti'tions anld Legi-slath:m
Committe,e.
'From Ontario Good Roads Association, re annua'l meding.~
R,efe.rre-d to Public Improvement CommiJt:tee;
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FromA. 'A. Ingrain, Chairman Salvation Army Campaign, re
deputation. ,
From Fra'ncis I-Iun\t;, ,County police M,a;gistrate, with annual
reporit.~Referred to Finance Commi,ttee.
\ ;FromH6,spitalfor Sick Children,To,ronto; rc granr..:-Re,ferred
to' Finance Committee.
From County Trea1surer,with report.-Referred to Finance
Com.mitotee. '
From County Engineer, with report. - Refe.rred to Public
Imp'fovement Committee.
Moved 'by 0; M,cKenney,
Seconded by W.H. Moore:
That thi'sCo\lucil meet a'&eputaHon. ham the' Sa-lva'tLion Army
Committee, ,re ,grant,.to be heard 'to-morrow' at 10:3,0 a,m.
_Carried.
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Move'd byW. H. Moore,
Seco;nded by Thos, Dennis:
Thwt
morning.
deputation of the Trustee's Associ3Jtion be hea,rd' this
-,Ca,r-ried.'
A deputati-o'n f,rom theTJ:lustees. Aiss'ocia,tj'OlY' cons,isting of
Inspectb,rTaylot," and J.,A~'McRae: then addressed, the Cound.1; mak.,n,g'
,appH,cati'on fm' 'grant of one huridred doMa!rs toward, the exp0n's~sbf
"tlhe County Trustees' Association. The que'sti'oiU' wa'~' refe,rre-d . by tihe
Warden,t'o'the Education Committee.
M.oveq by Thos. Dennis,
Secon-,ded by,A. B-ar-ons:
That {his Coundl adjourn;' ~o meet a!t 2, p.m. to-day.
-'--Carried'.
The Council Resumed
"Mr. McKililop gave notice of applicaivion fo,r theusual,grants to,
'Public ,Libraries,,_arid"'Mi, PalDto:n ga,je, simi,la:r, notice of, 'g'l'a.nlt, for:
maiJ:il'Dena.nce of MIss Wallace. '
. M'oved by, O."McKenney,
Second,elhy G.'F., Williams:
That t'he' chairma,n of'last yea.r's' County RoadsCommi,ttee be
all}owed tOp'~e,sen>~ reporf,to'tlhis Couhdl. ~
-Cani-ed.
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M'r. Tolm,ie thenpreseri!ted re:po-rt with es,tJimates and, explanation.
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M'oeved by W. B.Moote,
Seconded by O. McKenney:
Tha;t the County Roads report be lal,d over fo'r fut;uf'e
con<sideratio:n.
---,Carried.
A deputation from Hle Law Li?rary Ass'O'c'ia:biOllthen, addressed
;th~ Council, makinga'pplication for grant, which was ;f'eferred, by- the
Wa'l'den to' the Fil1anceCo~nmittee.
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Lieut. ,Stewart,. Secretary of the SoMiers' Aid Commhsio'li,
addres~ed the Council in refe'rence to' securing complete ,honor rolls
from ,the .Jifferemt municipalitie-s in the County.
M,oved ,by H. W. Thomson,
Seconded b:f W. R Gunning:
Thalt the Council ,do now appoint the County RoadsCommiiltee.
_Carried.
Moved by W. Patt'Oll,
Seco.ndedby J. A. McCa,11um:
, " Thalt Dr. A. ,McKillop be appointed .trustee, of the Dutton High
Sch()ol fn! three yea.rs.
-Ca-rri~d.
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Moved by H. VV. Thomson,
Seconded by Wm. pa-tton:
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That the County "Ro-a'd,s ,Committee consist of the Ree:ve, of each
Township and that a by':'lawbe passed actord1'ngly.
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Firs.t amendment:
~oved by O. McKenney,
Seconded by W. A. Kelly:
Roads Committee Jor 1919 be composed of the
Messrs. McTaggart, 'StaIker, Todd, and Keu?-a:H.
Second amendment:
T'hat the County
following m~hers:
Moved by, W.. R.Gun.ning,
Secon.d'edby-G. F. Williams:'
T:haf Messrs., Stalke'r, Todd,
the County Roa.dsCommi'ttee.
,
Kendall, and Penn:is be appointed
Main motion and amendment's lost.
Moved by vY. Stalker,
K: W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W.. H. TURNER,
Wat~'en.
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Elgin County Council
FIRST SEssiON-THIRD DAY
'Thursday, the30tlh ~ay of January,'1919.
The Elgin County C6uncil met this dla'y a'tthe Court' House, St~
Tlh~l1ia,s, accord+ug ItO, ad}ournrnent.
The' W,arden in the ,chair.
All 'the members present.
The p,ro-ceedings of the 'P',rev,ioU's day were read and co'nfi:rrned.
ThefoHowing 'communication's were read:
FromCal11~r:on&: Granlt, soHcitO'fsfo,r McPhers,on, re culvert 0'11
County Roa,d.-Referred' tc? County, 'Roa.d's Committee;
From,' Education ])epa,rtrnen:t, :re apPQlrlti6'll'm~nt of ,Sc~'Ool
,Inspectors' sala,ry.-Refcned to Education ComilJ1i~titee;
FroVlJ." A~ Ben, repof,t ondeputation~ to Ottawa re Port 'Stanley
Bridge.~Rderred to' Publ!ic Iinprovermerit Gornmi,ttee.
FJ1",om" Gao'ler l.:uton, wilt1h application fot increase ih salary.-
RefcHed to', Gad, Co:mmittee.
,Atcof\d:ing to appointment, the deputaition O'n behalf o-f t~le Sailva-
tio'nArmyCampa1ign then add-re'ssed the Gounci1.A<nionrgthe
speake,t"swere Rev. '-N. I-I. McGillivray, His Honor Juds-c Collt'7r,
and Me)5'sl's. '_Haine1s, James and Ingram. Tihe Warden referred thei'f
applicatio,n f()'f, g'ralnl_tothe F,inance Cammilttee.
'fIhe report of the ,Petitions and Legislation Committee was
presentedan'd ,ad,opte,d' on motion ofW. A; 'Kelly, seconded,by, 1. A.
"McCallum.
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Move-dby G.F. Wi-lliams,
Second,ed by 0; ,McKenney:
That ,~his Coullciladjour,n ullItil 2 p.m.
.....;....Ca,rried.
The' Council,' Resumed
Mr. McKenney gave notice ,of a:pp'lica,tion f0'1"'grants to BO,ards
O'f Agr'icU'~ture'and vVoimel1's In<stitutes -f,o,r ',Ba'st a:ild West Elg.in.
Rep-resentaltiive's 'from the County Truste~s Asso,dation. the'll:
addlreS'sed the,CoundL
r A. Taylor, 'in reference 'to the-appointment of a' County Tmant
Officer; and'
r A.McRae, re reso'lution to re'Hevetu~'al School Tt.rustee's' fr',pm
t!he, coHect,i,o'n from teachers of' monies .If()r the' s11'perannua!tion fund.:'
Both of the tequestswere' referred by the,' Warden t.o' the"
Educatiion 'ComniUtee.
M-oy'edby. W. Pa:tton,
Seco.nded, by M.- McVicar:
That .'the Cotinty Council' meet monthly hi
'the County 'Road Committee be_ disp-c<nsed with.
the: fut:tirc,"and tha,t,
.....;....Lost~
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Moved by' O~McKeniley,
Seconded by A.Bar~ll's:
That -the
Turner, Todd,
CO'l.lnty
Sta'l'ker,
,Roads Commi:ttee be composed
McTaggart, and .McVicar. '
of ' M'essrs.
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First amendmeu,t:
Moved by H. W. T'homson,
Secdn,ded by W. Patto',n:
That' the members of the County' Ro'a-ds Committee be appointed
individually.
Secoll,d amendment:
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Mav_cd by W. R. Gunning,
Seconded/by G.F.'WiUiams:
" ;Dhat {Ihe CounLtyRoads Commitltee 'be composed of M,essrs.
Denu,is", To.dd..sta:lker( and Ken,qall
The flnt ainendmen1t waS car:ried orntihefolloWi'11'g division:
, :qeasc...;....<Mc~i1lop, Kendal~, McCal'lum.',Pactlto,n, Tihomson, Gunning,
Wi11iams", Moo're, Denl1i's. Hill., Turner-iL
Nay-s..-Stalker, K,e11y;,M,cKenn'ey, McViCla.r, Barbrtl'S"A. Mms, W.
MiHs, Todd, ,McTaggart, Brumpton~10:
MO,ved by W. Patton,
Seconded by J. A. McCallum:
Th3.Jt 1.,. Ken-dan, Reeve ,of Dunwich, he a member of, the Gounty.
Roa,dis Committee.
-:'Carried.
,M'ov'ed'by.W. R. Gunning,
'Seconded 'by G. F.Wi1liams:
That Thoma,s
Commi:ttee.
Dennis be
appointed to' the' Good
,,__Lost.
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Moved by W. H. Mills,
Seconded by A~ Barons:
That J as. Todd be appointed a
Committee.
member of th'e County Ro!a.ds
\ -Carried.'
Moved by H. C. McKillop,
Secon.ded by W. Kelly:
ThatWm. Stalker be appointed a hlember oJ-the CountyRb~ds
Committee.
,:,-:-Ca.r:ded.
Moved bx M;~.fc Vicar,
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Seconded by A. Baron's:
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Tha:t Ha:rry:Moore be,a member of the County Roa-ds C6:rpniit':tee.
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In amen,dment:
Moved by O. ,McKenney,
'Seco'nded by E. B. Hi'll:
That E. R. McTaggart be apPolin'ted on the County Road'S
Committee. .. ,
Ma'in motion lost, amendmentca,rried.
Moved by -yv.'Patton"
Seco'n,d-ed by H. W; Thomson:
That R. K. Panter,- be appciinted trus'tee of ,the,Dutton, High
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Scil].ool fqr!thr,ee 'years, and that
a misu'nde'rs1tahding be ,rescinded.
resdution' passed ye-s,terday under
--Ca,rrieq.
Mov'ed,by G. F. Wi'llia11ls,
Secb,n4ed by O. 'M,cKen.uey:
Tha~ J.ames McAllister
Sqhool for, three yeai"'s.
be appointed trustee of the Vienna Hig-h
~Ca,r!ie,d.
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M,oved by E.E. McTaggartj
Seconded by E. ]3. Hill:
'That ,0sc'M MtI(eu'uey'''be'Couwty
Justice AccoU-llt's. " '
Auditor of Administration- of
_Carried.
Moved by W. Patton,
S~conMdbY J. A. McCallum:
Th.ai the sum of fifty dollars be granited for maintenance of Miss,,,
Walh'ce,.of Dutton. '
_Carried.
Moved, by O. Mc;Kenney,
Seconded by E. E. McTaggart:
That, A.H. Backus
<Sc'46911.fo~r', three years.
bea'ppointed trustee of the Aylmer High
--,Carried.
M.ovedby L. Kendall,
Seconded by J; A. McCallum:
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Thaot aU requests 'for' grants must be presented to the Elgin
Comity COllric,il not later tha,n the Jupe sess;ion.
,-Carried;"
Mwedby H. C. McKiHo,p,
Seco'11,ded byW. Stalker:
That 't1hisCouncii grant the sum, of twe-nty-:five dollars' ;to each
-of the following Pub:l.icLihraries: Rodney, West Lo:rn'e, Du<u:oti'j
Port :St~nley, Aylmer, Vie-nna,Shedden, Sparlta, Belmont,' Springfield',
an,d Hayha.m, to, be paid o.n the recommendation-of In~pe,c:tolrs, Tay'ldr
or Smi'thafte,r they are sMLs'fied that,the lihrary has comp,li:edwith'
the Governmeut,regulatri.-o'us. '
-C,arri'ed.
The,Conncit then,wen:tinto'CommJtttee of,the Whole 'to' conside'r
the County Roa,ds CommiUee, with Mr.' Todd,in the ,cha'~r:
t'he report." clause by daus'~',. the Gomtll.iUee,T'ose"',ah.d
am'end;Pe'n;t, on motion oJ Todd, s~~Q1n,~l:ed:
,
by H. c. McKillop:
adjourn unltil 10::30 a.m. to~mor,ro'w. t6allorw
-.:....Canie'd-.
W. H. TURNER,
Wa,rd>eu:'
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"FIRST SESSION-FOURTH DAY
Friday, the 31st Jartua:ry, 1919.
,
Th~ EI\g1'll
adjournment.
Conuty
Council
this
day,
a'ccording
met
The "Wa'rden in the c'hair.
All the; me-m'be.rs present.
The proceedings 'Of thepre-vi,ous day \-vere rcadand confirmed.
Moved 'by A.' Barons,
SecOnded by O. McKenney::
Tl1a,t this' Council 'adjourn, to meet at 2;30 o'clock sharp.
~Carried. .
Th~ Council Resumed
A communication from th,e' Warden of the County ofOu1ario,
e,ndosing a reso1lution' infa'vor of a poHcy of the expenditure of
Federal grants for highway improvement 'by supplementing the
Provinc'ial grants to the main rurallhighwaysof Cana,da, a'ud sUggest-
ing t,he ,a:ppoi11'trnent of a committee,fo join wi:t'ha conimiHee from
the COll11lty of dntari0 in bf'inging thematJter to the attention of
the Gover,nment.
T'ne report of the Education Committee was ." p.resented and
adopted on motion of Ba,rons, seconded by Thomsan.
The rep0'rt of the Fina,uce Committee waspresente,d and referred
to a CommiHee of the,vVho1.e, w~th M,r. Kendall in 'the chair. After
a d,i:s'cuSS1'on the COm:hliUee arose andt,he re-pont as amended was
ado-pted?-,n, motion of ,Kendall, seconded hy, McVkar~
The'report of the Gaol Committee was presentedand'ado-pted
on, motion of Gunnil}g, secoride,db.y McKenney.
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The 'repprt of the Ho~se of Ind~s'try Committee was
a~d' adoplted on .motion of, McCa:Uum; seconded by Mills.
presented
Th'e repo'rlt of the Public Improvement Gommrttee was
and,a,d,opted on motion of McKil:lop, se'c'onded by Todd.
Mov'ed by G. F. Williams,
presented
Seco:rid'ed,by Wm:' Gunning:
for
That- W. A. Ga'lbraith an,d Walker CaugthdLbe a'ppoinlted auditorS
'last year'~ account-so
---<Oa.:rrried;
Moved by O. ~cKemiey,
Seconded by J. A. McCallum:
That -the Wa-rden name a, committee to meet with the St. ,Tho,nias
City Counci:land report in ]up1ei re the Memoria,l HO'S'pital.
~Carrie,d~'
Moved by, O. McKenney,
Seconded by Jas. Todd:
That the 'Council co-operate with the County Council ?fthe
County of Onta~io in, a resolutio'n re 'Fede,ral aid ,fnr higihway'
improvement.
...;...jCarri,ed.
Moved byW. H~ Milts;
Seca,nde,d by And,rew Mills:
That the appointing of a deputation of three to wait on the Hon.
Sit~ Thoma-s', White, in co,-O'peration wi,th the County of Ontario, '-be
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left in the: hands of the Wardenaud Committee
'Good Rq\i<1s \pnvention at, Toronto in March.
which a.ttends the
,
_Carried.
Moved 'by' W. H.Moore,
Seconded by Thos, .Dennis:
That By-Law No. 928, to a'pP'ointAtiditors, be re'ceived and read
a fir;st time.
_Carried.
MO'iod by Wm. A. Kelly,
Seconded by H. C. McKillop:
'That ,By-Law No; 928he read a second time.
_,Carried;
M'O-ved by H. W. Tho,nrson,
Seconded' byWm. ,Guniling:
Tha,i:,By-Law No. 92~ b~ 'reada -third time andfmal1y ,passed~
"~C.arried:
"Move,d by E.E. McTaggart,
Se,colldedby' J ohp. Br'Lunpton:
Th~t' By-Law No. 929,' to a-ppoint, a Board of Audit, be received
anq 't~ad a' first time.
_Carried.
Mpved by E. E. McTaggart,
Seconded by H. C. McKillop:
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That By-Law No. 929beJrea,d a second time.
ito.>~"
-Carried.
l'v[ovedby E. E. McTaggart,
Seconded by A'. Baron:
That By-Law Nb. 929 be read a third ti,ine and filla:Ily passed.
~Carrie-d..
'Moved by Wm. Gunning,
S~,c(mded 'by G,; F. Winia.ms:
'Dhat By-Law' ,No. "930, to appoint High Sch'ool'Tnistees,
received and read' a first time.
-Carried.
Moved'byWm. Gunning,
Sec,onded byG. F; Wi.J.Ii?ms:
,.Th'at By~La"'.' N Q.9S0pc read, a 'second' time.
---,Caf'deld.
. .
Moved by v\Tm., Gunning, .
Seconded by G. F. WiUiams:
Tha,t By-Law No. 930 be tea,ci' a thil'd time and 'fi'na'nypassed.
---,GarHed,
Moved by, Mi MacVicar,
Second,ed by A. Barons:
,That By-La,w No. 931, to authorize the W,arden and, Treasurer,
,
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tCi~ borrow Que
and read a first
Hundred and FiHy Thousand DoHar;s, be received
time.
~Carried~
Mo'Ve,d by A.' Baron-s, .
Seconded, by, M. Mac Vicar:
ThatBy~Law No. 931 be read a se,c:ond ',time.
_Carried.
Moved: by M. Mac Vicar',
Seconded by' A. Barons:
That ;By....i...aw No. 931 be, read a' third tinie and 'fin;:tlly passe,d.
.....:.Carded.
Mo,ved by Wm. Patton,
Seconded by J, A. Mc:Ca.llurrt:
That By-Law N 0;932" to appoint a
received and read afirs:t time.
County Road Committee, be
-Carried.
Moved by J. A. McCallum,
Secon,ded by,Wm. Patton:
That By-Law No. 932, be'read'a secO'ltd time.
_Carded.'
Moved by H. C. McKiHop;
Se_cond9d by Win. Kdly:
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Th-atBy-Law No. 932l1e read a third time and finally passed~
-Ca'rtied. .
,M'oved by H. W. Thomson,
Seconded' by Wm. Gunning:
T'hat By-Law No. 933, _to'fix ,thesa'j,ary of the Gaoler,bereccived
andre~d a first time.
-CarTiPd;
,
Moved by H~ W. ThoIl1so-n,
Seconded byWm. Gunning:
That By~'LawNo. 933 be rea,d a 'second time.
~Carried.
M"oved -by H. W~ Thomson.,
Seconded,'by'Wm. G:un.ning:
Tha;~By~Law No. 933 be read a third time and finally passed.
-Carried;
Moved by Wm., Stalkerl,
SecCludeQ,by Wm. Kelly:
That By-Law No. 934,to make a ,grant .to the Salvation AtmYl
be received and rea,d a first time.
---Cal'ried.
Moved by Wm. Kelly,
Secon,ded by Wm. Stalker:
That ,By-Law No. 934 he read _a second ,time.
-:.CarJied.
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Moved by Wm. St.alker,
Secotfded,;by Wm.,,'Kelly:
Tha.tBy~Law No. 934 be read a third time ,and finally'pa'ssed...
_Carried.
Mov,ed by E-. 'E., McTa'gga,rt,
, '
Se~onded by E. E., Hilt:
That'Mrs. Cau-gheH'be ap-pointed'County Trua'll't Officer fo'r-the
year' 1919,at a ,salary"of three, dollars, per day and e~penses.
_Carried.
The ,Warden, appointed the follow.ing deputatiol1ls:
,
Good Roads Assbciation Meeting_Reeves of Townships, Pa.tton,
WHliams rhd ~cKay.
/
Annual- Meeting Ontario Educational Association-Dennrs, Hill,
~arons, Thomson, ~cKenney, A. Mi'lls. ,I
T()', repO't\t on Memorial Hospital-To'dd, :Moore, McKiUo-p.
McI(~~ney ,Kenda.'lll.
Toa,r,ra,nge apportib-nmcnt School Inspectors' Sa-1:ary------Barons,
Todd, Stal1ker.
Moved by E.E. McTaggart,
Seco'll'dedby John ,Brumpton:
Th~,t:tihils Cou:;tcil adjourn unltit to_morrow'mornirigat ten o~c1ock;:
-'Carded. '
K., W. McK.AY,
Co:Unty Clerk.
WM. H. TURNER,
Ward:e-n~
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'FIRST SESSION-FIFTH DAY
Saturday; the 1st February, ,1919:
The Elgin County- Council met this' day at t,he :Cour,t ,Hotlse, St.
Thomas, a'ccording' to adjournment.
The 'Warden in the chair
All the members present except M'esM's., Kelly and ,Thomson.
The proceedings oft-he previ'ous day were readattd confirmed.
'Moved by K ~;M'cTaggart,
Secondedb~ '0.-' McKenney:
Th'at :t-heusual grant 'of tw'en'ty-five dollars each be paid to the
of Agr'icullture and \iVomen's Institute 'of East Eilgin.
...c.:..Carded.
Mov'ed by H; C, McKiUop,
Seconded by, Win. Stalker:
That the' usual grant of twenty-five, dollars eac'h be p,<!,id to t,he
Agriculture apd Wornen's Ins,titute of West Et'gin,
'---Car~ied.
Moved by Jas. Todd,
Secori,dedby,E. E. McTaggart:
attentiori;of, the D,epartmen1t of,Ag~iculturehe directe~
distribution of Flanders poppy,. seed in , differentj parts '
-Ca~'ried.
Elgin County Council.
M,r, pactton then prese'nted re'solutio-n f,or the Dutlton Soldiers'
Aid Brandl with request for- gramt of two hundred dollars, and a1so
a commt,tn.i\cation from the commi,ssionin rdcrence to the irregu'larity
in vote taken:fo,r 'l'reasurel:on 17th n'ecembe,r.
Moved by'ATrn. Sta-Iker,
Secor(ded,by G. F. Williams:
That no action be taken on resolution before us, regarding vote'
for County Treasurer. . '
Lost on the following division:
Yeas-Stalker, VliHiams, Moore,' Dennis, McVicar, Hill,
McTa'gga,rt-7.
, ,N aY's~McIGllo'P; Kendall," JVkCallum, Patto,n,. Gunnili.g; 'McKen~
ney,' M,Hls" Mills, Todd, Brumpton..---,10.
Moved by J as. Todd,
Seconded by vV. B;., TvUns:
,That this Council have confidencc in M~Callum's statement,
when he says t1hat ,he voted for McFarlane on theseco'nd vote for
County Treasurer on ,nccel~ber'17th.
_Carried.
M.oved by, O. M,cKenney,
,Seconded by H. ~. M.cKmbp:.
That the Warden and,M'r. Patton consult the County Solicito,r
as to the legality of the vote 'and by-law appointing Mr. Graham,
Treastlrer, torepor,t at Junc session. '
_Carried.
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'~oved by E. E.McTagga:rt,
Se.conded by ''V-l. 'H,' Mills:
That ,By-Law No. 935, to
r.eceived and read a first time;
appoint a County Tmant Officer, he
-Carried"
Moved byM, Mac Vicar,
Seconded by A. ,Mil'ls:
That. By-Law N 0.935 be rea,<\ a second time.
-Carried
Movedhy W. H. MiHs,
Seconded by G. F.,Willj,ams:
That By-Law, No. 935 De read a third titueandfinally passed..
...:.:....Carri~,d,
Moved b~ vVin.St'alker,
Seco'hded by H. C.1f-cKillop:
Council do now adjourn, to meet on Tuesday"the ,10th
~Carried~
W. McKAY,
County 'Clerk.
WM. TURNER,
Warden.
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SPECIAL SESSION-FIRST DAY
Tuesday, the 15th April, 1919.
The Ehiin County Council met this'.date in, Special Session at the
Cotq.tHous:~" St.' Thomas, at 2 p.m.
Th,e Warden in the chair.
All the ;tn-emher's present.
TheV\Tardcl1 ad-Mc'ssed ,the Cpun'~iil'J c::<;,'plaining his reasons for
callillg the meeting; as follows:
"The reason f'br calling you together in Special Session was_
p,ri'ncipally,toco-nsider matters in, connection wi,th the County,Road's
, 'Committee and their 'relation tod-~tie:s olthe,r than tho'se specified to
in the hy~lawap'poil1'tinK the-ill. The by-law defines "the duties0'f
the Committe'e as follows:
"'To eo_operate with and direct-the Coun,ty Road Superintendent
the maintenance ,of ,the ,r'oads designated as, County raid,s.'
",'Toal)p-rove arid pass an accounts- fnr work on said roads and
to issue'lordeFs on the Treasurer 'fofpaymen.t of\'same;~
, ":Q:uring Tasty-earthe' Committee reported that "severCj.,1 actions
had peen e'n:tered,against the C-ountyfo,r dama'ges caused by accident
on County fpads, which theyhadinst,ructed the Solicito,r' to defend.
Otfe of the' a~tiO'n's, M.orrickvs. Elgin, was tried in March, and
decided a!gaihst the' County. The Committee and-County Sup erin-
tel1dentassisted tIre County s.olicitor in'.this case. The autho,rity
of the CotluuittC'C' in' ;this conneC'tion ha-s been questioned, as wen
as. the advisability of trespassing on ,the Super.intenden(s time, that
should be ,devoted wholly to w.ork on lhe road'~., T- would suggest,
~'or the ;considm'atipn of the Coun,cil, ,the advisability of a1?pointing
a cominit'tce,toadvise with tlhe Solicitor an-dde'te'tminewhat s"houJd
,be clone whi:m,a'ctions al~e' entered against the County,; said committee
to 'ha\r'e' a:nthorHy to issue orders on Tr'easurer fo,rpayrnenr1: of casts,
damages and ~x-penses, as may be necessary, and report to :this
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Rules "and 'Regulations
"The hy-:-law regulating theptoceedings in Connciland the, dutie's
of com:rp.itte.es and officials has _not been 'revised since 1885. .A
committee should be' '~pp~intedto -repod a,newby..:ta; that;wiIlbe
,more in accordance ''lith the presentbusiricss system.
"Any business o,f a general character requidng a.tteniion,,' may
be broug.ht before'the Cou:ndl at t'hisse,ssion."
I
Communications from the Salvation Army, than'king the CounCil
for thei'r grant, and fromth-e Londo,n Chamber of Co:mme'rc,e,lreques1t>-
ingt'heC0'uncil,to, appoi'nt -a, deputation to: await on., the autho'riHes
M qtJ8iwa to secure imp1'ovemellts flt Pori Stan-ley hal'bor were read.
Moved by Wm. Stalker,
Seconded byH. W. Thomson:
'fIhat the
Commi,tte'e to
chairmen of the
l'epo'l't on maH,e:rs
Stan,ding Committee's be, a Spedal'
referred to in t,heWarden's add<res,s.
--::lCard'ed.
Mo'Ved'byO.McKe:nney,
Seconded, by'G; F. Wi1ilianls:
That the "Ward~n name a committee of sev'i:m t0'
improvem,ents'to- Port Stanley ha'rhorand bridge.'
visit,'OHawa,re
~Carded~
Moved by Jas. Todd,
Second,ed, by ,E. E., McTa:ggar'~:
That the Warden and Clerk ,be a:uth'orIzed tOo sign 'and submit to'
tihe"Ministe,r ofPu,bMc Works and' Highways of. the Provinc'e 'of
Ontario, ,t,'he" petition cjf t-h'e Corpo,ra.tion of the County of '.Elgin,
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showi,ug that during .the, ,period 1st January, 1918, to '31st D'ecember,
1918, there ha's been ,expended upon the County Highway System the
sum of $96,90'5.19, and ,requ,esting the statutory grant on that amount,
as provided by -tLhe- Act 1:0 aid in the i.mp,rovemeu1t of public highways.
_Carried.
Moved by M. McVicar,
Secd-nded by A., ,Baxons:
That theCle'rk' is ,!hereby authorized to' advi,se th,e County ci-f
1fi-ddlesex that Elgin County is willing to co-operate 'in thedesigna-
tion of road through the Police Village of Belmont.
....:.-.Carried.
Moved, byH. 'Moore,
Seconded byG. F; Williams:
ThMthisCouncH adjourn to anow
and r'i;P9'rt 'at ten o'do'ck' to-morrow.
Special Committee to meet,
-Carried...
K W. McKAY,
County, Clerk
WM. TURNER;
Ward-en.
Elgin County Council
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SPECIAL SESSION-SECOND DAY
Wednesday, the 16th April, 1919.
The Elgin County Council met thi's day ,according to
adjournmen't.
All members l}resentexcept the Ward-en.
On motion, 1I\T. H.Moore, Reev,e of BaY-ham, wa's' appointed
chairman.
,
The' proceedings o'f -the previous day were read and confirmed.
enquired in. ,refe.rence ,to" ,insumnce onCoutt
!')artictilars of which we,re laid, hefore the" Council by
1:'he reporto.f"the' Special ;Committee on the Warden's a'ddress
Pl'esented and ad?'pteq. on mo'tion of McVicar, seconded 'by
Moved hy H. W.'Dhomson,
Secollde,~ hyWm. Patton:
That the Clerk be irrstl"Ucted' to place aii additi6'nal ins'~rance 'on'
House and ,conten.ts, amouniting /to twenty-seven thousa'n'd
---'Carried. ,
McKenney,
Secon,d,ed byG. F. -Wi1niams:
ThatW~ 'A. Galbraith andW. C. CaugheH be appointed COluity
Auditors,M a sal,ary of two hundred dollars ea'ch, to audit all corunty
quarterly and presentt'he'ir repoxt at the Jauua'ry'sess:ion
year.
-.;...Carried.
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,The chairman ,the'n announced the names of thedepu,tation
appointed by thqWarden to represent the .county at,confe'ren;ce ,at'
Ot'talwahl reference to improvements to Port' Sta'uley ha'r'bor.
County' Engineer Bell, }a's. Todd, Ex~Ward,en Cornell, M.
"N['cVica,r;.'1.,. Kendalil, I-I. ,C. McKirrilop, and I{. 'W. McKay, 'County
, Ole,rk.
Moyeod hy M. McVkar,
Seconde'dby Q. McKenney:
Tha\t this Council d:a noW adjourn.
...,..c..Carried.
K: W. McKAY,
"County Clerk.
WM. H. TURNER,
Ward'en.
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SECOND SESSION'---FIRST DAY
:Ttiesday,the'lOth day of June,d9i9,'
'The Elgin
.adjourmnent.
,
County
to
thi's 'day
accardill'g
\,'
Coundl
met
The Warden ip, the chair.
All the members "present;
The Warden addresseq the Co~~dl ri:s folI:o,ws: .
"To,i!heMembers of t'heCounty Coulldl:
have ass6mble;g t~--day in t,egular session .tb
'the' g,reMest iill'por.tari:ce to the Tatepayer's 'of
"The agdcultura:I outlook" thro,ughoutis good, 'no:tvyiths1tandiry.,g
weather of some '~e'eks ago. ,Fric'es forfa,rmproducts are'
and it)s" 'doub.tf111" if ,there, will. be, much re,duc,tio'h'until
The' expo,rt of. raw materials and food supplies,a'Ctua1
is 'to some 'extent t-h-e,ca.use"of high ptkes. The
devastate-dcountri'es of Europe ,and, in England are
h'rge cori,tracts:are ,gradu:ally,bebg placed: in this
is_a general ,unrest -in urbanc~n~rd, a.ricl 'a" {fesire .'t.o
sca.le' of 'wages in' vogu~while w'ar conditionspr,evailed.
have~a tendency to inc,rease the, cost 'of manufacttlred
The danger isthat'cost~ may be increased so that, c.omp'e--:'
with..:othe'r' countries infhefO'reign marketswiil be unpro',fitab.te.
. .
tecent" re-4~ction' in, theta,;iff bn,s'ome classeso't agricu,l'tural
is, 'I t'liink, '-in the right direCtiori, an"d will tend,to
matters in western Cariad,a. The' growth of th"e .present
impor,ts has been gra,dua:l The fina'ricial 'integrity o!f the
that'reductions sh,ould bea'lo,so g,radual. '
duty as anag-ricultural ,community to increase the
of foodstp,ffs, as "n),uch as' possible a:ndthereby as'sfst
th,e great present 'day,problem, 'th'e highcos,t of living.'
:\4
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The :E,lgin Soldiers
HI am Sl1rewe a,re all pleased,to welcome the returned sQlldier,s,
whol1av,e made a great name for :themselves. Before' our next
meeHng it is expected, that the wholeo,f the Can'cidian a'rmy will have
returned; It,might. be well' for the 'Council, ,to' consider some fO'l'm
or individual;,re,c.ognit'ion that wCluld be appreciated byth"e men 'and
.their' fa,mili'es in the years to come.
Council, Business..
liThe Memorial' Hospitall Committee win repo'rt progf,ess; and a~
, 'revision of the rules 'regulating the p-roc~edings of thisCoundl w):l'l
be presen,ted. A EttIe 11l0re attention to therule.s on- the part of
menibersin Council and Committe'es will not only add,to the d'i'gnhy
of- ourpr9c'eeding~, but will fa'ciHtate' ibu?ihess. '
County 'Roads
"'Dhe CountyR<Dads Committeewi'11 no' doubt report progre'ss,
and defi'nitely lnreference to their estLma.teS: fo'rthe. ye1tf;
"The County Roadid:ea is meeti.ng with much fa,vorable comment'
~nd I 'find it 'is not so muc.4 a qtlC'stion of expe-ndi,ture ~s' results:;
. The, Provindal Legisl:ature has doubh~_d the grantfo,r' maintenance
of roads,makin.g .it fo'rty per cenL, the saine as forcbnstruction, and I
wiH 1-n futur;e; deal most'liherally in constru;cting and maintaining-
Provincial county roads, in suburban a'reas.
"The' location, oJ the Provincial Highway west ,of Londdnhas
not beendeterminec1. The. Highways D:'ep~r:tlnent'is ,completing the
necessa'ryol,'ganization for mainbil1ing,a ve:ryco'nsiderablle -mileage
and no dou~t have in hand aH ,they can accomplish this, year. On,e
result o,f'the agitation in this c-onnection is to show that no" matter
where, located, one line 'of Provincial Highway in Western Ontario
will not sa:tisfy the popular demand.'
"The question of Federal.aid i,s not advancing very rapidly, and
I wo,tild n-Ot: be surprised ifi,t wa.s crowded OUlt of the Ot.tawa
programme t'his y,ear. When it "doe'S to'me, the percentagesofcO'st'
of road constructiop payable by the munkiPalities will be 're'duced. ,
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New' Legislation
"-.some interestin'g legis-lation, was placed on the sta,tute hooks
this yea:r. 'The ladies, l.God bles,s theni,',a-re now eligible forelecti6n
to muri,icipal' office and t.o,act asschool trustees. 'MU11kipal councils'
are aut1ho.rized to grant money formemorial,homes ,and monuments,
and,toma,kc grants to rC'turned,s-oldiers,.q.nd nursing'sisters.
Th~ income exe.tbption ha.s been- raised, andpo\y,eT isj~"iven' to
provide for a,reduction in.taxation payable,in -respeotto buHdings.,in
both tural'and ttrban communities. School ,taxes, howeve,r; must"be "
paid on prese'nt va~ue's: as 'fo,rmerly. The: liability" for' sidewalks, on
courityro'ads~is cleared, up;,<these mayiti.-future' be c,O'nst'ructEfd by
the 'townships;, with the approval, of the :counrty road. a'Uthoriti,~s.
"The speed 1imito,fmotor ve'hicles, has be;eri increased to twenty-
five miles in to,wnsnips and twenty in chic's, except at sii'eet:ii1t'er-
sectio~sand curves in roads, where the limit is reducedhY,one-haIL
"lho,pe to meeJ you ,ai1 ,in a sod'al way on Thursd:ay ~venin'~J'
Thep'roceedirigsof.,the' l,ast day of.t-be JanuaTySession flndof the
Session were :read and confirmed.
The fo.uowing ,communications
FrOl:n1 On:tario
to Finance
were read:
Municipal AssQocia'tion,
Committee.
re annual
meetil1g.......;
From Y. M. C. A. Red TriangleCampaign.--:-----Filed.
From Chief El1.gine'er Highways De'pa'rtmel1.t,re bddge ov~r
toPubHc' Improve.ment Committe,e.
'From Deputy Minister of Education,' Toro'nto, re' 'scho01 attend':'
'officer.--"::'R'7ferred to Education Committee.
!from LonclonHealth
Committee.
Assoda tion, \Vithac~ount........:..Referre,d to
Mary McCoiI, preg,enting Sheriff's sword and hat to
(0: Gaol' Committee.
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F'rom Depu,tyMinister of EdncaLtion" r:e equipment and accomn1O-
dationgral1Jts to sc'ho~ls.----Referred to Education Commitotee.
From' Hydro':"Elect'ric Commis'sion, Sv T'homas.---:,Referred to
F.inan,ce' Committee. '
From Navy League of Canada, re grant.~Filed.
Ff\om Salvation Army,thanking Council for ten thousand.
'd<?Hargrant.-F.i1ed.
From secretary Ijr'die's'Amdliary,G.W. V. A., Ayhner, applica-
tion for ,grauL-Referred to '.Fiuan:ce' CornmiUee. '
From ,report of CourtHouse Co.tumission.____ReferredtoFinance
Cbmrrl'i'uee. '
From Clerk, ,with report, on Hcenses. _'R~ferred to Finance
Comm.ittee.
From Jas. A.' ,Bell, CountyEnginee'f,report on tile ftoo,r for
Court House.-Referred to Ga'i't Committee.,
From Jas. A. Ben, County Engineer, repO'rlLO'n Countybridges.-
Rderred to Public Improvement Committee. W
From John Grant, Turnkey, a.p'p1ication- for increase of salary.-
Referred to Ga,ol Committee. '
From 'County ,Auditors, with report. - Refer,red to Finance
Committee.
FromC. St. C.Leitch, County Solicitor, repot"ton appointment
of C;:ounty'T'reasurer.-Filed.
The repo'r.t' of the S-peda,l Committee appointed to revise the
Rules M1d Regulations governing t'he proceedings of Council waS
then presented, and on motion .of Barons,':seco-nded' hy ,McKenney,
was 'referreOc1 to a Committee of the \i\T'hole, wi,th Mr. Williams in
the chair. The report of, the- Committee was considered clause- by
clause,aHer -which the Committee, aToseandt'he, report a's amended
wa-sadop.ted 'on motion of Wi11iams, secon.ded by Ba.rons.
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Mov~d by 0'. MCl(enney,
Sec~,tided by,W.'H. Moore:
That a ,deputation
to the G. W. V. A. of
(newt1me).
of ladieS from_Aylmer and Ma1ahide, re grant
East,Elg,in, he hea-rd to-morrow at three p.m.
--<Carried.
Moved by E., E.' McTaggart,
Set;onded by E. B. Hill:
That a 'deputation, consisting
relating tQ"County roads on 'first
, to~morro:w at '11 a.m.
of Messrs. Barnnma.nd Sinclair,
concession of Ma.lhhide, be heard
, -Carded.
Moved by, A.' Baron's,
SecondedbyA. Mills:
this 'Council ~a-djourn, tomeetto~m-orrow at 9:30 ;l.m~\
thue). '.
~Carried.
K. W. McKl'\ Y,
County" Clerk.
WM. I-l. TURNER,'
, Ward'en~
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SECOND SESSION-SECOND DAY
WedtH::'sday, the IHh day "of June,_1919.
County" Council met this day according
Th e Elgih
ad~'ournmetit.
T;he Warden in the chair.
All the member,s ,Present.
'The proceedings' of 'the pr,evio11S day were read and-, confirmed.
Con1municatio-n froin the G. W. V. A. was re-ad and "fl'led.
with, appointment, and,
the: abse'hce "of ,Messrs.
Mr. Barnumwaspre'sent..in ~ccord'ance
,exp'1airted his ,inability to proceed, owing to
Sinclair and Leitch, -who' were 'in Toromto.
Mf.Patton' g~.ve notice ofmotio-n re gra'ntfo'f street hmpr'ovemerit
in Dutton, to come up on Thursday. 'I ,
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Moved by _Wnl. Stalker,
Se"onded' by W. A. Kelly:
That the 'County'Road Superintendent he autho,rized toappr.o:ve,
011 behalf of this ,Coundl, of the cons',tr:uction ~of sid,ewalks oh County
'ro~ds, ahd t'ha't a by...law be ,passed acc0rdingly. '
_Carried.
Moved by E. E. McTaggart,
Seconded' by E. B.' Hi'll:
That a
Fai-rBou'rd
hearing be given two repres,entatives
at 10:30 a.m.' to-morrow.
of the East ,Elgin
-Carried;
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,Moved 'byW:,R.Gunni~g..
Secol1;.ded by- G.F., ,Williams:
That the Secretary of ':the' Holstein' Br-eed'ers' .Assoe,iation, ,Mr. E.
C. ,Gi1'bert,be allowed t'o address the Council .to-rn'ortbw afternoon.
, ' "
-Carri~d;
MovedbyO. McKenney,
Secondedby',A. Barons:
'"Eha:t this Council do n'qw a,djourn,
.}.heHospital Committee 'to meet.
to meet at 2' p.m., toall()w
.-;..Carried.
'The Council Resumed
Pursuantto~ appoin.tmen:t, .the ladies',dep'utation ,fromlthe G. W.
V. A. ~uxiliaryof ~ylmer,made application fO',r, gra'll't bf twp, '
hun4roo d~l:la.rs, 'the ,::lpeakersbei~g 'Mesdames Fowler, ,Bril)gman,
Warno,ck, atrd 'Paupst. The Warden referred',theirapp'lication ,to
the Finance Committee. ' . ,
A.,deputation fil"omthe Y.M. C. A. Red Trja.ng.le Fund thenmacie
appHcatio'u for grant of twelve ,thousand, ,dollars; ,thesp~'akers being
Dr. Turner; Capt. ;Best, Pt-e; " Mutch,F. ,W; Suther1?-nd" and 1..,11,..,
Urie. The application wasrcferred by the Ward~n,to the Finp:n,ce
Committee. ~,
Moved 'by O. McKenney,
Seconded hY' A. Barons:
Tha,t this Council do no\vadjourn, to ,meet at 10 a.lli., t~allow'
committees to' meet.
-Carried.
W. ~McKAYi
CountyClerlc
WM. H.
TURNEII-,
:Wa.rden:
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SECOND SESSION-'1'HIRDDAY
Th"ufsday, the 12th, June, 1919.
"The Elgin
; adjournment."
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County
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CounCil met this day, according fo
The,Wa1rclen in the chair.
.'
AH the members present.
T'he' proceedings of the previous day werereada'nd confirmed.
'Adeputatioll from the East Elgin Agricu1turalSodety a,ddressed
the' GaimciI, making' application for, grant. 'The speakers were
'1yf.esS'rs.Ashiton, Lindsay, and Hammond; The Wa-rden r,eferred their
appli'oation to'1:he F:immce Comtnittee;
Mess,rs.Barnum and Siridair, Solicitors for th~ Township of
Ma1ahide and 'residents 0'0 the 'first, concession, mad-e statemen.t to,th.e
Counc,ilin reference to construction 'ofa bridge Qver Stalter Gully,
andfheinaitter was laid over until the report' of tire PubH~ Improve,-
ment Committe,e was presented. ,od' .
Moved by Thos. Dennis,
Seconded ,byM, 'McVicar:
,
That this Council do no\'-{ adjourn, to meetat ~},1.).m.
-Carried.
The Council Resumed '
Adeput.ationfrom the G.vV. V~ A. of St. Thomas, consisting ,oJ
Vice-President McLach1il1 and the 'Rev. N. H. McGiHivray, then
addre:sse~the Coun'cil, requesting continuaulce oLgran( to tne Assock
a,tio,n , ,for, another year. The app1icationwa's referred -to the
Finance Committee.
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Mr. E. C Gilbert, Secretary offhe ~ure Bred Holstei-n Breeders'
Assdlciati-on, othen ftddressed the Cquncil with reference to a'ssis-tance
in,offering prizes to be' compc,ted'fo.r by the own,ers -of animals offered
for sale, and ,the Warden referred the maitter- to the Fiuiance
Comtnittee.
Capt. Boal ,addressed the Council;
to the Navy League, and the 'matter
Committee;
,
'Dhe Cou:nty Treasure.es report was
Fi-o'anc_e Committee.
makingapplica-ti'on for gra,rit
was referred to the Fil1ance
\
'P're.s~nted 'and referred", to
The report of the ~ducationCornmi-ttee, wa's presented' and
adppted' oln motion of Barons, seconded by Todd.,
The report' of the' Public' Improv-emen.t ,Commitltee was present,ed
and adopted oninotion of McI<jllop, seco~ded, by Mc'Vica'r.
,
,
The report of ,the Gaol Committee was,p.resented,and,'referred
tq'a Com~ittee of the ',Whole; with ,Mr. McVica,r in the chair. Afber
,considering the ryport, \ the Cornn.littee arose a,qd' asked 'leavet'?, sit
~-g~in.
The report .of the,Hous e, of Industry Committee was present,ed
and referred'to: a Committee bf the Whole" with Mr. Sta-l'kerin the
chair. After: considerin:g the report clause by' clau-sei th'eCommittee
arose, an.d;it, was_ adopted as, am'en-d;ed on motion of Stalker; se1con-ded
by Ba,rons.
the'Councii resumed a Committee o.ftlle Whole on
Ga61 Committee, with Mr,McVkarinth~ chair.
of, the repoi.t was com'pleted and' t'herepor,tas
was adopted on motion ,of McVka,r, sec011d'ed by Thomsqu."
Moved 'b);Wm. Gunning.,
Se~onded'by G. -F. Williams:
That'this Council do now adjourn, to meet to-morrow at 10 'a.m.
--'-'Carried.
W. McKAY,
Coutity, Clerk.
WM. H. TURNER,
Ward'en.
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SECONDSESSION-FOUR;rH DAY
Friday, the i 13th June, 1919.
The Elgin County Council met this 'day at 'the Court' Hou's.e~
St. 'ThomM.
The Warden in the chair.
A:\.1 the ni'emberspresent exc;eptMt:.IZel1y.
The p-ro:ceeding;3 of ,the' previous day were read' and confirmed.
,
Communication fronithe Deputy Mi,nister o'f Game and Fisherie~.
with 'refe't'ence to the close season on'squirrel was read.
The ,report of the Memor-ial Hospital Cornrnittee wa~.; pl"eserited
an,d ..adopted on' motion of ,McI<;enney, secon,~ed by, M'oQ-re.
Moved by' Jas. Todd,
,1011,
Seconded' by 0." McKenney:
That thi"s Counetl' do now adjourn
to allowCoundJ tovisitStalte'rGul1y.
,
until 10:30 a.m. to-'morrow,
, _Carried..
W. McKAY,
County Clerk
WM. H. TURNER,
Warden.
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SECOND SESSION-FIFTH DAY
Saturday, the-14th' d8;Y of ,June, 1919.
':The Elgin County ,Council met this d.ay at the' Court,House';
St. Thomas, a,ccbrding to:'adj6urnrnenL
The ,W.ar,den in the chair.
All themerribe'rs p"re~'ent.
T,he 1?roceedingsof the previous day were ,r,ea-d andco,nfirmed.
Mr. 'Dennis -made enquiry refreight rates on gravel 'from ,County
gravel pil~;
Thefirst'repo>rt o(the' Finan'ce Cbmmittee wa~ p\f\es'e~te.a. and
'adopted .01'1; motion of McVicar,'secoll'de-d by Mnore.
The Coundlthe'n 'weti'tinto a Comm.iH~e of th~ .Whole ,tb
conside'r matters pertaining t'o,theStalter Gully, with Mr, McKenney
in the' c,hair. Afterconsiderihg the 'question the Committe,e a'ro'se.
Moved by E.' E. ,McTaggart,',
Seconded'by O.,;McKenney:
Thaf the HighwayDepartmentllav:~ng consen1:edto .thedesigl).a-,
as a COl1,n(r ,road',of that po'rtion, , of the,r-oad-from'the ,_Chute
extending east. across the Stal!ter Gully, to connect with',
Ro'~dN 0.42, :and to paT forty 'per cent. of sa111e', tha'tthis
adopt the reso.}u.tio-n~ passed on November, 23l;"dJ,1917;',~nd
the Township of Malahide agree ,to pa.y,o-ne-half of the County's
of the bridge.
-Lo~t;
Moore,
McKenney:
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That this Coufi:cildo now adjourn, t~ m~~tat 2::p'.m.
$ ~Carried. '
The Council Resumed
The report of the County Roa-ds,Committee was presented and:
adopted on mo.t1onof Todd, seconded by Kendall.
. ,Moved by 0.; McKenney,
Secondd by H. C. McKmop:
Th'aot,the gr.aprts 'to tine ,Co~n and Poul,tl,y $h0'wS in the County
and City of St.,Thomas be the 'same,as lastyeat-West Lorne,$20'OI;
Aylmer, $15n; St. T'horims,,$100.
-Carried.
Moved by A. Barons,
Second'ed' by M.Me Vicat:
. .-
That supplemen~tary' gran1ts,to High, tontinuation, and Fifth
Class$c'hools bethe ,same as last yeat. '
-:--:cCarried.
Moved by M. M'cVicar;
Seconded by A~ Ba'l"ons:
Th?-t the' eqpa1ization
the safne'aslu'st year.
of the assessment rolls of the County be
_Carried.
Moved byvy.'H. Moore"
Secortded by Thos. Dennis:
That the Ministe:rof Game ,and Fisherie,s be requested to have
an Order-in-Council 'passedprohibitin.g; fo.r a period of t'hreeyears,
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the,hun.tip.g and shoo'ting in the County of Eh;in of partridge"quai1~,
Mack and grey ,squir!fels.
'""'"-Carried:
Moved by' Thos. Dennis;
Seconded by W. R. Gunnring:
Tha'ta by...Jaw b~ ,passedgran{ing.to the Tnwn of Ayhner.and
the Villages of the Count'y' an amount equivalent to theh~ contribution
towClirds -the amount to' he included in theestimMes for County Road
expenditure this year,' to be ;ex:pended in accordance with the prCl~
visions of The Highway Improvement Act.
"
In ainen,dmeh,t:
Move.d by A; Barons,
. .
Seconded by W .A. Kelly:
That th.isc:ouncil grant to the Villages, fot sbreet 'improvement
under provisions of Highway Improve111ent Act" the amount equival'~
ent'to .the amount 'paid by the Villages of the County; together -with
fif'ty p'er c-en.t;of Government subsidy' of th<;tt amount.
Main motion ca,rri-ed, amendment ,lost.
Morved by' O. ,McKenney:
.Seconded' by G. F. Will'iams:
a-grant of onehllridred and. fifty dollars be given' to the
Aid- Association of. East Elgin, the same to. be pl,ac,ed in
of Mayor H. H. -Wright of Aylme:r,to assi$'tthesaid
main'tainitigrooms and other e4penses in the Town of,
Resolution lost on the, following' division:
Yeas-McKillop, Williams, Patton, McKenney, Barons, Mills,
Hill, and M-cTaggart.
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Nays--,--Stalker,Kelly, Kenda,ll, McCallum, Thomson; Gunning,
Moore, Dennis; McVich'r, Todd, ahd,Brumpton.
'Moved by Jas. Todd,
Seconded by w. H. Mills:
T'hat t'heCounty Solicito'r' be iu,structed to 'join: in belhalf of the
CouriLty u-ponany application that ,may 'be ma,d,e to the 'Ontario
:Railway and Municipal Boa,rd to extend the,time'fO'f t'heTown'Ship of
M-a1,alhi'de, to build fhe bridge over the Stalter Gutty. '
_Carried.
Moved by" J as. Todd,
Seconded by E. E. M'cT.agga'rt:
Thaf the, County Roa,d- Committee-be instructed t@confer with
,"the County roa,d authoritieso,f ,Middles,ex and Keu<t and arrangefoT
the designation of roads 'connectirigwi.th' ,the 'Mid"\d~esex and, Kent'
County systems, and a,lso.to confer with the St. Thomas Suburbart
Road Commission in reference to change in'dcsig'niati6n of roads
enter~ng the City., That the, Wa,rden, can a spe,cial session 'of,the
Cou11'cH Ito cons'i'der 'report o'f the Committ'ee as soon. as it, is avaibibl'e.
_Carried. '
M?ved by :H.W. Thomson,
Seconded byM. M'cVicar:
That' this .Counciladjourn fO,rfifteen minutes to allow the,
Finance Corp.mittee to meet.
-Carried.
The, CouncilJResumed
The: secC?nd report of the Finance Couimittee was presented and
adopted on,moti.on olMe Vicar, secon.ded by Todd.
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Moved by Jas. Todd,
Seconded by Wm. Patton:
\
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T'hata coinn~it'tee of ::tihree'be appointe.d to, consiUer ,the'rep6rt
of rhe committee a.ppoidted Tn January t'O'irivc:stigatethe legality' of
the Treasurer's' ap'vointm'ent and,tepo'r.t a:ta ,future date, anel to
, aH rec~'rds and- document-s per:tlainiul5, the-reto. '
"-Lost.
Moved, by L. Kendall,
Seco!>ded by J. !I,. McCallum:
, i
936, to appoint County Auditors, be received
/
'~Carried.
Moy,ed by J.A;,McCaJ.1umj
Seconded 15y L. Kendall:
That By-Law NO._936be read ase'cond time.
-:':Carried.
Moved by L: Kendall,
.Seconded by J. A. McCallum'
ThatB,~-La1V N 0.936 be read a third time and finany pa-s,sec1;
-Carried:
Stalker,
byH. C. McKillop:
N~. 937,_to authorize County Roa,d S,uperintendenf
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to approve of s'idewalk cons.truction,be received and read a first time.
-":'Carried.
MO,ved by'-Wm. Stalker,
, Seconded by :!-.1. C" McKillop;
That By-Law :t';J0;' 931,be read a second ,time.
....Carried,
Moved 'by H. C.McKillop,
'Se,conded by Wm. Sta1lker:
1-'hat By~Law No, 937.be reap, a third time and finally passed.
. .;-Carried.
. '
Moved byW. ,R.Gunning,
Secon,t:iedby G. F.WilHams:
T'hatBy-Law No. -93.8, to authorize closing ,of Registry Office on
SaturdayafternoClns, be received and rea,d afi'rs.t time.
, ,,'
_Carried,
.'Mov:ed by VV. R. Gunni'Uig,
Seconded by G. F. Williams;
That By-Law No. 938 be r:ead a second time.
_Carried.
Moved by W. R; Gunning,
Seconded by G. F. Williams;
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That By-Law No~938be read a third time and finally passed;
-Carried.
':M:ovedby G. F.' 'ATi11ia01s,
Seconded, by O. McKenney:
T:hatBy-Law No. 939, to ex'tend the time_ for tax: sale, be 'received
"and read a fi'rst time.
....:.Ca,f'ded.
Moved by O.McKenney,
Secon1ded by G. ~: Williams:
That By-Law No. 939'be read a second time.
"" ~Caf\1'i~d~
:Moyed by A.' Baronsj ,
Seconded byG. F. Williams;
T'hat By..Law No. 939 be read athi-rd time and finally ,passed.
-..Canrt.ed,.,
Moved by VI. H. Moor~,
Second~d by~?hos. Dennis:
By':Law No. 940, to regula.tepro'ceedings of the 'Council of
of Elgin, and repea1By-Law No. 412, be received and
-.Carded.
Move~ by'Thos. Dennis,
Seconded by W. H~ Moore:
BywLaw No. 940 be read 'a s<econdtime.
-Co.fifi.e'd.
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Moved by M. Mc Vi,car,
Secoll'cled'by Thos. De~nis:"
ThaJt By'-~aw ,No. 940 b,e, read ,a thkd,Hme and finally passed.
_Car-ried.
Moved by Andrew Mills,
Se'conde-d by' A.~ BaroilS:
Tha:tBy-Law No. 941, to :confirm equalization, De received and
readafi~st time. '
_Carried.
Mvoed' hy A.Barons,
Secorided by Andrew MiHs:
That By-Law No. 94{be read a se'cond time.
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_Carried.
Moved by Andrew - Mills,
SeCOl1d'ed by A,. Barpns:
That HyO:Law'N 0.941 be read ~ third time and finally passed.
_Ca'l1ded.
M~ved by Jas. Todd,
Seconded by W. H. MiI1s:
That By-Law No. 942, to make supplementary'_ grants to sc-hC?ols,
be received and read afkst- time.
~Ca'r,ried.
Moved by W. H. Mills,
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Seconded by J as.' Todd:
That By~Law No. 942 he read a second time';
-Cartie,d'.
Moved' by J as., Todd;
Seconded by W. H. Mills:
Th::~.<t B'y.:.Law '1;J o. 942 he read a third ,time and fin>a:Ily Rassed;
, ,
-Cal1ried.
Maved by E. ,E. McTaggart,
Seconded by E. B. Hill:
Th~t By-Law No. 943,to make grants .to 'viHage~, and town fot
highway improvement, be received and tcada first time.
~Carded.
Moved by ,E. K M'cTagga:rt,
Seconded by E. B. Hill:,
That By.;.Law N 0'. 943'be read a- second .time.
~Cariried~
Moved, by E,' K McTa,ggart,
Seconded.pyE. R ~iH:
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ThatBy-L~w No. 943 be-read a third tim'e tnd finally passed.
-'-Ca'r-ried. '
Moved byM. McVica.r/
Seconded,by A. B~OC'ons:
,
By-Law No. 944, 'to raJse amoun,ts for County 'Rates, be
and read "a first time; ,
7""Car\fi,ed~
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Moved by M. McVicar,
Seconded byA. Barons:
That By;;Law No. 944 ,be read a second time.
_Caflrkd.
Moved-by M.'McVicar,
Seconded by A. Ba,roris:
That By-Law No. 944, be read::i third time and fin-aMy pass-ed.
-,-Carried.
~ovedby H.C. McKillop,
Secon:ded byWm.Stalker: ...
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Th;aCBy-Law No. 945,to make grant toG.. W. V. A., SLThorna1'i
'be received and rea'd ,a first time;
_Carried.
Moved by H. C. McKillop,
Seconded by Wm. S'talker:
That By-Law No; 945 be read a second time.
_Carried.
Moved by H. C.McKiHoPI
Se'conded>by W!l1. Stalker:
. That By-Law No. 945 be read a:third time and, finally passed.
_Carriec'.
Moved by Wm. Stalker,
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Seconded by H. C. McKillop:
ThatBy~Law No. 946, ,to authorize the Warden and Treasurer to
borrow Twen.ty-Five Thousand DoHars, ,b'e ,received, aiidre.ad a
first time.
-Carried.
Moved by Wm;Stalker,
Seconded by H. C.McKillop:
That By~Law N 0.946 be read a second time.
-Ca'rried.
MQve~ by Wm. Stalker,
~econded by H.C. McKillop:
That By-Law No; 946 be read a ,third time and finally passed.
"":""Carried;
Moved"by Will. Stalker,
Seconde,dby H; C. McKillo'p:
That. ,threehundnid c'op'ies of By~Law of Rules and
',be printed- for use of m.embers.
Regulations
I
~Canied.
THe Wardenappdinted the following to represen'tthe Council
at tll~an'OuaJ'mectingoftheOntario Munidpfd Association:'.
Messrs; Brumpt.on, Gunning, Mc'Callum, Mills, Iv.[c.Killop,M c-
Kellney, ,'and McKay. '
Mory~d by L. Kendail,
Seconded by J. A., McCallum:
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That this Coul1dl ,adjourn, to meet at the Cou~t House, ,St.
Th0'm"as,' Tu;esday, November 2Mh, at ,2 ,p,m.
~Canied.
SPECIAL SESSION
1(. W. McKAY,
Cou:u<ty Clerk.
WM. H.
,
TURNER,
Ward'en.
Wednesday, 30th day of July, 1010.
The'-EIgiri'Counfy Counci,l~et,fhis day in Special Session at the
Court Hous,e, SL Thomas!, at 2,p.m., at thecaIlof,th,e W'arden.
TheWaiden in the' chair.
AHthem~mberspreseri-t except Mr. Brumpton;
.
.
The Warden' explained that the meeting' was ,cailled to- consider
neces~ary repairs to the Port Bruce 'bridge, a:ndthe" passillgof
by~Iaw de'signating connectionsbet,wee-n ,the 'Elgin:CoUt:l,ty, Road
an-d thos,e_ of' Middlesex and Ken1t;, and for ,gener~1business.
The report of the Co'nntylEngineer Was presented' and referred
the Public Imp1"ovement Committee.
report, of,thePuhlicTrnprovemeuLt 'Comm,it'tee wa:s presented
motio'~ o.fMcKi11op,'second~d' by Todd.
repofit of the Coun,ty Roa-d CommUtee was presented:'aild-,
on motion of Todd, seconded by McTaggart. ,
Mr. Thomson inquiredre operation of gravel pifand machinery.
Moved by 'Wm., Sta.lker;
Seto:nded ,by 'Wm. Kellt:
947, toamen-d By-L,Cl.w No, "897;b~ receiyed
Moved by' E.E.Mc'f.aggart,'
Secon<led by~. B. Hill:
....:..:..Ca,rrie,~.,
That'13y,.Law No. ,94,~ be .read a_secbnd time.,
-----'--Carried..
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Moved byM. Mcyicar,
Thursday, 18th September, HJl0.
Seconded by A. Barons:
ThatBy~La:'iV N 0._ 947 be, read a third time and finally. passed.
_Carri,ed;
The Elgin County Council met this day iu_SpedalSessi6n at the,
Court Hous,e,St. Thomas; at 11 a.m.
T4e \iVarden ,addl'essed the Council as follows:
:Moved' by G.' F. Williams,
Seconded by O.-McKenney:
"I have ca.J1ed you.to.gether to-d,',!-y in Special'Session to db. ,honor
Sit./Arthu,r Currie; the Canadian GeneraI'who, ,was in' comma:nd of
soldiers dtiring the last two years ,of the Great War. '
t11.i'$ Council do now adjourn, to meet at the call- of th,e
~Ca'rried.
flIn co.,.operation with the Mayor of.. St. Thomas" arrange1:nents,
been 'mad~ to entertain the General at luncheon and 'present
with' an address,in r~cognitio,n of his ,great services ',overSea's.
K. W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
WM. H. TURNER,
" . Warden.
have also. takenadvan,tage of th.e o.ccasion to tcndera
the returned soldiers of'th'e County, to' 'present them
of Thanks, andclltertain them, pr.ov'ision being
for three thOlisand'soldiersahd their p.arents orwi-ves, This
'undertaking has' be,enassuined by tIle citizens of St. Thomas,
misc'ellane~us exPenses to be' provided b:r th~ ,City ,and ,Cotlnty,
this purpose you will be-asked to make at; appropria.tiOl~~t
'!Th~ presentq,tion qfCertifica.tes of Thanks to all whO,etifiste-d
capacityfo,r ser;vice du'rin-g the Waf should ,be con.tinuedat 'the
to be held' during the next 'fewda'ys at Ay;Ltn,er,:R'odney, ..and
so thattho'se who do not attend t:o~da'ymaY,have,"-an
receiving thein-for dlis purpose committees should
Jo'r'epresent the Con'ndl. '
is l-irnited, as ,the 'hour 'fot IUi1'cHeo,n
"I~the time 'table as at'ranged i-scarried out, the forma,l proceed-
be completed at ahollt2:30 p.m., {h~ balance of the day
fOT the entertainment ot' the retur~le4 he:rocs'flndtheir families.,
them'embersof the, Council ",HI do ,everything in tl:Ieir'power,
in making the 'dayas,uccess. .
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"The ,presentation ,-of 'Certificates of Than,ks ,to all who served in
c6nnectionwith -the war is a fittingconc1usion to >the' organizeq
patriotic effottsof the' people of Elgin." ,
Mo'Ve;d 'by Oscar McK,enney,
Se'conded ,byW., R. Gunning:
ThaJt this, Conncil approve of arra'ngements111ade'by the Warden,
,in co-opera.Ho~,' with the,' Mayor:, of St. Thomas"for l.dncih~on' and
J ia,ddress to General Sir, Arthur Currie and the, Jpre9:entation otf
'Cer'tific.ates of :rhanks to; each of' the return-ed soMiers,',' nursing
sisters, etc., of E.1ginCounty~ '
-"'Ca'rried.
Moved by, H. H. Thomson,
Secon4,ed by Wm.',A. Kelly
'Th~tarrangements be made for'-'the pres,entation of, Certificates
of, Thanks' at the Aylmer" "Rodney, andWa,l1a,cetown ra-ii'-s,'andthat
the Warden lappoint committees to attend with him for th-ispurp'o~e.
......:.C3.Jrried.
Reeves and Clerk as a
The Warden appointed the
attend with him a,t the fairs.
Moved by 'James Todd,
Seconded by E.' E. McTaggart:'
That the sum of-one thousand dollars ,beapprop'riated to' assist
in defraying expenses of' rec,eption to returned soldiers' in St. ThO'mas,
as,the Warden 111ayorder.
':'-Carried.
Moved by Andrew Mills,
Seconded by, VV. H__, Mills.
That this Cou'llciladjourn.
-'-Carried.
K. W. McKAY,
i County' Clidk.,
WM. H. TURNER,
, Warden.
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THIRD, SESSION-FIRST, DAY
Tuesday, the- 2Mh day ofN ovemher, '-191.9.
\
The Elgin County Council'met this day at the Co(u'tHouse,St.
ThO'mas; according toO adjournmeht.
The Wai'del}Jri the chair.
All the-memhers present.
~'he;Warde'Ua'ddressed the Co~nciI 'as fo'Bows:
"To the Elgin County Counci'1:
" ,j'
,
"Geritlemen,--,-Ih op~n.ing the clo'sing'sessio'n of the year, I desire
to refer t'Ci a few matters' that may' he oftnte-resi. '
"Fo-1l0win;g 'our, Special S\'ssion in September" the rec'eption to
Sir Arthur ,Currie' and the-returned' soldiers ,of the'",County w~s'carried
'out, most-successfully, the ~day wa,s ideal, the arrange~,~nts p,erfe~t,
. aitde~eryone was, Tam sure, PNudwH1h i~leway in whil:'h'the ,pe?ple
of)he City an.d, County -responded iu'dDinghono,r to 'the great General
and so 'many 'ofhi'shravemen. I attended the Fairs h.e,ldin' Aylmer,
R6dney; and'W:alilacetown, and ,formaTly presented the" Certificates of
Thanks -feir services. Th':ese .are',still,availabl'e arid rImy'he obtain'ed
'from the officers of the various Soldiers' . A~dComll'lL'lsi'ons of, the
County. '
Victo.ry Loan
"~The patriotic sentiment, of the people was in evidence during'
$e_pasttlvre,e_we,eks, and I an1 glad to be able fosay thai Elg~n went
over 'the top and is one of twelve, Counties in the Province that'is
ent'itled to two crests on ,the Honor Flag,which will he presented
durin:g thi~' sess'ion. I , ,
Good Roads By-L~w
,"The by"law j)'assed-,in> Ju'ly des1gnating inter..county connecting
links a,nod other des'irablechang,~s' in our' County ,roads ~as been
a-pprOved. The London road, No. 22, ,has been designated as a
Provincial County or sixty p,ercent. 'road, an'd I, hope that in' the
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near future Road, ~o. 17 fr01ll',T,albotvi1le to Iona will be placed
in, the, same c1a:ss.
"Wh'en this' is done: ,the formation of the Elgin County Road
System wiU.be,c'ompleted. The work that is being done is producing
results,a.nd I believe the policy in this Coun,ty of keeping. theroacl.s
good- isgivin.g hetter satisfaction than 'that which is being wo,rk,ed'
,out elsewhere.
County'Treasurer's Salary
llThell~'rge County, Road expenditure and the individual ,Gh:eck
system has so increased'the duties of {he County Trea'surer's office
tihattheFil;1ance Committee sh'ciuld p.t {'Ms' sess,ion inquire into the
matter aild recommend ,anihCf'e,ase in the Treasurer's salary.
Navy ,Lea&ue
'ITheNavy League of Canadawi1l again appe~l' to you fo'ra
grant .towards the very necessary campaign they a1"e carrying on.
Las:tyear ,we made a substa'ntial cont,ribution towards this work
The needs are apparently'as great as evera'nd ,in every '~ay worthy
df .your co-nsider.ation.
Elgin_ Patriotic Association
"The annual meeting of the Elgin Patriotic Associatio.n has been
called for Wednesda)j afternoon. Thi,s, will ,probably' be ,the .last
rriee1tirtg ,oJ the Association which did so much to' orgahize the
pa,trio'ti'c endeavor of the County during the, past five years.
"We are greatly indebted to the officers who volunt.arUycatried
01'1 th}s'great w01:k so 'successfully; "
liThe Council should arrange to attend the meeting in a body
and express their, appreciation ofservi'cesrendered.
Election
"'Sinc"c ,our l'ast:rn~eting, the 'provincial election h~s be,enh~ld,
and a~ a result ariew re'gime is in control of Provincial affairs.'
Altho~gb .the ,1uenlbersof "the' Gov~rnment a're, without parliamentary
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experience, they"will soon, ,adapt themsdves and ,announce a policy
in every way worthy of the banJ.1ef Province df this great Domini1on;
"I am glad to congratulate 'Mr. McVicar, Reeve O'f Sbu-thDor..
c'hester, on his election for the Ea'st Riding, of the County, He will,
I am :sulre; 'look' after" the, best' interes~ts of'his ccimstituentsa'nd
ccintr,ibute ih ,~ci smal}' w'a~ to the d~li'berationsO'f the L~gis'lature."
The' proceedings of the ]un1e Sessi.on and the SpecialSe'ssicins
were read and confl:rmed.
The foUowi~g communications were' read:
From Dr. Ewen,"Physician, 'Hous'e of Industry,
report.--->Re:f.er,!ed to House of Industry Committ'ee.
Fro'ffi' J. :A. 'Be1>l, Counoiy Enginee~, with repo'rt.-Refened to
Public Improvements Committe:e. '
From Depar-tmeht of Highways, re designati'on of Provincial
Cou.nty::Road "No. 22-an'd a'pproval of By~La\vNo. 947.-RdeT'red to:
County"-Roads Committee.
From County Atldito.rs, with l'~po'rt, to g,()th Se'P'tembe'r.-Referred
to Finance Committee.
Fr;omN avy League of ,Canada,re gr-ant.---:Referred
Committee. ' ,
Fr'om K.
Aid Society.
W. McKay, re representativ:e on Bcia-rd of'C;hildren's
Moved, by' A., Ba'rons,
Seconded 'l;w-Andrew' Mills:
That. deputation from the Navy League'of Canada be 'noW heard.
"'
-Carried.
:behalf of
Lieutenan't
, N av:y, League.
Bird then addressed the Council"on
On motion of' W; I-I. M'o'o're;
Council adjourned until ren o'c1o'ck
K: W. McKAY,
County ,'Clerk.
ser;onded,byO; McKenney, the
Wednesday,moming.
W. H. TURNER,
Ward'en.
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THIRD SESSION-SECOND DAY
Wednesday,the?-,6th Noyember, 1919.
,The Elgin County Council. me't this day according to
adjoU'rnmen,t.
The: Warden in, the chak
All thernr~hers present.
The proceedings of the p,revious day were read andconfirrned.
Mr. Wi1Hams g,ave noti~~of resolution hi. refer,enf".e to the streets
Vienna. -. '
Mr. Patton gave notice- of resolutionreirnprovernen't of street in
Dut,tonand .for 'grant of$l,OOQ.
Mr. MeVicar gave notice of deputatiO'n from Ca'nadianMi1k
'p.roducts ,Co.
Mr; McKenney gave.t;otice of application for grant re indigent.
Moved by James, Todd,
Seconded by W. H.-Mills:
the Canadian' Milk
'That this' "'Council hear:'adeput,atiort, from
pf'()duc:ts Company at twoo'c1ock oiY Thwrsday.
--,--Carried.
M'ove.d by H. W. ~:hotn'son,
Seconded by W. 'E. Moore:.
,
That a committee compose-d-of-Messrs. Todd, McKenney" and
St9-lkerheappointedto select a successor to K; W. McKay as County
representative on the Ghild'ren'-s Aid' Soc~ety.
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In amendment:
M.ovedby W., Stalker,
~econ,ded'by'W; A. Kelly:
, That, Mess'rs; :McKenn,ey, Thomps'on, Paotto-n, ap,d theWardenb~
a committee t? report on represeu.ta1ti'Ve tOo Ohi1dreri'sAid Society.
Mairt motion ca'rded, amendment 10'st;
Moved by 0; McKenney;
Se'conde:d by G.F.Wllliams:
That this Council do n'ow adjourn, to meet with the Patriotic
Associado'U at 2 ,p.m'.'and to me:e>tin 'Council-again at 3 p,.m,
~Ca-rrie-d.
The' Council Resumed
The 'rep'o'l";t of .the' Edu~ationCommiUee was presented arid
adopte,d '0'n motio'n of Barons; seconded by Th'oms'on.
,On motion of W. Stalker,sec-onded"by W.
adjouraed until 10 a.m. Thursday, morning~
A. 'Kelly, the 'Council
K. W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,_
Wa-rd:en.
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THIRD SESSION-THIRD DAY
Thursday, the 27th November, 1919.
The Elgin County Council met this day, -according , to
adjournment'.
The Warden in the chair.
All the"members -present.
,
The proce~dings of the previous day were read and confirmed.
Moved by 0/ McKen-n,ey,
Seconded by J. Todd:
That the Council visit the Holiseof Indu,stry this a:ftern:oon
alS 'p.m. '
_Carried.
Moyed by W. H. Mo'ore,
. , '
Seconded by M,McVicar:
That this Council do, noW adjourn, to,meet a:t 1 :30' p.m.
, ......;..C~rried.
The 'Council Resumed
Pursuant to appointment, Mr. H.Mannell; of the Canadian M11k
Products Company, add,ressed the Counci1andmade application for
grant on town line road between No'r-th, and South Do'rchestef, and
M1";McVkar-' gaye notice of applicationfo;r grant 01$-1,000' to he
expended on the road.
M'f. McTa'ggart'gave notice ofapp1i~a.tion for payment of expense
of r~ilroad crossing gates, ~ut of Aylmer.
The',report o'f the Public Improv,ements Committee was,presente-d
and adopte:,d on motion of'}-I.G. McKillop, seconded by ,J: Todd.
~, The' report of- the County, Roads Committee was pr,esent;ed, and
Counciladjou1'11ed until ten o'cfock Friday r:riorn~ng,
W. H. TURNER.
WanIen
K. W. McKAY,
County' Clerk.
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THIRD. SESSION_FOURTH DAY
Friday, the2,st'h NovemberI' 1919.
The Elgin County Council met. this day" acco'rding to
adjbtfrhllient.
The Warden in the chai'r;
hll the membets pre~'etH.
. '
The Ptoce:edings of the previous day were r.ead and "cbti'.11rmed.
On motion "of Todd, seconded by Stalk~r, the report of, the
County'Roa,ds Committee was. adopted.
The report of the House ,of Industry Commhtee was adopted on'
motion" of McCallum, seconded: by M'iHs.
Theteport of the Goal Committee"was aoopt'e,d on rhoti\=ln of
Gtmhing, seconded by Dennis.
The report of the LegalCammittee was presenb~d and re'fetred
to th,e Comrn,ittee 'of ,the Whole, with M'r. '",rhoms-on in the chair.
After adding clause 8 toth'e report theCcimmi,ttee ra'se and the.
',re'pott was adopted on motian o~ Thomson" second.;ed by McKe~ney.,
The repo'ttcif the Finance Cqmmittee'was presented anda-d-pp..ted '
by mot{.o-n .of McVica,r" seconded by Todd.
Movedhy G. F.WiJH.ams;
Seconded byW; H.Moare:
That this Council pass a by-law to"designate as'.'Cal1nty>Roads
those portions oJ the str,eets of the'Village-ofVieu1la that forma
cannecting' link of -the roa,d between ,SttaffordviIle ahd' Port Burwell
ftom the,S6uth County Bridge oinasouth:erly direction'includ'ing
Water Streets and the"6ild plank .toad to the cOTpo'ration line. Also
froin ,t:he, N'o-rth' County Bddge irl a, n'OrtherIy'direction an the line qf
the. o,ldplan,k' raad ,to' limit o,f' corporation.
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In ame,ndment:
Moved by Stalker,
_Second~dby,I(elly :
That 'the que'stion of designating vHlag,e stre,ets as County Roads-
, be r~f<:;ri'edto the County Road Committee to confer with the High-
, ways D\epa'rtment' and report at thi Januar:y,sessi'on.
Amendment. canied on the following division:
Yeas,....;-McTagg,a,rt, Hi1l; Todd, Mills, Mitlls, Gun'tl'ing;, McCallurn,
Kendall" Kelly,' Stalker, McVicar---'l1.
Nays-Barons, M'cKenneJ, "vViIHams, PaUeu;' McKillop, ,Moo:re,
Den,mis, Thomson, ,Brumpton~9.
Moved by; Wm:,PaUou',
Seconded by McCallum:
That the MunicipaHty of Dutton lie' grante:d the amount of $1,000
,fo,r the construction ,of a section of toad w-ithi~the said municipality
which)s :a continu.aHon .'bfthe County Roa,d No~ '16 extending
'nor,therly {,rom the rio,rth end of the exi'stingTa:rViapaveinent;
\" The amount of ,$400 to be forwa'rdedby the ",Municipalityof
Dutfon to the T;easurerof the: County of, Elgip. 'prior;' to', -the c'om-'
mene-ementef the work. The mon-ey,to beexpen-ded 'under 'the
S,upervisionof t:he Cdunty Road SU'p,erintendent in accordance with
the reguhltions of,the Depa,rtrnent of :Public I:I.'i~hway~.
-'-Lo;st.
MQve,d by G. 'F-. "\i\TiHiams,
Seconded by W. R.Gunning:
T:hatthis, Coundl adjourn, ,:to 'meet to-morrow at ,10' a.m\
I _Carried.
W. McKAY,
Cour;ty- Clerk.
W. H. ,TURNER. ,
Warden.:
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THIRDSESf\ION-FIFTH DAY
Saturd,ay; the 2,gth No'vember,"1~19~
T-he Elgin
adjoutnment~
~ccorditJ.g
to
Council met this day,
County
Th'eWardenin',the chaJr.
All fh~ memb~rs pre~ent except M;essrs. Stalker and' T-homsqn.
The proceedings of ,tre -previ~us, day' we,re -read and' confil'trH~d.
M,oved by James To_dd,
Secondedb:Y q. McKenney:
>';Chat Daniel-Cattanacb- ,be' app'ointed County
the Board pf the Children's AidSodety in pI,a'ce
resiJtned.
, Representative on
of K. W. McKay,_
+Carri'ed.
Movedb~M,oore"
Seconded"by .McKenney':
.Thatthe reporter-fo,r the Times-Jl?urnal"be
'for the efficient, manner he has repo'rted,t:he
Coun'dl during ,the year.
paid' fifteen do,}Iars
pro'ceedings of, the
-Ca',rded.
I
Mo,ved, by,]ames Todd,
Seconcledby W: H. Mills:
That the Warden appoiUlt a cormnlttee of three, including,himseH;
to apply-to the, RailvimyBGla'rd for :better, freight rates' on grav;el
shipped froni the CountY"p'it.
-Carried~
,The Warden 3:ppoin:ted Messrs. Todd an4 McVicar 'to act onthe
.. ~o:lrimihee. "
6,8
:E.1~,i;l,1, ,CO,t1l,1,ty: CQ,\l,'l1,~,iJ
Mov.ed by McTagga"rt,
Seco,ttded by TO,dd:
Tha.t. the Cl~,tk::qe," reque,sted to as,certai1;1 the attitude of the
Departmefilt" of Highways,"i'u'.regard to the maintenance oJ 'gafes.3,t
railway ctossings in the County, '
-.Gi:\'rried.
Moved by McKillop,
Seconded by I(elly:
That' the Warden and Clerk inquire il,1,to conditiQus.o.f policy to
proteet the, County frotl1 action'sfo.r da,magesin respect to County
Ro:ads and take out a policy if -they deem it advis<\ble.
_Carried;
Moved by Kend~ll,
Secou,ded by McKillop:
That By-Law No. 948, to aut'ho-rize Wa'rden an,d Treasurer to'
borrow one hundred thousand dollars, be receiv:~d agel, r~ada
first time.
...,...(ax'J:ied.
Moved by Kelly,
"Secondedby'Stalker:
That By-;-LawNo. 948 be read.a 'secQtl,d thlle.
_Carried.
Mov,ed b.y,.W.rn,. Patton,
Seconded by McCallhrn:
That By-Law No. 948 ;heread ,a third time ,and finally, p~ssed.
-.+Cqtri~q.
EJgin County, CO'Ul,1,ci'l
Moved by James- Todd,
Seco,nded by W. F(. Mills:
That, By-Law No. 949, t6appbint a-
Indl1stry, '?e tecdved and, read a first time.
Physician to.Ho'use of
--Carried.
Moved by' Andrew Mills,
Seconded ~y A.,-Barol).s:
That By.;:Yaw No. 949 he Tead a seco~dtiine_
--'-Carried.
Moved by-McTaggart,
Secoll,de-d by ,Hill:
That By-Law No.'949 he read a third t:ime,andfinally'pas.s:ed.,
--..Cal'ded~
Moved by A. Batons, '
Seconde,d hyAndrewMil'ls'
That By-Law, No. '950,to grant aid:forimpl"ovement of\Middlesex.
County Line between North arid South Dorchester, be recdved and
re,ad,a first time.
-Carried'.
Mov.ed by W.H. Moore,
Seconded, by Thos. Dennis:
That By-Law No. 950 be read a second dme.
-Carried.
Moved "byG; F. Williams,
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Secondedhy W, R. Gunning:
That BylLaw ,No. 950 be read 'a third .time and finally, passed.
_Carried.
REPORTS OF.COMMITTEES ANDOFFIC~RS
1919 STANDING COMMITTEES; ELGIN COUNTY COllNCIL
,M9ved by O.McKenney,
, ,Gao.lCommittee
William R. Gunning, Chairman
Mes;srs._ Denlllisand' Mc~(e'n11'ey I
,
S~c-onde.d by Williams:
Thalt a'g.rantof ,one hundred dollar's ,be pa:id~ to the
Assodatio'n of the County to 'defray expenses for t~is yeR,r.
Trustees'
Public Improve-merit Committee
,Hugh C. Mcl{.i,110p,,~Ohairman
Messrs. Stalker, Kenda.l1,i:',odd, McTa.gga+.t, :M'cVicar,
Moore," Williams, 'ahd Hrufilpton
~Carri,ed.
House'of'Indusfry Committee
}ohn -A. McCallum, Chairman,
Mess:rs.W. H.Mills and Hill
Moved by McKillop,
Seco,nd,ed by Kendall:
Finance, Committee
Makolni',McVica'r, Oha'irman
Messrs. StalkerjTood,d,W.H.Mi1~s. M'oolre, McKenney,
Williams, Barons,Pa.tton, and'Mt:KiUO'p
That the thanks 'of this 'Cotmdl' he tendered, the Wa'rden for his
extra s'e'rv.ices during the year" and that ,the' usuaL-grant of sevenlty-five
dbllars be ,paid, to ,him. ' ' , '
-Carri.ed.
Educ,ation Committee
Arthur BarOns, '~hairtnan
Messrs.. Kelly, Gunning" Todd, And;r'erw Mills, HiH
Dennis, Patb.;)ll,and Thompson
Moved by MillIs,
Seconded by: Mi11s:
That the Council do noW ,adjourn.
_Carried.
Petitions, and Legislation ,Committee
William A." Kdly, Chairman
Messrs. Kendall" McCal}Hm, an'd-A",Jy[ilis
K. W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Ward,en.
County Roads Committee
, James ,Todd, Cha:-i<rman
Messrs. Stalker,' KendaU,.andMcTa'ggart
Legal Corillnit~t;;,e
M. McVicarr, Clhailrmat1
Messrs. .James Todd"and ",w. H. ,T~rrier ,(Ward'en)
TheWarden is ex~officio a memberof-all 'Standing, Comm:i~tees.
:E~g{l1, Cot,1nl~Y ; Counoil
'7:1
72
Ell?;i'rt Courtty ColiilpU
EDUCATION CQlvllVIITTEE
Jun(t Sessi()n
To the Elgin County Coun~Hi
Janu~ry, Sessidn
Gentlemen,-The"Educa-tion Commi'Hee r(:!por~s':
1. That, comn111nicati-ons frotn theMinisb:~r of Educ~<tionre
legislativC'_grant and Scho'ol AttendanceOffice;:rspe (1ec~ived,and filed.
To the, Elgin C01\ti,ty ,.council:
Gentlemen,~The,Ed'utation ,"Collltnibtee reports:
1., T'hat we approve of resolution frotn the Elgin' T'rustee's'
Association" in reference tolegis.Jation for, app6in,tment of Truap.t
Officers by townships being made compulsory, a'nd would recommend
the appoitttment 'of a Truant' Office,r .fo'r the who.Je County, to be
under the d:ire~tio'nof thePublicSc~ool I11Ispe'otors.
2. Tha\taccount o,f Till'sonb_urg High School for maintenance of
County pu-pils, amounting to one hund,red and seven1y-six d-oHars an,J
seventy-two cents ($17G.72), b~,paid on certiificateoJ ,the County C:lio:lrJ.<:.'
3. That the following accounts "be paid:
3. That the Warden <l'ppoint a depmta'Hon from this CoU:ndl to
atten:d, annual meeting of Provincial Trustees' ~ssoc-iation.
Municipal World,' stationery, Inspecto,rs, $3~50jMrs., Caughell,
services as Truant Officer,; $5'2.00'"jM'f's. Caughell, exp,en'se's,$8L25;
Inspec'tolr Smi~h, expenses,,$25S.64; InoSpdct'O'r Taylor, '6xpenses,'$94:.88.
All of whi'ch is respectfully suh'mitrted.
2. That actdunt'from Ward;sville High Scho'0'l for maintenance
pf County pupils be paid when certi,fied. by the- Clerk
A. BARONS, Chairman.
4'. Thalt we recommend the appointme'ut of a special committee
to confe:,rwith the Chief Inspector of Public Schools and apportion
the sa.tary of Inspect,or Taylor:between the City an"d, (ounty, said
committee to have pO''F~r to aot as requested by the De'puty Ministe'r
of Educado'n. .
St. Thomas, June 11th, 1919.
November Session
To the '~lgin ,County, CQuncil:
5. Tha;.,t in:.accordancewith resolution of the Elgin Trustees'
Assoc'iatio'll, .we' -request the Education Depa'frtment to so ~mend their
regula,ti-ons as 'to' relieve the, ruta'l trustees of the n<ecessity o'f conect-
ing from teacihersthe mqnies fOf tq.e superan,nuation fund, and, that a
copy, 'of this "recomtnendation be Jorwarded t'o othe1r' County Councils
for,their co.;.o'pe'ration.
Geri,tlemen.,-The Education Com111,ittee, reports that the ,following
accounts be', paid:
6. That the following 'account':5be paid:
J. C. Smith, Inspecto1r,. bravelli'ng expenses, $86;79; J. A. Taylor,
Inspector" tra:vellbllg expens'es; $44;'90; Expres's Publishing House,
printing, $4!.2g';':'Mhnicipal Wo'rld, priu.Hn,g and office file, $5.50.
, All of which is respectfully ?ubmitted.
Aylmer Express, $38.00; Ayh'ner Express, $36.00:; J.A~Taylor,
$112.72; J.e. Smith, $3'00.09; El1terpris,e,Pb Burwell" $10.7;',1; Aylmer
Express, $212,.00; Mr's. Caughell (West Eligin),$8~;:OO;Munic.ipal
World, Limited, $29:1.14; Mrs. Cangh'Oll (East Elgin), $115.00.
All of whiGh-is respedftilly submItted
A. BARONS, Chairman.
Novembel;_26, ,1~19.
A. BARONS, Chairman.
31,st Janu'aty, 1919.
74
Elgin CoU:ntyC~)Uncil
COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT
Janua.ry Session
t'1~e Elgin County CounCil':
Gentlemen,-The foHowin.g is -a' stateme11'to.fAs-sets an&-LiabiH-
'.'tie:s 'on tne 1st of january,1919:
ASSETS
Jan.lst.
Cash/ ,on 'hand .......--.-.,----.----.-.---...-----,.-....--..'.---'..----'..."---... $
County of l\i1iddlesex ..____........---..........---....,-------.--.-----$ 273 26
Pro'v. of 'OnlL for" Co. Roads....".....,.--,..,.......--.....--...'.-.. 41375 00
..P1;O,,?,- ,0f'Ont. fO'r Registry Fees.....--................,.........- 542 55
Br,pv. of. Ont., f'o,r Admn. of, Justice__....___..'.,.__,"..____.... 30'0,0 00
City ofSt. "Thotnas, Court 'Hous'e de'bentures--..,.. 8,56' ,86
Sundi:lies __..................___..___..'....,__....'.___'.___........'..........-...--.... 2'7'2 75
13885 56
46320 42
Excess of Liabi11ties ,over' Asse't'S..n__..___~..~m.....--....
$ 6020'5 98
16154 88
$ 76360 86
LIABILITIES
Pu'blic' ,Schools m...um.____.._m'__:___~.----_..___--.--~.m..m....--.~"$ 1818 46
County BO'Md of 'Drade_ .____:'__..~.___.,_______..___...___..____..,.~ 40:3 12
Agricultural Representative, 'grant __.___..__,__~...____,.: 167659
B-iUs' Payable .__,,;,____,_..__....__m..._______..._._.,..--.--.---..-..__-....- 47,000"00
D'ebentur,e Levies ___...,_.__._._________..._.__.,.____.,_______.__,___,__-'-... 4406 42
Hous'e, 'o'f' ,In-dush'y ,__..._..__{.____...______m______'_____~__.___.___'-',--- 1994 16
Administra.ti'Qn of Justic'e ______.____._.'_,.._---..----...--.---.---__. 21181 70
C'o,unty 'Line~, .._____'.__,_.______..____...___...__.._,;.....:_..."_.....~.......---. 897 '60
, Cotln,ty, Roads , .m'__..___..:_.____'-_..,;..___...___~...--.-,-----.-.-.-...,.--- 6,860>-00
Co,. Grant to Villages, Good Roads_.___._.:__....___,__...____ 312;55 57
High Schoo'Is .......mn....n...-.mn..n.'..."...m....m.....'m...... 4500 00
Sund-ri,es ___".____...._,_.__.__..,___,;..___...,.___.'...._.'_..____..'.____...__n__.___ 1-367 24
. $
76360 86
This de'ficit is due to the grant of $14,000.00 to:theNavy'League,
and to ,the under estimate of the House of In-dustry"Members" Fees,
and, JnterestacC'ounts.
Elgin" County Copnc.il
75
It ~ill' be necessary fo'r theCouncil,to: pass ,a, 'py-law authorlzing
the Warden a~d Treasurer to borrow $15'01,000 to,meetcurr>ent"
expen,diture durinlg:the year until the' Courity Rate's, are paid in; .
All oJ which is re,'spectfully s1ibmibted.
B. B. GRAHAM, County Tre,aosure'r.
29th 'January, ,1919.
June Sessipn
To 1!he War~,en\ andCoundl:
Gen1Jemen,~
1. J 'endo,se ,herewith abStract ,statemen:t s'ho;,wing"Re:Ceipts atid
'Expe.n,d:i;tures of the County" from'the 1st of January to,- 31st ~ay,'
also estimat'es showing the amounts required' to, b~ raised', :fo;r
County purposes during:1919. '
2. Note's of the Wa,rden an,d' T,r,easul1er amounting to s,eyerty.."
nin<e fhousan-d ,dolla-rshave been'issuedunder aut11O'rity o.f by-l~vl
passed at the January_ Session, audit' will be necessar'Y.~t this Se~'sj:on
topass',ab'y.;.law' atl't,hoi;izin.g the borrowing of 'af least twemty';five
thousanadollars ($25,0-00) to meet current expend:itures duridg the
b~lance of 'the' y;ear.
3. The number of lots eligible to' be 'sold forar:re-a't:s, of taxe's"
this year is not large, and,J"w'oulcl recommend't'hata"hy-'law"bepassed.
to defe'r -the sale for one' yea'r.
All of which is re,spectfuly submitted.
B;- :8; 'GRAHAM"Coul1itYI Treasurer;
St. Thomas, June 12th, 1919.
TofueWa-rden and Council:
Gentlemen,-:-I have the 'hon~or .to- submit for your consid,e-tation
the estimates 'f.or, the year 1919. These estimates ate sixt'jr-seven
thousand 'four hundred' an'd'sixty.;.fout-dollars,($67,464) 'les~ than,las,t
76
Elgin 'Coun'ty,' Coilficil
year, due. 'booU'! grateful r'i;~1iel f,rom some of our war burdens, and
are as foHows:
AdmiJ1.istr-aJtion of J ustice ._".....m.._......~~..._._.,.."_..._....~.$ 50,00' 00-
County, 'Lin:es _m'__.__"...~__,..____....___...__.._..........--.--.,.-..-...~_.-,.. 600-0' 0'0
H'ous'e 'of ,Industry .....__......__.:..___;'....____._..........'.......__..... 9000 00
High Schools .........................____..................................... 12000 00
Public, Schools ._......._::._...__.___.._...__..._.__.".___'_,..__.,__..__~..d.' 13'2:50,OO'
Of;fice-rs' Sa.lari,es ................_.......__..................--...:...';...... 3500' 00',
,Members: Wages' ,..___._____u..__....___..______.__.....__'..___.'.._.___.__ 400.0. 00
Court House Commi~sion _______m__.......__..__......'...'...__.... 1,50'00 00
By-Law N 0'. 759....,....._......_......_..___.....,._..___.....$2'26-800
By-Law No... 769'___.......___................................ 1264 00
By-Law No. 859...__..................-.................---. 1592 00
5124 00
Lute rest .'_..~.-'..__.....'..".n---. ...,.___...___ "_..__..._.._,...__.._'.._,____._.____'___~ SHOO 'O"Q
~~~~:;;rn~::e __::<:::'::::..:::::::::::::.:::~.::::::::::::::::::::::.::"::: 4:~~ ~~,
County:Roads and UrbanGrants'....~..--.....---.--......--.. 70'0'0'00 0'0
Deficit; 191-8 ..__...__....__.......,..._.....:.......,.....'__...__.__...__...-..---.. 1800-0,00
Salvat-i'on, A,rm'y ,...,_.....................__........_.....,_.__.....__..__.__.~. 10000'" ,0'0'
$185269 00
Rate~...,...~..,......:..._r.......,__.._____~7%O -Mills
These estimates do not -provide. for grants'urade'a't pr-esent
Se'ssion.
All'b~which is r,espect'ftily submitted.
B. B. GRAHAM, County Treasurer.
June 12th, 1919.
'Receipts and -Expenditures,lVlay, 1919
RECEIPTS
. Balari'ce Jan. 1st .--.~........--.....--............,-.'.--....--......--,..----..
BHls Payable .....--.--............----...--.....---...,--....--...--..--.-----$
C)oun ty ,Lines ..........,...,.__.,..._...'__........,...__...,...._....__......;c.~.,.>-.,
Arrears o'f 'Taxes ...--.,............--..........-.--,.'....'....-->-.---.'....
Mis,c'e lla n e'o us "......--~~..........--,...,.......~.--'.,...........-. ......,.-..'......
Adm1n:istration of J listice ..---.........--...-~..................--..,
May Tota-I
$ 13SS5 56
8000'00 79000 00
331 35
1876 18 2121 12
1462 84
116033, 127119
,EIginC6lifiitY CottncH
Public' Scho,ols ...............,.:.-.-..',.',.'.'",.,,,..,__'..'..;...'.'..'..,,".-.'.'..,'.......
C'oun ty "R'o.ads __..._.__........___.,.~--.,........-...........,__"...--..........
Intere'st ........._......,_.;.'_..',',........;....'......,.'...;__,..........,..;........."':.,._.;...
H'oUose of' 'Industr;f- .__'"....................'..___......_.,.__:_..~..._..'"...
M'ay Receipts
Total Receipts
---..----,---.--.--.----..'"......---.,.....----.............,...$
....................................-..........,...........,.,.....
EXPENDITURES
Administration of, Justice ......_.._.___..,..,.___.____..._............$
Bills Paya ble ,--..,..__....________......"...,..._"...."...,..,..,.'_...,_.____._'''',.'
In tere'st ..........__..___.....__...........nn__......._.......__.....__....__'...,__..
PilMic :S'ohoo-ls ...........____..___.,...___.;.....,......,~.....,.,....__..,...".
~ ~:::y 'oii~:~ 11 ~.~~~..~~~~:,~::~~~~~::::~~::~::~~~~:~:::::~:::'::::::::::~~~~:
De'ben.ttLf\es' and Coupons ......'..,."..,.......,~,.,.,....;.__....,__.~,..
A,rrears of Taxes ._____.__,~__.',....._...__.__...,..........u....,....._......n
M em'bers' .W'JJges ,.._..:..___...~-...---..........-....~.-..-.-.....-.....".m...,.
~f'in;bilng ',,' a'ild'Sta:tibh'ery ..__.."..._..___,._....~---..__..------..~--.
Care, . qf B'1iil'dinlgs" .,..__....__....,....,;............................_.....;....,
County. ',R6adis'- ______...,.__.,....__.__................:.:........"..............
Mis'cefla.n'e'd'tLs ...,;..._.._....____..-"......,....,_........................:'...:..,,-.
.Walei:' and Light ____~_--...........--........,.-.__....---....--.--...".------,
Reg1stry, "0 fiic'e ,....".__.-------------....__.___....:........_____________...___
High ',5 cho'oliis ...............~...~~..........,.....-......----...~...... .........~~
(j'flic-ets: ,Sala;tie'g' .__........._...,.,_...........;.................,......,.....
May, Expend:ilure:s ,.__....,.....,..._.......,~...;..........._.._.,__....__.:$
Total 'Expenditli,res __.....__............,-----..._....~,_.,.....___..____.
Balance ._____,.'.,____.......,....;..,.......,.._............,.....................__..
Ba'u,k, ':B ala:nce" ....'......__...,...............-..."...............:.....,......__..,$,
Cash in Office' ....."..........,....".....~_'.......'..,..____........o.'....__.__....
. r',"-'
$
Less ,C,heques Out ____...........___.__...__....':'"__......................__.
1S 20
2-,33 46
77
13'0 00
11S 20
13'1,58
810 71
9o-S8 n
$ 99~6255
231
l'2-{) 812-
178 00'
1~27 27
3300'1
10 06
188 15
~50'1 49
158 '35
39' $' 60'53 28
470'QO 00
287 70
2635 '45
4S72 43
957 30
2814 44'
1596 13
'1403 25
413 78
632 4S
20854.84
,,2-71'9415
98 0'5
129 59
3249 11
850 '00
8944 53
$ 98367 08
2895 47
$ 99282 55
2607 9S
'64~53
3'250 51
355, ,04
$ 2895 41
B~B. GRAHAIM"Odurity Tfeais1.1rer.
78,
Elgin < County Council
November 'Session
f,o,r
Gentlemen,--...:.I have the, honor to
your inf6rmati?11:
Council of the County of Elgin:
submit the following s>taltements .
. r
To the' Wa'rd.en and
1. J'he- e,~t.iIi1ates 'Of $186,1-'0:6..00 wiiH,he quite ample to;, meet' the
cur.rent expe11lditures of the year, as t'he accompau!ying statement
shqws:
~~1?enditure's for the Year 1919tb d'at'e--'-
N o,tes'Ou.' MOn'lsons, Bank ...___."____.;:...__..,._..___.~.__..._....n:.".--..-,.c..------:$1740001 00
Ov-erdraft",;' ..'.__'.._,__."_...__._.._...._~_...____....._,_.'____..__..;__..:_..--......----..--..--...-....-- 3,60-0'0' 00
''Esti1:na~ed: expenditure for ,balance ~919,
Grant'to"Urban MunidpaHties .._._____...m.....________.'....'._____..._....'.__..___
Administration' oaf" Justice ,...__.._....._______.__.____..____..__..._...._.,u__....nn.m
H'ous,e -'of ,1 ndustry, .___..u_.___...n..___..___.._____,__".____~__..____.~____,.--,..,...~.__..---
High . Scho:Qls ,.__.___...__c____..__....m___..____.___..__...__'___.m____.____.___...m..m.-__
Public Sch-oO'los' __...__..___..__....n..._"____.__."'..'.n.___.._'__..____.__~n___.'..n....__.__...._
Officer-s' ,Sala,ries and Members' Wages..._._.._I...~,__...____,.___.._.__...._A."
~ nt e ~ e'st, un ',.'__ ......" .:.___...,... .n_,.nn __,'..__....____._ n ,__"'__""___'''u' .".--..-------.----
p ehenture' Ra'tes ,__..._.....n.,......____.,n...'n..---....n...,n..-------',u:.Cn.n--..--...----.
Mis'cellaneous ',Gra11lts",etc. m...n.._...___..__...___.--....__~~--__...__._,.__..___....
'-for County ,Roads and o,ther,unf'ureseeri"'e:ip-ense~~..----...._--...
County' Rates, and other, Recd'p;ts' __..___..__...._...-...._.$18610,6' 00
Pro'9indal Aid to' 'Good Roads ......__...._.~_____..m..____ 7'50Q{)I'OO
, $26110& 00 $261106 00
6600'00
3000.00
3000 00
10000' 00
9000 ..00
1900 00
40'00' 00
2800 00
3000 00
7:80600,
2. It will be necess,a;ry to passa by-law autho,r,izingthe Warden
arid TteasU'rel~ tlQ ,borrow $100;O~,03)iO to ena,ble the County~o' carry
thedove'rnment',s sha,re o,f go~d roa,ds, e~pe~diture un~il,such time
asrtheProvin,Cia.l Treasurerreiniits s'ame.
All o'fwhich is respec:tfuly subm~trted,.
B. B. GRAHAM, Count-x Tre.a'sure~.
Sf: Thomas, N'ov.25th,,1919.
Elgin Coun1y' Council
79
FINANCE COMMITTEE
J~nuary See:;sio;n
To the; Elgin County COlu~cn:
Gentlemen,-TheFinance Committee' reports:
L Tnat we have consid'ered <Rppl:ication,receive.d fpr grant
~owards the work .'the Salvation: Army is doirig in Cionnectii'on with
the ,'de~lO'bilizatjon of the army,and- would ,recommend that fifit'eeri'
.-tho,u's-and ,dolla:rs $15,000) be appropriaJted for tha-t' purpose.
(R,educedinComilliHee ,of the W;'~ole to '$lO,OQ'O.)
2. l1hat'. a gran.t of fif'ty, -dollars be made to- the E'1gin Law
Libfia'ry Ass'ociation: "
3. T'hat the Sick Children's Hospital,.. .To.r0'rt-to, be granted the'
sum of t;mc ,hundrei:! d'ollars.
4. ThGl,t a by:..law,'be ,pctS'sed to authO'rize the' Wa,r,den ahq
Treasurer to bo'rrow the 'sum of onehuridted'" a:nd fifty thotisand
dollalrs ($150,000)" -to meet curr'e'ntexpen"ses 'i.mtil the,.' County . Rates
are paid - in.
5. That the recedpt fi'om the M.o-lsonsBan.k for Tre.as'J.T'er's
bond, be, accepted 'an'd, filed.
6. That the repo.rt of CountY' 'Police' Magistratte be ,received ahd
printed in ,the minutes.
7. Thart,ten-ders fUTprinting ,be req'ues:tedfrom the 11,ewsp'apcr
o'ffices at, Rodney, West Lorne" Dutton, a~dAylmer"andthat 'the
Warden an~ ChCl-irman have1 authorilty to open tenders' and' awa'rd~
contract. '
S.That ,the sutti"'of five hundred ddlla'rs ($'5010) be 'placed in
hands of-the'vVa'rden to enahle ,h~m {o as'sist in reception-of
returrting'so1d.-iers d'rprovide re.Hefaspaybe> foun,d nec-es'sa-ry;
,9. That the 'salary. of the Co unity ,Aud~t'or's be' one hund,red
'dollars ($100) each.
80
ICl&ill C9"1l\r C91l11Cil
M. Me VICAR, C4~i,m~n.
31st }anuary,1919.
JI1\l~S~$$iQ,n
To the Elgin, c.ounty' Council:
Gentlerri.en,~The Fin,ance Committee reponts:
1. With refer,ence to application of NavY:L~,a:glil;: fQr ,grant, that
no action be taken. '
Y. M, C. A. Rod
2. ,With ,refe-rence'to the ,application o,f dre
Triangle: ,Fund for grant, that n,b action. be taken.
3. 'W~th reference to ap'p1ication of the Lad.es' A\J.x.iHaxy, G. W.
y. 4.., Aylmer, for grant, that no actiohbe taKen.
4. That:the G. W.V. A.i:St. Thomas,be grahted the sum of two
hundred"dolla.~s ($-2-00-) 'to pay the rent of rooms.
5. That <:t- py-lawbe 'Pa~se'c1 'to,prQvid,e for clO'pi-ng th~qo\J.nity
R~wi!3try Office ()~ ;;a,t~t:dlay afternO'()n!3~
61. That we recommend the purchase of ,I a book typewriter and
an o.rc1ina,ry typewriter' for the~egistry Qffic,e.
I ,7. That the grant to the A!;ricultural Fair, Association of t~~
C;:ountybetwenty pe'r ceno1:. of the' Government gJ'lant.
8~ That" we' have consider,ed the applkation f.rpin the llplstJ'::~n
.
E.:lpip. COUnity 'CQunc,n
81
:ijr~~Qers,'1\g,so9iatip!1 <l~d' w0111d recomrtnend th~t this C()uncir gr~l},t
twe..ntyp~r cenit. of the Government grllnt tOt:l,U' Pure Bred Breed'et!'~
Sale: .t\s'sqc-iath:ms of the: County.,
9. 'That accoun,ts received f,rom the', Lond-on Health Association
f.or the mail1tenanceof patiertts to the:'Byro,n Sa1nitotiumj a11lQunting
to $492; he 'paid,and that the Sanitorium aurt'h'OriH,e's be ,notified, tio
charge the ,municipalities of the Coun,ty at the r~teof-on'e d<;>Uarpe'r
,day for indigent patients for one year.f1"ol11 th,e: 2(lth J1,11y, an4that
the County pay fifty pet cent. of the amount paid by the 'local
municipalities.
10. That the 'annual membenh-i'p fee to the On:ta-rio, Municipal"
Associa.tion be p;lid and that the W~rd'e:R app-oirut a <1e'pl1t:a#on -to
R\ttend,annual,meeiHp:g. '
11. That no action be taken iil l'eferente to.invhaJti.on frptl1 the
Municipal Electric Assodation inviting ,the Cpun.cil to meet with
;tthemat -Niagara Fa'Us.
l:a;, That' a by-law he p,assed :to atlthQrize the"W&rdenand'
Trea'5urerto, borrow the sum or twentYNfive ihousa'rtd doUa-irs.
13. That' a ,by-law be passed t'O ex,tend the time fprh()lding
t~~ ,sale fo,r on.e 'year.
14. That ,the-Auditor6' 'R'ePo,rtpe adopte,d-;
15. That o'rd~rssigned by \the Warden 'andCle'rk' pE::tween
sessions 'of the CouncH be 'paid ,by' the Trea6urer and repa-I',bed. to the
FihanceCQmmiHee at the first session of theCounci1,th~r~aftet.
16. ,ThM the following acC'oU11.ts' 'be, paid:
C"hildren'sAid Society,St.Th-oma's, $11'5;2,5; Aylmer Expre'$s',
pr!ptip'g Auditors' ,Repo't'.t, ,$9'9.0Q':1v.\unicipal Wotld, p:r;ifl,t'Ihg, CC)l1.nty
Tr~as'J $45.84;Vticto'daHo1TI;e forlncurahles,$110.09; AJexap.dria~n4U's:ti.
ri~l, School; $3JL30; DuHon Advance, printinl!' $8.OiQ;R.; M~Lach1i'll,
sta:tionery; County. Treasure-r, $8.00; R. McLachlin, statJoh'e'l;y,' Regls..
trar, $4.75; Municipal World, statione~y, Registrar, $138.75; Municipal
Elgin County Council
,.Wor.ld-, stationery;" County Clerk,$8~20';' Mun,icipa'l Wo'rld; stationery,
Div. COUflt; Aylmer, $2,6.00; R.McLa'c'hH.n, statio-ne'ry, ,County Clerk,'
~8.65; R. McLathlin, stationery, J. A.Bell, ~2.3'5; K We, McKal"
p09t~ge' -account,$16;70.i' '
AH of whiCh is respectfully'submittes!.
M, McVICAR, Chairman.
SL ,Thomas. Jun,e' 'l3th. 1919.'
June Session~Second Report
';'To the Warden and Coun'~i1'cif theCoun'ty of Elgin:
Ge'11Jneinen,-~-Th~ COiUmittee on Fimi.nce beg leave to repol't that,
'having ex.a~ined into ithefi'nances of the- County and-' the e,stimate,s,
pi:e:pa'red by the, County, Treasurer, they herewith ,submit a' s'tatement
''of the "ex.pen.ditur'e t'equired fortheb,wful ',purposes ofothe County
dU:14ing 1919"showing the amouu't required: to be raised for_the uu'der-
Inention'ed purposes:.
. Administration o~ Jus1tice ~_..'n......'~..,_-.'-..n.,-...;.---.n..~--..''''u.,-.,~-~.--..$. ,50'0.0,,000
~Io;~:?, ~i~~d:~~yB ~i~.~~..:::::::::::~::::=:::::::::::'.:::::::=:::::::::::::':: 1~~~~ ~~
. High Schools ...........m....'...,..;::....................m.........:'......m....m:m.... 12000 00
Pub1:ic School'S- ......_..n_......_._..,__u._n.m'..___"'n.m..__..'_~:...-__.___"u;____.n."___.u.. 132:5.0 no
Officer's'" Salarie~ ._..___.m____....n.._u._..n...______m.n..'___._'._____n.___.....m.___. 35-0-0' .00
Membe.rs' 'Wages ___.__..n:.....'_.n..n......._.__n.____._...'n_n.._.._...n.__..___n...n.'.. 4000, 00
Co'urt 'House Commission _.n.u._:..._._.....n....._.nn._~~.___.____.._.n.~n_....._ 15000 00
Debentures-..-
By-Law 759 .....m................m..m.......'....m.m;....m..~
By-Law 769 .m.........m......................,......
By:"Law' 81i9' .___....-._n..n..__nn.__.____..'..n.____n'.__._".__u__.
226S 00
1264 00
1\59~ 00'
Interest n..n.. ..._..n._n.... .__:,_~..__,._.... ___..n._n_'_.n__...n_~.__.__. ..... '._._.n
Refi'stry' O#ice __...n_n,.,__...n..-.n...n.---..n....n'n'-,.n.--...,nn
,M'i:s,cella1}eo:us .n.'.n.'n.........n,...n-.--r--....-----.n...--.......n....--n...__.n'_'''._,,-'
g~~~i:'. ..~9i~d~.n::=:::::'::.:":.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:::::::'.::::::::::::::::::::::':::::::
Salvation "Army .Grarut' ._...._...__.-n..'..---,,-c...,..--...---_...mn..,....--
Gra'ut ,Urban M,ullidpalit'ies, n.~~_.m_~......_..._...;_",.--.u~,.--...-..-_-
5124 00
3000 00
800.00
9331 00
75000 00
18000' 00
10000 00
7101 00
$18610'6 00
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. Your, Comm'iUee' would recommend that t'he sum' of one hundred
and eighty-'six .thoqsand one hundre,~and,six d'oHa,!s be raised 'on
all the rateablep.roperty in the several municipaHtie,s_ of the , County
of EIgin'ddring the J'ear 191 9 'for County purposes, and that ,a rateaf
eightinil1s ant-he dollar be levied on ra'te,ahlep'roperty-.in the several
muu1icipalities in the County tn raise saidamouM'S;',
All of which, is re:spectfully, s-ubn;litted:
AdoPte,d June 14, 1919~
M. McVICAR, Cha.;rmaf1.
N ovemberS'ession
To the, Elgin County Council:
, Geu,tlem:en,-,-T'heFinance CommittE;e reports:
1. That account from the Ama'Sa Wo'o'c;1 HospIt.al for mainti:m~
ance oLAnd.rew Smith for twenity (20) d'aylS in 1918,amountiti.g,t-q
$25.00, be paid. '.
'2. 't'hat IUO actio'n be taker{ in reference to applicat+qn' froni',the
Navy League ofCami.da for-t'he grant.
3. That the Children's' Aid Society of the. County be gr-al)ted,the
sum' of ,$400.0'0.
4.T,hat at a request of the Society, th'eTateforthemaiI~tei1arice
of County children in' th'e Sh'elter' be increased' from '$?~50: to' $3;50
per week.'
5.' That a ,by..law, he,passed to aut'hprize theWardeh'and Trei's.:.
> urer to bO'1'row$100,OOO tOo enable ,t-he:Tr~asurer ,to carryover the
percentage of CO,unty Road'"ex.penditure, payahle by t'.he ,Province.
6., Tl-{~t ,a by-law be passed ~rantin'g$500.0'O' to:be"e'xpcnd'edon
the. Dorchester, County line from, lot ,12' to 'lot, '24, ,:,pr'Ovi.Je-dthe
Councils of the County of' Middlesex and th'e To''wn,ships- of North'
~outh Dorc'heste,r gra'ntequalamounts, and that-the Canadia,n
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Milk p'r'cld1.'1;<.:ls Company grants th'e stImdf '$',i,oo();OO 'for_the same'
purp'ose. 1~hee::{'p'enditureo.f, the tnoh~Y to be in 'charge o:fth;e
Re:'ev'es ofNcYrth and South Dorchester.
7. That' 'th'e fol1owingad:ounls ,be"paid:
Children's Aid Sodety, account for maintenance of childr'en;
$213.93; for 'exp~ns'e's 'of irivestig1ations. '$17.45; The Municipal World,
fo.r books, etc., Registry Office, $177.25; Township ,of Yarmouth,
to'l1vey,ancc,Hou'se of , ,Industry inmate_s; $4.00; Alexandria'In:du-strial
School; ,$34.04; Municipal World, for County Clerk's 'office, $2.40,;
Rodll'eyMercury, printing,- $12.00;- Aylroe'f Ex:'pre'ss, f,orms, Div.
Court Clerk, $17.00; Towtlshipof M,a,l'a'hide, conveyance indiget1,t
lunatiC's to asylum, $18.,00; A.-dvance, Dutton, printing,> $39.00; "Muni-
cipal' Wo,rld, supplies for Treas'nrer,$31.28; Province of Ontario,
,conveyance of pris'oners to reformatories, etc'.,$80.48; K. W. McRay;
. postage, $11.00"
8; 'Inaccordatice :With insttuctions pa'ss;ed ,at ,t'he, Ju-ne Session,
the fol1o,w,in:ga'cc'onnts have heen received fO'rthe :ma1:ntena'i1d~ '()f
patieUlbs"a1j; the B1ro~ Sanitarium. We recommend that 'they ,be paid,;
V.illageof P,o'rtStanley, $103;'0:0.; Village of DuHon, $61.'50.
, Allof..whkh is re'spectfuUy submitted.
M. McVICAR, 'Chairrilan,.
28th 'November, 1919.
Elgil1 COUll'tyCO~l11Cn
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COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT
I
J anU:ary: Session
To ,the Warden and Council of the County. of Elgin:
Gentlemen,---'-I have nothing new to report, as to the County
bridges this year. As far as I kl1lo-wthere wi11be no new bridges
to construct. We have a large nUrhber of s;teel bridges with W'oodeh
floors -that' r'equire attention. It is almost impossible to ,get plal}k
to cover t,hose bridge floors, and some substitute must he' provided'.
The quesitionof usingcreo'sote woo'den block to ,itake:t!J.'e place of
Plank is su,ggested an-d we have on~-Jridge n'ow covered in that wa,y.
Creosote: block mak~s a very satisfactory fl.oo't and is 'light enough
~;o be us'cd hn most of these brid'ges, while concrete is, prohibhive,
on account of its weight. There are other means used to improv,e
the life of wooden floors. 'One is the use of bitumen and 'gravel
mixed. This is spread over the plard( floor and iri.'suresa longer, IHe
time to't,he'wooden,floo1':' It mig)Jtbe w~ll to experi.mel1t to som'e
extc-nt with this, mate'l'ial.
I may say that I am glVl11g this matter my best consideraHotl,
, and: will recol~lmend' to your C9mmitte~ al1ytiew mated,al that is
recon1mended for .this pllfpo'se.
All of which" is re,spectfulIy, submitted.
JAS. A. BELL, Coun'ty Engine'er.
St. Thomas, J anua:ty' 29th, '1919.
June, Session
To the W,arden and, Counc}l of 'the' County of Elgin: '
GentIcmen,-I. beg to submhthe' following report:
T,he spring floods ,did'll'otcause very' 'much injury to the
Coun1ty bridges, eX'ceptiri ,the' ca\Se oif the )?o1't Bruce -bridge; A,
diyersiono,f the water, causedhy the formaHo'n of' an ,island .in the
creek, ,caused the north abutment, of the . Port Brouc:~'briQ.ge (()be
undermined so much that it is ,sagging ~owards the'creek, and on th~
Elgin, Comity Council
n.orth' spa.n the '~hords of thepridge have' become buckled. t'am
tcildng action to have this ,abutment repaired. To ,do this work it is
f).ece,ssary to put in a cofferdam and dump the w~tet out which will
be, a 'matter of considerable expe3se. '
Tl1e Port Bruce bridge' will also require a,n-ew'floor, .and consider-
able new joig,ting, Some of the mater:ialfor 'this I had purchased
lastyea:rarid J,hav:e- men now afworkdoin--g these repair's.
The north appr'oach of the McIntosh bridg<e over the River
'T'hames will require to be~built It'hisyear, and ~hile -we are doing
this work Lthink'it would he well for the County to constnict a new
.flo'or on this bridge of creosote block; however, ~ am nut at aHsure
tha,t we can get the material at a reasonable price. If we cannot,
t~en 'we could 'c~rry this work over for another yea~. '
The matter of' getti~g material for floors for the bridg.es is
becoming'more,difficult,and expensive every ,year, and Hoi's necessary
that some' 'su'bstitute be found to'take the place of plank. In a great
many of oUf bl~.idiges whil;:h were con.structed years agO 'they are not
'Sltrong, e,n,ough t9-be:ar a"concrete floor. A floor composed of 'wo'od;en
block laid oncl'e'0'soted plank makes a floor which gives very good
results. W,e "have, such a floor ,on the Wardsvillebridge which has
~e~ri 611, tl1ree years and -is sa>tisfactoryin every way.
The'. west abptment of the Port Stah1ey bridge is s,till sagging
toward the creek and may atarry time becOlpe d,a,rigero,us. Neg'Ot1a-
tionswith the Governmen1t to.yards imp:roving the entran.ceto the
harbor above the bridge have been in' pro:g'res,ssinceyour last meeting
'and, I believeN. S. Corndl:your re'present~tive in charge of this
matte:T, has 'the assurance of the, Mi,nister that 'ih~ Government will
do 'something so that fishing craf,t andsmit1 boats will-be able to
pa"ss up the creek. Until this matter is fill'allyset'tled, plan'-s' for the
improvement of, the' bridge cannot be gone on with. I understand
the Government arereluctq,nt ,~obuild a swing, or Iik bridge on
account ~f the continual expense of ope-rating the, same, and -suggest
the 'raising of the present bridge about five feet. This would permit
fishing 'ves'selsto pass under with' a hinged smokestack. If thh
'we:re done,lthe 'structure would 'hav-e,'to be carried acro,ss the-London
,and Po,rt' Stan1ey and a trestle of e-ith~r steel or concrete with a long
a:ppr,oach ,on the west side. Plans will be submitted'to you 'fO'T thi's
Elgin County 'Council
construction.. n this scheme were carried out,
the approaches wduldhavet~ be purchased;
some land adjoining
All of whach'isrespectfully submitted.
JAS~ A. BELL, County Engineer.
St. Thomas, Ont., June 9th, 1919.
,
JlI;ly Session
To theWaI"den and:Coundl o.f the County of Elgin:
Ge'11'tlemen,--,-
Re Port Bruce Bridge
In my report to your'~C(rundl,atthe Jun~ session, I wa's 'un'der
the impression that the building of a cdffe:r-dam, at this place would
enable met~ underpil;1 the' ah'ntment soas t.orender it safe; howev,e'l",
I fi~d that afiter I 'had -the co;fferdambuil,t and pumped out; tha't the
a!butment' was so seriol1.sly nndermined and 'that' there was, ,so i'nuc:h
s'o'ft d,eposit under it that it would be impossible to' mak'ea proper
job of repairimg thea,bU1:ment. I the-re:6o-reha,d t,he earth taken
away from the hack'of the, abutment, t,hus relieving the pressui:e',
and an approach made, to the bridge, thus keeping it' open for
public travel. '
I was under the impression that I couI'd sej:ure one'o:ft'he long
scows used by the C0'n,tractor at P'Oort Stan1ey to make a tel11polra-ry
bridge,put I find that this is impossible. I w-ould not like, to
recommend'ther1J.nn'irig of a ,sho,rt SCQW for the purpose of carrying
over pass'engers. I think the risk to,o, great transp'0'rtingaut01110biIes
, in 'this way. The only other way ofkeepin'g traffic op'en i's t~, build
a;:'temporary bfidgeacross the creek by driving pile bents. The,cost
of this' would b-e abbut~ $~1,OOO. By using Stan',dardizedLumber,a,
goo'd deal o,f this material could heused'a,gain in the repairing of
County bridge-s~
, ,It Is absolutely necessary that the pres-eu.t abutment be t,aken,;, out
completely and piles driven,forthefoundathn fo'r the new abu.tment~
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There is ~QPt\t sevell feet of soft material beneath the present aQ@tc
nient' before "firmer material is enc,ountered.
Under _these drcumstauC'€S I 'did n'ot feel ,lik.e going 0:0. and
oO:111ploeting the work without youra.dvice.
All of ,which is respectfully submitted.
JAS. A. BELL, County Engineer.
Sot. Thomas, Ont., July 29th, 1919.,
November 'Session
To the Warden and Council' of the County o,fElgin:
Gen'tlemen.-I beg to submit the'followingrepo'rt ,on the: work
done on the Courttybr.idges,since:,your last meeting:
, Port StMley 13ridg.
AstepoTted upon'befo're, ,the west : abutment of this :bfidgeha,s
beeh slowlys'h0ving towards the' creek. lu'orderto'reHeve 'fhe
pre,ssute',of the earth back of the abutment, I had ten I-beams; thirty
feet long, placed in the approach, and 'also 'a 'bent steel rail- placed
:arO'undthc abutment al1d anchored to the wing walls. This has had the
,e-trect of stopping th~thru'st O'f the abut:mert1t towa'rd,s the creek.
The cost oJ this work a,nd material amounted to $927.25.
ii'
'port Bruce ',Bridge
The repl:;lcin,g of the north abutmenit of this bridge-has been
'cort1p1eted, ,the temporary bridge ha.s -been torn down and lu-mber'
placed,on-, aloo.t, for'frtture' use.
The worlena". on this bridge was pntting on )l new i1oo-r ~;>:"d
ta.kiu'gd,own -t-he' nbhh a:butmen-t an;'d replacin.g in with:i~,.ewCoJJ,crete
abutine'nt. I found it neces'sary to drive thil:ty_sevenildditionalpiles
und,er the new' abutment. The, amountexpertded a,t this place is
nlo-r,e -than usual for a j6bo\f this ,1d11'd;,aslt was ne5:essary to build
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a'temporary' bridge
the construction.
oVer the"creek,;to'atcommodate the traffic during
The cost of the work was as follows:
~e~plankin;g ,the hri-dg:e' .___.,____.___,...,......'C.hh......__Lh.....h_.'...................;$
Building 't'he temporary'bridge___..___..........,.h_................................
1.'akirt:g down andre-building. abutmetit _ ..C___'___....h....______..,_;....__..
Total _,"-_....__......___....____
632 7S
995 00
2S85 31
..,.___.________..___..oo______C___...o.___o___$
4513 09,
-The material on hand w~~id be fttlIyworth $,1000.0-0
The Robbins' Bridge
The flo,or of thi,s bridge wasrep'aired at a cost of $67.80.. The I
bridge .over theOttet betv,reen this County and. No<tfolk,n'ea'r!illson:'
burg Junction, was repaired ,at a cost of $44.64, one-half being paid
by this Coun,ty.
AU .of whkhis respectfully subirt:itte,d'.
J.A~ BELL, County Engineer.
November, 1919.
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Elgin County Council.
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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE
January ,Session
To th'e War-d,enand
Council of the County of Elgin :
Public:lmprovemerit Committee beg
to report
Gentlemen,- Your"
as foN,o,ws:
1. They have considered the matters brought to their aHention
in, the report of the. County Engineer, and ,,!ould recommend that
the En.gineer u'sehis best, judgment ,jnthe repair, of bridge floors, and
. that he 'have power toexpedment in the _ttseO'f tar pr-epairaltioU's
and gravel.
2. In regard to th, report of the ~egation that went to Ottawa
roe ,Port Stanley harbqr- and bridge, your Committee wouldrecbm-
mendlthait M'r. N. S. CorneU,be appointed to go to Ot,tawa and a'ssist
Mr, Uav-idMarshal1, M.P., in urging the Governrilemt to get the
improveroeuts 'a.sked for by tMs Council. '
3: :YourCommi,ttee:'have consideted, the communication fro.m
the Ontario Good Road Association, and would t'ecommen:d that the
fee of$15.00b~ paid, and that the Warden name _a delegation to
attend the'J,lleeting of t'heAssociation onthe-da:y stated and that-the
Clerk he a member oCthe delegadon.
4. That the Chairman and Engineer have power to ,deal 'with
minor repairs to County bridg'es during the year, and" that the
Comin:itteebe caned 'together only on instructions of the Chairman.
All of whith is re'spectfully submHted'.
H. Co McKILLQP"Chairman.
S,t.' T-hoi:nas, January '31st, '1919.
~June.Session'
To the 'Warden and Council Qof'the ,C;ounty of Elgin:
Elgih, _County Council
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, Gentlemen,----,-Your. Public Irpprovement Commit,tee beg leave 'to
report as follows:
1. Regat!ding the matter of the M.,cIntoshbridge mentione~ in
the Engineer's report, your CommiHee recommend that the En.ginee,r
act. with th~County of Middlesex regarding th"e building of. the'
north approach.
2; That the matter of a new floot folf this bridge be left in ,the
hands of the Chairm'an,and Engitieer~ an,d H.-prices are reas-onable,
they:havepower to act with Middlesex in,hav.ing this wo'rk don:e.
.
3. Your Committee 'approves of the acHon taken by the, Enginee~
inrega-rd ~o the improvements contemplate-dat Port Brucebrid;ge'.
4. In regard' to the communication from Geo. Ho,gatth, re Stalter
Gully, your Committ'e'e are unable to make a re'commendation on this
maotte.r and therefore 'refer it to the whole Council.
All of which is respectfully submtitted. '
H. C. McKILLOP, Chairman.
St. Thomas, Ont~, June 12th, 1919.
July 'S~s.gion
To the War-den'and Council of the Comity, of Elgin,:
Gentlemen,~Your .Public Improvetnent Committee met this
morn1n;g and considered the report"of the County Engineer 'as to
the Po~.t Bruce bridge. Your Committ~e are of the opinion' that the
matter: 'of building a temporary bridge at this place should he ,left in
the,han-ds ofth~,Chairman an-d the:Engineer. '
Your Committeebeliev:e that it is "necessarydo keep the crossing
open fpr ,public travel at' this poin't, and as a l~rge sCO'W wo,uld qe
approxima'tely ~he only, other', alternative to bunding, a', temporary
hri-dge" the questionwa.s discuss'e-d as to the ,advisability of removing
the floor _of the present bridge in the construction of the temporary
brid'gf:, butas,,-this would- necesslitate c10singuv o:f the,traffi~:<du:ring
the'removal, and again 'aJter, the bridge had been repaired, your
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Elgin Co,Up.ty Council
Committee think that it is b~tter to purchase
'material 'can be used again Jorother, repai,rs.
An of whi'chis l;e,spectftilly submHte:d.
new materiaL
Thi.
H. C. McKILLOP, Chairman.
I 'St. Thomas, Ont., July 29th, 1919.
, Novem her Session
To the Warden: and Members of the County Council:
'Public Im1?rovement Committee
beg Ileave to
Gentlemen,-Your
repo,rtas follow,s:
They have examined into the matter" reporfed by th~()nnty
Engineer and take leave t~ recommend' the ado,ption of the repo't'<t.
It has come to the notice of your Committe'e that a man by' the
name o.fGeorgeR. Dowd was employed 'by the Engin,eer in working
on fhe approach to the Port Stanley bridge, p'utting ,on tarvia on said
bridge; that while doing this work~ and being pf,operly, protected by
a railingl a man from 'London driving an automobile wen't' ,through
the ra:iHng an,d'upseta 'barrel, of tarvia o:xer this man Dowd. He-was
S'eve,re1y inj,ured, particularly about the eyes, and his clofhes were
tota1iy 'destroyed.
He has present,ed an account to the man'in Lond'onfor sev'en-ty~
fived,ollar,s ($75.00)fO'r doctor fees -and injuTie's a'1;1d' we are informed
th?-t he is trying itO rec'over the amount. At the s,ame time there
was one ;J:ia,rre1 of tarvia destroyed which belonged t,o {he County,
worth nine _dQl1arsand f1ftycents ($9.50-). We would recommend
iha,tthe County also take action to recover the cost 'of the ta'rvia
destroyed, and that the County pay one:"half olf -the 'costs, if necessary.
Allol which i's re'spectfully submHted.
H. C McKILLOP,'-- Chairnlan.
27th November, 1919.
Elgin, Co~m~y Coun,cil
PETITIONS i\ND 'L,EG~S,LATIO,l" COMMITTEE'
J a~qa,rY ,'Sessiol;l'
To the Elgin County Council:
'GentIemen,-The Petitions and Legisl'aJtion Committee rep'orts:
"
1. That n08.'ctionbe taken in rderence'.to communication from'
th.e County of Hastin'gs in t'eferente to the widt'ho,r Ures and the
Load of Vehic;les Act. '
2. That no action betaken in reference to, Cdttlplai:fiIt f'rom th:e
County Council of Lincoln relative to' deliberations of the Ontario
Mimicipal Association.
3. That no action be takeniri reference .to tesohition from'
~ou~tyCouncil of Peel' for legisl,ation fqr afronhi:g~ tax or as-sess:"
mentfot:' road irnprqvememt.
'4. That weapp:roved of petition frqm. theUttit'e'd COUl,l!ties,of
Stormont, Dundas' and Glengarry, praying Parliamel,it tlot t.o., p,u,t
the 'provisions -of the'Daylight Saving' Hill into' effect during 1919
o-r't'here'after.
5. Tha-t'we' approve of the d'e'porta!tionl oJ interned'alien enemies
and co-~perate in re,solution from the King,ston CityCc;>unciL
6. That we 'co-operate by petition with t:he~ County 'Council of
Victoda for an amendment to ,the Dog Tax arid Sheep ,Pro1tection
Act,to meet conditions arising when sheep are held hy:, butchers in
yard-s adJoining a city or town'. -,
7. That w'e approve of suggestion [,rorn the County CounCiI'of
Prince ,Edward, that the Bighway Act should 'beatlleJ;lded to provide
for a, uniform standard' of construCtion of roads, aud closer, S'Upel"'"
vision ~f work by the D.epartment of-Highways and. for the division
of the Province into County Highway Dis~tricts,wi,th' Divisionlal
Provincial Engineer in each, who wout.d-a,s'sume authority,n'ow con-
ferred on'the R'oad Superi'n.tendent, inteference to dr-ainage.
An of, which is respestful1y~ubm~tte<:l._
WM. A. KELLY, Chairman.
30th Jan4ary" 1919,.
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GAOL COMMITTEE
January Session
To. the,Elgi~County Council:
'Gen,tleJD,en,--Tlte, 'G~ol Co.mmi~tee repor~~:
1. Tha, they have been advised by the Architect that it'is not
adtVisable .to ask for tend,~ts for the soft co'al hea.tingappa,ratus for
tlhe County'buildings at the'P:resent. time, owing ,to high' prices, an,d
,tha't he be requ'este,d 'to have tenders ready at the June 'Sessi()n._
2. That the Gaoler's sabry be increase&from nin,ehundred
d.o.llats tooue thousand donars. .
3. That theCo.unty Engineer be ,r,eques,ted to. supmit at the
June Session, estimate of cost of placing a tile floor in the main
corridor of the Gourt Honse and' in the telephone and - Police, Magis:-
trate'sro.oms.
All of which i's .r.espedfully' sub111,uted.
WM. R. GUNNING,. ,Chairman.
'31s~, Ja'~'uaty', ,19HL
~un'e' Session
To :the',EIgin County Council:
Gentlenien,_TheGaolCommittee repo,rts:
1. W ehave' received 'tenders fotin'sta1ling~ a so.ft coal, - smokeless
hot. water heater in: co'nnection with' t'he heating system of Court
House -and Gaol, and would r.ecOJnmendthat theten.,d'er oJ J.A.
McKezie, &'Com'pi:\ny be as:cepted fo,r twO,thousand fourhund'red,and
sixty-six dollars ,and ninety"six cents (~2,406.9o), the. work to be
cO'ffi'pleted under the superv'ision o.'f Architect Darrach.
report o.f Engin'eer Ben, we recomurend that
be placed in th'e fi,rs:t flo'Q'rcorrid'ors o.f the'
2. In' reference to
a marble mosaic floor
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CourtHouse, ;the telephone and Polioe Magis,trate's, rooms,th~t'
marble" steps replace the' steps, in entran,~es t'o thehuilding, and: that
the ceiling in the furnace rq,om,be,replacedwith ooncretec'ons'truc~
Hon. The work to be d-o'll'e'urtder the' supervision of the En.ginee,r,
estimated ,to ,cost thre-e tho~sand two hund'red;'doUars ($3,2'00).
3. That np action -be ,taken.in reJerence to Turnkey'sapplicatipri
; f.or' increase of/salary.
'4. Thalt ,~we accept the swolrd and-hatof,the late Sheriff McCaU
art'dthat the saine be"plac'e-d in a, suitablecaseiiri t'heLa.wwbrary,
'andthat the Warden convey to Mrs; McColl and !amilythe, thanks
of the-Oo.uncil for' the gift; and 'assure her .that it will be pro'P'er'ly,'
cared for and be available for use by the p.roper' officer on' offiCial
o.ccasions.
All of which -is, respectfully subm~tted',
W, R. GUNNING, Chairman.
June l'2th, 1919.
November Session
To_ the Elgin County Council:
Gentle.men,"--TheGaol 'Committee r,~por,ts:;
Th~t ,the'insltallatiori of' a 'smoke'lesssoft c(j'al-water,'boUer::iii"
connection With the heating apparatus has 'been' c'omplet~d,:in asatis:~,
f.actory manneran,d will .be put in commission a~, s'Oon as a supp1y'of
soft coal js~vaila.ble, Jhe total cost Qf the "imp'ro-veh1.'ents, inclii-d-in&",'
Architect's fee, \wa's two tho.usand eight hundred and eight.,five-d'oUars '
and ninety' cents ($2-,885;90). '
Allof which is' respectfully ,su'omdtted'.
W,R.
2-7th November. 1,919.
96
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--,.-'-.~
HOUSE OF iNbUSTRY cOMMiTTEE
janUary .Session
To theElgiu"CountyCouncil:
Gehth~1Uert,~Th'e Hbnse'6f Industry COminittee i'eportS:
-That "they: have been advise,d by the ,Architect that it is not
advisable.to ask for ten,clers for the soH coal heating app~ratusfor
the House of Indus,try at the present time, owing to high prices, and
that hebereqnested to haY'e tenderS ready at the June Session. .
All of which_ is re,spectful1ysubtuhted.
J. A. McCALLUM, Chairma'"
31st JanuarYi 19HL
Jim~ Session
To the Elgin County Council:
GeriUemen,-The,House of Industry. C;'ommittee reports:
1. That ari,e1ectric lighting system be installed in the "House of
Industry ,and btlildings c~mnected "t'herewith.
2. We ha've an offer from the District Manager to: 'lUsta\! a
De1co..,'Ligh<t plant f6r dghteen hundredan& ni1}ety~one ,dollars
($1,891), w'hichis, submitted for'the consJderatiou":"of the,Councit
,3. That the following accountS for C'onveya:nc'e of-inmatesto
the, Institution bepa.id:
Township of -Aldhorough, reThomas Holland" '$10.:19; David
Johnson, '$10.35; ,Mrs. Walket)$6.QO'.
4. ThattheC1'e'rk b~, aU,thoriz;.ed to 'Siign contract for individual
linetelep'hone service to House of Industry ata cost offifty-'six
&ollars ,and ten cents {$56'.10) per year.
5. That we would recommend ,impf'Oving the heating a'pparatuS
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a:nd coal sto'rage ):1 e~larg.ing 'the p,res'e:nthea.fer building, the con-
struction ()f a new' chiI'nney, and the ihtro-ducti0'h of 'a ,sf1t0'kel:e'ss
'soft coa:lhct.f'wate't boiler, in addhion t'o the, ha;nl: e,oalbo-ilerg,at
pres:ent in u.se.
6. That we fete-rIunencl the acceptance of the, following te'ti~fe'rs
received. - ,
A; Monis, mason,cal'penterwork, ,etc. ___________~~..m.________.'m....m$
I.A. McKenzie,lrot 'water boHe-r _________:,______".___...,___.....__~...___....__,.;.. \
2170'.00
11m 74
Total _'_'___"'____,_,__"'''_'__hn.n__...____........_"_"nnh'''__"_''''''____.,._,..."".,..........__..$ 3280 74
arid that the work be completed under, t.he -supervisi-on of ,Architect
Darrac'h. ' , ,
Al1 of whi~'h is resp'ectfullY,sub~nitted;
J. A. McCALLUM, .-Chairman;
St. Tho-mas, June 12th, 1919.
November Session
TO'the Elgin. County Countil:
Gentlemell',;-Th,eHot~'se o.fIndustty 'Committee repo~t that boiler
house and installation of smokeless soft coal water honer, in connec':
tfon with' the heating' apparatus: 'of the Ins,titution, -has been C:'oh1pl'eted
in ,a' satiMactory .man~er and' will he 'put ir commis'sion, as soon ,.as 'a
supply of, 'soft. coal is available; Th~ 'total cos"t of ,the_ impl'o'V~:tn,en'ts,
including the Architect's fee, was three thousand :six 'hundired and.
fqrty-flve, dollars and twenty-s~ven cents ($3,H45.27), two tll,ousand
two 'hundred 'and n~'nety.,one dollars a,n-d' thirty~'flve oe'llts($2,2'Q1.35)
of which was for building.
2. That the-report Of Dr. Eweu be a,dopted'and printed, in the
"miriutes.
3. That -the' 'report of Inspector Turner'be adopted and printed
in the minutes.
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Elgin C9unty Council
4. Thi,t theWarden,beal,ltho-riie-d,.td sign petition for th'e'
i~stallati"n of a hydroeelectric power line. along Tilbot Street, and
tq ente-rinto a contract:for the,requirem.ents of the Institution.
5; That we have'purc'hased fourthousancl. six h'u~-d'red and thirty
(4,630) pounds of beef, at seventeen cents per pound, for use during
the ensuing year~ This''ha:s''been placed"'in the coldstoraige 'of the
St, Thomas '~ackih,g'Company. '
:REPORT INSPECTOR HOUSE OF INDUSTRY
November ,Session
'To, the'Warden ?-ndCounciloft'he County, of E,lgi'n:
Gentle,men,--:--'rhe following is,my repQflt on,t'heHo'use oflndustr::y'
and Refuge'fO'r the Y,ear eri,ding~31st' Octobt;lr, 19:19:
6. That a byelaw be passed appointing Dr. Douglas L. Ewen
phys5cianof the House of Industry 'in place of Dr; Fflederick Guest,
Who has ,been appointed District Medical Officer of Health, with
headquart'ers in Loridon.
AJl of whic'h-is' respectfully st1hmitted.
J. A. McCALLBM, Chairman.
1 Num.'ber 9f inmates at last"report .__....__~..___........._____.._________._
2 ' NU,mher admitted, during year, .,~,;"-____'-..__"~"".'----.""''''''----'..--~-
: ~:: ~:~ :l:~~~:;:~dn:::::'~::::~::~::::~_:::::~:::,:,::::::::::~:::::::::::::::::
Number now in Hous'e- __.._.'..'.....'"'_..'........._____,..'....'._____,..____...__...____,
N.umberof. inmafes sent '{,rom the ,several,municjpalities
in\'the County during the year:
~~anb:rthUg_~_..:::~:~::'::~::::::~~:::~::::::~:=:::::':~~:~~::::::::~::~_:::~:::~::~:::::::"::~:::::
South W'o ld ,', ,.___,_.._____...n_h'~____....:__.,.h__.'n.'..__...,___.~.".__.........................; ,
Y'a rm 0 u th ~.~_____. _____: ::__.:~___ n__.~.---------..___..- _,______ n .~..-----~-- ______..:.__..'~
Mala'hi4e___.,;,.____.___.,_._____.____,..c___..____...___~,.......--,,-.,'~.----,---....---,.:..-.,....',-~o
'B a yhaln _'_"_'__'_,.--.. ..'.. _______.__~.__,--....._._~.._;..-.:.....:~:~.-h..--'-.,h ...~-': ......,....~-
Sotith: ,Dorchestet ,...h.~,-...n...~'.....-....,--....._~..;,---....~.'...n'.-'..:.-,.._.,..__....
,A y't~ e, r ' " _.__,_~~,.,.---,.....,..--.'-.--h-...-'.---...,-..--- ._____.._.',__.....__ ____.._._'_~_________~.
West ""Lei-in e, ' '.,-.------~-,~:...-----.'~....--. .____.__~__ .__.____ u~_..~,... _nO. ..;~-.'-~-..-.--,'.
,~~ ~t:;; '..::~~:::::~:::~:::::::~~:::,~~::::~::':::,:::::=::~~:,:=:::~:~:~:::::::::::::::~~'~::~~~:::::::'
28thN ovember, 1919.
8 The various -' causes 'Of pauperism of: innta'tesadmitted
to -the House during 'the' year may be classed a's
follows:
;~i;:St~t~ ,"~~~~:~'~: ::::~~::::::'~::'::::~::~:'~:~:~:::~:~:::::::~:::::::::::::',::~::::~~~~::::~:~:::::: .' :"
Old Age' ,____,____-'_________,_.____.".........,,________________....___-..----....:_......_..... 3
9 ;Average-nutnber,of in.mates, 'during the year:..T--".~.--,___....--.~1:8.5
10 Average nurrrber with ,Keeper's 'family and hired, help;.," ,53.8
11 Number of weeks' hoa,rd, of ,inmates:~__..,..______,_..__.n_,__"..~...2528
12 N1-unber, '~f _ we'eks', with Kee'Per'~,,',~ami1y-;-,...'........h.~~--:....,2806
13 Total expen~iture during the year..___....._...__.__...mh'i$ 142'2'575
99
47
8
7
1
2
45
8
100
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Receipts
F,rom Inmates. ...,........,.........---.-,....-...,'..'. ......$
From Produc,e Sold, ,..----'-.-........-..----'-.----.--~
Er~m .Fat-ro.- '5.to.ck :........:__........,h.....'.__......;..'
From- Sundri:es-c .,:.'..__.nn.._..'....--..'.-......n..'....
pe;rmaneri.t Improvements ......--................
15 Leaving amount actually expended fo,r
's,upport of i'111uates, ._____..____..n_.___...__._._._
16 Average ~xpen$e per we,ekf0'r each
'person __..._...____.................___............'....n.___
17 Average ex,pens~ p-er d'ay fo,r ea'ch
p e'f-S 0 n .....__._... ..~_....__~.~.._...__.._.._...~.... n__'__~
18 A ver;age' c.x:pense ,per.. yeario,r each
person .____.__.__.__.______.__.n.__,__...__.,...n...n.n__.'._
19 Amount expended' for<house' a'nd-fa:rm
during theyea,r isd'ivided as {"CHows:
Farm Expense
4-99 87
375 08
1954 70
47 60
283S 76
Hired Labor
Implements ............._.....__.....004--.-......-.....'-.....
Stock, .__"..00...._..__.,...._.....,__.__._.._:..__...._
F eed ,.__~..___,....__..__.._......._.._'n....____..~_..__;...__._....
MiscellaneouS ___,...,__.,..__._..4_'.....__.._._..__....._.._.
Seed --......--..-..~..,...---,.... .--.~'..-,:'--..---...-~. ..--
....................................._.."......$ 687 70
35,7.
86S 05
1254 97
277 20
~57 49
$
House Expense
Hir.d Labor ......"............."...........................$
B read .--..~-.......--,.....-.--..'----..:..-....-.;'-:.....--._-.,......,.
Meat ______.__._......._..__...._....._.'..00........._.__
Gro cerie's, .......__..__.00.___.._ .,.--.-..-----..--.-..--.--..~
Provision's _.__..n..____._u.__.--.-...-..'--,.-.-~.-..-,....--
D-i'y, "Go'o,d,s, --..----..,..-.....--..----,..-..--.--'.--.--..-..-:;
'Boo;ts and Shoe:? .-.....---:-.-.........---..........--.-.:..
Furn'iture and Hardware .--..-,..--,.........-......
Drug's -...--.-.,..--.-....--.-....--....-.--.~----.--..-,....-.-...,-.-
Coal and Wood, .....,....--.........-....:......-.~..:..;..,,-
Miscelianeou,s __..u.._.,....___._..,......,:......_...'.'....
297 00
10'4()'.,30
617 96
275 04
939 2,1
'33S 47
296' 60
577 SO
95 56
1916 33
140,05
5716 01'
$ 8509 '74
3 03
157 06
2781 22
43
6555 22
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, " ,
;---~
GeneralExpen~e
Conveyance o,f Inmates -.-....---.....:......-...
Repai'rs __....____..'__,____.....-----:..,.,..-,-....-----,.....--....$
Permanent Improvernertt ....,nm.......__........,'
Incid:e,n tal .__,,__..._____...:.~..-.--.-...-...---',--......-......-..
341 03
2S38 26
500 85
3680, 14
, Salaries
Keep,er ________.. -.-----.--.'.--...--.--.:...---.- ......----..--.---$,
Matron .__.__.-...--.---,--..----...'..--.-------'.00...-..-.--....---
Physiciap _.._______..00..___....____._..___.___......_.........
Inspector, :___,.00....-----.,-..-----...,..---.--..--...--..:...1----..
600 00
25,0 00
20,0, 00
,
150' ,00
1200 00
Total Expenditures
$ 14216 58
20 The following prOduce was raised, on the fa'rm' during
the yea-r:
95 bushels of wheat.
38 loads of hay.
200. hushds of oats.
15, hushels of" hadey.
15 bushels of turnips.
100 hushels of. p-otatoes. ,
10 ,bushels oftahIe bee.ts.
10 ,pushels 6f'sugarbeets.
15 bushels of' 6h~ons'.
200 jars of fruit.
8'bushels of salsify.
10 bushels of sweet :corn.
33 hog's' sold.
S bushels of peas.
12 hushels of carrots.
11' bus'hels o-ftable carrots.
13 loads of'shaw. "
1 load of melons.
800 heads of cabbage..
8 hogs (killed).
,2 heefs (killed).
2 veal calves, (killed).
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30'00 lbs. butter.
10 barrels of s:oft, soap.
50 fowls (~i11ed).
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103
Boiler room arid, SCift'coal.boileI1______~~".,
'D eep, :"well' .......;___.__..___.._____,__,....__.____._...__.:_....
Silo ___:______.__....___...__...m______..'.____,........._,_:_
Hog, ',pen ___~___...____n..._......____..__'..:n__........._..
25' Received from Governinenton,account
of,' expenditures for ,land' and ;bui.}d.;.'
in'g ,'-'---;-~-.-----.,..,'.;-e-...h-..;;..--':-".----.;-~..,.-,--_.'....,...
Leaviil'g amount actually expended "by
Coun ty, ___,_..._,.._______...~n..;:._,.._",...;,---.'--h'.-.,.~...___,
AU of 'which is tespectfullY,,S'u1imitted.
2S00 00
827 66
293 62
654 99
,--$396$629
. '
In~dditi,on'to' the above,-alarge:humber .of vegdables, etc;,
,were raised and' consumed during tJ:1e year, of which no
. . "a;-C'ccil1:qt 'was ,kept.
21 Number 'of articles of'he'ddinga11'd
clothing made upd-uring the year' by
,the Matron and inmate,s __....,..._....__'.._.__ 337
22 Nu'm,p'er of yisit~ 'mad'eby" Itlspedor---- 48
.F.ar,m.Sto,tk-
3 horses yalued "at .---...--.--....--..,-~...-;.....-:.$
15 'towS valued at ..._.___.m._.__~,.....-..---...-....
3' calves val\Jed ,at ~._..,..._..:-:",...--...'--.'n.-..".-
10, hogs v.alued at ;_..h..'...._....._._--.:.---~..-,...-.
2 cows,'valu,e'd at ..._........_.___...___.______n~..___
20 pigs valued at ..._____.n.......--....------...-.--L.:
125 chickens, 23 ducks.
24. The total amount expended by County
on . House '01:- Industry, etc.,is: as
follows:
Farm, 100 acreS, cost' .nv._.__,...__..___..,__:...,$
House of Industr:y, -...,..,-.--..,:~..-..--;.,---.,._.--...
Laundry' m._...;.._~~:.....-------..:-~.:..---.._.n.m.....----.
Fire Esc~pes -...--.-....--.--~-.._,..--...._--.,..---...-".
RobtCellar, Henery, 'etc. ..---..-..-.....-..-.--~
Cottages, etc. ..--.,.....--.-..,--...-;---.~-.--....-.....--.--
UriCk Ice House ....-....--..------..-......--.'.-.-...-..
Barns,' ,et;c. ___.'....._n.__..'_.n.'_...._____...____._,__._...__.'
T:ile Drains ,..-....'n....---.n....-...'"...-..-..--._~----...
Tik Drain Qut\iet_...,-..........-m_._-._-.....~_.......~
Hot air puqrp, tanks and connections
Refrigerator ..___.__e..__..._.....___:......__.......__..._._...
Fencing ....,....--....--....-.,...........-...--.'---..--'.-----..--.
~~e~t~: .~~~.~.~~.~~;~... :~~~~~~~~~~~..~~:~~~~~~~~~:~:~~~.~~~~~
500 00
200000
.125'00
250 00
12000
60 0-0'
725000
11884 75
68761
390 06
.879 43
3104 77.
118'0' 5(}
47'3262'
10'31- 23_
111 53
350 0-0"
40'00'
1402 67
85 85
197900
4000' 00
$ 3568629
28tl,l" November, 1919.
ANGUSTURNE~. ,
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p:!lYSICIAN'S REPORT
Nay-ember Sefjsiqn
To the Warden and Memhers of the Elgin County Council:
Gentlemen.-'"I have the honOrot presenting the forty-fourth
annuahnedical repor't of the Elgin House of Industry, 'up to Octo her
31st, 1919,and submit the following for your,consid,e'ration:
, '\
1. The. health of the inmat.es has been good.
2. There were no epidemics.
3. I made fifty-three vtSlts to the House o! Industry and daily
visits to patients while under treatment at the Amasa Wood Hospital.
4. During the year I attended four -patien.ts~t the Hospital.
On December 26; J.Howe was taken to the Hospital suffering
from rheumatism. He returned t6 the House of Industry on
, January 1.1.
On December, 26, David Johnson was taken 'to the Hospital
suffering from heart disease. He left the Hospital on January 7.
On August 12, Thos. Mitchell was remove" to the Hospital
'suffering with threatened gangrene of foot. 'ne remained ,there
until 'September 10.
On July 3, A. Crum was taken to the Hospital, where she
temaineduntil_September 2.
5. There we,re no births.
6.,Numher died during the year, ,seven (males, 5, females 2), as
fo1l0WS:
Date
Feh. 7, 19'19,
June 11,1919
Name
John _Berdan
Nancy' Pettit
Age
87
S8
Cause of Death
Apoplexy
Shock following frac~
tured hip
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June 18, 1919,
Sept. i 7, 1919
Oct;)2; 1919
Oct. 15, 1919
Oct. 19. 1919
Clarinda Taylo'r
Ma1colm.Taylor
Steven'Hb,lmes
Josea'h Hubert
Chas. Oliver'
Paralysis
Arterio Sc1eroqis
Bright's Dis'ease
Cancer
Old Age
82
75
71
81
77
St. Thomas, Ontario, Nov'ember, 17th,'t919.
Y.our bbedientservant,
DOUGLAS L. EWEN.
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\ Elgin- CountyC6uncil
COUNTY ENGINEF;R'S SPECIAL REPORT
ON TILE FLOORS
I .
June' Session
'To ,the, 'War'den and' 'Council of the County of 'Elgin:
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,Gel)tlemen,-In accordance wifh your instructions, 1 begto report
th~t I ',have examined the ,ground floor of yourCoun.ty Court, House
with,aview to determining the c'ost of re'p1<iciri.g the pr~'sent -wooden
fl00ring in the first floor c-orridors with. a 'tile floo.ron a concrete
foundation.,
The followin,g es'tima'te which I 'have, prepared,indudes' the.
folldwi~g: ,; ,
(1) Remov:irt,g..the 'present wooden f1o'or and johtsiti the main
C'~rridor,,'p(jHce\'Magistrate's' office and telephone room.
(2)"i Laying are-inforced concrete base for, theproppsed new
floor., using, steel Floretyk 'cons~ructiou.
(3) Removing the wooden ceiling oJ the, furnace room and
replacing, w'ith, concrete co"nstructio'u and 'plastering it, using
ple'tal lath. '
,(4) Replacing the w.oodensteps inside the '_north,ea.st, and west
:en'tranc.es with white, marble steps.
(5) Laying a new tHe floor in thcmain corrido'r, Police M3:gis':
trate's bffic'eand telephbne room. I
I:'estimate the cost oj: the work ~t'sfonows:
Retl1ovi~g' ,oldflo-or' ..._._.._.,__,..._...__.___.....___...m.._~'__._..__h$ 1001 00,
Trussc,d ,bars, Floretyle, _ etc., c..___._____._..".~'m..___..m..... 44;000
Cohcretebeam' in furnace room .ce.__.._...m.........___.:. 75 00
Concrete floor .__......___........,.........m..m.........;................. 40'0" 00
Plastering furnace rooms.' m....~n.m......".......,.......m.... 3-0" 00
$ 10.45 DO.
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Matble Mosaic Floor, Marble Steps;m,.m:..m:'L..___.
?134 DO.
Say_._..._.__............
$ 3179 DO
$ 320.0. DO.
Tihec'O.st Of laying aTerra~z floo-r,. which is a'cornposHio:i1 of
cement and, ri1.arbJ'e "chips, will be ,as follows:
, .
R'emoving o1d'f1oor, cancr~te base, etc;..._.....~:;.___...$
,Layin-g' Terrazz, floor,' marble step's, 'etc._ ,..""._._''''''
Say.__.....__......._....
1045, '00
1295 DO.
$
$
2340 0.0."
2350. DO.
The cost of laying a
parder, will he as" follows,:
floor,'Mwhite cera~ie tile ,withcplo:r,e-d
Removing 'old 'Boor"concrete base" etc; m"...m..h___~$'
,Ceramie"floor'-mth, marble sfeps, etc., ........._..'mom.._ '
10.45 DO. ,
1650. DO.,
$
Say.."..____............. $
2695 DO.
270.0. DO.
All. ofw,hichl is respectfully suhmit:ted~
JAS. A.BELL, County Engineer.
Referred to:G~\Ol Committee.
St~' Thoina~,' J un'e ,10,th,'1~19.
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Elgin '-CO\1uty Council
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE RE PORT STANLEY
BRIDGE AND HARBOR
January. Session.
To the Warden and Council of the County of Elgin,:
Gelttlemen,~Mr.N. S. Cornell, your late Warden, has a~ked me
to submit for your consideratio1l a repo'rt o-fthespecial' q.elegation
appointed to go to 'Ottawa ,and interview the Hon.Mr. Carven, tlte
Ministe1~. of Public Wo-rks, regarding the desired improvements your
Council wish to bema.de to t'he Port Stanley 'harbor. I
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The Commit'tee, consisting of the'Warden,Osca,rMcKenney, and
myse.lf, from' the County, and Ed.gaF San-dets,represe'nting the
City of St. Thomas, were met on their arrival at Ottawa by the Hon.
)';W. Cro1thers ,a;ndwere .introduced by him to Mr. CarveH, by whom
we were very co"rteously received. Your Warden first addressed the
Minister and pointed out to him the necessity of opening up the
harbor above the bridge for the use of the fishing boats and leaving,
the harbor below the bridge free for commercial use, and stated that
at the Pfesent ,time the barbor was so congested that it was qf'little
'qse except for the fishing boats.
He also pointed out that the extensio'n of the harbo,rwou1d
necessitate the ercctio'n ,oJ a swing'or Hft bridge. ' It was also hrought'
to the notice of the Minister ,that the action o.fthe Government a
. few years ago in dredging too near to the west abutment caused it to
set'tle and is noW left ina dangerous condition.
Y ourWardcn was supported ih ,his views by Messrs. McKenn~y,
Sanders, and myself. The, approximate cosl'oj the work required
was placed at $30,000. '
The Hon.Minister, afterhearirig the delegation, stated that they
presented a stro~g case, bqt that the difficult part of the' m.atter was
the building of the swing or 1iftbridge by the Go,vernment. 'Ho.w-
,.e-~rer; ;he :promised at.an early date to bring the matter before his
c'0l1eagues.
Mr. David' Marshall, the Member for East Elgin,wa's not- able': to
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'l:iepresent, hut Mr.' Co,rneU informs me that he hads~en ,him-since
his feturti and,thathe 'wiUbe' 'in Ottawa ,the second,week of February,
and desires Mr.Cor~ell to meet. him there to ,go further int:o the
thatter 'with the Hon. MInister.
All' of wh}chisrespectfully submitted.:
JAS. A. BELL,
Coutity Engineet.
St. Thomas, January ROth, 1919;
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SPECIAL CpMMITTEE ON WARDEN'S ADp~ESS
April'Session
,To' th.e;' Elgin, County C~lUncil:
Gent1emen,..,.:...Th:e Specioal Committee appointed to consider the
Warden's a,dMess report:;:
'1, That a, Legal Committee be, appointed" to cons'i,st or the
Oh<l,lrmen of the Finance and ,County Roa-d's Co'irhrriittees"and: the
Warden, together with ,th_e Reeve of ,the municipality, in, which the
cause of the action is 'lotated; This Co-mmittee to have po,werto
advise with the So-licitorand -determine what 'shoul,dbedone when
actions are entered against the County; said Committee to have
authority to iss'ue ord,ers pn Treasurer f'Qr' payment of costs, damages
arid expenses, as may be necessary" and report to this Council.
2. That Messrs. McKenney, ,McKiIlO'p ,and' Baron's be appointed
a Spec:ial Cominittee:'t.o' revise ,By;..Law of Rul'es and Regulatlons of
, :the"Council and repo'rt ~t the]uneSession.
All of which is respectfully suhrnit.ted.
M. MacVICAR, Chairman.
April 16th, 1919.
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COURT HOUBECOMlVllSStON
June Sessi,on
,To the ,Elgin County,(ouncil:
Ge~tl:emen.--':'The Court';HCluse Commission re-po'rts: I
That Expenditu,res during the past year 'were; as' follows:
Caretaker's', sala'ry .__.,..____,...__.__.......,..,...__..._______..___..........$, 60,0' 00;\
Repairs __'__'__....,__..,__...__.~.._________._____.,'......____,..:.__..__h'.............. 6,60' 1;0
Miscellarieo-p.s, s-qpplies _.m__.__...,..__m.___......'__.....,__.....m 181 5.5,
. ,$ 1441 65
Some ,further repairs will be undertaken this year, an,d it is
estima1ed that "at least fifteen hund!r'ed dollars ($'1J500:) 'w,il1 De
required fo-r(he purpose of theCommissi'0n.
All of which is respectfully submitted-.
Ie W.M'"cKAY, COUl1t:y' C'lerk.
Sf. ~rhomas,'June 10th, 1919.,
Elgin Connly Cot\neil
SPECIAL :aOSPITAL COMMITTEE
Jal1uaJ."Y ,'Se,s:aion
To ,the 'Elgin, C:oitri-ty 'Council:
G'e-ntlemen,.- Y o:u:r .sp:cc'ial Commiueeappointed to !.:onfer with
the Govern,ors of the Amasa Wood Hospital in reference to' the
,ac1:missioll and medical attendance of patientsfrotn the County,
r~port as fo'-1lows:
1. .That theactioh of the Council in increasing the amount to,
b~ paidfo,r indigent patientsfrorn the County to $1.25 per day, in
Q,ddition 'to 't'h,e CoullIty' grant, is satisfactory to the Ho-spital
auth6rifi~s.
;2. That" since YOU!.: Committee -Was appointed, it has pee"u
suggested that the, present-hospital accommo'datio'nin St. Thomas
is' not sufficient and, that.some adion should' be taken with- a ,view
to' providing a suitablehos'pital.for both the County and City, as a
memot,ial'to thesqldiers from Elgin who rnade:the su.pr.eme sacrifice
during the war, and fq,r the care in years .to come of aHmen: who
enl'isted from this Cou'nty. We recommend the Cquncil toappoiht
a: 'Special Committee 1:0 confer with, the hospital aut:ho;rities and
con,sider thewho'1e question.
All oJ which 'is respectfully st1'b,mitfed.
WM. TOLMIE, Chairman.
51., Thom'as, 8th J anua'ry, 1919.
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SPECIAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COMMITTEE
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June' Session
To the Elgin Counr~ Council:
GentJ,emen,-,The Specia,l Memorial Hospital Committee reports:
1. That they have had several meeHngs, with a committ,ee from
the City Council 'and have considered the whole question.
<2. Wesubinit'herewit'h report of a' Spedal SUh~Conlmittee
cbntaining' a -definite pr0'positioll.
3. We recommend that ,the special repo,r.t' he priri1ted and dis-
tri'buted and considered by the Council, ata futn're session.
All of which is respecdully submitted.
OSCAR McKENNEY, Chairman.
St. Thomas, Jun~ 11th, 1919.
To'the Joint Memorial Ho'spital'Committee,:'
Gen'tlemen,-----The Specifl,1 'Sub..,Committee appointed
ddinite propositibnreports:
1. We believe, from infonnation' before us, that aho'spital, build-
ing_ is needed to provide accommodation suggested by the -d'octo~s
'at"the last meeting :ofthe"Committee.
2'5 beds for ,obstehi'c, work.
2'0 beds in 'pr~vat,e rooms, with., bath.
50 heds in cheaper rooms.
52 beds in' public ward'S.
In all, 12,7 beds. This will cost 4bout \ three hundred 'thou-sand
dhlla..rs, on~ 'hundred thousand dbHa'rs of which would be 'con:t'rib:uted
by subscriptions and furnishings.
2. That the City should contribute sixty per cent. and the
County forty per cet).'t:
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3. 'That tvlenty year 'debentures' should be issued therefor,
vihich at five and onechalf per cent., would caW for an annual levy of
sixteen thousand' seven hundred and thirty-five dollars' on present
~ssessrnent values. ;
Annual County levy, 28%000 mil1s.$6,694.
.Annual City levy; 81%000, rotUs, $10,041.
4: That the following estimate of annual maintenance cost is
based on'the reports of' ~J~her hospi,tals in theProyhlce 'for 1917.
A select~d1ist of twen:ty.,.on~ hos-pitalswastaken from" the' las,t
Provincial re'port,these contain 1,79Zb_cd's, averagingabou:ft:he ,same
in number as is proposed for the Memo.rial Hospital. The s.iatistics
show:
(1)
(2)
13.2
14.8
203
200
15.3
,13.5
19
4410
(3)
Average' number of patients per bed p,er year__";..~~--.:---.
Amas,a Wood ,Ho'spital. m_________n.__.__________....____.....__L.....--..
Ave,rage, number cif days per bed per yea~'_n.._....._______._.___
Amasa ,Wood ,Hospital .__._,._.________...____~__.,_. .m......--.......--..--.
Average days per ,patient in hos'pital
, ArnasaVl ood Hospitlll
Provin cialavcrage ; --..-.----.....-----,---.-----.-------------
Av-e,ragc cost per hed' paid by n'lu'tlicipalities. ...-_..;------$
For 127 beds, $5,610.
Ctties an:d Towns, $35'.88; Counties; $8.22~
Amas~ Wood ,Hospital ..__.__.__....__.____...._____________,......______.,....$ 47QO
Average of suhscriptions, 'per bed ....'.n.___--....n--~.-.--.....~.~-$ 37'00
For 127 beds, $4,699.
Average amoun-treceived from pay patients, l'erbed$ 2350-0
Fo,r 127 beds, $29,845. "
. AmasaWood:Hospital __.__.___...__._..._._..__.......__.___..:......._.._.__$ 2'57 '00
;Average cost of ma-lntenance, per patient, per day
Am;~a ~;:,oov~~ c~~;;;;;::i-'::~:::::'_-.-_::_::::::::'::'.::-._::-_:::-.::::--_::.:-::j
(4)
(5)
(6)
5. That,'the, Memorial features of the Hospital ,should include:.
(1) An appropriate name.
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(2) A reception' room to c'on1ta:in
suitable design to conta:in' the Honor
palities co.mp'rising~ the County.
(3)' That provfsion be made for e'xten.ding special privileges' to
veterans of thewa'T, wh.owere' resideMs,of Elgin ,previous ,~o enHst-:-
ment _ and' who, mayrequi're, hospital treatment in the, years to. co'me.
(4)' That' contributions be,rec,eived from individuals" familie's' 'and
comm~ni-ties,in theCOunfy and City, fo'r the cost, endo~menf, o'r
furnishi'ngs, offhe var.iol1'sro'Oms in the Ho'spital, to, bear the' names
suggested by the dO'tiOrs, in commemoration o,f the great events' of
the war arid the sacrifice .of so' ~any n'Oble~ hays.
memorial ,tablets in' 'bronze ot
'Roll .f'or the City'and rilunici~
(5) That one, or ,mOTe duplicates of the bronze. tablets ,con~aining
the Hon'orRoU for_ each municipaHtybesuppliedfor,thepu:rpo,se "(Jf'
l~cal memo-rials bo- he erecte.d'in differentpa'f,ts of ,the'Count,Y.'
Altof whic'his respectfully 'submitted.
E. A. HORTON, Ohairman.,
St,_Thomas, Jun,e 4th, 1919.
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REPORT CQUNTY ,POLICE MAGISTRATE
To theWardena11'dMembers of the Elgin County Council:
Gentlemen,----"I \leg to report to- YOU the business done,' in
connection wit;hmy office fO'r the past year as follows:
\ $ 1147 00
Amount ofunes imposed
Amount of fines pai9-:
Municipalities to whom fill,es, paid:
~::O~:r~~-'-'::'_:::::::::::'_:':::::::::::::::_::::-::::..::::::::-:.::"-::..$
Dutton, ......n...__...n...,........,........,.--......--.--....--.--..___.n.__........
"South' Dorc'hester .--..-......--..,..----.----,....----.-----............----
Springfi eld .--.....--.-.--.--.-----.---..-.-----.----,,----.--..-----:--.---.------
Bayham .. .....u.u.u.................--...--..n...--......-----...---..--...._.-n___
Secretary' Dairymen's' Association '.n.._.___..O..--------.-.
'Sparta 'Chee'se Factory .__."_._.......--.----.."..d...--.-..-~.-.--d-
l:luinane Society ..n....'....__.......----..-----.-------...:--.......-----
Treasurer port. Stanley _'__0_____"'__"""------"'-------'----'--"-'
WalterR'oss: ..__..._._.__..___,..._._.__.._'.... .....n....__.___..__....__.__._
Crown ,'Attorn ey .,.,.......-.._..,....--...--.......--..~.......,..-----..-..,..
Registrar College! of Pharmacy ...--...----.---...--...........'.
TteasurerCou'nty of Elgin .,..'"......................---...--...~._.
Offences ,Tried
N atureof Charge-
Illicit connection ...............i.__....__...._.... ............--....--.......--...-----.--..'..'..---
,poisoning wa~erin a well __._....__.__...._______.__.__,..______..__.__.___._______.m.__..
IZil1ing fish by explosives ,.---..--.......--.--...--.--.--.--..,---.....-.----.'..--.-----.-"--...--.
Brealdng into a bdndec1 car' ....__.____.____.~.'...___.......__.__.__....__.."m.____.m.__.__._...
As saul't, comlnon .......__.".._....__..,;._____...__...._______.';.:..i'__'.-....-----....--.--..----.----..-.--.~:
Assault, causing actual bodily harm ..,---....-.--..----....---...--'--.----;--..----..--.
C aU sing a di s tur ban ce '; .~~._~. ...__..________.______..'________.._._.___. _____....i...,.....__. --.--~--....
~~i~:;o:o ~:;:a\t ~hi;i~-.A~;---:::::::::..:::::::::::::::::'::::::::::::::::::::::::::<.:::;::::
Viola,t:ion Municipal ,BY-: La w ...__...__.__.~.,',-...,.....--.......-.--....--"..'.'--..--..._...--...i.."'
Not:"pr'oviding, nece'ssaries for wife ......--.-...--......-----.-----...----.--...---...'....
Theft, breaking, and entering ....__.__.__.......__.__......o--.--.--....--.----.--..--------u...
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Theft ---....-----...___.._______-----__h_____....____h...______
Neglected __:__..._..:___.......i_.....:.\.___....----.--...
Violation Ontario Temperance A~t
Vio.}a:tion Dairy Indu'striesAct
Via la ti'O.ll ,Public' ,A ct __..__.._.....____.___....-....__,.___.._.,.....;,.,.__._.........__........
Vagrancy ....i._..i,____..__......~.,____.......:__.._...__
R~ceiving' stolen, goods ........___..__.....___........___......
Violation Medical Act ____....m
Wi1fu1.injury to' property _____..,--.---.---.
Prosti tution .'______.__.__'.______.....__.__.,...__.__...__....____.__..__..__,__..__..'.'.......__.,..........__,......
Fraudulently obtaining boa:td ..___..__...___.....________,...._______.,.....______.__.._
Keeping a ,-disO'rderly ,house ...ih.;'____.h..........._........___.:._..._____._m__...___.."...m
Frequenting 'a-disorde'r1y ',house ....------.._...____._..hh-.....__.___........i...h.....L__~
F 0 rg,e ry, ~::~. '.__....__..__._....n._. ...._____.'..____,-,--..--.--. ',__ ...__.~....--:: ._._. ..____......__. ........... .__.
Attempt to commit rape___.;.____......---....------..._..______..:.._____._..____......____. .__.___.
Trespassing, on rail,vayproperty, ___.__,______.._..____..,......_____.,..__ .....
Obstructing, ,railway train ..__..__......._________....___._.....___._____.
Attempt t'O' commit murder .._______.'__ I
-._.._h___..h._____.._h.--h-.__...._...... .27
______..~...__....__....____.i.'............._.'.. 8
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Numb~r of ,Convictions.l,
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Nature of Charge-
Violation Ontario,Temperance Act',..__...__...___:.,______.__..
Th eft .-.,--..-...----..--.---------------.._____..h_____...____...____.__.___________.______.__.____..__ _'hh'_'_"__'
~I~~~Ir ~:;,:i:~~i::_~;.::~~:_..--:-:::::::_:::.~::::::::::::::::::::::-::::::::::::::--...-.-
Obstruction rai,lway '. train, ___......__~m.....___..___..~...
, Wilful injury to pl-opetty...,.~u.--
Vlohtiot:L Dairy:]n'Clu-st~ies' Act ..:.,...--..__.___...........
Violation,',Motor V ehicles' A~ct .______.......u."...___.~..___....___....__...._....___..__.
,C'ru el ty', 'to,', ,ani'mals ,--.....'--....--.-....'.--..i--.____.....____._..,____..__.~_......_.......h._..___....__.
Prosti'tution ...._____..__.i~.2.........__________..m"...
Keeping, ,commo-ngam b ling hous e ,...'-..----.......--.....___..m.._____..m....__.__.
Found in a disorderly hquse ..___.____..______....__........._______..........._...__....._____
Unlawfully' causing "a disttl'l'bance ............----....--..........._.....,..i.___....__......,
Br~aking a,nd, ,en-tering hous'e .--...---.'..-........-...i..i.....---....__....._...___....__...h...
Neglect to 'pt;"ovide necessaries. for wife ___._____....___..._____.__....____..__......
"Violation Animal Contagious 'Act ..__.........n.n......___...m...__......-:...~__.........
A',ssault;" causing bodily ha,rm __.. ___..... ......_.....__....___.__. ....___................._....
Contravention Medical" Act
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Unlawfully found in 'bonded car
Violation Medical Act :......-..----..~..-....-...
..~--....._............-.......--.._.......
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-1 have the honor to' be; ,your ,obedient servant;
FRANCIS HUNT, police Magistrate,
County 6f Elgin.
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REPORT LEGAL COMMITTEE
.:N' ovember ,Session
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To.the Elgin', Co:unty Council:
Geh,tIe:me~,--'-The"Legal. Committee reports:
'1. Th'at the cas'e' df Morrick .vs.:Elgin< was con's'idered,b,y ,the'
Court 'of',Appealand the decision of:the'Trial'.Judge confirrn,ed.
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C,Ol1ll'ty.
2. The cRs'e ofSnydervs. Elgin for $lI},O!O;Q damagessltstained
by pas-senge,rsin th~ 'M,o'trick ;aut.omobi'le will come' before ,the 'High
Court-nextweek. ' ,
judgment \vas $1,300 aqd costs, $762.50, payab1e, ,by "the
,
3. The case 'of Mdore vs~ El~it~,Yi7',hichi~ now before the Court"
wilIbe concIuded on Saturday,the6Jh December.
'4~W e 'have, settled the following cases:. ' Loullshe,rryvs. ,Elgin,,'
damages sust,ained at time 'ofthe Mo'Ore accrdenLon Road No, 22.
.$750.00. '
5; ZoIlervs..Elgi~,for' damages sustaine,d to alt't.O at a'oar,1'OW
place on Road No, 17 westofShedden,$55o..00.
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6. Claim by -Norman McIntyre for damage to aut'o:,onroacl
underreP<tir between Rodney and 'West Lo'rne, '$'32.50'.
7. Numerous 'other ,claims were pres~llte-d, all,d inv.e'stiga'ted,
,but' no furthe'r'ac'tion wa's,necessary. .
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All of which is respectfJl1y submit.ted.
M. McVICAR, Chairman.
28tl~ November, 1919.
rphe ahov:er'eport wasrderred toa' Committee of. the 'whole
Couhcil, a,:p-d ~the JoHowingdause <l;d'dedth.ereto: '
R Thatthe~egal Committee be_authorized to a<;cept resig~a.;
:Lion of the CountySoIicHor and employ such ,other legal assistance:
as, may_be -necessary and' repcir.t at 'the ,January Session.
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Elgin County Council
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REPORT COUNTY ROAD-S COMMITTEE
. )anuarySessiOn
1'6 the Elgin County COU11.cil:
Gen,t1enien,~ The COUllly Roads Committee reports:
-1. That the expenditures in connection with County Roads
during 1918 .we-re as'follows:
General expense .____.__u....-.n.-L':.-~u.n-----.-.-....n'.-.-,..--u.-.:$ > 6896 23
Maintenance Co. Road!s ..__y..,..---.--....--........----........... 2614060
Construction Co; Roads.....:.--......-.,....,.......--.........---..-- 410'33 50'
Maintenance Provincial Co. Roads ____n___n...__...__...__ 8851 54
Constr,rictiO'u Provincial Co. Roads------------.....----... 14-87.7 62
$ 97798 89
In .addition to above, ,accounts ,amounting to $6,860'.36 have been
passed for payment 'dming the present month, and there is a balance
due the Town of Aylmer and the Villages on account of. grants of
$3,255.57, so, that theaccouuts for 1918 will show a total expenditure
of, $107,914.SZ, The amount due from the Province in approxima,te1y
$4),375. This will make the net expenditure about $66,539, or $4.607
les's than amounts appropriited, which were as follows:
County Ro'ads, estimate ._____........--;--.....--......---......--.$
Grants to 'Villages .n_._.._..____...__.__......___.....__;,".......oo....
. T'otal .oo.'....._oon...oo.n....oooon....'oo......--oon_..........':oo...oo..
64<;JQ;a 00
6153 00
_$ 71146 00
~"
Gravel, Pit
Work has been commenced on the development oCthe Hathaway
gravel vito The' expe"d;t~re' to date Deing $431.67, made up as
follows:
'Posts and timber for bin 00'...'..........00..---...-...,..,.......--....$
'l."eami.ng, tim her ,.._......,.....,;c.'.._...._..'.......oo.oo...._..'....'....".-.
~e.:7Jvfi;: f:~~f:~o:t:rt:__:.~_:"~__:._~.c.::.::~::::.:.:.:..:=::::-:.:.::::
Teamitlg thnber 19 Cr'eekHridge .........__.....;...........,..
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During the year 26'6~ cords, of gfavelf 'wqrtno'l1,e doll~r pet cord,
were: takel1 from the pit f6rCo'Unty Road"[.11.lrp6se:s.
Estimate, 1919
We :havecorisidered the recoll1,men-dation of the 'County Roa,d
Supedllltendent, and submit ,th~ following estimate of expenditures
fori919:
.
Generalm,aintenance and eonstruction Dfroads....
B ri4ges ..'.oooooo.'oo..noooon.n...oo..n...oo.__.....oo.._....'.,oo....._nnn..nn....
Culyerts,cemcnt '___.......nn,._........n.mm. n.n..._............n
Culverts" iron '-, .~n'_..._n....n.n.n..C..n.."..__n.'......n.n.."_':.,,:..,
Ma,chinery-,--
Dra,gs n';.'m_oo..m.m
Grader
Stone crusher
Miscellaneous'
,___________________,_____________________$
Gravel Pit-
Machine'ry orde'red m....nnoom'..C.moom.......;.n7.'m.'..$
Tools and,' tool house ._.m.m_...m.m..:.:....m..nm.._.
Grav~l. ',bin ._.,:.':....mm....... umm__n,.mmmnn:n
'operating expense
rota1
$ 70000 00
10'000 00
6500 00
5000 00
son- 00.
550 00
400'0 00"
1000 00
6350 00
14S6 00
25000
250 00
250'0: 00
4486 00
$102336 00
2<;' 87
25 00
115 80
2000'
600
.$
- Suburban Area
The Order-:-in-Counci'l _,constituting, a, s~lburban areaaromid', the
City:. 'Of -St. Thomas was ,issued in June last, and Alexander Ander.$on
appointed 'to act o~ b~half of the County:. At t'he-N o'vember sessi6n
notice was re~eived from the ,City that John T. Web~ter: had been
appoi~teda.s_theirri1emb'er_ of 'the Commfssio;n. UP ,to date we have
Superintendent's Office
Asauthorii:ed at lastsessio,n,~e have, located an office for the
Supel'inte'ndent al).d installed'-a'telephone." We would recommen'd
that the sum of six hundred- dollars be appropriated to pay, for 'clerical
expens.e in connection with his-office.
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notii1e-d of their appointment of thc,third ,member.of the
Commission: We' would -reeommend' that app1ic<dionbe mad.e,to
haye, the Lieutenant Gove,rnor in Council appoint the ~hirdmem\>er.
'All,o.f which is 'respecHul1y' suhmitted.
WM. TOLMlE, Chairman.
]une"Session'
AP.the .Elgin County' ,Council:
Gentlernert;-your County, Roads'Committeere~:)orts as f.ollows':
1. That we'recommeu,d that designa,tionof COull,ty-Roa,J,No.
14, townline between Southwold and Dunwich, ,be extended t6'meet
M;iddlese:x:Co~nty' highway- at McIntosh bridge.
2. That we recommend the purchase of gasollne'ffio'tor gravel
tr1,1ck ,arid ,One pressure oil tank.
3.,
Br~dgesand -Culverts
"Number ofcrilverts to be con:struoted this year, 13~' Number or'
'hdd"ges to be, constructed this year,,3.
,The ,contract for constructingbri9-geonRo<,\-d No.B8 has been
let by tender to J. ,W.Chivers for the sum of twO thousa,ndnine
hundred dollars ($2,900); also he received ,the contract by tender
,for .culvert on Road No. 38 for the sum of nine hundred and fifty
dollars ($950). '
4. Plans for the improv~ment of Springer Hill have been 1"a~e
by Jas. A. Bell & Son, County Engineers, and approved by eng'ineers
of' the Highway Department. Your Committee decided to adve~ise'
,fo!' tenders for this work, and tendersreceive-d w.i11~e opened at: the
Court\ H0\1se,)une '14th.
The ,SubtirbanR6ad Commission met February 26th,'-and'the
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fo.1lowing portions :of c.ounty roads were designated as subui'batl
roads, towards ,the: cOllstru'ctiQh and mainten,an'ce ,of Fhich the City
'of St. ;Thomas s-ball contribute:
(1)' County Road No. 16-:cTheFingaLroad, from the boundary of
St. Thomas, to Middlema:'rc'h,:at the inter'section of road betvycenlots
34 and 35.
(2) County Ro'ad No. 21-Kains Hill road, from Q'oundary -of'
St. Thoma's westerly a: -distance of three mnes. '
, ,', "" '.", , ,I,
(3) COtl11ty Road "Np.-30-VVO'od>yorth,Ave. road, fmtrl" boundary"
of St. Th:omas, to nortfl~'Yest,corner ofI.ot 9, ,south.of Ed&eware:R.oad.'
(4): County Roacl No. 37~From boundary 0[51. ThOmas at inter':",
se'<.:ti6n of First Avenue ,and, Elm Street, ->easterly ,and sO,utherly
between, lots 7 and, 8 to road between: concessions. 5 and 6.,
(5) County R6adNo.25--':"'St. GebrgeStreet, from bound~ry of
St. Thomas along 51.' GeorgeStreet and town: line'bC'twel):n' 'Yarmouth
and :South wold- to rpad between second range north, of ,Edgewa're
Road and, tenth concession iri Yarmouth.
In aU ahou,t fifteen ,mil'es.
It was-decided,
at a l;.-tte1r meeting.
to' consider, the designation of additional mileage
The estih1ate for suburban, road 'ex:pend,iture for, 1919 is $:W,OOO,
'This will be provided as fpllows: City, of St. Thomas,:thirtyper
cent;; County of Elgin, :thirty per cent.; Pl~ovince of Ontari-o, fONy
per cent.
6.
Machinery
'Since your last meeting in January,
purcha,sed,-.,- ,
,
56 roa'ddrags, at a cost of _____mn______
1 road 'hone _~n____n_____n._,n___._______..
1 he.avy breakin\g' plow _"h_~_,n__.'''_.___..n
your
Commh,tee
have
..................................$
-----------..---------------..------
S68 00
60 00
76 00
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..____n.o__...___.....__..______
Sll 25
10S 00
550 00
75 00
7 s-lush scrapers .m"
3 Fre'sno' s~rape'rs ..-~_.-.."--.-...--.--
1 'heavy grader ._m'.._.._.___.__n__..__.___.___..____.,.__._h___.~...-r....-...
1 -heavy pick plow' ..-.--..----....:.,...---...-.--.---...:.--.-----;~--..--.....
making 'a ti~tal'0'f machinery on County roads"as follows:
17 slus'n scrapers.
120 road drags.
3 br'CJaldng pl~ws.
7 gr,aders.
,Hathav,.ray' Gr~vel_ Pit
The maehinery for screening grave1atl the Hathaway
been 'installed and the County is prepared to shipgrav~J.
7.
farm ,has
Co,sfof
way farm:
development of gravel' pit' a'nd, improvement on HatlJ.,a- '.
.--.......--:..........,.--....--......--..--.--.--.....--....:--.....:.$
.....n..__.n.._..........__.........-.. ._,n_
~20'8 22
290 6,2
.3S 99
41 40
.$
2580 23
Machinery
L'abqr' ,.n..;..'._....".".__._.'.'__.__
To,ols '", ....n...__................-..,---.--'....--
Improve-men-ts 'on -.farm .-----................-.--.......-...--..--.....
Total ..__..n.........--.---......----.....----
There has been 229~ cords of grave1d.rawn from piton Road- No.
23P. C.;sillce YOU1~' 'last' meeting;.
8. Your Road Committee have un,der consideration theadvisa;..
bility of procuHng storage y.ard-s for grave1atdifferent points in- the
County of, El,gin;
-..-.,....--..--.-
pit
9, The amount expended on County roads and_Hathawaygra,vel
deve1o'pment'from January 1st, 1919, to June 1st, 1919_$24,978.5'3;
of onehundre,d th'ousand dollars' should be
on County roads, for the year 1919, divided
10. That 'the sum
"raised' for.' expe-ri,diture
as follows:
Ma,cl1inery .__..n"_____..__,._____...____..__._.,_~..___,.__..n_._,_'_.,.__.._,_____.$
Brid;g'es and culverts .,~.--._---.-..--.-...---.---...--..---.-..--...-_.--
Con'struction of roads .--.....-...-.-....--.........-...-..
700-0-00
35000, 00-
20000 00
Elgin" County 'Council
M.aintenance of roads .....om.._..___._.______..,.....__............__..
Hathaway gravel pit' ______....._'____,.__........,.__._........._.__..,.",....
Total, ........___.........__...__..______.._....._....___........_____..,......'
33000 00
5000 00'
,$100000 00
All of which is r'esp'ectfully submitted;
JAS. TODD, Chairman.
St. Thomas" Juite 12th, 1919.
July Session
To the Elgin Co,tJ,n-ty, Council:"
Gentlemen,-The Co-tmty Roads Committee reports:
1.' That they ,have,confetre'd' :with the ,a1,.J.t'ho'rities, of Middlesex
and Kent and arranged, for 'the designation olr,?ads necessary to'
conn'ect the three County systems at the County boun,di\lry line.
2. ThMthe following ~mendrnen,ts to Byo:oLaW N~. g97'are
recommended:
In ~he designation _of:
(a) ',Roads Nos. 1;3,8, 12",The wo'rds "th:e County houndary, the
middle of the, main channel' of the" s40uld be, inserted immediately
before the wo'rds "River Thames." ,
(b) 'In the designation of Roa,J'Number 14 the wo,rd~ lithe' road'
hetwe'enthe Gore andeoncession'4 in Dunwkh" should, be struck
~ut and'the ro.J1owing words stlsbstituted: lito 'the Comity boundary
the middl~ of thc,maii1 channel of the River 'Thames."
(c) In ,the designation of Road Number 19-';-;'.C:hange'to re_ad as
foll~ws: "The Middlesex County boundary Hue from roa,d, bet~ee:n
the' first,and second concessions,of the 'Township of Delaware west,t'o
Sout'h~old Station road :between' lots 1 and 18, thence south th:r:o~gh
2,3, and 4',and" between lots25'and~6 north of the Talbot
'to 'the Back Street/'
the designation of Ro'adNo.35-All the word'S af:te'r the'
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word "County" should be struck out and tbe fol1owing words substi,
tuted' ,therefor: "Boundwry line between th; Tow~ships of North
and South Dorchester/'
(e) 'Road No.4 P. ,G.c-"That the designation of this ,road be
chang'edto read as follo";5: Commencing on the County boundary
liue at the intersection of the rOad between concessions four and five
of, the Town'ship 'Of Orford,.
'The County boundary liue north to the intersection of road
bet",een 'concessions 7 and 8, Township of Aldborough. ,The road,
between said concessions, etc., as in By-Law.
3. The following changes Suggest~<l by the St. Thomas Suburban
:Roa,ci: Commi'ssion a'r'e recomrnend'ed:
Ro~d No. 30-That the designation of this road be changed to
't.ead ''as follows:
Com.mencing at the north bounda,ry of the Ci'ty 9f St. Thornas,
Balaclava Street, in the Township of Yarmouth, lot five" co.n,cession
9, the road in rearof ninth concession, \ots5,6, etc., as fnBy,Law:
Road No. ;37"'---That the designation of this road be c'hange,d'to
re,a,das follow's: .
The road in T'ownship of Yarmouth between lots 1 and 8 in
concessions 5, 6, 7,andconce~sion S to Wellin,gton Street andWe\ling~
'ton.Streetwest tothe'bound,ary of the City of St. Thomas.
) N ovembe-r Session
St. Thomas, Ont~, Nov. 24th,-1919.
Toth~Elgin CQunty Council:
Gentlemen,-The County Road ,Committee' repo,rts . that the
'expend,itures up to the 14th day of November have 'been $152,619.39,
divided as foHows: ' ,
General expens'e __,.~,_~__._.,:..,.__.n_.,___,;..__.._~______,.;,_;__.__._.___.$ 1687 06
Maintenance .__...__...__....._._...._...~___.u._.n._-.......u........._..--. 6324'.0 '3:5
Con~trri.C:tion .._,.._.:.,...._....._m....n.-'....n.......n....-.---~.n.n.-. 67'774 6'01
. $138701 91
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Theworkon _County roa-ds this year has 'coiisisteq,of:'
1. The building of eight cement' culverts-- and 'tw?'bridge',s that
haveheen completed. The work of ereotingthe arch' hrIdge, at
Springer Hill, 46 P. c." is ' neayh,: complete an,d your Committe'~
expects to see thi's arch bridgedon.e .this fall. The' gradeleadi,ngt?
this a.rch, is. -abotl,t one,..thir9.finished~ ,or" completed~ 'As'" fa,r as the
unfitjis'hedstructure of the arc'h bridge at th'e bottom'of. '.the 'hiB
w<)uld' alIowand no 'work' has been dlOn,e on the grad'e' for :the past
two weeks nor will the gr-a-debe: completed this, year.The~ost;(),f
this work up to Nov. 15th ha'sheen: FO'r bri-dg-e, inc1uding.labo'ran'.a
material, :/)16,910.00; t'hegrading ,has cost $,6,280.00'. T:heconstrut'tioti
work in other parts of the County jncluded the grading of approxi':'
matel'y fifty nIiles of toad an.dplacing fif:ty-nine iron culvert's.
2. Under'Maintenance approximately onehun-dred', miles of, fda/d.
has been resurf,ac,ed;
,
3. M'achinery, Your Committee,has purchased this,'iyear56 road
drags, 1 'road hone, 21 Fresno scrapers,' 16 slush scra'pers, 3 plows, 6
dump wagons; 1 centrifugal pump"1 electric battery, 1 ce1l1e'nf'mixe'r,
10 shovels, and 5 ten'ts.
, _ ,4. Suburb~ni Area. The expendi:tu/es on the' s~bur~a~area '{or
maintenance up ,-to No\\'". 14th ha,s be~en $'5,425;33, ,and will, be increas'e-d
to, quite an extent ,by wdrkinpr6gtess:
5. Hathaway Gravel Pit. Expe'n-dhtiresotJ, Hathaway
machinery"tools,'ma,terial, freight, labor, improvement on
farm,)ahor a:nd material areas foHows:
M 'a chin ery 'h_.'. "___'.'_"'.nn,'u;_.._~:.~:.. .."...... ...,__~';_,_,.... .________..$
Too 1s uh_....________...h_____...___.__...h______..........______.,..__.._,_...n....
'Ma'terial, _,__.n.'~....,____~,......,------'-,.---n'.......---.__...,.-..--..---......__ ,
Freight (176) cars of gravel.........._,__._............."______...__,
Labo,r for loading gravel andresurfaci11lg~..._____...~
for erecting gravel biJ _______....._.___..___.h..'.'-..--...
H~,tha.way fa-rm-
grav'el pit,
Hathaway
73'6': 44
190 06
7S7 12
9,27020
2470 73
270 00
126 30
46 03
$
-..-...----,,---...-......--...-...,..-----......--
..--,--,..........--.........-..........-.-..-.-.....
1391748
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,
6. Elevator. artdScreen at Hathaway gravel pit has not wOrked
in a satisfactory manner and payment has beeu-withheld frornthe
firm wM supplied it.
, "I. The estimates' for 1919~t'ilay. be exceeded 'by work in progress.
T'he percentagepayabl'e by Province will beat least fifty, per ,ce'nt.,' as
a great deal of the wO'1:khas been, done on the Provincial County
roads. '
'JAS. TODD, Chairm"n.
BY.LAWS
.BY-LAW No. 928
To Appoint Auditors for the 'Year 1-918
Passed 31st ' January, 1919.
Whereas, under', :the authority of J'h'e MutiicipalAct, ev'ery
Municipal Council IS required' t.o appoint, at its:first' meeting every
year; two ,auditors:
Be it, therefon;:~nactedby th~ Council of the Municipal Co'rpo,:"
rado'n of,the"County'of EIgin,un-der,rth,e authority aforesaid:
That Walker C. Catig'heU and- W. A., Galhraith he ,and are hereby
appointed Audit'ors, to examine -anclrepo'rt upon aU the acc.ounts
aff~cting theCo'rporation of EIgin,9T relating to. any_matter-,u?:der
its .c.ontrolor, within its juris<1kti..on, ,as' requir.ed by Statute .or' Order-
in-CounCil, and als.o all accounts,_ of school w-oneys ,received.or - p,aid
by the County, T'reasurer, for the, yea'tending 31st nece~her,1918,
~ndthat the.said Al1diioTS be ,paid th~.sum of on~ hunQ-'red .dollars
each for their se.rvices.
CoUnty"CounciJ ChaIT;lo.ers; St. Tboma,s, 3tst );:tnu,a,ry, 1919, \,
K. W. McKAY,
CmJ'Uty',Ckdc
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 929
'ro Appoint, a Board of Audit
Passed 31st' January, 19i9.
The EIgi,h County CounGilenacts:
That :t'he Judge, of the- _County Court and, Oscat-" McKenney ,be
and are her-eby appointed, mernhers of the Board of 4udit, -tope;rform
the,duties 'required of them by, R. S, 0" chapter :9~, s~ctjon21.
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That ,the members of the said Hoa'rd be paid the sumgffour
dollars' 'per: day for ,their services, and five cents per mile go/iog to
. and,homsuch audit; ,
County Council C,hamhers, St. Thomas, 31St January, 1919~
W. McKAY,
CQunty Clerk"
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 930
To. Appoint High ,School Trustees
Passed 31st January,','1919.
'The Elgin 'County ,Council enacts:
,-That James, McAllister be appointed' Trustee for the Vienna
High 'School-for, three yea'rs;
That A.H. Backus be appoill:t'ed T'rustee of the Aylmer Colleg:-'
,iate Institute fbrthree years.,
j
T'hat B, K"IPant~'r' ,be appointed Trustee of the ,'Dutton 'High
School f01" three years.
COllnty CouncilChari1be-rs,'St. Thomas, gist January, 1919.
W. McKAY,
County Cledc.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 931
,'To Authorize 'the Warden and TreasurE:r to Borrow, the Sum of.
One' Hundred, al1d Fifty.Thousand Dollars
Passed 31st .Janu,ary,'1919.
, . j
The Elgin County Council enacts:
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", ,That the_Wa,rden ,ahdTreasurerbe 'and ate llereby-atitlH)rized
to borroy.r the, sumo' of,one" hundred art-d, fifty thousand, doUm"s',asm,ay'
bi!required, tOT:eetthe curretlt exp:end~ture's of {he,Cor:poratiou- ~f
the County of Elgin during-i'he ,year 1919, and give, as security therefor
notes of on,e: thousand dollars, ,each. '
, ,-,,' ,
County'Council Chambers, St.,Tqomas, 31st Janmiry, 1919.
, K. .W. McKAY;
County Clerk.
W. H. nIRt'rER,
Warde'n.
By-tAW No. 932
\ "', (, "
To Appoint: a"Coutity Road Committee
Passed ,31stJanuary,,19Ht
The Elgin Coun;tyCduncil enacts:,
,That Messrs.:vy., Stall(er,L.KendaJl;K 'E.M'~ragg~i'.t",). 'B:;
1"odd, and the, Warden ,bel and are hereby appointed as'aqounty
RO'a:d,Committee, to' co'..op.erate ,with and, direct,. the County Road"
Superintend-ent in the maintenance' of. County 'to'.a~s. '
ihatthesftid t~inmitteebe' authori'zed to appro.yeand, pass all
accouo'ts ,for work on, the. '~aid roads, and to issue 'or;ders ,on.' the .
County'Treasure,r for 'payment of same.
County' CouilcilChambers, St. Thomas, 31st January,'19Hi.
K. w.' McKAY,
Co~nfy Cle-tk'
W. H. TUIJcNER,
War,den.
BY-LAW No; 933
To Fix the Sala~y of' the Gaoler
Pas,sed,31!?t January, 1919.
, The Elgin 'ComHy Coun~l' enacts:
,That the salary of the Gaolerhe.arid is hereby fixeda-'t the,sum
l~;t
Elgin County Coundl
pne thosuand dQllars per annum, payable. 'quarterly, d~tin.g from
first of January,'1919.
That By...Law No. 900 be atid is hereby amended accordingly.
CountyC{)t!nciLOhambers,- SL Thomas~31st January, 1919.
of
the
,1(. W. )y!cKA Y,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No.93~
To, Make Grant to the Salvat~on Army
Passed 31st January,1919.
"The Elgin County Councit enacts:
That thesuni of ten thousand dollars he g,rante:d t6the Salvation
Army for work in ~onnec'tioh with the demobilization of the army.
Said amount to be paid by the Tr,easurer ont'he order of the Wa-rden.
County Council' Chambe-rs, St. Thomas, 31st JanuarYl 1919.
,
1(. W. McI"AY,
County Cle,rk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 935
To,,~ppoint a'County, Truant Officer
Passed gISt 'Jatwary, 1919.
The ElginCoun-ty Council enacts:
. That Mrs. K H. Ca-ug'h-ell; oJ'the City of-St. 'rhoma:S,be and is
. hereby, appointed Truant ,Officer for the County of Elgin,to pedo-rffi
the'dtities required of her by The Truancy Act, unde'rthe d.irection of
the Public School Inspectors.
Th~it,the said Truapt Officer he-r;eby appointed be paid ,the' sum
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of three, dollars per day and experi'se's -while",engaged,in the perform':'
a'nc~ 'of her: duties, all ,accounts for services to be approved by the
said Inspectoq. .,
County c:ouncil Chambers, S't.Thomas, 31st January, 1919.
1(. W. McKAY,
C61luty"Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW 'No. 93~
To Appoint' County Auditors'
Pa5sed 14th <June, )919'.'
The' _Council of the Corporation of the County of,Elgin, enacts:
, -Lo,st.
1. ThatWiUiam A. Galbraith and Walker C. Caughell 'be, ,and
are hereby appoint'ed Auditof;>. to..,h~ld office during the pleasurebf
the Council.
2. That -it shall be the: duty Of 'the said Audito'rs to ex,a:mine
an:daudit aU accounts- affecting the Corporation or l~~lating t.Qany
matteLun,der its control or within itsjurisdiction,_ qua'rterly,during
each: calendar year, an-d report ',aot -the Jan.ua'i'y Session in 'each' yeat.
on the accounts, of ,the Corporation for the, preceding ye,ar" a'nd also
transmit, ,to ,the'- Warden the ,Chairman of the Finance Committee,
and the County Clerk, an abstract statement of Receipts and ;Expen~
ditures as completed for each quarter, ,together with a nport in
reference to any irregularity or other matter that in the opini,?11' of
the said Auditors should he ,brought to,the,ir attention.
3. That the said Auditors 'be paid an ,annual sal~ri of two
hundreddolla-rs each, said sa:latyto 'be paid quarte-rly,onthe order
of thevVar,den: '
County Council Chambers,St.Thomasl June 14th, 1919.
1(. W.McKA Y,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
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BY-LAW No. 937
, To Authorize APPi:'9va1 of Construction of Sidewalks
, '~n County Roads
Passed 14th June, 1919.
The ,'Council of the 1 Corporatiol'i. of the County- of 'Elgin enacts:
1: That the County, Road Sup'erinteu,dent-; appoirited by the
Council 'under the provisions of The Highway Improvement Act,be
and' ishe.reby authorized to 'approve of applications and plan:Sfor
the construttionof sidewalks onCourity roads ',by't'heCouncils,of
thelocalmunicipa1itles in the County.
2. 'Tha<t it shall be the dutyo( saidSupe:rintenden~ to give his
COl1sentin writing and impose such' r,equir;ements"regulation,snr
conditions' as he may deem 'necessary in connection with the con-
struction of sidewalks.
3: That said Stipedritendent sha1l keep all,aPI?1ica1:iops) and
copies of all correspondence in connection therewith on file in
his ,office. '
, ,County Council Chambers"S;t.., Thomas,Jui1e 14th, 1919.
W. McKAY,
c.ountyClerk
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 938
Tb, 'Authorize' the ,Closi~g of the,Regist~y, Office ,at One ()'ClbCk
in the, Afternoo,n,on Saturdays
Passed l~:,th June; '1919.
.TheCouncilof the Corporation of the :County oLElgine~acts:
The'dosing of th,e Registry Office, for theRegi~try Division, of
the County'of Elgi:I), on Saturdaysatoneo:c1ockin fHe afternoon is
hereby, authorized.
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2. Thi:s By-Law 'shall take -effect on,from and a,Her' the' Flrst
day of July, 1919.
County ~ouncil Cha'mbe'rs, St. Thomas, Jun,e 14th,19:).9.
K.W. McKAY,
County C~erk.
W. H. TURNER,
W~rden.
'BY-LAW No. 939
To Ex;tend 'Tim~ .for ,Tax Sale
Pa-sse'd 14th June, 1919,
The County Council of the. County of 'Elgin enacts':
That the time for the enforced collection by ..sale of"lands',in
arrears for, taxes in the County of Elgin be and.is' herchy ,extelld',~d,
fo-r one' year.
County Council Chambers, St. Thomas, June' 14th, 1919.
K. ,W. McKAY,
County_Clerk.
W. H.. TURNER,
Warden,
f3Y-LAW 1:<0.940
To-'Regulate the ProceedingsoLthe Council ()f the,'County of:Elgin
and, the" Officers and_Cqrmnittees 'There'of
Passed 14th June, 1919;'
(Printed in separate form.)
BY-LAW.No.941
To Confirm the' Equaliza:tiort of the Ass,e$sment Rolls
of the 'C()unty of_Elg~n
'Passed 14tll' June, 19'19.
The Elgin Coun,ty Council ena'cts:
That the following be the equ~1izati6n of the asSessment 'rolls'
Coun~y' of Elgin for 1919: ' ,
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Elgin COUllty coup-en
2,977,2.S4
3,lfJS,254
3,840',267
4,641,657'
'2',,839,810
1,884;513
1,678,552
973,S19
33,0,524
218,893
144,660-
99,707
2,)8, 7~2
211),6'33
$23,263,3)5
'2. That thisCotmcil is willing to have the final equalization of
.the asses'sment; in case of appeal, ma,d,c by the County Judge.
Aldborpugb. -.---.--..-..--....---..----..---------.--..----,..$
D'unwich ".--.....".---..--..----.--....----.".-....---.----.-.---
Southwold n......__.'..._________....,..--_,..--.....,..__..--
Y arIT).OU t'p. .,.'.._,.."n_n.__"_.,__....___..'".'._",_.._,;~_.:_...,n_~
Mal,a'hide ,....__...n...___'......,___.'..'.__........_______..'..'____
Bayhanl ,".._n.....__...__......__.__........__....___..___.'..._
South' Dorchester m........__........,.---.....,-.-----.
.k.y lmer- ..-----.......----.--------.,..--..........----.".--..----..--
,Du tton' ____'..n.'..._'._."~_~.._._..,.__..._n...__...._,+.______,--.
Port Stanley .---..--..,.~--..,.--..'.----.........-_..---_...-
$p ringfi e 1 d ".,._ .,n",___'.'- n...""., ,_~n.. .':..n':n.'" n"'_'
.' Vienna '...:n..nn...__,...n...n'....nn.__....n.....n....__..
Rpdn,ey ..nn'..._.".;.n..____.."__.____...,..__..__......'...__
West "Lorne n....__.....n...__....__....n....__.....__...
Cpqnty Council Chambers, St. Thomas, June 14th, 19Ht
K. W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
P,Y-LAW No. 942
To Grant A:dditional Aid to' Scho'ols
The Elgin County Courrcilen-acts:
W. H. TURNER"
Warden.
Pa,ssed '}4th June; 1919.
1. That the sum of ,one' thousand six 'hundred and twenty.:.five
dollars be grAnted, to the following schools for 1919:
Aylmel,' Collegiate Institute .......___..___.....$
:Qutton High Sch~pl ......m'.m:.......m_-'.~.....
Vienna High School, __....m...___'......,----......
650,00.
6S0 00
325,00
Elgiti COtltitj" 'CdtlfiCH
.i:,H,
.>----_.~.~
2~ That the St., Thomas Collegiate Institute he 'granted an
amoun,t equivalent to twehty" per cent. of, t'he cost of maintenance
of ;Coun:ty pupils.
3. That the' gra,nts '{oCnntlnuation and, Fifth Class Schools ~e,
made on the ,basis of two dollars and ,fifty cents to eaC'hdQlla~
'granted by the Government.
C'ountyCouricil Chambers, St. -Thomas; June 14th, 1919.
K. 'W. McKAY,
County,.Clerk.
W. H. TURNER;.
War~en.
P,Y~LAW No.-943
A By-Law for the Purpoise of'Making Special Grants to the Villages
and To'w'n in the County of Elgin, fo,r :the-Impro,vement of
Certain Highways Within the 'Said' Villages ,and Town
Whereas, un.de'r The Act to Aid in' the. Improvement ofPubHc
Highway's, R. S. O. 1914,~,ch9-pter 40, a County Cou,ncil may, fr'om
time to time, while carrying out a plano.f h~ghway impl:6vemen't
under the said Act, by by-:-Iaw ma'kc grants to" villages and', ,t~W11'S
not,se'pa'rated from _the :County,fo,rthe,pu.rpose of improving such
highways or portions ,of highways ,in,such villages or towns as'may
be :designatcdin sl1ch ,py~law and whic'h are extensions of, o'r' forill
c:onnections'between differerit po~tions,of County ,roads;
And whel;eas a grant made-in aC,cordance, with the said-'Act to
a village or town having a popuJation of more than 1,.50,0 must he
expended .solely upon roads:and'sti"ee-tsO'r portions thereof which
lie opposite to lands' on one side or the other, thereof use'd for,
a,gricultural purpo~e~;
.And whereas ,the Co'undl of the County of Elgin deems it
expedient -to make grants to the incorp'orated. ,villages and town of
the County in ~ccordance,with th~ terms of the said Act;
'And whereas the population of the said villages: and ,town
acco.rding- to the /last (1-911) ,revised cenSUs is as fbllows:
Elgin County Council
Aylme.r, ,town __....._________...________......0..__:.,..____
Po-rt ,Stanlyy, village ------......---------"..
Springfield" villag'e ....'..---------...---.-----------...
Vienna, 'village '" ....._...........____..__.'.__.______.....___
Pv.tton, 'village." ,..,.....______.....'...______.......,.....,___
Rodney, v,illage ,__........__..............____._."..__....
vyestLbrne, village ..;o..'......,_____............u_
2102
891
454
332
836
676
740
Be it t'he'refore enacted by the Municipal Corporation of the'
County 'of Elgin/as foHows; , '
1. ,A grant of$3;139.00 is hereby, ma:de to the Town of Aylmer
foe.the improvement of John Str'ee't on Road No. 26 P. c., beginning
at t'hei,sotithern limit, thence north to cement road. Also beginning
a'twest'e-rl'y'limit 6ftowri on Road No. 26 ,~.c., to cement road, a
distance of6't5 feet.
2. A g,ra'nt of $321.00 is hp'eby made to the 'Village of Vienna I'
for the inlpl~ov((ment_of County Road No. 44 P. e., on top of Teal
",Hill, thence-nol'-thuntil' {County grant ,is" expended.
3. A g.rant of $467.0,0 is,,herebymade't.o the Village of Springfield
,fot' 'the> im'proyetnerit of East,Street., on County Road No. 4-0,-,
beginnirigat the, southerly, limit, thencen:orth u;ntil County gran.t
of 1919 isexp,ended.
4: A grant of $705.00 is hereby,ma',de to the Village ,of ,Port
St.anley for:'tl1eimprovement of County Road No. 2'3 P.e., 'beginnirig
at the north limit of village, thence south until County granf of1919
isexpC'nded.
5. A grant of $1,065;00 ishere'bymade-tothe Village of ptttton"
for the improven"!-entof County Roa,d N 0.13 ~~- e., p-omrhencing,at
corner of McArthur and"Shackleton Streets, west to ,'Currie :Street.
6. ,That <i.' grant' of ,$699.00 is he,reby made to'the,-Vm'age of West
Lorne for; 'the improvement of County Road No.1,heginning at
northerly boundary "ofvillage"thcnce_ south to _~; ,C. R. ,rftllwa-y.
7. A grant of ,$70'5 is 'hereby ,rha',de to 'th,e Village oL Ro'dney for
improvement of Furnival Street, opposite lots'6, and 7.
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The said grants sh,;dl be expended solely upon'the highway 01'
portion ther~of herein' designated.
8. ,'The work on,which :the saidgrants;:;hall.be expeti,d'ed ,shall
beperformed inaccO'rdance with!he last revisecl1"egttlatio'11srespect..,
ing hig'hway,sof the.,Depa,rtment ,of Public' Highways of Q~tario. '
Read a third ti'me and passed ~his 14t:hday oJ Jun,e1'1919;
K. W. McKAY"
County Clerk
WM.H: TURNER,
Warde~;
BY-LAW No. 944
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To Raise' Amounts' fotCounty Rates During ,the'Vear 1919
,
Passed: 14th J!1ne, 1919.
Whereas an 'estimate has, beel~ luadeshowing 'that the. sum 'of
one hundred ,and eighty-six thousand one' ,hundred- and six dollars
is r,equired to be raised iri the, several lnu~'icipa.lities fO'rthelawf~l,
pu,~poses of the County during 'the yea-r 1919;
And 'wherep,s, 'by'"T4'e: Assessment Act,' this Couri<;ii: is
direclwha:tportion of ~hesu111'tobe'levieJI for County
'shall be levied in each municipality in the CO,U'11'ty;
An~r~Nlrereas: "t'h~ rates a're' required to be apportion'ed, on,; the
basis of the, assessment o:fpropcrty as equalized in the, pr~ceding year,;
And whereas the assessme!}t of prO'pet'ty of the County, as aster:"
tained and equalizedin.l918, is ,~s f6'llows:
Total
Equalized Value
..______.__$ 2,977,254
3;19'8,254 .
3,840,267
4,641,657
, 2,839,810
MuniCipality
Aldbor~i.1gh" ................._...___.___..........
Dunwich'
South wold. ._......,_.....o...._.'...,.............;.......n...
Ya:'rmou,t!h ....___'..c..,........................n...__.......n'..
Malahide, .......uu.....................................',.......
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'Bayhanl' ..'.nn_..'.,..,..,_____.____..____.___'..'_________...____
South Dorchester .m'n.______.....___.__......__......
Du tton ....--.n.....__..---...---..--....".--....--...--..,..:..,__
Po'rt' Stanley ..._n..____..___..__.....____._,___..,........__
Springfi eld: ".,___.________....,____.__.___.._____..___._..__..',_._
Vien;na .____...____.._ ....n.......___..,...______.____..___........
Ro,dney ..----..----.---....----,.---,------.---.-----..----...----
West Lorne
'Aylme,r _n_______________._______.___.__...__..:______.___.__.;__
1,~84,513
1;678,552
330,524
2,lS,893
144,660
99,707
:h8,772
216,G33'
973,819
$23,263,315
,
.T'herefor,e the Council of the MU'nicipal Corporation of the County
of El,gin enacts: .'
1. That a' rate of eight mills on the dollar be levied on ,all ,rate.,.
able pl"O'perty in the s'eve~fl inunidpalitiesin, the CountyofElg~,rt,
as a'bove set forth, for the,y'ear ,1919, to raise the followil1gamounts:
2. That the sum of one hund'redand- eighty-six thousand one
hunch"e,d and six dollars he .raised and levied, ,in the several munici~
palities in the Couh-iy,' according to the following schedule;, and that
t'he amounts, as entered'therein, be paid to t1~eCounty\ Treasurer, as
by law required..
Schedule
Municipality
Aldborough u...-m...u..um.u.u _.u'_...umu.m_.4
Dunwic'h
South wold
Y a'rmou th .--.--.------.....--...--.....----....---.--------.-.-
M'alahide __..___.__.....,..______.,..____...,..__..____.....__....__.
Bay ham', .----.-..--.,--.~...--..-------..--...----~...-----.----.....
South Dorchester .,----....----......---.--........,...
Dutton ....__....,.___....__..______________._..__.__..____..'.__....-
Port Stanley
, Sp i'ingfield ..__.__.....__....m...mm...:,.m...'...'......__',
Vienna .' .____..__...__.,..._____.._'__.____.____.._..____.__..____...__
Rodney
West Lorne .__,._.....__.,;..__..________________....________
A yltner" .,....__.__.____.....____...____...'.___.......____.....,____.__
Total
231818
, 25,586
30,722
37,133
22,718
15,n76
13,428
2,644
1,751
1,1'57
799
1,751
1,733
7,790
$ 186,106
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County Council Chamhers, St. Thomas,: June ,14th, 1919.
K. W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
,.,Wa.rdetL
.
BY-LAW No. 945
To: Make a ,Grant to ,the Great War Veterans'
Association, St. Thomas Branch
'Pa.ssed 14th June, ,1919, ,\
The County Coundl,of the Coun.ty,of Elgin 'enacts:
That the County: Trea'sUrei' he and 'is herehy 'authorized, to pay
the rent bf,room at present occupied qy the- St. Thomas BranC'h :of
the Great Vvar Veterans' Association, for the p:eriod of one year.
The total amount not to exceed two hundred "dollars.
,
~9~nty Council Chambers" St. Thomas, June 14th,_ 1919.
.
K. W; McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY-LAW N<l. 946
To Authorize -the Warden and Treasurer, to Borr'Ow
the, sum of Twenty-Five Thousal1-d':Dollars
Pa,ssed 14th June, 1919'.'
The Elgin Cou'nty Council enacts:
That,the Wardenand Treasurer he and are hereby authorized to
borrow the sum'of, twenty-five, thousand dollars, as 'maybe, l'equire'dl
to meet t'h'e current' expenditures ofth.e Corpora-tion of th~, County
of Elgin during 1919, and give assecmity therefor notes of on'e
..thousand dollars each. ' '
c.ounty,CounciLChambers, St. Thomas,:June14'th, 1919.
W. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W H. TUI,NER,
Warden.
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BY-LAW No. 947
T'o, Amend By":Law No; 897
P.assed30th July; 1919.'
Whereas it.. is deemed advisable to 'p'rovide for the" connection o'f
CO,untY'foadsin the' 'County of Elgin with CountYI roads in the
Counties of Middles'ex' and ,Kent; I
,'And whereas the St.Thomas- Suburban Road Commission has
r~comme:ndedcha-nges irithe -designation of roads numbered 30 and
. 37" with a;" view to securing a better' entranctito the streets o,{",'the
. City; ,of: S~.:Thomas;
Th'eEfgiri 'counLty Counoil enacts:
That Ey~Law,'Numbered 897, as -a~ended by'By-Laws Numbered
90,2,909, and 915, be and is hereby fufther amended, by changing the
deS'ignatioh of roads numbered 1, ,3, 4; 8, 12, 14, 19, 3'0i, 3'5; 37, to read
'~s'fol1ows: >,
'~o:ad No~:,1.~The Graham Roa-d-,i~ Tow'nship of Aldborough.
'Co111,illcndng" a,t the' road ,between concess~ons, 12 and t3,theroad\
betweell10ts 18 and 19'an'd, itsco'ntinuation running northerly tqthe
.County boundary, 'the middle of the main channel 'of ,the' River
:,T:bam:'es, save and except the portion within the Vi11,ag~ of.
West L'drne. '
No.' 3...:........The, Fumival Roa,d, in, T6'wnship,of AId-borough.'
at the ,to'ac1 between' concession 12" and 13, the" road
6 ,and 7 .'to the;Got~, and continuingno,r,therly between
10tsS and,9 to' the road between concessions Zand 3,the~ce easte:dy
011 said road 'to the road between, lots 14 and ,15 il1co~.c:ession ,2;
',thence northerly,on said road, ,to the County boundary, the middle
of the .main, ,channel of't'he River ,Thames, save alldexcept the' portion
bf t'freFurnival, Road ,within the Village of Rodn~y.
'Road.No.4.-Co1J,1rrlencing'atthe Kent County boundary lin,e at
intC'r.sectionof the road -'between concessions <1 and 5 of the
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Township ,of 0:d6rd, the County bound'a'ry Hne, south to intersection
of road bet~eeri ,conce'ss-ions 7 and' 8;, TO'W11Ship ofAldborongh. The
road"betwee,n said conc-essions,7 and 8',ToWllship;,of Aldhorough,
from the westernbqundai"Y of the T,~wns'hip' to the, Furnival:Road',
hetween lots 6 and "7, sa:ve and except the portion within the Village,
of Rodn,ey,
Road No.,8._Commencing in the road between the, 9th'~n;d' 'iOth
concesslonsof the Township of Diinwich, at title 'between -1ots,:8 and
9, the Lake Road easferlyand ,southerlyth-rough lots 9 and 10, th-~nce
northerly the road b~tween 16ts10 and 11 tot'he given 'r<.)oad ,i~
concession 9, thence north-eastet)y' on sa'id road to the Ctirrie' Road'
between .lots' 12 and- 13iri the 8th concession; tli~nce nQ,rthcrlya1ong
. said road" to the foadat t-henotth' of,' cOQce,ssi9n r/ thenceeastc'rly
along-said, road to the .roa:d 'be,tween lots 13,and 14, thence ,northerly
to the 'County boundary; the middle of ,the main channel :of "the
River Thames-, save and except 'the portionwith-in the \ Village '
of'Dutton. ' '
Road'No. 12:-The road, in ,the Township of DUllWi'c'h, hetw'een.
lots 6 and 7,' commendngat the road bC'tweencon,cessionsA and 5
north of ,A, runnilig northerly ,to the CoUnty boundary, the c'entte of
the main channel 'of the River Thames.' '
Road N6. 14.~The to'Yhline ,between the''!1ownship.o( D,uhwic'~
and ,S6tithwold, comm,encing, 'at ,the' road, kno:w;n'ag,' the Talbot ,Road
(Burwell's Corners)ahd'runnii1g nort'herlyto the' County boundary"
the middle '9'f the main channel of the' Riv-er Thames, ,excepting ,th~
following': From the Talbot Road north (No; 17) northetly to north
limit of Road No; 13. ' " '\
Road No. 19...:........The Middlesex 'County , bOUltda'ry ,line 'from road
betwee'nJhe first -and sec?hdcoricessions! Township of ,Delaware,
west 10 t'he 'road, in the To'wn'ship' of _Southwdld betwe~n: Jots, i,,'a'nd
18, thence southerly through concessions 2, 3, a'11'dA;al1d hetwe€m
lots 25'and26" north of the Talbot Road; north to the 'Back'Str,eet.
", " '" 'I,
R()'adNo.,,30.-Comrpencing at the north boul1dal'y,o-{ the City
of St. Tho~as,Balac1ava 'Street,_iri the Township~f Yarmouth,. lot
5, concession 9, ,the roa,d .in_ the rear of the ninth concession, lots ~, 6,
7,S, 9, up to. and iIJ-c1udingthe road bet:ween Jots s. 'and 9inth'e
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range south and fi,t'st and setdrt,d rang'es: north of the E'dg,eware
Road, 'the tenth' and, eleventh' concessions.
Road No; 35-Commencing ,a,t New 5arum on . Talbot 'Road in
Tow-nship of Yarniouth" lo"t21, the road: running northert'y through
concession 9, 'R"S.E. R., 1st and 2nd ranges N. ,E. R.,'concess.ion 10
and 'con.cessionI1, to th.e _ townline between Yarmouth 'and South
Dorchester" thence nOl'thedy, along _said townline 'to, t'he'Coun-ty
boundal~ylin,ebetween the To,w11Sh~ps of N o'rth and Sout'hDqrcheste'r.
Road No. 37;-The road in the ,Towns'hip' of Yarmouth between
1~ts7 'and8in 'concessions, 5, 6; and' 7: and concession ,8, toV\T el1ington
Stt"eet and vVellington Str~et west to the City of St. Tho'mas. '
County Coun,cil Chambers, St. Thomas, 30thJuly, 1919.
W.. M,KAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURN;ER,
Warden.
BY-LAW No. 948
To Authorize the Warden and ,', Treasurer to Borrow
the sum of One Hundred Tho~sand Dollars
Passed 29th' No;yeniber, 1919.'
The Elgin County Council enacts:
'That the Warden and Treasurer be and :arehereby authorized to
bOffO'w the,sUtu of onc hundred thousand dollars,' as maybe req~ired,
to meet the cllnent expenditures.of the Co'rporatibn of the (ounty of
Elgin during 1919, and givcas security therefor nates' of one thousand
d611a,rs each. '
County ,Council Cha'mbers,,< St Thomas, 2J)th Novcrilber, 1919.
1(; W. McKAY,
County Cle,rk.
W. H. TURNER,
Wardep.
Eigtti County Cou'ricH
BY.LAW No. 949
To Appoint a Physician for the. Hous,e of Industry
The ElginCoun'tyCouncil ~nacts:
Passed 2;9th Noveni.ber; 1919.
1. That, Douglas L Ewen, M" D., be and is hereby appointed
Physidan,of the, House of .Industry and Refuge, at an annualsalal"Y
of two hundre~, dolla,rspe'l: annum, and that By-Law No. 827 be, and
is, h~reby'amendedia'ccordingly. I .
County Coun,cil Chamhe'ts,St. Thomas, 29th November" 1919.'
K. W.. McKAY,
County Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden.
BY.LAWNo. 950
To ,Grant Aid for Improvement of MiddleSex "County Line
Betwe-enNorth and <,South Dorchester
P.assed 2'9t'h Nov.embc'r, 1919.
The Elgin" County Council enacts :
That thesuin'of 'five hund'fed dollars be grallted,to b~cxpended
on the,Dorchestel' County Line from lot 12 to lot 24;,pr'ovid,ed the
Councils of the County of Middlesex arid' the,Towns-hipso.f Nodh.
a:n~d 'South Dbrchestergrant 'equ~{ amounts .and that the,Canadian
Milk Products Company grants the sutQ.of $1,000.00 for ,the 'same
p:ur.pose. 'The expenditure. of the money to be' in charge of the
Reeves of North and, SOI.1th Dorchester.
County Council Chambers, St.Thomas; 2,9th: N overn:ber, 1919.
K. W. McKAY,
C~unty Clerk.
W. H. TURNER,
Warden. I
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COUNTY ROADS
Roads designated to be assumed for iWprovement under
'the provisions 01 1'he Highway Improveinent, Act f"rming
part of and annexed,to By-Law No. 89'1, of the County of
Elgin, as amended by' By-Laws No. 902,,909,.915, and' 947.
, ' And approved by orders of the Lieutenant' Governor 'of
Ontario in, CbunciL '
'(The letters P. C. followhiga, Road Number sh,!wthai it has beeri designated
as a Proyillcia~County Road, towards the constructIOn' and, maintenance of which
thePwvil1ce contributes sixty'per cerlt, of the cost.)
,1., The Graham Roa,d:;in Township of Aldlb,o,rough.
Commencing,'attheroad'behveen concessiollS-12 'and 13, the
road 'between' lot,q'f8 and 19 and it$continuati'on runnin,g northerly
to the'tounty'hbundary,,'the mid,dleof the mainchaulle1 of the River
Thame.s,- sa;ye ancl'e~cept the portion with,inthe Village of\'VestLorne.
2. P. C. ,Commencing at the road in Township of Aidborough
'between lots" 6 and 7, the :road between concessions 8 and 9,running
easterly' to the 'town line between the 'rowns,hips of Aldborough and,
Dunwich;,thence .northerly in said town line, to the road between
concession A andcortces~ion 5 north of A in ,Dunwich, save and
except the portion wi~hin the Village of West Lorne.
3. The,Furniv<}1 ROad, in Tovmship of Aldborough;
Co:mmcncing at the road between conces'sions' 12 and 13; th,c
'rciad ',between lots nand 7 to'the Gore and corttinuing northerly
bet'ween' 10tsS' and 9 to the road between cO~lcessions 2 and 3, therce
easterly,'ou' said road to the road. betwe'cn lots 14 and -15 in conce-ssibl1
2, the,nce north,erly'onsaid road to the County ,boundary, the midd'l~
of:~he main channel of the River Thames, save and except, the portion
'of-the Furnival,Road wi'thin,the Vi-llage of Rodney. '
4.P. C.. Comme'ndng at the Kent County boundary line at the
i1J.tersection6f,the road between' concessions four and f1ve of the
Elgin' County CounCil
Township. of Orford, the Couilty-boundary' 'line" south, to,irttersection
of road :between' concessions., 7, an~ 8,' Township, of Aldbotough. ,', The
road between said concessions, 7 'and ,,8',' Township of Ald~orough,
from ,the"w~stern' boundary of the Towriship, to the Furnival'Road
betweeillots Gand 7, save and except' theportion'withi~ the Village
of Rodney.
5. 'Ccimmencing,atthe,Furnival Ro,ad, in the T.ownshipqf
AId-borough, between lots 8 an-d9, the road between concessions 5 and
6, lots 9to ,15,.th~ncel-south a~ong the road ,between lots 15 an~17
'to the road b~tweenthe third' andfou~th 'concessio'ns east Aldboroughi
'theri~,eeaste~lyaTong said road,l,ots 1-7 to 21, to the, Gra'ham Road.
6. Th~
AI'9'borough,
hetween concessions 12 'and
to, 18, 'inclusive. '
road
10'ts'5
7. , _ The~~oa:d in': the Townshi-p,Df, Duriwichbetween l~ts 18'and
19'in concessions 8; 9,and 10, and to the Lake Road in concession 11.
8. Com~encing in-, the ,', road ,betw~enthe 9't~ and ,'lOthconces-
'sions of the, Townshipof'Dunwich at line, b~tween lots 8 and' 9, ,the
Lake Road ,easteTly,and sOl1~her1ythrough lots ..9' and 10,t~ell'ce
nottherly,' the road betWeen lots 10 and- 11 to, the given road in
conGessioh9, thencel1orth-:easterly on said road to the Currie Road'
b~twee'n lots 12 ai1l13 inthe 8th concession, ,the'nce northerly'along
said rO,ad,to 'the road at the north of concession' 1, thence easterly
a.loi1g~aid road to' the road betw.eenlo,ts 13 anc114, thence, northerly'
to, th,e County boundary, the,~niddle of the main channe16f the, Riv~t
Thames" save~rid,excePt th'epbrtionwithin, the' Vi11a~e of Dutton.
9. The:r6ad between concessions 7 and 8, Township',of Du:nwich,
commencing ,at the :'road betwe~n lots 6an,d 7. anp,tunnin:g, easterly
to the Southwold town, Hne.
1p.' P. C. The road"qetween,concession A and 5.' ~orth 6f:A,
'Township 9JDu~wich,'commencii1g at, the Aldbor6ugh town line,.
theilceeasterlyto the old Currie Road on .lot 11; thence south-easterly
on said Currie Roadto'the bouilda'ry of the,Village of Dutton.
H. The r,?ad betwee'n the Gore and' concession 4,
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qf puwkh,
town ,line.
from the road, between lots 12 and 13, to the Southwold
12. The road in' the Township of Dunwich betweel'l lots 6 and"
'commencing at the: road between concessions A arid 5 north of A,
r'unning northerly to, the Count y'bonnda'ry, the middIe of the main
channel of the River Tha,mes.
13. P. C. The road ,between concessions A and,5 south ofA;in,
the Township of Dunwich, from the boundary of the Village of'
Dutton easterly to' the Southwo~d town line. .
,14. The,'town line between the Townships of Dunwich ,and
Southwold; commencing at the roa,d known as the Talbot' Road
(Burwell's Corners) and running northerly to the County boundary,
the middle df the main channel of the-River Thames, excepting the
foLlowing,:
14.' P.' C: From the Talbot Road north (No. 17) northerly to
north limit of Road No. 13. .
15; The old Currie ,Road, in the Township of DunwiCh,
comm'ei.H:ing at lot 11 in concession 5 north of A, thence westerly and
northerly thro'tlg'h said 'concession, the Gore and concession' 4, to
road at nprth-eastcorner lot 10.
Southwold, "from' the
16 .Talbot, Road, int1~e Township of
'Dunwic-h ,town .'line to the City'of St. Thom<j.s.
17.,P. C. Back ,Street.
The road known 'as the nOl,'th'Talbot Road, in, th~ Township o,f
Southwold; comm.'e1,lcing a_t the DunwichtownJine and running
easterly to the road known as the London ahd Port Stanley Road
at' the Village pf Talbotville. \
2 and 3, tn the Township of
to, the road between lots 1
18. The road between concessions
SOlltl1wold, h'o-m the Dunwich town H~le
and 18.
19,
1.'he Middlesex County bounda-ry lin,efrom road between the
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first 'and second concessions, Township of Delaware; west to the
road in the Township of Sottthwold,between lOots 1 andIS, thence
southerly through concessions 2,3, and 4, and between lots 2:5 and 26
north of the Talbot Road north to the Back Street; "
20. Commencing at the right-o,f-way of. the Michigan ,Central:
Railway in the, Village of Shedden, the road between lots 15 and '16
north of Talbot Road north, in the Township of Southwold, running
southerly through the Vilhige of Fingal,to the'ro~c1 between 'lots
10 an'd '11 on the Union Road. '
21. Commencing at th,c north limit of the Lake Road;iri,the
Township of South wold; between lots 6 and 7, and running in a
northerly dil1cction to road along' the SOllth limit of the lots on thy,
south 'si~eof Talbot Road; thcn'ce in an easterly direction along,saicl
ro.ad to the Yarmouth town line and in the To'wnshipof Yai-mouth
totheKains B.ridge on the, boundary of the ,City ofSL Thomas.
22. P. C. The Lond'onand'Port.StanleyRoad,in the Township
of Sbuthwold, from the -Middlesex County line to the boundar:y: of
the City of St.' Thomas.
23.P. C. All of the London and ,Port Stanley road situated'irt
th'e Township "of Yarmouth and the portion'pfsaid road situa.ted hi
the ,Township 'of So'i1thwold between Yarmouth town line and'the
boundary of the Village of Port Stanley.
24. Commencing on lot, 2 in concession 2, Township of Yar~
mouth, at the'top of the hill on the London and Port Stanley Road;
the,old rpadthrough lots 1 and 2, to wherc1thecorporatioh boundary
of Port Stanley, cros'ses sa:i~ -road.
25. Com111~ncing a,t the Middlesex County line, the road between
the' Townships of Yarm6u't'h 'and Southwold to the road i~ the rear
of concession 9 in Yar-1nQuth, thence on St. G~orge Street ,eastedy
and southerly through lots 1 and 2 in said concession to bounal'Y
of, City of St. Thomas.
'26,.' P. C.Thei Talbot Road in Townships of Yarmouth' and
Malahid~ from the easterly;boundary of St. Thomas to the' westerly"
boundary of the Town of Aylmer.
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27. Commen'cing, at the LondQn and Part Stanley. Road in the
Vi11age\of :Union" t-he'road between concessions 3 and 4 i1;l Township
: of Yarmouth, lots 4 to 21,' inclusive.
28; C~nimencing at the Talbot Roa,d' in Township .of Yarmouth,
the' rO,a:d,befweenlotslO and 11 in concessions 8 and 1'1, and the road
between 'the sixth and seventh' concessians,"lats, 11 to 14, an'd "the
,roadhet\v:eet1lots 14 and 15 in concession 6.
29. The road, between lots 14 and 15 in the second and third
conc'ess,i6:nsof' To~n:ship, of Yarmauth. '
30; Commencing at the north boun-daTY of the City of St.
,'::Thomas, Ba:Iadava, Street, in Township .of Yarmauth, lot 5, concession
'9; the 'road ill rear '~f the ninth cancessio'n,lots 5, 6, 7,8~ 9; up to. and I
including. the 'r~a.d between lots' 8and,9 in the range s~Pth and firsJ
and s'ccond" ranges north of the Edgeware Road,t:h~tenth and
eieven th'cance,ssions.
31. Commendngin the 'roa,d,' ,in the ,Township o.f Ya'rmouth,
betwecnthe range'sotithan,d first range north of the Edgeware Roa,d',-
dats,9, io, 11, and'12, the ,road between -lots 12 and, 1'3 in the first
a'rid second ranges north o'f the Edgeware Road, the 10th and 11th
concessions.
,32. ,Commencing at the Southwold' town line, the road in the
Township of Yarmouth, between" concessions 11 and 12 to the town
line: between Yarmouth ,an-dSouth Dor~hester.
33,. The road, -in the Township of Yarmo'\1th between rots 8 and
9, in concessions 12 and 13. The road between, concessions 13 and
14,' lots ~ to 1'2. The road between lots.12 and 13,' co~cession- 14,
tq'_,CountY,bou~daryline, and ea,sterlyalong 'said boundary connecting
with r6ad numbere-d34.- '
"'34. Th.e' Middlesex County line in rear of :the fifteenth concession.
Township of Yarmouth, 'from the Dorchester town' ,line, lots 17 and
16;al?-d pal.t of~5, to connect with the: ,M~ddleisexCounty roa-d.
35.Com~rtericing at New Sarum 'on Talbot RO(id, in Township
;of Yarmout)1,lot 21, the road run!\ingnortherly through 'concession
Elgin COlm ty Council
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9, R. S.B. R, Ist"and 2nd ranges N.E~ R., concession' 10 and
concessioil 11, to the town line between Yarmouth and South
Dorchester, thence- nO'1"thetly along said town line to the COUlltY.
boundary line' between theTow~ships ~ North and Soutl~,Darchestel'~
36. Co~nmencing at road'behveen concessio~s_ 1 and 2, TO:~l1ship
of-Yarmouth, the road between lots 21 _and 2'2 incollc,essions2, 3,4,
5,6 ,and its co-ntinua-tionnortherly and westerly through c'onCeSSiQll
7, lots 20 arid ,21, to the road between concessions 7 and S, lots: 19
and '20, to and along road bet\veen)ots J.8and 19 in concession.8,
37. Theroa,d'in the TOWnship, of Yarmouth 'between
8 in coilcessions 5, 6, and 7, ancl concession 8 to Wellington
WelIingt~n' Street West to the City of, S1. Thomas.
lots' 7'ancl
Street ,and
38. Talbot Road, in the
from the Forge Road No. '46
ship of Bayham.
To\-vnships of Malahide
to 'the ,easterly boundary
and, Ba,yham,
of the Town.,
38. P. C; The roa,dkhown as the Talbot Road from thee:asterly
boundary. of the Town' of :Aylmer" to the junction' with the Forge
Road No. 46.
39. C0111men~ing at the northerly boundary of,Dol:chestel' Soutl~.'
the. road oetween lots 12 and 13 of said Township and its c011,tinu-a,tion
between lots 10 and 11 of the TO':'l1shi-p 'of Ma:lahi-de to the'l:o~d
between' conces'sions 1 and 2 (Copenhagen) save and except that
,portion within the Town of Aylm,er. ,
40: 'Colllmencingat the ,southerly boundary of ,the Village
$pril;1gfield, the road in the Township' of Malahiderunning sot1therly
,between lots 20 and ~21, inconcessio'ns 9 anc! Sand running.: southerly
and westerly through Jots ,20 to 13 'in the seventh concess1on to ,the'
easterly boundary ,of ,the, 1'0'\1\'11 of Aylmer.
41. The road in the To\-vnship of Malahide. between lot", 20 and
21 in concessions 2, 3,4; 5, and 6 of :Mal~hid,e.
42. The road in the Towns.hipof,~i(alahide between concessions
1 and 2,10t5" 11 to 25. Roadbet:w-een Jots 25 and. 26 in second
concession. Road between: concessions 2 anc! 3, lot's 26 to 30. Road.
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between lots 30 ~ ~nd 31 in second concession.
G'Oncessions1 and 2, lots 31, to 35.
Road between
of Malahide between the third
Raad between lats 3D and 31
43. The road in the Township
and fourth concessions ,lats 21 to3O'.
in qoncessio1i 3.
44. P. C. In .the Police Village of port Burwell, in -the Township
o,fBayham, from the intersecti'On 'Of WellingtOn and Erius StreetS' as
~hown in Regis;ered PlanN o. 112, Erius Street in northerly and
easterly directian ta the northern boundary 'Of the said Village where
it'connects with the' old plank r'O~d running northerly and n'Orth-
'easterly ,through said Township' to the town line between Bayham
and :Middletan (Acacia), save ,and except the portion within the
Vill;ige' Of Vienna. I
45. Th'e toad in Township of Bay-ham between the first and
set.oi1.d concessions fromth~ :rvr.alahide town line easterlYa1i-dsouther..:
ly, to >Chatha11l Street in, thennincorporated Village of J?ort Burwell
aq shown in Registered Flan No. 112-, thence alongCh-athatn' Street
to Bridge Street to Robi'nson- Street to We1Hngton Street to Erius
Stre-,et" ,con:necti'ng 'with- road number 44.
46. P. C. The J;i'orge Road fram the Taibot Road in the ToWn..:
ship of :Mala hide and running, north..:easterly through lots 34 and 35 .
arid i~ the Township 'Of Bayham, through (:onces~ions 7,8; 9, 10, 11.
ta the'town line between the Townships of Bayham and:M.iddleton.
47. Commencing at the town line between Nor:th and South
DOl-chester, the road in the Township of South Dorchester behveen
lots 3 and 4, concessions 7, 8; 9,lO'~
48. The road 'in the Township of South Dorchester between
concessions 10' and 11, lots A to 12 (Lyons).
49. The road in the Township of South Dorchester; betwee_n
lots 6 and 7, concessio'ns 11 and 12', to ,the northerly boundary, of
the Village of Spr!llgfie1d.
50'. The road in the Township of South Do'rc'hester, between
lots 18 and, 19,' concessions 8, 9; and 10'.
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51. The road in
co'ncessions 9 and 10,
the Township of .south, Dorchester; between
lots 13'to 24, the 'Yarmouth town line. I
52. . The towp. lincbetween the Townships of Malahide
South 'Dorchester, from the westerly boundary of theVilla,ge
Springfield to -the road between,' lots 10' and 11, concession
Malahide.
and
of
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G: F. PINEO,
County Road'.Superintenc1ent,
Court House, St.' Thomas.
Detember,1919.
ST. THOMAS SUBURBAN AREA ROADS
The undersigned me,mbers' of the St. Thomas Subiii'ban
Roads Commission do hereby complete the selection of roads in the
St. Thomas Suburban Area towar'ds the constructi~n and ,maintenan,ce
of which the City of St. Thomas shall contribute; by the designation
of thefqllowing roads- (which include ,those previously'designate,dj,
together with the changes in C.ounty Roads No. 30 and 37 approved
byOrder~in.,.Coupcil, and the ac1diti011s of parts of the Co\.tnty;Roa-ds
,Nos; 22 P. C., 2BP. C:, and 26'P. C:)' containing ,in ~11 about' twenty~
'two miles. '
N b. 1-2.85, ~iles
County Road No~ 16. The Fingal Road; from the -houn.dary,o'f
St. Thomas to Middlemarch, at the intersection of the road betwe,en
lots 34 and 35.
County
St. Thomas
No. ,'2~3 Miles
Road No. 21. The Kains -Hill l}.oad,
,westerly a distanc.e of ,three miles.
from, boundary of
No. 30'-5 Miles
County Road No. 22 P. C. and 23' P. C. The London and Port
Stanley Ro,ad~i,nthe Townships of Southwold and Yarmouth, f~otri
the in'tersection of Road 'No. 17 'at Talbotville, in Southwold','
southerly'to road between coneessionsfive ~nd six, in Yarmouth.
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No.,,4-2.21 Miles
County-Road No,. 2;;;. St. Gearge Street, fra'm baundary of 'St.
Thomas ,along 'St. George Street and town' line between Yarmouth
al1dSouthwcild to, roadbetweensecon,d range ri6rth of Edgeware
Road ~ndt,enth concession in Yarmouth. '
No. 5,:.....2.68 Miles
County Road No; 26 P. C The Talbot Road, in Town-ship of
< Yarm~uth" from the easterly boundary, of St. Thomas to in:tersection
o'froad betw~en lots fourt~en an'dfifteen at Yarmouth Centre.
N? 6-2.53.Miles
,,"Sounty,RoadNo.BO. Balac1avaStreet, fram the north boundary
of the City of St. Thomas 'through lot five, conces'sion 9, Yarmotith,
the"l'oaci in, rear; 'of the ninth concession, lots 5, 6; -7, 8, the road
,':,pet.ween lots 8 and 9to \ north-west corner lot 9, south of the
E'dg~ware ,road.
/ No. 7-3.25 Miles
ConntyRoaq. N 0., 37,-fr?m, the e~stern bound,ary of the c:ity -of
Sf. Thdmas, _W,elling:tonStreet~ to the road between lots seven and
eight and, south to road between: concessions five and six.
Dated a't St. :Thomas this 17th, day of December, 1919.
F.O. LAWRENCE,
Chairma~,
J. T. WEBSTER,
ALEX. AND,ERSON,
Commissianers.
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.COUNTY BRIDGES
County
Road No;
Where Located
County's
Sh~re
Name ()f Bridge
1 Bothwell
2 Wardsvi.lle
3 Graham Road
4 Walker
5 Tait
61 vVilleys
McIntosh
- N~', 3 Government Drain
No; 2 GovernmentDrain
No.1 Government Drain
Lings
Kettle Creek W. .Belmont
.Belmont
Kettle Creek E. .Belmont
Catfish' Creek
Otter Creek N. of Acacia'
Otter Creek l1ear Ed~ri
Otter Creek
Little Otter
King
21 Queens
22 St. Ge,o,tge Street
23 Finga-l
24 Ka:ins
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Rivet. Thames
, .
3 River Thames
1 River' Thames
RiveT Thames
12 'River Thames
8 ;River Thames
1.4 River Thames
Delaware and: Sotit~wold
Delaware and' Southwo1'd
Westminster and S'outhwold
vVestminster and S0uth~9ld
34 Westminster and, So1itllwold,
35 Westri1inster'& S. DorchC:ster"
, N, and :So Dorchester
, Malahide and-I?ereham
Bayhamand :[\!iddJeton
Ba'yham and Houghton
Bayham and 'Middletan
Bayh,am and 'Haughton
23 St.Thomas and So.uthwoM
23 St. 'Thomas 'and Soutl1wold
2'5 S1. Thomas an.dYarmouth
16 ' St. Thomas, and SouthWbld
21 St. Thotp'asand Southwold \
23 St. Thomas 'and Yarmouth
'St. J:'homas'and'Yarmouth
N.'andS.DOrchester
AldlboroughandOrford'
.Bayham
, Bayham
Vienna
7
S
9
fo
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
l'S
19
20
'277r~'
50%'
50%
50% '
50,(;10
50%
50%
50%
50%
,00%
50%'
00%
5q%
50%
,~o% '
'tOro
5{}%: ,
, 50%
50%
50%
'500/0
50'%
t!O%
50%'"
50'C;:o
5.0%
50%
1000/0
100%
.100%
,.Brew~ry
L)rnhurst
Btanoh Kettle
F'leming Creek
Fillmore Otter Creek
Cook's Otter Creek
Upper Otter Creek
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.,-"-,......,...---~.-
,-_.~,,-_.'....
Co~nty
Road No. Where Located
Vienna
"'Port Burwell
Yannouth
Yarmouth
Yarmouth' and M-alahide
2',2'P.e. Yarmo-uth and Southwold
Yarmouth. and, SouthwoM
Southwold
Port Stanley
Po:rt' Stanley
Malahtdeand S:Dorchester
Malahide and Ya,rmouth
Malahide
Sotithwold
14 South wold and Dunwich
Pori Stanley
35 Yarmouth
'N ame of Bridge
32 Lower Otter Creek
33 pottBurwell Otter Creek 45
34 Gillet's Ca-tfish ,Creek
3D Jamestown Catfish Creek
Orwell Catfish Cree'k
Dodds- Kettle Creek
,Beavel' 'Creek
Zavitz,-'Kettle Creek
Sh~lhourneKet~le Creck
Port Stanley Kettle Creek
Catfish,Creek
KingsmillCatfish Creek
Port Bruce'CatfiS'h Creek
Rob;Pin~, Kettle Creek
"];albot C,eek
4"1 Culvert L. & P. S. Road
,48 Mapleton Catfish Creek
County'S
Share
100%,
1000/0
100%
100,0/0
1000/0
1000/0
1000/0
1000/0
100%
1000/0
1000/0
,100%
100%
1000/d
100%
100%
100%
The brid.ges iti. above list were und.er the control of .the Council
prior to the d~signation of:County Roads- under the provisions -of
The Highway Improvement Act.
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INDEX
BY-LAWS-
92'8 To Appoint Auc1itO'rsmm.......m..mm....'.m._......mm.............n.....' 129
929 To.,Appoint J3,oard of Audit .'....m.,....m........mm..........'..:..m.... 1,29
930 To Appoint :High School Trustees ...m..,m...'n...........n.m.... 130
931 'To Authorize Warden ,~nd-Treasurer to' Bo,rro'W $'tSl),OOO 13'0
93'2 To Appoint a' Comity Road Com~ittee ........m..~...'n'.......m~'.131
933 To 'Fix Sa.1ary' of Ga()ler .m..m...............m_....m..n.'n:~mmnn... 131
934 TO' .Make Gr}lnt to Salvation Army .___~n.........m_....m.......:... 132
935 To Appoint County Truant Officer ....n....'...m..n..n~__.~...m..... 13,2
, ," .
936 _To Appoint County'Auc1itors ,..n'.....'..............n..m......___.mnn.' 13'3
937 To Authorize ApprbvpJ .of Sidewalk "Constructian' on
County Roads ............m....mn.n.m...n.............mmm'.....'n..'~..' 134
938 ,To Authorize Closing.of Registry OffiteatOne OlClo,tk
on' Sa turd a ys, .... n..n.. ..'n ~,:,~..... 'nn.".'..n..'..'... .__.... ".'. .'nnn'n......._ ,,134
939 To Extend Tilue fo-r Tax, Sale ....;n............m_mmm............,..,., 13'5
940 To Regulate C~unty Council Proceedings m....m.............. 135
941 To Confirm Equalization .....m~n....mm'..mnn~nn...........:.....,..:.. 13'5
94'2 To Grant Additional Aid to Schools n"",,,'.~..._...m..m....n,.; 136
943 To Make Special Grants to Villages .m..mmmm._m.m...,..m. 1~7
944 To Raise County Rates .'m.m.mm.m..mmn...........',.;...........".',.., 139
945 . To MakeG-rant to_ G. W. V;A. .m..n.....__.'.n'_.___'n.mn....m..'_ 141
9~6 To' Authorize B01Towing $2'5,0.00 ."h..""h~"''''.'.''''''h.';'.'''.~'~' 141
947, To i,\men-d By-Law 897 ~_..'..n:...nnn .mm...,.......__._.m......;..m....'. 142
948 1'Q Authorize Borrowitig, $100,000mn'n~mn.....m..........~<......m 144
949 To, Appoint :physician House .of Industry..,..,.............,..,... 145
'~50 To Grant Aid, to Impr?ye Ml:ddlesex County Line......... 145
DEPUTATIONS AND COMMITTEES~,
,,--Ca'nadian Milk ,Products" Co., m\......m._:.'.nn_"'.n..n....m...m'n'm..,..6:2, 64
E;;tst '....Elgin Fait .n......,..-.....':'nn..n;..i__.:..__........'..n...........,.........~n....,._..38, ,40
Educational Ass,ociation Ontario' m_..m...m..................'_.....l.............. 24
F,ederal ,Aid' ...".n.....n'......~..;'............__'......'...............n......n'nn.......n"..~'n...___ '20'
G'ood Ro'ads Association .n......_..nn...".......".....,........."........".n.....n... 24
G.W. V. A., East Elgin ,...,...,,,,,,,,,,,,...,,,,,.,,.,,,,.,,".,,..,..,,,,,....,,....,..7, .9
158
Elgin County Counc.i1
G. W. V. A., St. Thomas --.....-----....-----.--..----........-------....---.--..----.---...
. Ho'lst'ein 'B-reeders' Associa.tion ___.._.__.___..:..___.'___.....__.._...._____~~...I.-n39,
L'aw, Library Ass'ociation '....,,__........____......n'.___.._______....__:____..'....____..."'..
Melno rial :H'ospita.J ___'.__:~__._.....____h_.__.__.n...,.__u'__.'-.._.n.-..-.._.;,--~.---...-----..
Municipal Association Ontario" ------__.._.__."..__.._____.___----.---.:---..--....,--~---
Navy_ Le'ague' ,_.__........___......,..'........_____.'......n..........__.h.--.____,....,.._____..,.,..--41,
P-oi:t Stanley ,Bridge and Harbo'r .__________....___..........--,...--.-----.--.---.29,
Salvation Army _.__._..__.__..____.....____.n.n__._.__...._______...."_~..':.__..,_.,-....'---,-...-----
Scl}'ocil'Inspectors' Salary --..-.-----.--..--...-....--,.-...--..-~--,....-.----....---.._---._'
Trtis tees' Association ___,..:._______....___....___.___.___....._......____...,....___...___...9',
Y.. M. C. A'. ......__..--............-----.--..-----....-----........----....--.---.--....-----.,..________
GRANTS-
Bo~rds, 'of Agricu~ture .-..---..,.,..-----....-----...---------...'~---,--,:------..~\
['~~;~r:~:' ',_~_~_~~_~~_~ .-.~~~~~~~---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~~:~~~~:~~~~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~:~~~~~ .
N;otices _,"--..---~----...,----....."..------__-...-....:--.:L----..,--...----_._"__,___.9, 13, 38, _62,
Salva ti6n ~nny' __.._____.______..___.________......_____.._;~~'---..';...--.-m-..--....'-...______..8,
Schoo Is ..__..__..__'____...,____...,..:___....._____...__..__....__.__...,......---...----..-..,.--------.-..---'.,
Solcliers' Aid 'Commission,.' East Elgin .~....------....---:,.,...---,----...--------
" Ti~n es~J ~,nlrnal, ,Repo rter ,..hm...;_____'___..__.,____.......______.._____~_,;_._______..._____
Wallace, re Miss" __,---.--.--.--...-..------..----...-..--..--.--.----.,:.---c.....,----.....--,,---:.
Ward ens __...___....,.____...___..______..,__....._...__._____.,___'.'___..__'------..---.----.....------.,..,.
.WonJens' Ins titutfls -....-.---..,..------.....---....:-..--..--.,.--.,---.---..---..--.....-----..--..
MISCELLANEODS- .
A.uditors _..____.___..........__.,"_..._.____..~------..----....'- ..__..._____,.._______._____,__..16, 19;"
Children's,' Aiti Society' Representative .._____.:....::..__.....,..--:--,------...62,
~~;:~~:::~n ..~~.r.~.0~~..i~...~I=i~.,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Communications ..___..__.___...,...___...:__._:.,....__.__.,,___.___:..7, J2, 18,,35. 4,2;
Coun ty Co'Un cil -----,....--.--------,...------...--..--.,.....:-......---........-......-----.......--,--
Coun ty,,, pfficials .-,--..--.-_,__.'__:.___i.._____...,.,___:_...__...._.:..__.,'_...,:.-.--.--.,..----,-,--.--
Court' F(,o'use Insurance' ....__..._.~.__....._____'.'.m.___..:___.__.._.m____...,...__...,..._..
County ',Road; Committee, to Disp'ense Wit'h, ....,___:_....___:.___..__,..__:
40.
41
10
24
53
51
32
12
24
13
39
25
44
17
,
64
12
44
45
67
16
70
25
31
67
45
70
61
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2
11
13
Elgin County Council
County 1~ruan to fficer ':....__.____......_.._______________..._____.___..._________...____..;....
County Treasurer's Ap~ointment' --.....---..____,.___.__.___...__......~__::_..,26,
Federal Aid, --..~-..~-......-------.----.-..,-.___..___~._.........___......_.._.____.....m..__.__.......
M emo"rial H'o:spital ____..,._.,.-..------.,......-------...-,---...---,----..._.......___.,"____...~19,
Patriotic Assbcia tion ___.._____.....___.____......_...._,--..........,,______...;....._______..60.
R~ceptioi1 to General .currie and Soldiers ---~....._____.__,----.......---57,
Warden;s Address ----.....______...___._________.......________......4,28, 33,55, '57,'
ROADS AND BRIDGES-
Actions for Damages ....-----..-......______.______..._______,......,-..--c--.................-,.--__. 68'
Committee Appointment, ,1919. ---.---..--._...._.____..,_..........,__:_10,l~! 13, 14
Comniittee'Re'por,ts ...------..._.....____..__.....,'______:.._17" 55,,64, 65, 120 to 128
Coun ty B ridges' -,-.--....__,.________....".____......,..--,--,..--..--.-...-.--..,...,....,__,'..,.....__ 155
County Roa,ds '---._....~_..___..______________...___.____:___..__._.___.........______....__146 'to 153
County Road Committee,t'oDispenseWith .,....________,__..,..~._____,__,. 13
County Road 'Connections m'_,____.._._,._.:__..___.____,---.------....---~.....-....-~---_, 46
Fl:eight Rates on Gravel .--c,......,-----.___...._____,_.___....___.____.......______......~--.. 67
Gni'11ts to ,Towns arid'Villages ....,-----_.__..'...._._.______._________,......--.-....45, '66
Gravel, 'Pi t' '.---------....-.--..-'-,.__..__.._______._______........_____,......._____.....,________.....____._... 55',..,
Report 1918 Committee,--,-..-......--....-.--_____.....,_,_,___.......____,_.....__..__...._:9, 120
St., Thomas Suburban Area Roads ---.....----...h...-..~---.--..--------'......------153
Sidewalks ,on"County Roads ___:__....__._0.,__....__._____.__....____...___..__..____..:.
Stalter", GuHy "'..-----....-..---..__.....__.____......._____.,.._..______......_.__..__,.._.____40" ,43,
Vienna ,Streets .--.-.;__.'__._______'..__..__'_'_____.__..______.'.....____........_____...0._..,,,---,......
ViHage, ,Str'eets' Committee ...".....___.____...'..__..........__,__.......-----....----::____..
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND OFFICIALS-
, County Engineer ...---,---.---'~....-----,-..-....-----._________..m..____.......__55, 85 to 89
County Eng:ineer, Special Report on Tile. :Flo'o-rs .....c___........~;..
County Police ",Magistrate _~________~_____h.'h_____.'__..___.___.,------......,-----;..:..__
C<?un'ty" R,oadsCommi ttee ---------__....._____......___.._..0._____,..._...___....120 "to
County- Treasu't'er '-...----------_.......___,__.....__.___......._____........____..41, 74 to
Court H'ouse COlll,mission ----....-~'.._____.....______..__....___._________L;__..______.:;'__.'
Education Committee____.._...._____,..._..._..__,......_.______...,._.__18. '41, 63. ,72,
Fipance Committee -------....------_.....___.___..,.__..____hUI, 43;46, 65,79 "to
159
luP
El$iu COU))!y. ,Cou))cil
Ga,61-' Committee, .___..._____......______..__.___..........___...__.....,..;.18, 41, 65,',94:, 95,
F!puse: of Industry Committ~e ;........___..___.u......__..:.HI, 411 6-5, ~6 t9 98
House 'of Industry Inspector __,.,..______._____....__.,___.............___...__....__."...99,
Flouse of Industry, Physidan ....___,......_______.__;..;.m..'...,....'_____.__.___.,__,__ .104
L,egal, 'Committee .____...._..___,....____'.....,_____....____...__.u.,....__...______'..._....,...,;64:; 119
Memoria'} Hospital C01)1mittee,:___._.._....~__...____".....42, l1'2,1~2"to '115
p.etitionsap::d Legislation Cb~mittee __..,....___....~_..,_;..___."...-m..--12. 93
Fort Stanley ,Bridge and, Har'bo'f .n.'..__........,..-----..-----......----.----.-.----- 108
Public' Improvements Committee____m_.___..~,,19,411, 55,64, 90 to 92
Rules ,ari-d Reg;ulatiol1s' Committee ___.~.._____;.;...___._..______...__......-....~.. 3e
Special Report on Warden's Address ...____,00..____._____..,..._..._________..'_.' UO
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