Poll books, 9. The poll-books, as well as the statement and certifi. etc., to remain in archives of cates produced, shall be deposited in the archives of the council. council.

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Salary of jus- 59. The town council may grant a sufficient salary to tice of the

iting one of the justices of the peace residing in the said town at town hall to who will be named by the Lieutenant Governor in bear.cases un- Council, and who shall sit at the town-hall, and have an office respecting therein, for holding the proceedings and hearing the cases town and by or the suits taken under the acts relating to the town of laws thereof.

Sorel or the municipal by-laws thereof, and for his ordinary jurisdiction; and such justice of the peace shall also have the power to sign and cause to be executed all writs of attachment, issued under section 10 of the act 42-43 Victoria, chapter 59, and in virtue of all provisions relating to the recovery of school and municipal taxes in the said town of Sorel.

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60. It shall not be necessary to enter at length the proedo not ceedings, judgments and convictions taken or rendered by be entered at length but the justice of the peace, sitting in virtue of this only a tabular act, but the secretary-treasurer of the town of Sorel, acting submary thereof givon, as clerk, shall keep a register or table of the said judgments

only, and another register or table of the convictions, on which such registers shall be entered, in the former case, the name of the defendant, that of the plaintiff or com. plainant, the date of the judgment and the nature of the debt; and in the latter case, the nature of the offence, the name of the police-constable or informant, that of the delin. quent, the fine imposed, if he be convicted, and the date of the judgment.

debt; and in thate of the judgment the plaintiff or

Appolotment 61. The town council may, if thought advisable, appoint of rural...D. a rural inspector, who shall have to fulfil the duties and #pector with his duties and shall be vested with all the powers of the rural powers.

inspector in virtue of the provisions of the municipal code of this province.

amended.

23 Vict, cap. 62. The first paragraph of section 34 of the act 22rd 75, sec. 34, S1vintonia chontar 76

Victoria, chapter 75, shall be amended, by adding after the word : “town" in the fifth line thereof the words : “provided that no farm that is taxed shall in future be subject to the payment of more than twenty five cents for erery hundred dollars of valuation.”

every hundhe payment that like thereof 'Kadding after 23rd

Act in force.

63. The present act shall come into force on the day of its sanction.

CAP. CIII.

An Act to incorporate the Town of Richmond.

(Assented to 27th May, 1882.]

W HEREAS the provisions of the Municipal Code do Prounblo.

Y not meet the present wants of the Corporation of the Village of Richmond, and it has become necessary to make more ample provisions for the internal management of the said village ; and whereas the inhabitants of the said village are desirous that the same should be incorporated as a town and have a special act of incorporation, and application to that effect has been duly made; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:

CORPORATION.

1. The inhabitants of the said Town of Richmond, as here- Town incorpoinafter described, and their successors shall be and are ratod. hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name of: “The Corporation of the Town of Richmond” and Name of corby that name they and their successors shall have perpetual poration. succession, and shall have power to sue and to be sued, to plead and to be impleaded, in all courts and in all actions, causes and suits-at-law whatsoever; and shall have a common seal, with power to alter and modify the same, at Soal. their pleasure ; and shall in law be capable of receiving General by donation, of acquiring, holding and disposing of, by powere. any title or in any manner whatever, any property, real or movable, for the use or benefit of the said town; of becoming parties to any contracts or agreements in the management of the affairs of the town, or for its benefit, and of giving, endorsing or accepting any notes, bonds, drafts or other instruments or securities for the payment of any sum of money or in discharge, recognition, or execution of any right or obligation whatever; and of borrowing money, Power to born for any purpose, within the jurisdiction of the council of row. the said town, either upon debentures, or by hypothecating the immovable property of the town for that purpose.

michey or in disecurities for ptes, bonds, t, and of g

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

2. All by-laws, ordinances, agreements, dispositions and By laws &c., of engagements whatever, passed and entered into by the villago con

tinued in foro municipal council of the said village of Richmond, as here- &o. tofore existing, shall continue to have full force and effect, as though such by-laws, ordinances, agreements, dispo

sitions and engagements had been passed and agreed to by the council of the said town of Richmond, as hereby constituted, until such time as such by-laws, agreements, ordinances, dispositions or engagements shall be formally rescinded, abolished, or amended by the council of the said

substitution of town, or fulfilled. And the said corporation of the town

town in all rights &c., of village.

By laws &c., of village to contiuue in foree until repealed.

Limits of the town defined.

of Richmond shall succeed to and be substituted in all the engagements, rights, debts and obligations of the corporation of the village of Richmond as now existing.

3. The by-laws, orders, rolls and municipal acts, which governed the territory heretofore constituting the village of Richmond, shall continue inforce until they are amended, repealed or replaced by the town council to be hereafter elected; and the mayor and councillors of the said village of Richmond shall remain in office until the elections under this act have taken place, and shall discharge their functions as though they had been elected under this act; and all municipal officers of the said village of Richmond shall continue in office until their successors are chosen or appointed under this act.

BOUNDARIES.

4. The town of Richmond shall comprise all that tract of land known as lots numbers fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen in the fourteenth range of lots in the township of Cleveland, district of Saint Francis, the portion of the lot number fourteen, in the fifteenth range of the said township of Cleveland, now used and occupied as the site of Saint Ann's church, Richmond, and the burial ground in connection with the said church, and the emplacement and premises heretofore belonging to Andrew Donnelly, of the said township of Cleveland, on the lot number nineteen, in the said fourteenth range of lots in the said township of Cleveland, lying between the highway leading from the village of Richmond to the township of Ringsey. The said tract of land being bounded in front towards the south west by the river St. Francis, in rear towards the north east, on the said lot number nineteen, by the said highway, on the lots numbers eighteen, seventeen, sixteen and fifteen by the concession line between the fourteenth and thirteen ranges, and on the lot number fourteen in the said fifteenth range, by the present fence of the said Saint Ann's church and the burial ground attached to the said church; on one side, towards the south, partly by the property belonging to William Miller or representatives, and partly by the south side line of the said lot number fifteen in the said fourteenth range of the said township of Cleveland, and on the other side, towards the north, partly by the north side line of the said lot number eighteen in the said fourteenth range of Cleveland, and partly by the property of one John Mulvena or representatives; as described in the proclamation of His Excellency the Governor General of Canada dated 28th October, 1862, incorporating the said village of Richmond.

5. And whereas it is advisable and desirable to provide Extension of

for the extension of the boundaries of the said town, it is".

hereby declared that it shall and may be lawful for the proprietors of lot number nineteen, in the fourteenth range of the said township of Cleveland, by means of a notice in writing, signed by such proprietors or by the majority thereof, given to the municipal council of the said town of Richmond, and with the consent of such council, signified by a by-law, passed for that purpose, in the usual manner, to demand and obtain that the whole of the said lot number nineteen shall be included in the limits of the said town,and upon the said lot being declared, by by-law of the said town, to be included in the said limits, the proprietors, whose properties have so become included in the limits of the said town, shall have and possess all municipal privileges and rights, and be subjected to all the by-laws, obligations, duties and charges imposed upon the persons and property originally included within the limits of the said town. And it shall also be lawful for any proprietor of land now, or which may become, adjacent or contiguous to the limits of the said town, by means of a notice to the said town council, and with their consent signified by a by-law, passed for that purpose in the usual form, to demand and obtain that his said land be included in the limits of the said town of Richmond, and upon such land being declared, by by-law, to be so included or incorporated in the said town limits,the said proprietor shall become possessed of all municipal rights and privileges and be subject to all by-laws, obligations, duties and charges imposed upon the persons and property originally included within the limits of the said town.

DIVISION INTO waRDs.

6. The town shall be divided into wards, the number Division of and boundaries of which shall be determined and fixed by ."

the council of the said village of Richmond, as at present existing, at the session of the council held next before the elections under this act. And the council of the said town shall have the power at any time thereafter to change either the number or the boundaries of such wards.

The first division into wards, as well as any change How made.

therein, shall be made by by-law, passed in the usual manner, and the council shall have the right to make provision for the proper representation of any additional territory, which may be hereafter annexed to the said town under this act.

TOWN COUNCIL

Composition of 7. The municipal conncil shall be composed of seren the council.

councillors, to be increased to nine on the extension of the limits of the said town by the annexation thereto of lot number nineteen, in the fourteenth range of the township of Cleveland, and of the village of Melbourne. The number of councillors to represent each ward shall be determined by the council in the by-law fixing the wards as herein before mentioned.

Pleotion of

coupcillors.

E. The councillors shall be elected for three years, except in the case provided for in article 20 of the Town Corporations' General Clauses Act, and except also in the case provided for in the following section.

Method of re 9. Of the seven councillors elected at the first general placing coud- election under this act: 10. Two must be replaced at the cillors.

time of the next general municipal election ; 20. Two others at the same period in the year which follows that lastly mentioned; 3o, and the three last also at the same period in the following year. And so on, in such manner that two councillors must be elected or appointed two years consecutively, and three every three years, until the number of councillors is increased under the provisions of section seven, after which three councillors shall be elected every year.

Method of as. 10. The councillors, who shall retire the first and second certaining, af, years after the first general election under this act, must ter the first and 1 second year, be selected by lot, at a session of the council in the month who shall

of December preceding the general election at which they retire.

are to be replaced. Proviso, if If the council shall neglect to proceed to draw such lots, coucoil ne, the officer presiding over the election may do so, on the gloots to take oceed. day of the nomination of councillors and immediately after

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the openi' g of the meeting.

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Appointment of mayor.

11. At the first session, after any general election of councillors, the members of the council must appoint, as mayor of the corporation, any one of the councillors possessing the necessary qualifications.