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Exeter, Ontario, Thursday, December 18,1879.
No 18,
mesa. G`OUNTY COU1i1CIL,
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7 liar r 1" 1, t l ` 4 dsr on alta f,ntulon +11-101; no '1'ltbsdtay Dee. 2nd. The
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n1- ,11n 1t' to ;1-n. U V !.]a1a[t11., u'lure ell took the chair. After calling
t u, e' .r. ;tet{fust 1,1
1e79. tate lint of members and reading the
filo .UL'.Nm yposh A num Oie tl.tiuutee of the last tweeting of the pre-
'rflttne -vat: se -Two letereviettalnts of Vitus Amerou rile 1 y 't,
ueebuudre l rubes each, a large bank b:uuand 7 t Wat tlU 1 bel fly rld-
otuerltula.liuvsonon•3h•,Ito+. Tuerout must pq d1`ttltifdtheOUlluCilU11121tttter likelytdl
tt till iu adl,lu. n or st,tiafnrtory securay given, Claire titin' attuntioll this seat -4011. Lia
Spur further n iu ,int-, apply aprem th> attso8 to
`v, or at entre r•tti, tot t, .nems, theaer t'. 0., AMU bleat since last Aession the Otto•
trait held been let fclr the erection of
FARM. FOB SALiL—I. it 6, entubl.+ the nsw Grand Bend bridge. The 0011-
trnct was awarded to Mr. Purdy ou the
27th of Julie for $5,000, without em-
barsllmc•uta. A M.. Bell was app:riuted
in:g eo.or of the woe k, ou the recom-
mendarion of the Warden of Lambtou
as 152,50 per clay. It was arranged be.
twt:.eu the SVa, don of Latubton and
leiluef.lfthat tlie 'In eke .11 r of L embtol
should pay the estimates as certified b
the itrepectur, 33,3(1 haat Huron's oiler-'
Amid be remitted to the Latmbtoa
Treasurer. Tilie has beer; done to the
extent of $1,235. 'rites cur)traoto
agreed to have his work com.leleteti by
the fat of October teat, and in defitul
to forfeit $.1I) per deny data n es fu
every day af,er that time .until finished
The wurk i•+ lid yet fini..dcd. oeil,g tt
a. disglttte be tw'eeu the cQiltt'nelor and
the iu •peetor; and the Council will be
rc•gtii••t d to d.eag with the Matter this
eesslon.
Line, Stepihen,511 twos, 00 a(ruN .tlalare.l,19
.0noppodl, good brick house, good ntablu, tt ell
tfoneed, Land oxoellent, On lnkeahure, jj of 13
30115 (tole Port Blake, 'where boats ruts throe
times a week and ofa mileftolu Grand Dotal,
tlo nv.313ielltL]:1•:1 (I ,l anal Cllttrt:.fe3 on good roiol.
P11uc, t'6 33), c ar.us easy; Sall SAO U1523J.31t,
1)I.N8,nrownklrp o
ltll FO1t :h: :1.i1+1.—list 14, UON•
Ce•si011.1(t 4110 )1.en, contai11(113 1011 acres. 70
•eurosclearcd. GGoos11 g house and fru:cebarn,
4Ux1(}. 136x1 young °robet.0, vatted fruit, Too
flarnl1ew^eltfuneve and in ul good stetuofuu11i-
vatiuu. Thera is e large quunttty td black ash,
also a tumor failingwell, $'ur tonus apply to
ail iiwt'L 1'1iiLl.it'P1,}. Uredil,uu. une5
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"WARM FOR SALE.—t'II1i SUB-
aeriber offers for sale his lame, Lot 13,
('un.11.'1'utvuahip of Osborne County of llurr'U
BJ euros ulo:t •a.l, the re:na,iads good built, well
tanned, sad to a good state of cultivation; tutdur.
drained, good nrolurr,t, splendid welt of water
3111 ram o'bsru ;13x033, log stu.bu - s:le, lug house, 31,+(31
noaveuie,tt t.) 11..101 and three caltrehuu. Pot
uttherli,artioular,. apply to
Ar.M• 0111\S, Kirk! on, P.O., or
1:11.1'. V.'U1 LIOT.:tttoruuv,Patetor0,0,
' i ARJI EOR SALE.—The ,enbteerib-
oroffers fur s'Is tale 'north half of lut 17,
'w. 10, Osborne, containing 00 nurus 44 acres
cleared, wen uneerdruieee, nue is la good stet,
f ou Osamu. ']Pharr .fro on: the pretl1k'es a lucre:=
of suodbush, 1CU rods board fount. a good corn- i Committee was, called together at the•
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Ou the 23rd of Jtily the Warden's
fnrtable dwelling 3.1 30, frame barn 34xf14, gnun'' request of Road Cott'1Iuiesionel's, ae
In • stable l 1431 4 -
they rope(;' H 'hp's bridge so decayed
that it e.)uld not b1 repaired. The
Committee decided to rebuild this
bridge. The ea}Itrout was awe, ded to
Mr. Brace, of Viu;shlaln, for $2,500
US finished his contract exdeditiuusl_
and satisfactorily. This matter, hoe'
ever, will be reported upon by the Road
Commissioners who had the work undo
their charge.
The repairs ordered on the jail an
Court House hive beet oarrit•d ont b
contract, nneter,the supervision of th
County Cleric. Engairiee have been
txtacie ab .ut heating the Cutirt 11)nf,
and taii with hot air, but it is ilnposel
Ie1e to give a correct eatiivate of the coat
The I3oyutou fututtces can befurniehe
:or about $180 each. It was found i
would require large and expensive ex-
etavationB to be made fur 111.: fnrnecee
Tf these excavations were made too
6 s t/ a d sited toc47.good omits rd, rtoQA watt
of water with, ,3110 0. The property 13 situated six
etu.1 a half utiles from Exeter market and about
el of n utile franc barelultar, uud canvc,lir•nt to
s1.utrehaaariletuherds. Per further particulars.
upldy (AL bile lere1111sas 01 10 Fnryuhar post uflice
JOHHN r'Uil. raze.
;lama ;,TM.NT LwUTICTS-
: if oNEY LOAN LI),IN LARGE 0ll.
small sprue oft dr,t-rato servility at a alo-
al.'ate rata or 1uterul,t. Apply to
11. V.111T,LIOT,
MI November, IRO.
Solicitor, Exeter.
ARIES OKE, COt TvTY AUCTION
No/ neer Siles-proreplly 1e ttoudod to. Days of
• 0.31es arranged at thlemlico
,i. CF1ARIK, Aseltt for the Us -
AA • borne and ttibitertalutnedP'irelusurauc(
Vorupany, Itosidence-13artlauc33, Orders D1
twill promptly attended to. ,
rti 11I. CAItLING & J. W. ARM-
• STld'»(C, i ic3used Anetioneers for t11P
(1Onntylee .3f Huron, and MiedIcsot Sales can
Caded with,satisf codon, and on liberal tern's.
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91i ordors left at ('hristie,'slrausiou House nlni furnaces would, perbaue, heat the jail
.receivel,rompt atteultou. • Sept 4,1-y. 1t would not be so dil110ult to 110111 Gil
Court House. It w,uuld, however, re
quire three of the largest fnl•uaces ti
heat it, at an estimated expense of $2
000 far jail and Court tinu,e improve`
menta. These and other 'natters woul
came before the Couuoil at this session
which he felt sure wuuln receive due
consideration st.their hands.
A number of communications w r
react, among a aiclt elle from the Cuui t
Clerk of Perth, in reference to the build
ing of county boundary bridges whiel
was referred to the finance Committee
The Council adjourned uutil 10 o'u; cl
on \Vedneeday.
'1 l. C a.1'U'B1 i1L, PROVINCIAL
eride • Lend Sur veyer, iu., will to at the
• 2, yal Hotel,l•.xotor.ou tbu iirstTaesdlayineach
mouth. Orders for work left with 311-. John
Speakman wilIreeuivepl'otants, ttoution
t OHN 11. IiYND 1Ll N ,
ACCOUNTANT, CONVEYANCER, REAL
ESTATE ANL) INSURANCE AGENT,
moneet0loan on. mortgages, notes and other
Mocurit.ies. Hunts and accounts collected nn rou-
zouablo terms. Insurance effected in firntola•s
{foesga. les ab reasonable rates. Oti.00—at Lr.
Plyndtntin's, Bain S reef, Laetol,
I./AKE, AUCTLONI,Eit FOR
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COUNTY Olt 1IUit01 .
, LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
.r ilea received for iul'estment Oil mortgages
ut 8 POE cent.
ion reasonable ETC., DRAWN
vn. reasonable terms.
ler IR.ABBOTTL. D. S.,;il.It.C.1j.te
Graduate oti3.oyalCollege of
DENTAL SURGEONS.
Oflico ove.[0'Noil; auk, and opposite Samwoll
Rickards,
1.9XAM ' o
SAP El7
SAFES
IN PERFECT ORDER.
GOOD AS NEW.
Hal Price,
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Bar Iron, Carriage 'and.. Built-
er5' Hardware,
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WEDNESDAY, DECx13IIRR 3. 1870.
After the asseniblulg of the Council
and routine bnsiuoss, a communication
from the iuspector of the Grand Bend
fridge was read and referred to the
li oacl and Bridge Committee. This
commuuioatiou was dated on the 18th
of November, and set forth that tel
work was not progressing; as Satiefau-
torily as it should; that the stoue work
on abutments was only about two.
thirds clone; that the frame work is
within three days of completion, and
that the work wits stopped for the want
of stone. Also, that Mr. Purdy, the
contractor, had delivered castings which
are not in accordance with the epeeifi•
cations of the work. The castings for
prism blocks required should be one
inch in thiekuess, while those furnish-
ed are only three-uightbe and one -111 f
inch; that the inspector notified the
centimeter that 11e would 31)1 accept
such oastirgs, while the contractor said
he would use them and run Ills ri'k of
a settlement, At the request of the
Warden of Lanlbtou, lie, the Inspector,
had also notified the coutraetor and his
1lU,retice to push the work or that they
will be held reepousiblo nccordng to the
contract.
A motion of Mr. Elliott, seoonded by
Mr.. Whitely, setting that the county
Council refund to Godericb township
the'eutn of'$209, which has been ex.
needed in that township in buildinte a
bridge on the Goderich and Bayfield
road, which bri Ige is properly a COullly
bridge, was referred to the Road and
Britt. a Committee.
A cornniunioatinn froth tine Secretary
-of the Clihtou Public Sel.oel Trusteo
Board, in reference to.the ,grant to the
Model School, was read and r::ferl•ed to
the Fivauee Committee.
NO
DISMICHIIHRUSaT.
Moved by Mr. Dane, peeve of How
ick, eeooudud by Mr. laogarth, Reeve of
Stepbela, that this Council, viewing
with 'dissatiefactiou the action takeu
by several towns and villages outaide
of the Ccuuty of 111lron, with a view to
detachie,g several municipalities from
the County of Huron to make ne.w
cuttittiee, Resolved, that the Warden
and Clerk be authorized, on behalf of
tide Counctt, memorialize the Provin-
cial Legislature,reciuestiug that no act -
bridge was . -built fourteen years ago,
sod some of the titnberes ate so rotten
that it will hays -to be rebuilt next year.
I would alto) recoltxmeud Haat all large
eoutracts be let in the early dart of the
year, so as to en. ble coutraoturs to get
their material on the ground during the
winter mouths,as I haveno doubt That
buoh a oeuvre, if pursued, would prove
a great easing to the county.
L. HARDY, Commissioner.
The Couuoil met pursuant to ad-
journment. After routine business
the fuliowing reports were read and re.
ferred to the Road and Bridge Com-
mittee.
;1111 %vita that end 1u view be taken, to THE GAOL AN.7...COURT HOUSE.
the people of Huron are well satisfied The Gaol and -Court House Com -
to remain as they are, and require uo mittee, J. O. Deffor, Chairman, report-
eli anue--Carried tulaluiulouely. ed that they had. visited the saol and
1h., douneil went into Committee of found the general mauagemeut saris-.
the Whole, Mr. Walker, iu the chair:, factory. The officers apparently do all
to consider a cupular from the County in their power to maintain eleauliuess.
Council of Simcoe, recorurnending a There are at preeeut iuoaroerated four-
meeting of the Wardens of the reepeot• teen prisoners --thirteen male and one
ive (manlier; of Ontario, to be held an- female. Three of the prisoners are
nuttily, to consider amendments to the awaiting trial,- With reference to the
municipal law and 'other similar plat- female prisouer, who- is .insane, your
tors. After doe consideration the (tom- Committee recommend her removal to
mittee rose, the Council resumed and the aeylnm be effected as soon as pos-
it was. - sible. Your Committee ascertained
Moved by Mr. Buchanan, seconded that neither Mr. Dickson, the gaoler,
tier M.. Black, and carriecl,that althongh nor Mr. Hudson, the turnkey, is sup.
the ()munch approve of many of the plit'd with firearms. They recommend
sug'rex1ione in the circular, it 'is not that suitable firearms be procured for
considered desirable to propose the for- said officials. They recommend, also,
tneti• n of a new body composed of the the purchase of the following articles,
Wardens of the different counties of the
Province to -meet annually in the pity
of Toronto, as the Council ie of opinion
that the public interests of the country
ars a,rettdy sufoieutly represented.
THURSDAY, i)EC131rnRR 4, 1879.
After reading the minutes and rout-
ine business, a 0 )mnlullicutiOn from the
churchwardens of St. George's church
was read, asking the use of the Court
Room to bold shut eh services in until
such time as they can make other ar-
rangements or repair their own cburoll,
which was recently injured by fire. The organization of new couuties to the
request was granted. ) Meths of Perth, Bruce and We]I1ng-
110AD AND BRIDGES. 1 ton.
viz.: one dozer- suits of clothing, one
dozen shirts, and two dozen -of sheets ;
also the purchase of a chandelier cont
taiuiug twelvelamps for the Council
Room. The report was adopted by the
Council.
A report of the Road Commissioners
wvho bad during the season visited the
Grand Bend Bridge and conferred with
the Inspector, 4Si10 adopted.
The CI( r:t was, on motion, instruct-
ed to settd a c.cpy rif the • resolxrtion
passed by the Commit respecting the
The following reports from Messrs.A11END.IfENT TO SCHOOL ACT.
fiords rend Wryer', Road Commi13oion- Moved by lir. Curtis, \eoonded by
14Ir. ItleMiilau, diet the Wardell alld
Clerk be authorized to memorialize the
Legislature in behalf of this Council
to atneud Sec. 13, 42 Victoria, Ontario
Statutes, so that the said section shall
only apply to incorporated towns and
villages.
ers, were read and referred to the Road
eutl 1.'titlge Committee
Mr. Hardy reports as .follows: In as
oordance with instructions, 1 conium
caned wi•b the Reeves of Tuckerstnith
and Hibbert regarding the election of a
bridge ou the county boundary line be- Under this antoudmou.a 1t person re•
tweet] these townsllios,ttud was author- +
;zed by themto t)rooee<1 with the work siding in one school section mama
as fast as possible, as the roil bridge
I soup his children to the school of any
was coua]dered unsafe to travel. The I eut
of1ler 25 centsoa mouth, that the
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thais, if the
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work was completed in doe time and to trustees wish thire the
the satisfaction of the Reeves of the of thio foe. The
, q payment
townships. The cost of the atructuie tis deoire of the movers
was $1550;27, including theapproaches, I of this mutiou is, that where a person
h
its property iu two sections, he can
plan and iugglactiou, „aye also ex- send to either whether lis be a residene
%wined the following bridges : Exeter, or not. The amoudluent complained
Crediton, two all the Aux Sanbie River of was passed last session and was in-
ou the buuntl errs the bolts
Hay land tended to remedy a special grievauce.
Stephen, and had bolts tightened, Hitherto it wag frequently the c`ise
the 6uperstl•uetnres coral -tarred, and that:insections where first-class schools
approaches gravelled, ata total cert of that:
in
i'iIb reference to the bridge on were kept at •uuusiderable exponee,
the boundary= between Biddulub and people belonging to outside aectious
Ushered:, 1 received a cuinnnlniaatfon t would purchase a small lot of land
within the seutiou for the express pur-
froul 111e county Engineer of Middlesex
-cutin, that he had examined the
bridge end found it dangerons, and re-
s comending the building) of stone abut-
ments and iron supertltruoture. I was
.satisfied to build the stone abntmenta,
but objected to the iron superstructure,
believing it to be ton expensive, and be.
sides not demanded by the amount of
travel. We finally agreed up to a wood-
en superstructure with atone abutments
and roeived tenders on the 20tH of
September. The lowest tender being ; Moved by Mr. DIoilfillan, seconded
by Mr Carrie, that the Warden and
Clerk be authorized to Memorialize the
Legislature on baltalf of this Council
first week of October. The lowest tend• to amend the mnuieival law so as to
er was Now Mr. (keine, file $ 350. As abolish the utfiue of the Deputy Reeve,
the contractor lives In the county oP but that the Thieve shall have a cumu-
lative vote 11.1 all motors when the vote
is recorded ou the same basis as the
and agreement were prof erly sigued. present municipal representation.
These, I believe. have not been 'doneri ' Me. itilcliillen, of Hullett, as mover
yet. As directed by the Warden, I of this in tion, made it not for thep1r.
have examined Grand Bend bridge. The Bose of haling it carried at tide session,
abutinuut on the south tilde it' ready to but so as to have it discussed here, and
receive the supersh001nre ;;,the north also the members might have an op -
abutment is not quite finished yet, but portouity of consulting their ooustituo
could bs in a few days if weather per- nets and eliciting their opinions at the
witted, The superstructure is framed domination. After doing ; this, .and
and ready to be raised as enuu act the further oonsideratinu,' he hoped mete-
abutment is completed. The approach. bees of the Couut it would be prepared
pose of gaining the privilege of seudiug
their ohildreu to this school. This
was considered an injustice, as the
taxes paid ou the piece of land so ac-
quired would not amount to near the
fair proportion of maintaining the
school which the person should pay.
After o')neiderable discussion, the
motion was lost on a division by a ma-
jority of 21.
REDUCING THE COUNCIL.
far tuo high, we made a change iu the
plan, snbstitutiug piles for the stone
abutments, laud 1•eceivel tenders on' the
Middlesex, the Engineer aucl Clerk of
that comity undertook to see that bonds
es to this bridge' were let, by the Inspen
tor, Mr. 13,;11, anll Myself, on the 28113
of November; for $250. With the as.
sistanee of the Iteevea,of.kln•v end Ser'..
phew, I have examined lilt«ok Creek
britlue between these tu,vuehipe. This
to discuss it intelligently ut the jinni.
ary'session. Relied long been of the
opinion theat a much 'smaller number
of members could do the busflleas of
county as efficiently midi, great. deal
nxvru gtlickiy ' Blau it is now done by
the larger body, and that a great sav-
ing to the people would be effected.
Mr..Black, of Turnburry supported
the motion, He thought the Council
was larger thau was necessary. .It was
elle of the evidences of the age that
machinery of all kinds was being sim-
plified, and was being made to run
with fewer wheels and pillions than
formerly. He thonght that the time
had 'now come when the municipal
machinery could be simplified with
advantage- He felt convinced thtit it
a number of the existing wheels ,,,uloid"
pinions were cutt off this man oto*
uiacbite that it would take muolfa ss
oil to run it, and that the work ;'yvcu`td.
be equally well done. : •
Mr. Weir, Howiok,Was opposed ,.to
the cumulative system of voti•ug:' It
often happened that the Reey.t3sesInd
Deputies took differeut views upon
same question and that the repreeeritlg ''
tion under such a system eemet,lilet
much leas satisfactory than a 1rf:se
He thought the Deputies jun as good
as the Reeves, and if the one was to be
beheaded the other should also.
Mr. Leckie, Brussels, reminded the.
Couroeii that the Legislature could nob
act in a matter of this kind for Huron
alone, and that if any change were
made, the scheme must of necessity be
one sutficieutly comprehensive to em-
brace all counties, and must be such
as would be applicable to- the variants
circumstances of the different counties, .
Ise believed that in Huron half or
1 quarter of the present representation
Iwould be ample, and that now there
was very little of the Council to du
anyway, but be remembered the time,
in the earlier history of the couutry
when there was a great deal of 'very
important business to be transacted,:
and he -diel not know but there were
some newer counties u the Province
which were yet in this couditiu u.. Ise
1 fully approved of thileonatttir- - being;
thoroughly disouese'd, b' `'1%`:bouglif
they should not be too hasty iu con:-
.mitting themselves to the principle,
and he approved of the suagestiou of
leaving the motion for cousiaeration at
a future meeting.
Mr. atraohau, Gray-, was opposed to
the motion. He was not sure that it
was wise to 'educe legislative b.,dlee
and that the interests of the people
were safer in Barge than in small bodies
Beeldes our present municipal iusiitu-
tions were the best iu the world, and
they exercised a most beode:lel in-
fluence is eduoatiug the people to ap-
preciate and take advantage of free unci
enlightened Goverumeut. Ile thought
the great advantages the people derived
from our municipal institutions fear
outweighed the cost. It has been
compleiued that the Council have
nothing to do. If this is the case, is is
not our oau- fault ? ts.uotLer promineut
objection against the proposition - con-
tained in the resolution was that it
would reduce the strength of the rural - municipalities as as compared with the
towns unci villages, and the repreaeu-
tation from these latter was all the
tine becoming snore numerous.
Mr. D. D. P. Wilson, Seaforth, thought
the priuciplo contained in the resolu-
tion one well worthy of the most sane-
fol consideration. It was uow receiviug
considerable attention from th3 press
and the people, and sooner .or !Ater it
would force itself upon the cunei jeru-
tion of our legislators. The change
proposed was worthy of consideration,
if for no other res:sou Chau the saviufl
that would be effected fu wages 'and
mileage alone. There 'was fro, doubt
but our municipal institutions as they
uow exist had done good service in the
past, but the country is continually ad-
vancing and improving, and what wa,s
emiueutly serviceable fifteen or twenty
years 'sgo might be useless now. There
is not now. the work required of our
Couuty Councils that there was a few
years ago, and be thought that ars the
work decreased the representatiuu
might very safely decrease au.u. '
? -ars..-•:
Dr. McDonald, \Vinbbam, thoaght
,the leglslatluu of the c• ttetty woe
. /meting too trench, and' he the/lent the
Comity Council should set the exaatuple.
to other ^legislative bodies by cutting;
Idown its expense; He telt. coucineed
that if the proposition to 10(1'ice the
members of the County Conntii by one-
half were Submitted to the vote of the
people, it would he aappi,ored of. But•
whether the boll's were reduced or ant,
ho thought all the bnsinuss eould be
dune by meeting ti3iee 1a pier. 'l hie
would t ffeot a saving; of at least $1,000,
which sum would build cue goon-siaed.
bridge.
ECO-ITINUED ON rot11rH 1'.tLtli.