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f or acquiring has been adopted by the (pialitied ratepayers of that portion of the
townshij).
)wiisliips, and
Before such liy-Jaw is sul)initted to the vote of the ratepayers, a
sfitcd thereby
petition shall be prosu'itt'.! co the Council for the same, and stating for
what amount, and detinin/ by metes ami bounds, or lots and concessions,
;he work, the
the portions of the townshi]) to be charged, and shall be signed by fifty or
dcjiie in each
a majority of tlie freeholders resident in such portion, being duly qualified
;lie same pay-
voters.
principal and
The by-law must provide for rai.sing the amount petitioned for in the
le debentures
portion of the municipality mentioned in the petition by the issue of
debentures of the municipality, and for levying upon all the ratable
ty councillors
property in such portion of the municipality an annual special rate suffi-
ihall then bo
cient to include a sinking fund for the ])ayment of the debentures within
ititlod to vote
twenty years with interest, payal)le yearly oi- half-yearly.
Councils of townships may pa.ss by-laws permitting companies or
of tii(! town-
individuals to construct branch lines oi railways or tramways along any
to such town-
highway on such terms as the Council sees fit.
t of money to
jly reduced.
58U. Aiding Iron And Smelting Works. The Council of every
defeated in
municipality within the di.striets of Algoma, Manitoulin, Thunder Bay,
ind pass it, or
Rainy River and NipLssing, and also the Council of every city, may pass
by-laws for aiding by way of bonus for the promotion of iron or other
lay, with tlie smelting woiks established within or adjacent to the municipality, by
granting such sums of money as the council may determine upon, and
pass similar
any toll roada under such restrictions as the Council may deem expedient.
3t fees on con- Such by-laws nuist have the assent of one-third of all the ratepayers
entitled to vote; on by-laws creating delits, as well as the assent of the
majority of tiie i'iite])ayers voting thereon. The issue of the debentures
licipality may may be postponed until the conditions of the by-lav/ are complied with.
Per-sons interested in or holding stock in such railway are discjualified
y money bor- from voting on the bonus by-law.
The nuniicipality may ac(|uire lands for smelting works and convey
company. the same to any person or corporation by consent of the ratepayers.
discharge the
581. Grain Elevators. Councils of all municij)alities may grant
'or such sums, aid by way of bonus to pi'oinote the establishment of grain elevators in
similar manner as for iron and smelting works, mentioned in preceding
thinks best to
section.
ng debentures
HIGHWAYS AND BKIDGES.
' debt for the
ising. receives
•»88. Railway Crossings. 1. Where a railroad cros.ses a highway,
: in a railway if it is not carried over by a bridge or under by a tunnel, the rail itself
shall not rise above or sink below the surface of the highway more than
if the Council
ddition to the one inch.
3 same powers 2. The ascent of all bridges erected to carry a highway over a railway
shall not be more than one foot in twenty feet increase over the natural
ascent of the highway, and a good and sufficient fence shall be made on
ay by way of
each side of every bridge, which fence shall not Ix^ less than four, feet above
)urpoHe which
the surface of the bridge.
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