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BY-LAWS O'F THE COUNTY OF ESSEX And it is further enacted, that the said parcel of land above des- cribed, and to be acquired, be and the same is hereby declared to be intended for county purposes and to be appropriated as a site for a new Gaol and Court House for the County of Essex. (Signed) J. H. WILKINSON, County Clerk (Signed) JOHN SI~OAN, Warden .Of By. Law No. 3 TO INCOI~PORATE THE VILLAGE OF BELLE I~IVEI~, IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF ROCHESTER AND MAIDSTONE, COUNTY OF ESSEX. Passed November 26th, 1874. WHEREAS the census returns of the unincorporated Village of Belle River, with its immediate neighborhood, taken under the direc- tion of the Council of the County of Essex, show that the same consists of over seven hundred and fifty inhabitants. And whereas the residences of such inhabitants are sufficiently. near to form an incorporated village. And whereas one hundred resident freeholders and householders of the said Village of Belle River and neighborhood, of whom one-half are freeholders, by their petition have represented that the said village is the centre of a very considerable trade, and by their petition do pray for the incorporation of the said village and neighborhood as a village. And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of said petition. Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of the Corr~oration of the County of Essex, in Council assembled, under and by virtue of the Municipal Institutions Act of Ontario as follows: 1. On and after the passing of this by-law, the inhabitants of the said village of Belle River and neighborhood, comprised within the boundaries hereinafter mentioned shah be and they are hereby con- stituted a body corporate apart from the Townships of Rochester and Maidstone, in which the said Village of Belle River and neighborhood are situate under the name of "The Corporation of the Village of