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4 <br />BY -LAW ' NO, To <br />(Present No. 1.) <br />Toproniide for the purchase of and acquiring a piece of land in the Town of Sasd- <br />vkh for County purposes. <br />WHEREAS, It is necessary to acquire a piece of land adjoining <br />the county property, in the Town of Sandwich, to enlarge the same <br />U a site for a new Gaol. and Court House ; and, whereas, the eom- <br />mittee of this council appointed to recommend a site for a new Gaol <br />1 and Court House have advised the purchase of all that part of lot <br />number seven, on the east side of Bedford street, in the said town of <br />Sandwich, beine the southerly portion thereof, that is to say, being <br />140 feet in front upon Bedford street and running the whole depth of <br />the said lot No. 7, from Cyrus Dobson, of the Town of Sandwich, <br />Inn keeper, at the price or sum hereinafter mentioned. <br />And, whereas, it is expedient to act upon such recommendation <br />Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the County of Ewen, <br />in council assembled; under and by virtue of the "Upper Canada <br />Municipal Corporations Act of 1849," and it is hereby enacted by <br />the authority of the same, that the Warden be, and he is hereby <br />authorized to purchase and acquire from the said Cyrus Dobson, the <br />said part of Lot No. 7, on the east side of Bedford atreet, in the said <br />Town of Sandwich, for the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds of <br />lawful money of Canada. <br />i And it is further enacted, that the Warden be, and he is hereby <br />authorized and empowered to sign and deliver, and as 000aslon may <br />Tequires to cause the seal of the Corporation to be attached to any <br />Iagreement, contract or deed, on behalf of the said Municipal CoR"" <br />of the County of Essex, their successors and assigns forever. <br />And it is further enacted, that the said parcel of land above de- <br />�, scribed, and to be acquired, be and the same is hereby declared to be <br />intended for county Purposes and to be appropriated as a site for a <br />new Gaol and Court House for the County of Essex. <br />I Passed June 8th, 1854. <br />(Signed), J. H. WILKINSON, (signed), JOHN SLOAN, <br />County Clerk. Warden. <br />0 <br />