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' 22 0 A BY -LAW w To authorize the acquirement of certain land along the Town 1,00* between Colchester and Malden, for the use of the Public Ifigh"Y' and for repealing certain o her By -Laws. [PeseaD 18th August, A. D., 1854. I. Be it Enacted by the Municipal Council bf the County of Essex in Council assembled, under and by virtue of the "Upper Canada Mu- nicipal Corporations Act, of 1849," That, subject to the conditions herein- After expressed, Cornelius R. Quick and Henry Wright, Eags,, membe» of the said Municipal Council be Commissioners in the name and on 1* half of the said Municipal Council to take a deed of conveyance in fee simple of such parcel or parcels of land lying and being along the Tows Line between the Townships of Colchester and Malden as may be Seca♦ sary or required for completing the opening the Town Line Road between the said Townships, according to the survey of Pbilo D. Salter, Esq, and as directed by By -Law of this Council, numbered six, passed, dune 12th, 1851, and to do all things expedient or necessary for procuring the com- plete opening of the said road. IL That the said Commissioners are hereby authorised and empowered to enter into a negotiation with the parties owning lands along the said line necessary to be acquired for the purpose aforesaid for the purchase thereof, and to give therefor an amount not exceeding five pounds csr- rency per acre and to sign seal and deliver any agreement or contract oa behalf of the said County Council which may be needful or necessary to make such agreement or contract binding on behalf of the said County Council. III. That it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to aupervise and compel the opening of the said road and to superintend the making Of the same and that all expenses in the settlement of the said line be paid out of the general funds of the County upon the certificate of the Commissioners, and that the said Commissioners be allowed ten shillings 3 PeC day each for each day so employed, and that the said Commsmoners Shall be indemnified by this Council and saved harmless from any proceed- ings at law that may arise to them in discharging their duties as aforesaid.