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y mwy pyw many famous names lengthy service if fomcone read off a lift of namw like huicheon campbell panton deans clement web a r macnabb hampshire racey chuhotm andrew mccal- lum petllt harrtaon andrew hlllmer or brown to an older resident of halton that person would probably call it a list of the who who from the county s earlier days they would probably be right for it was men like these who helped mould halton through it early days these were the past sheriffs clerics and treasurers of he county only w clerks clerkadministrator garfield brown who became clerk in 1956 supplied this list of the county i former clerks there were only six in the county s 109 yean of existence as a county francis hamburgh wa flrsr beginning in i8s3 and go ing until 1863 he wh followed by william panton sr who held the post two yean their turned over to his wn william panton jr william jr held the position for an incredible 66 years pro bably due to the nil hi was a young man when he started the job helped next was hnrrv m pel ill from 1931 to 1937 he was also list ad as treasurer from 1932 to 17 william deans followed and stay ed until 1956 and on his death garfield brown was appointed mr brown was this year named clerk administrator and in 1961 a new position was i anted with the appointment of james c andrews as deputy icrk list treasurers miss margaret max ted thi pu sent treasurer holds the ion record of service or the mm treasurers of hallon shi higan in june 1917 nnd is still work ing jusl as hard aflir 25 cirs at the job first treisurer wis henry hir rison who worked pirl of i8s3 gtorgc brown folltmul from i8m to i860 then flnlav mttallum from i860 to 1881 d w camp bell 1881 in 1896 jiims mcnus 1896 to 1904 giorgi andixw 1904 lu 1913 duvid hukluon 1411 to 1932 hnrrv m pi mi 1912 lo 1917 and miss maxtid sinn thu c u here 44 years tnglnur and rind supmntm dtnl ro smith holds uiiitui rtiord of nia to hilton count hi unti to hilton in 1918 to uoik us in inginixr on the proudukjl hollim md tin slrv bndgis on thi do nil is high wu iotint proiitls in those days he was named roads supir in tenden l in 1910 nnd lain ua appointed enuinevr and road sup erintendent prior lo mr smiths appoint mm t the county had scv eral road supenntendinls bul no engineern sherifr andrew w frink fur n i shel a list of former shmffs lakin from the old shtrifl lords whm lwu i mil the shinll siynut a mint riotinmnt thire stun to hi no othu n cords inaihhlc ouli it eariy lei silson wis the firs sheriff but didn i sm long hi quit in 1862 and im stoiv gots he quit hetautc ihcir wis a pit titntr to he hanged and he didn t relish the fob g crawford mi kinds came next and lasted 20 viars until 1m2 matthew cle ments srncd untd 1908 and samuel wehticr unlil 1921 art hit tl l mm nahh sened n short linn f during 1923 then mr wtbmit re- i turned to ihe uffne unhl 1928 mum vi it hi col g 0 brown next look tv to sir ti im post until 1935 chun william j i hampshire was appointed md served until 1946 william j robertson look over until 1958 when he retired and andrew w frank moved in to fill i hi vacancy three of the former sheriffs brown hampshire md robi t son are the onl living nisi shirirfs of the county shinll clement pkture hangs in thi new building tuda us a ixthuii lo all ihe early sheriffs six crowns six crown attorneys hai sir cd halon count v smei lis miip- lion tht flrsl wis f tli icdo who was listed as ctirk ot the peace and sired from 18 o 1868 john dcwar follouid tin iii 1887 then t g milhison senrd until 1904 william inglis diik kxk mir in 1904 and slaved in the positiem lor 45 iars until 1949 llovd d dingle of burlington held the position until 1958 and the pres ent crown attorney peler k mi williams hns been in offki from aptil 1958 lo the pa sent the counlv has had nini pjdges judge davis was the first siiiing until 1866 then thomas miller until 1892 c g snyder un ml 18 j m hamilton until 1901 judge gurham tu 1913 3 w el lioli lo 1929 william n munio lo 1449 wilson n robinson until i9m and judgi george f flllolt irom 1961 lo date j ford rogers hns been the tountys only assessor he bcgai his duties in halton fn 1946 1877 county history describes early days of halton government notes good progress continued from page two and furniture r an improvement whleh ts still going on for thi impce tors last report to tht county council 1875 we iind that the value of propeiis assessed for sehool purposes dur ing 1875 amounted lo 16105 81 an increase oer the ear 1871 ol 12 246 307 the tolal receipts from all sources in 1875 amounted lo j045909 mil ihe expendituns to 46 190 84 of which nearly s28 001 was paid for leathers si ir its uid uur 110 000 in ihe pui thisc of sehool sites and build nii school houses during ihe five e trs from 1871 to 1875 thi sum 14 on council halton counlv cuumil lor t ve oi w made up of 14 nives i and dipulv i its is from thi seven munlupditiis vvilhin ihe counts they are town of alton ricu r j hargrave and deputv reivi w 11 dennv ihrei votes town or builtntli n rum f i rviknun md ikpulv hum g gilhglili loui vols town of gtoilt town rnvt j elliott md ihpuu rum will lam hunlir four votes town of millnn rnvi t a miitin wudi id deputv ri t j lhirlton linn olis town ol uikvilli ritvt t a phillips md dtpuls rnvi h c mllls hill v in rownship of lsiiiemiui ri lslu mil ixpulvrievi w usik mil wits township ol nissiemi i leim j a milne md fiipiils leie j rolxils n two m its of 69 793 85 has been expcndd fur ihe purchase of sites and for building sehool houses valuable property the estimated value of scheol property in the county was fn 1875 s1 16 585 and ihe value of the desks and furniture 10111 being an increase in this item since 1871 of 6 109 in 187 only twenty of the sehool sites were enclosed now all in m closed excepting one and ill contain the quanutv of land required by law many of them greatly exceeding it there are fiftynine schoolhouses and of these thirtyfive are brick or stone and twentyfour frame the lug houses of which there were two remaining in 1871 have all disappeared with respect to its school building halton will i ompare favorably with anv county in ihe dominion the toial number of pupils enrolled w is 6 153 of whom there were 5 723 attending school and the number of teachers was eight v the number of public school libraries in ihe counlv is twrntv nine uf sunday school libraries fifiv sis and of mechanics in stitutcj one the latter being in the town of milton in all there arc eighty sis public libraries con laming 17 885 volumes the mil ton mechanic institute contains 1 500 volumes and ihe public school libruv it ac tun eonnlns i 100 volumes v ilued at 1 000 cfamor for spate with m ins pusint i iiintv i i ricis ir imped i ul ililul tin it m iv be i i ijt hilt oulsi k tin i hniiikli hi n huim ng hie jiiumli nitl i mills mil llu i a s hiiklnic hi hi v lo llu in un t mil i mm i old touit tun micim u he lei ilk h com t w the i til win h lt iipu- boost up ill i mini iim t i u i k s in i slhilll s iti is llu hildi n 141 hnpt s i i nu i mi i iti hi jill t ml hulling wink hit h illh 1 ml w nik i ik v i tli v it itt i ktmiv otl i m t ii in v mt imius om on nu n ptimittlv in rtiiltd 00 n uis i mini st iiul llu ikvillt in 1 rtiulinui n pi imii ii m v the changing complexion of milton is due to aaany factors con struction of new facilities like those of the administration building of the county of halton are contributing factors deal ing as we are in constant change we take pride in extending best wishes to halton on their change of houses right here in the heart of halton brian best realtor general insurance 110 main mm milton in ii hu i sod turning cihmony buck in november 1961 si o wet muddy cold and foggy day to watch a judge lipi of trafagar and county bu id ng comm itee ha r a the f fit iod to itart the bu id ng if is be ng opened after the sod turn ng ceremony staff phot w over two dozen county officials brave g e ellott vvol warden f a phi n reeve r j hargrave of acton turned th s weekend ust a year and a day hilton r luiiut ttltumlit pi i it uin n t nl in ii7 tlu ti l ir i tli it in in briefs suppliers of the bronze and aluminum building identification for the new halton county administration building jas h matthews co canada ltd mrton ontatlo manuftutur of tablets letters crests in brone and albwinum th wilu of the oil c i t h ust building vould piomh it ii num morns tlun s i btin tnals lor murdtr tht inl ess ipts tht tount dthhtrit i and the tnuntlcss othtr mi dmts within the building thj n n alum vould possibh amril it was in i ih it ih h n kn n prt n i onlan i w i ji ltd ml t ur pails t i 11 wtsuiii nudlatitl aiul h inif l vtiuis hallon and wtntworih ittt iikhi pnrl to the it hne doli in km halton and run w n tinintirs separated hut no wi ui dispute it w n ported tlu tirxt mocttnj ul the pru siuna ptfrnmcnt of halton w held at thompson s inn milton ism and james oung rrec esqiksitis was ihe firt ttardi h i p ctmrntttt hrw strvw mttf hi m iw pimpirli i imm lex m link i w iuln w lln 1 b 1 i r stints ii haimian rivc j l i i i it ge wn rtt i ha t ai i t n rv t v li n 1 m n rtf f k ps u a oik lie drputv re v i r txits t jssjjjwr i jh i l nu i rtcv iorgc i s f gisin ist it a h wardct b rl rki if vlan n was named vtatlcj congratulations halton on the official opening of your new administration building m iv it re t iht ujt t irdrn f fh 1 rtt s m wj v pri t t m n hj un reese hargrave rene bu x it rcee lev sear vit tu i dcpuiv rteve r then von and rec eiho mrs pet t jicxi dunnit i r term of oflvc an i ivhi v rise cii i s i hi smi if m n j nametl jh her plasc ttn the propttn iim mi ice tese are he mfmvrt f s min til in le wsv piijjnf ht new hj i u tin w as crvs it t the town of milton capital of halton county has re fiected thf growth and increasing importance of the county over the past years the opening of a new ad ministration building is further proof of the increasing stature of halton county here in the heart of halton the council and the citizens of the town of milton are proud of the role the town has piayed in the work of this important county