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THE JOURNAL Oakville-Trafalgar, Centennial Issue, .Tune 27, 1957 Uakville's First Faltering Steps This is the legislation, facilitated by Her Majes ty, Queen Victoria, and enacted by Her representa tives in Upper Canada,, that cleared the way for Oakville's establishment as a town and as a separ ate entity where the Township of Trafalgar was concerned. In the act passed in May, 1857, Oakville found the official roadway toward a town objective that saw this municipality eventually become a humming town of more than 10,000 population. F or those who trace their fam ily roots back to the wilderness era of the Sixteen, and who w ill cherish this outline of modus operendi, h ere is the legal term inology that gave Oakville a m unicipal green light: W hereas the rapidly increasing population of the Village of Oak ville, in the County o f Halton, and from its being one o f the principal Shipping Ports on Lake Ontario, it is necessary to con fer on the said V illage the pow er o f Municipal Governm ent: Therefore, Her Ma jesty by and with the advice and consent o f the Legislative Council and Assem bly o f Canada enacts as follow s: 1. From and after the passing of this Act, the inhabitants of the Tow n o f Oakville shall be a body corporate apart from the Township o f Trafalgar in w hich said town is situated, and as such shall have perpetual succession and a Com mon Seal with such powers as are now by law confirm ed upon Incor porated Towns in U pper Canada; and the powers o f such Corpora tion shall be exercised by, through and in the name of the m unicipal ity o f the Town o f Oakville. 2. The said Town o f Oakville shall com prise and consist of the twelve follow in g lots and parcels o f land, that is to say: Lots Num bers twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fif teen and sixteen, and the gore ad join in g lot sixteen in the third concession o f Trafalgar, and lots eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen, and the gore, and lot seventeen in the broken front or fourth concession o f the said Township o f Trafalgar. 3. The said Tow n o f Oakville shall be divided into three wards in the manner follow ing, that is to say: W ard num ber one shall comprise all that portion o f the Town west of Navy St., with the entire portion lying on the west side of Sixteen Mile Creek. Ward num ber two shall comprise all that portion o f the Town east of Navy St. and south o f Colborne St. Ward number three shall com prise all that portion of the Town east o f Navy St. and north of Colborne St. 4. Im m ediately after the pass ing o f this A ct it shall .be lawful for the Governor of this Province to appoint a Returning O fficer for the said Town o f Oakville, which Returning O fficer shall appoint the time and the place for holding the first election in each ward o f the said Town, o f which appointment, and the names o f the Deputy Re turning O fficers o f the several wards he shall give notice, by posting the same at least ten days before the election in three or more public places in each o f the wards o f the said Town. 5. The duties o f the Returning O fficer and Deputy Returning O ffi cers, and the qualifications o f the voters and the persons elected as Councillors at such first election,, shall be prescribed by law with respect to Townships in Upper danada. 6. The C ollector or Township Clerk of the Township of Trafalgar or other person having legal cus tody o f the Collector's Roll for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, s^iall furnish each Deputy Returning O fficer a true copy o f the said roll so far as the same relates to voters resident within the limits o f each of such wards; and so far as such rolls contain the names of all male freeholders and householders rated on such rolls in respect to real pro perty for which they shall be res pectively rated on such roll, which copy shall be verified upon oath or in such manner as is now re quired by law. 7. The said Returning O fficer and Deputy Returning O fficers be fore holding such elections, shall take the same oath or affirmation as is now required by law for Re turning O fficers and Deputy Re turning O fficers for Towns in U p per Canada. 8. Election o f Councillors in the said Town o f Oakville after the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, shall be held in conform ity with the statutory pro visions in respect to the several Incorporated Towns in Upper Canada. 9. The several persons who shall be elected or appointed under this A ct shall take the same oaths o f office or qualification as are now required by law. 10. The said Councillors shall be elected under this A ct fo r the said town, shall be organized in the same manner as in any other Incorpprated Town in U pper Ca nada, and have, use, and exercise the same powers and privileges as any other Incorporated Town in U pper Canada, and the first m eet ing o f the said Council shall be held in the Schoolhouse o f the said Town, at eleven o 'clock on the first Saturday after the day on which the election o f Councillors shall have been held. 11. Any C ouncillor elected to serve in the Council o f the said Township o f Trafalgar, in the pres ent year, and residing in the above prescribed limits o f the said town, shall, im mediately on the appoint ment o f a Returning O fficer for the said Town as provided by this Act, cease to be such Councillor, and the duly qualified electors o f the W ards in which the said Town is situated, shall thereupon proceed to elect a new Councillor or C ouncillors, as the case may be, to serve in the Council o f the said Township fo r the remainder o f the year, as in the case o f death or resignation provided for by the M unicipal laws o f Upper Canada. 12. The O fficers o f the said Council o f the Township o f Tra falgar shall not proceed to collect any rate or assessment proposed by the said Council fo r the pres ent year, within the limits o f the said Town, but the amount which may be required for the purpose o f the said Town within the pres ent year, shall be based on the as sessment or the Township assessor or assessor for the present year, and shall be collected by the O ffi cer or O fficers to be appointed by the said Town Council fo r that purpose; Provided always that no thing herein shall effect any School rates or School section for the present year. 13. The Clerk o f the said Tow n ship shall, and he is hereby re quired to furnish the Clerk to be appointed by the Council o f the said Town, on demand made by him therefore, a true copy o f the from the virgin forest. up residence considerably m ore Bronte's pioneers w orked side ada Assessment Roll fo r the present by side with Oakville's early resi W rought in stone, in the village than a century ago. In this case, year, insofar 'a s the same shall dents as our forefathers toiled long cem etery, is mute testimony to the the tombstone com m em orates the contain the rateable property as- and diligently to wrest U pper Can fact that the first Brontonians took death, in 1848, o f Erastus Stvens. sesed within the said town and the names o f the owners or occu otherwise as the said Township ship of Trafalgar, but the said liament, and all Acts, By-Laws, piers thereof. Town shall pay to the Township Rules and Regulations o f any Council shall require. 14. The expenses o f any assess of Trafalgar in each and every Township Council in Upper Ca 15. From and after the passing ment made for the present year, year until such existing debt be nada, in force in Upper Canada at so far as the assessment shall re of this A ct the said Town shall any time before this A ct shall late to assessments made within cease to form a part o f the said fu lly paid and discharged, the com e into force, in so far as the the limits o f the said Town, and Township o f Trafalgar, and shall, same amount which was collected the expenses o f furnishing any to all intents and purposes, form within the present and described same may be inconsistent with or contradictory to the provisions o f documents, or copies of papers or a separate Municipality, with all limits of the said Town, toward writings by the Clerk or other O ffi the privileges and rights o f an In the payment of such debt for the this Act, shall be and are hereby cer o f . the said Township here in corporated Town in Upper Canada, year one thousand eight hundred repealed, and shall cease to be in before referred to or required to but nothing herein contained shall and fifty-six, and the same shall be force from and after the day when this A ct shall com e into force. be furnished, shall be borne and effect or be construed to affect a debt against the said Town. This A ct shall be deem ed a 16. A ll Acts and parts of Acts 17. paid by the said Town Council to any taxes im posed for the payment the said Township Council, or of debt contracted by the Town and provisions of law or of Par Public Act. 280-Foot 7th Line Skid Cost Dundas Man $36 Pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving after a 280-foot skid on the Seventh Line, during which his car smashed into a tele phone pole and a tree, before landing on the lawn o f a nearby house, Stanley Barriault, of Dun das Highway, Trafalgar, was fined $25, with $11 costs, or ten days in jail, in Trafalgar Court last W ed nesday. Barriault and his passenger, Ern est Budden, were both slightly in ju red but were released from Oak ville hospital after treatment. Trafalgar Police Sergeant Vaugh an Craig told the court that he arrived at the scene o f the crash at 4:51 p.m. oh May 14, he was told by accused that he was driv ing north at about 45 miles an hour. North o f the Red Hill, ac cused is alleged to have told the officer, his car com m enced to veer to the left, and when he pulled the wheel sharply to the right, the ve hicle went o ff the road. A ccused requested, and was granted three weeks to pay the fine and costs. Geologists recognize m ore than 400 active volcanoes in the world. EARLY BRONTE GRAVE QUALITY MERCHANDISE MODERATE PRICE plus something above price . . . "C O N F I D E N C E " a Reputation for OUR WAREHOUSE LOCATION * QUALITY * VALUE * SERVI CE earned through the experience of time Saves You Money In 1955, Mr. Ben L eboff decided that he would branch his operations into the retail furniture field. With a thorough knowledge of the busi ness gained from a lifetim e of experience he realized that if he open ed a fancy store in the heart of the town that his overhead would force his prices to a difficult level for the average home-owner. With this in mind he decided that it would be best if he conducted his business from a location in an area where he could eliminate much of this additional expense and in turn pass the savings along to his customers. From a very small beginning, Federal Furniture have grown where today they boast one o f the finest and most complete furniture stocks in the area. Relying on volume rather than greater profit, Federal Furniture today have assisted more and more home owners set up house keeping with the finest quality furniture at the lowest possible prices. On this occasion We welcome the opportunity of extending Hearty Congratulations to the Town of Oakville on its 100th Birthday FEDERAL FURNITURE SALES LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF FORSYTHE STREET OAKVILLE, ONTARIO