Commissioners to have management and control of constructing, maintaining and repairing all roads [and] bridges sanctioned by the Legislature, may enter lands to make surveys and take requirements for Public Works; Works and materials vested in the Crown;
Roads may be vested in District if Council passes By-Law securing interest payments on sums expended on them for which Province liable, by transference by Governor to District;
Council may pass By-Laws for the superintendence and management of such road, and imposition of tolls, and penalties for violations;
Arbitrators in compensation proceedings to consider advantages that may occur from road, as well as injury or damage;
Vested in the Crown by this Act the roads and bridges mentioned in 8 Bic. C. 30;
The tolls collected to be applied to improvement and extension of roads, the debt due by any Commissioners, District or Public body on portion of road under control of Commissioner of Public Works and parable out of Provincial Funds.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATIVE TO DISTRICT COUNCILS IN UPPER CANADA empowers District Council to make By-laws requiring the cutting down of trees for 25 feet on each side of highway, or in its defaults by the Overseer of Highways in whose division this lies, (orchards and trees for ornament or shelter excepted).
C. 40 AN ACT TO CONVEY A PART OF THE CONCESSION LINE…ratifies the By-Law of the Gore District Council granting the third and fourth Concession of the Township of Barton in the Gore District to Robert Jarvis Hamilton, in lieu of property taken from him by the Gore District Council for a better line descending the mountain to the city of Hamilton.
1846
C. 49 AN ACT FOR DEFINING AND ESTABLISHING THE COURSES OF THE SIDE LINES of lots in the Gore of Gloucester Township, in the District of Dalhousie, authorizes a certain described line to be made the governing line for the Gore or the Township of Gloucester.
C. 70 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE CIRY OF TORONTO empowers the Common Council to pass By-laws enforcing the payment of the assessment rate in lieu of Statute Labour by imprisonment in default of goods and chattels of the person or persons so rated; Common Council of City on assuming duties and payment of debt contracted by the Commissioners of macadamized roads may erect Toll Gates at the various approaches to the City, tolls to go to the Chamberlain of said City for City uses; but if the Common Council obtains possession of the said macadamized roads within the City, Commissioners may not erect a Toll Gate closer than 3 miles from the City limits.
C. 71 AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF COBOURG provides that Statute Labour should be enforced in the Town or commuted at the discretion of the Board of Police.
C. 73 AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE ACT OF INCORPORATNG THE TOWN OF HAMILTON and to erect the same into a City provides for marking out and naming streets, city lighting, fast driving, prohibiting soliciting of passengers in the street;
Taking land for streets or other public thoroughfares, Crown property exempt;
Assessing inhabitant annually the sum of 2s 6d in lieu of Statute Labour.
C. 75 AN ACT TO INCOPORATE THE TOWN OF KINGSTON AS A CITY provides for By-Laws reacquiring the land for and surveying, marking and naming of streets, city lighting.
Assessing real property for local improvements, stopping up any highway;
Assessing male inhabitants in lieu of Statute Labour.
C. 80 AN ACT TO REVIVE AND AMEND THE ACT OF UPPER CANADA 4 Wm. IV, C28 incorporating the Cobourg Railroad Company etc. As no steps taken to carry out provisions petition for change to plank road entitled ‘The Cobourg and Rice Lake Road and Ferry Company’ herein enacted with £6,000 capital;
Directors chosen when £1,000 subscribed, and 10% of capital expended may be appropriated to Shareholders.
1847 10 & 11 Vic.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GUELPH AND ARTHUR ROAD following as closely as possible the present travelled road laid out by District Council; Capital £10,000;
Revenue in excess of maintenance, repair of completed sections plus 10% of actual construction costs to be applied to further construction and completion until entire work is finished;
Fines and penalties to be expended on road and discharging debt;
Company may borrow money and mortgage property with sinking fund from surplus profits after completion for public purchase;
District Council of Wellington may undertake whole or part of road and give notice of intention; On failure to make the road Council shall be held to have subscribed 200 shares and powers revert to Company.
C. 92 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SCARBOROUGH AND MARKHAM PLANK ROAD COMPANY; Need to improve road to permit movement of produce to almost exclusive market at Toronto Macadamized or Planked road to Kingston Road east of Gates’ Tavern where portion of planked road exists, northerly to Markham Village, thence to Stouffville on Township line between Markham and Whitechurch; To extend road in northerly or easterly direction, or by such intermediate route as circumstances may render expedient;
Company may erect a toll when 3 miles are completed;
Capital of £5,000;
Government may purchase road for capital expended plus 10%.
C. 93 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE COBOURG AND GRAFTON ROAD COMPANY, to benefit greatly the inhabitants of Hamilton and Haldimand Townships and the public, by improving the direct line of communication between the eastern and western parts of the Province (on the Kingston Road, by a plank, stone or gravel road);
Company may enter into lands belonging to Corporations and other parties for the purposes of survey, may build and alter works necessary for the road, make fences, passages, etc;
Governor (elected by Directors) and Directors to fix tolls which will be vested in the Company;
Capital of £5,000 with power to double the amount of necessary and expedient to continue the road to [?] Colborne following direction of present mail road [?] such portions as practical and suitable;
Construction to commence when two-thirds of capital stock subscribed, and 10% paid in of the £3,000 for the continuation to Colborne;
Company may borrow and mortgage property by Directors not to be personally liable, and part of profits may be set aside for contingencies;
Government may purchase road on three months notice on payment of sum equal to 25 years of annual divisible profits (based on average of three proceeding years) and, if less than 6% on payment of 20% interest on capital stock paid in.
C. 94 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE COBOURG AND PORT HOPE ROAD COMPANY for a road from Cobourg to Port Hope along base line and partly on present travelled road to King Street in Port Hope;
Governor and Directors to set tolls, provided rate does not exceed rate established by the Government from time to time on the part of the Kingston Road that leads into Toronto;
Capital of £5,000 to be increased in proportion to extension of road if found necessary and expedient; road may be continued to western limits of Newcastle District with extension nof 5 miles at a time as additional £3,000 stock subscribed and 10% paid in;
Work to start when first instalment paid and two-thirds of stock subscribed;
Company may borrow on mortgage or bond with no personal liability of Directors;
Part of profits to be set aside for contingencies, and all powers of the Company to extend to additional line of road;
Purchase by Government on same basis as (C. 93).
C. 95 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STREETSVILLE PLANK ROAD COMPANY for a plank or macadamized road from Streetsville to Dundas Street on the west side of the River Credit, with power to extend road;
Company may make branches to the road easterly to Hurontario Street and westerly to limity of the Home District at such points and places as may seem expedient, and may…
1847 10 & 11 Vic.
AN ACT TO DEFINE THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BYTOWN and to establish a Town Council therein.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF DUNDAS confirms By-laws re: roads and streets, cattle running at large, encumbering and selling in the streets, immoderate driving;
Commutation of statute labout.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF KINGSTON as a City related to harbour development.
C. 48 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF LONDON, as a City.
C. 53 AN ACT TO DEFINE AND ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARY…..
Between the fourth Concession of Montague and North Eimsley Townships, original post or monument immersed in Rideau Canal provides procedure for determining line.
C. 54 AN ACT TO DECLARE…Mode in which the side lines of the lots shall run in the Township of Osgoode, in the County of Carleton, outlines procedure for clarifying and correcting the original survey with double fronts and side lines that do not meet, thereby eliminating road allowance at such middle depth where roads intended for communication from one concession to another.
C. 59 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DUNDAS AND WATERLOO MACADAMIZED ROAD to complete the said road, and for other purposes;
Trustees empowered to borrow £6,000 for completing road, pledging tolls for the principal and interest.
C. 86 AN ACT TO REVIVE AND EXTEND THE ACT OF INCORPOATING THE HUMBER HARBOUR AND ROAD COMPANY extending time limit, with harbour or road to be completed within five years.
C. 87 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT INCORPORATING THE COBOURG AND RICE LAKE PLANK ROAD AND FERRY COMPANY provides the Directors to hold a minimum of 8 shares, and full subscription of £6,000 capital not necessary.
C. 88 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GUELPH AND DUNDAS ROAD COMPANY provides authority to lay out, construct, make and finish a plank, macadamized or graveled, or partly each, road at Company cost between Guelph and the macadamized road from Dundas to Waterloo following… the Brock Road;
To enter upon lands for survey purposes to set up Toll Gates, to fix tolls, with excess revenue to be applied to further construction and completion;
Must make compensation when interfering with private rights;
Monies from penalties, fines etc. to be applied [?] road or discharging debt;
Surplus income above maintenance and repairs [?] profit on actual construction costs to sinking funds for purchase of road for the public;
Legislature may purchase road on repayment of capital coast plus 15%; District Councils may take stock in Company, may improve parts of road and take stock for amount expended.
Legislature may amend Act to protect various rights.
C. 89 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE…THE PORT CREDIT AND HURONTARIO PLANK ROAD COMPANY, authorizes Company to lay out, construct…a plank, or in their discretion part plank, part macadamized or graveled road at their own cost and charges, from a point near Port Credit on the Lake Shore Road at intersection of Hurontario Street northerly to Dundas Street and from thence along Hurontario Street to Brampton, to and through Caledon in the discretion of the said Company;
Company may claim Statute Labour by commutation nor otherwise to one-half concession on each side of line of road, and may demand, receive and collect such from the inhabitants;
Powers expanded to include setting up necessary and convenient works, ways, roads and conveniences for purposes of the Road and alter, repair, widen….from time to time as well as for carrying or conveying goods, commodities, timber etc. to and from said road, carrying and conveying all manner of materials for making, repairing…the works or belonging to said road;
To lay, work, manufacture…materials on ground adjacent to construction; to make, maintain…fences or passages through or communicating with said road; to construct, erect piers, arches or other works necessary for creeks or brooks; with the road, materials and tolls vested in Company forever;
Company may borrow money and pledge property, Directors to make annual dividends; surplus profits to sinking fund for public purchase of road with Legislature empowered to purchase.
C. 90 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT INCORPORATING THE ETOBICOKE AND MONO SIXTH LINE ROAD COMPANY provides for only 10% to be paid on capital cost at time of subscribing, with…
1855 18 Vic.
C. 154 AN ACT TO REPEAL…The “Act confirming a certain allowance for Road in the Township of Monaghan” corrects an error in the Act (16 Vic. C. 228).
C. 155 AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN LOTS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WINCHESTER…Original survey showed a “Commons” but no subsequent survey, and lot number twenty-four in each of the concessions of the Township shall extend to and adjoin the allowance for road on the eastern boundary of the Township.
C. 156 AN ACT TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH A CERTAIN PORTION OF the original survey of the Township of Niagara, which left an allowance for road between every second lot, many of them now opened and used, as numbers in Letters Patent from the Crown being different would necessitate abandoning roads.
C. 209 AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO THE NEW YORK, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LONDON TELEGRAPH COMPANY empowers the Company to erect or maintain their lines along the side of or across any public highways, bridges, watercourse, etc., provided no interference with the public right of travelling thereon.
C. 222 AN ACT TO INCOPORATE THE GENERAL DRAINAGE AND LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY OF UPPER CANADA whose business to include drainage, irrigation, fencing, road making for owners of land, municipal authorities of Counties, Townships, Cities, Towns or Villages or other bodies corporate.
1856 19 Vic.
C. 35 AN ACT TO VEST A CERTAIN ALLOWANCE FOR ROAD IN JOHN WADE AND BENJAMIN SEYMOUR in the Township of Hamilton, County of Northumberland, Original allowance impractical and a travelled road has been established across and through the properties of said owners without compensation, original road allowance to be now vested in them.
C. 36 AN ACT TO VEST IN SAMUEL DOOLITTLE AND ROBERT JOHNSON a certain allowance for road in the Township of Haldimand, as original road allowance between their lots unsuitable and never opened, and a much travelled road exists on a strip of land belonging to the gentlemen for which no compensation was ever paid.
C. 37 AN ACT TO VEST IN JAMES TAUNTON…a certain allowance for road in the Township of Southwold as compensation for suitable land provided by him for road.
On the road leading from Bath, back into Camden, £50 and that Messrs. Ebenezer Perry, Benjamin Clark, and John Percy, be the commissioners to expend the same.
On the road between the Widow McCready’s, and North end of Crysel Creek Bridge, seventh concession, Thurlow £25. In Huntingdon, on the road leading to Madoc, Surveyed by William Ketchesson in 1828 £75 and that Jacob Youngs, Thurlow, Farret Farrison of Huntingdon, and James O’Hara, of Madoc, be commissioners to expend the same.
On the road from the Nappane Mills to Belville, £800, and that Messrs. Allan McPherso, John Turnbull, Win. Post, David B. Soles, and John Maber Thurlow, be commissioners to expend the same.
On the road leading from Vanalstines Ferry to the Carrying place, £200, and that Messrs. Benjamin Reaney, Stephen Niles, and Moses Herrington, be commissioners to expend the same.
On the road leading from Wessel’s Ferry in Sophiasburg, to the town of Demorest Ville, £100, and that Abraham Vanblarcoun, Peter Vanhorn and Guilliam Domeret, Esquire, be commissioners to order and expend the said sum.
Resolved, that of the sum granted to be expended on the highways in the Newcastle District, the sum of £150, be expended on the main highway, leading through the township of Darlington; and that John Barke, and James Bates, be commissioners to contract for the work to be done.
And that the sum of 150l. be expended on the main high way leading through the township of Clark; and that Asa E. Waldbridge and Samuel S. Wilmot, Esquires, be commissioners to contract for the work to be done.
And that the sum of 25l be expended upon that part of the main road through the township of Hope, commonly called Raisborough hill; and that part commonly called Farley’s hill, in the said Township, and that Leonard Saper, Esquire, be commissioner to contract for the same.
And that the sum of 200l be expended on the main highway, through the township of Murray, between the Eastern and Western lines thereof; and the further sum of 125l be laid out upon the road leading from the carrying place to the western line of Murray, aforesaid, (on the front road) and from thence to Sandford’s Tavern, and that Charles Biggar, Esq., Pitkin Gross, and Thomas D. Sandford, be the commissioners for the same.
And that the sum of 25l be laid out upon the road leading from the main high way through the township of Cramahe (through the township of Percy) to the Rice Lake and River Trent, and that John Platt and David Cummin Esqrs. Be commissioners for the same.
And that the sum of 337l. 10 be expended upon the great boundary line road between the counties of Durham and Northumberland, and running between the townships of Hope and Hamilton, Cavan and Monaghan, Emily and Smith, and Emily and Ennismore, and that James Ewing, Elias Smith, Myndert Harris, and Ebenezer Perry Esquires, be commissioners to contract for work to be done upon the said boundary line.
And that the sum of £50 be laid out upon the principal road leading from the Rice Lake through the township of Otonibee to Peterborough, and that Charles Rubridge and Thomas A. Stuart, Esquires, be commissioners to contract for and inspect the same.
And that the sum of 25l. be expended upon the road leading from Peterborough to Mud Lake, and that Thomas Milburn, and John Lee, be commissioners to contract for and inspect the saem.
And that the sum of 12l. 10 be expended on improving the road and building a bridge in the township of Cartwright, and that Henry Ewing Esquire be the commissioner for superintending the outlay thereof.
Resolved—That the sum o f1200 appropriated for the repair of the roads and bridges in the Home District, be expended as follows, that is to say:…
