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Bylaw
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed bylaw enacted in 1858 "to Provide for keeping in Repair and Improving the Public Highways and Roads of the Municipality, and to Regulate the Performance of Statute Labour." Passed in council in the Township of Malahide as bylaw no. 3 with the authority of Hugh Maginnis, Reeve, and Philip Hodgkinson, Township Clerk. Consists of four columns of text which contain nine sections total. 1. Every male resident of the Municipality between 21 and 60 shall work two days on the highways every year, depending on the value of their individual properties. 2. Labour will be enacted under the direction and supervision of Overseers of the Highways to be annually appointed by the Council. 3. Contains a list of duties of the Overseer of the Highway. 4. Individuals exempt from highway maintenance. 5. Stipulations for the immediate repair of roads in the case of sudden damages. 6. "Indigents" may avoid road repair labour with municipality-provided certificates. 7. On the rescheduling of road work. 8. Fines for individuals who refuse road labour. The document was signed at the top by "N.H.B., Antiquarian, To D. H. Price, Relic filed [?]." Ink has bled through from the other side of the document where someone has written out math equations. The bylaw has a wide, cream-coloured matting. Displayed in a wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The contents of the frame are held in place with a piece of white cardstock, and adhered to the back is a piece of paper which reads "Presented to the Malahide Council Nov. 1911 by D. H. Price."
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Roads Aylmer
- Government
- Accession Number
- 1983-007-0001
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Length
- 58
- Width
- 44.6
- Height
- 3.4
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Manufacturer City
- Aylmer
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
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