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The following is the address delivered by the
Hon. William Morris, the first Warden, to the
members of the District Council, assembled for
the first time :—
The District Council of the Johnstown District
met, pursuant to the Statute entitled “An Act to
Provide for the Internal Government of that Part
of this Province Which Formerly Constituted the
Province of Upper Canada, by the Establishment
of Local or Municipal Authorities Therein,” at the
temporary Court House in the Town of Brockville,
on Tuesday, the 8th day of February, 1842, at 12
o'clock noon.
Present :
HoNoORABLE WILLIAM Morris, Warden.
COUNCILLORS.
John Holden, .
Ogle R. Gowan,
Martin Castleman,
Lyman Clothier,
Jesse Delong,
William Young,
Robert Ferguson,
Noah Halladay,
John Stewart,
James Thomson,
James Shaw,
John McEwen, John Pierce,
Thomas Sheffield, John Thompson,
Eleazer H. Whitmarsh.
The Warden informed the Council that he had
Samuel J, Bellamy,
John Jelly,
James Keeler, we
Robert. Kernahan,
Walter H. Denaut,
Robert Elliott,
William Johnston,
William Jones,
William Moulton,
Duncan McTavish,
Milo McCarger,
sör whom he handed his Commission as Warden,
which was read by the temporary Clerk, and is as
follows :—
VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc.,
élés, ele.
7o all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
WHEREAS, in and by a certain Act of the Parliament of our
Province of Canada, passed in the Fourth and Fifth years of our
Reign, entitled ‘An Act to Provide for the Better Internal Gov¬
‘ernment of that Part of this Province Which Formerly Constitated
‘“the Province of Upper Canada, by the Establishment of Local or
cc Municipal Authorities Therein,” it is amongst other things in
effect enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, Licutenant¬
Governor, or person administering the government of our said
Province, to appoint from time to time, as occasion may require,
one fit and proper person to be Warden of and in each of the
Districts of that part of our said Province formerly Upper Canada,
for the purposes of the said Act to hold his office during our
pleasure :
Now Know Ye, Therefore, That We, having full confidence in the
loyalty, integrity, and ability of the Honorable William Morris, of
the Town of Perth, in the District of Bathurst of our sail Province
of Canada, have constituted and appointed, and do by these presents
and by virtue of the power vested in us by the Act, constitute and
appoint him, the said William Morris, to be our WARDEN of and
in the District of Johnstown, of that part of our said Province
formerly constituting Upper Canada; to have, hold, exercise, and
enjoy the rights, powers, and authorities by the said Act vested in
the office of Warden of the said District, together with all the
privileges, advantages, and emoluments thereunto belonging, or in
any wise appertaining, unto him, the said William Morris, durinz
our Royal pleasure.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be
made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province of Canada to
be hereunto affixed.
Witness: Our trusty and well beloved Sik RICHARD DOWNES
Jackson, K. C. B., Administrator of the Government of our said
Province of Canada, and Lieutenant-General Commanding our
Forces in British North America, etc., etc., etc., at Kingston, this
Twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one, and in the Fifth year of
our Reign.
By Command.
P. B. HARRISON, SECRETARY.
Recorded 7th Jan., 18423 Lib. A. A, Fol. 88.
R. A. TUCKER, REGISTRAR.
The Warden then delivered the following address
to the Council:—
GENTLEMEN,—
It is with much satisfaction that I see assembled
before me so many respectable individuals to repre¬
sent the inhabitants of the District of Johnstown as
a Municipal Council, and I congratulate them on
the wise and judicious use which they have in this
respect already made of the new powers conferred
on them by the Statute.
It may be proper on the present occasion, being
the first meeting of the Council of this populous