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During the Session of 1801, accounts were pre¬
sented by Samuel Sherwood and William Buell for
430 each, being pay for services as representatives in
the first session of the Third Provincial Parliament.
An order was made that the sums specified be col¬
lected from the freeholders of Leeds and Grenville,
respectively. If present members of parliament
were compelled to collect their sessional’allowances
from the freeholders, whom they represent, they
would, in all probability, attend with greater care to
the affairs of the country and less to party success.
Happily, at that time party rancour and spleen were
unknown, all laboring for the good of the common
country.
During 1801, it was ordered by the Sessions that a
Court of Request be held in the following divi¬
sions :—
First Division —Edwardsburg, including Johns¬
town and such part of the settlement on the River
Nation as is within the District.
Second Division.—Augusta.
Third Division.—Marlborough, Wolford, Mon¬
tague and Oxford.
Fourth Division.—Elizabethtown, Yonge, Front of
Leeds and Front of Lansdowne.
Fifth Division.—Bastard, Kitley, Rear of Leeds
and Rear of Lansdowne.
At the same Session a ferry was established in
Edwardsburg between the houses of James Chambers
and John Tebbits, on the opposite shore.
In 1803, the following gentlemen were appointed
magistrates: Thos. Fraser, James Breakenridge,
Edward Jessup, Wm. Fraser, Truman Hicock.
Charles Jones was also appointed Treasurer of the
District.
In 1804, the total expense of maintaining the Gaol,
for prisoners, was only £12 35. 6d.
The original Gaol at Johnstown for many years
was without even a high fence around it, while the
“strong room” only differed from those in ordinary
use in having grates on the windows.
In 1805, the criminals had become of such a char¬
acter that it was found necessary to spike oak plank
upon the ceiling and sides of the room, and in conse¬
quence of the growing responsibility of his office,
the pay of the Gaoler was increased te £30 per
annum.
During the year 1806, the first grant was made
for the construction of a bridge at Gananoque, £75
being considered sufficient at that time, but that
was previous to the era of special committees,
drawing $6 per day for services.
The Court House at Johnstown being situated at
a considerable distance from the centre of the
District, it was decided to have a new one built in
The necessary Act was passed by the
Legislature, and, in 1808,a committee was appointed
to select a site, the situation being limited to a
choice in the First Concession of Elizabethtown,
Subscriptions were taken to
assist the undertaking, Charles Jones acting as
collector. The committee appointed to select the
site consisted of the following gentlemen: Solomon
Jones, Thomas Smythe, Joel Stone, Thomas Fraser,
and Stephen Washburn. Charles Jones obtained
the contract for building the Court House, the land
being secured from William Buell.
The record for 1810 demonstrates that the
punishment of olden time was in vogue in the
District. A well known citizen, having at present
Brockville,
lots Tó, 11, and 12.
pillory for two days in succession, and, while thus
publicly exposed, had attached to his forehead a
paper upon which was written the name of the
crime he had committed.
The following magistrates were (1810) designated
by the Sessions to issue summons for the Courts of
Request, in the following Divisions :—
Edwardsburg and South Gower: Thomas Fraser,
Augusta: Edward Jessup, Ephraim Jones, Solomon
Smythe, and Richard Arnold.
Elizabethtown: Daniel Jones, Thomas Sherwood,
Thos. Smythe, James Breakenridge, Samuel Wright,
and Henry Arnold.
Montague, Oxford, Wolford, and Marlborough:
Stephen Burritt and Daniel Burritt.
From Front to Sixth Concession of Yonge and
Front of Leeds and Lansdowne: Thomas Smythe
and Henry Bogart.
Rear of Leeds, Bastard, Crosby, and Rear of Lans¬
downe: Truman Hicock, Stephen Washburn, Seth
Warren, Uri Scovill, Benjamin Lyman, and Philip
Phillips. Vg