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fs seg Ge PE OE A eer iY s0 15 Oo} Se aeet ses r arse aser bet Ome seasedeses 50 15 OF erst tty es ye real eee 43 15 11% PAR zá ABS Seah RAR Bap A i9 II oO vy) WETS Pat rere OL Ee ak hee Ss és EES, ST Pe ee eae TV asc: 4.6 SS BIG. ob s/o talk events Viens pees 14 sk ee Le ae. Ted IS ee Se eer re err EB. te Ő szk seas ot a ÜLÖK jea eae Fae. Ida zés II 18 6% WT MEO cLisenesten eas s Be FR oy 3 A re ia.ta | PAK YR. Hida ye s dee owe Sueee wei Voss wereea 7 bt áá: Bastard and Kithey, £790 se 006s éva ása s viceccectes Gu. ss. ő vi. 08 SROO:. 2 smc wns eáldásztááláki 4, 8.45 © Cornwall, 1799. «ccecsevcsece eer ree Lickeeees 26 10). 5 IIL UE 4. cid in o.5ik 4 a0ns ae,ah ie éli e 0.8 pea a hé a a I5 7 64 During the Session of 1801, accounts were presented 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 collected 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 divisions :— First Division —Edwardsburg, including Johnstown and such part of the settlement on the River Nation as is within the District. Second Division.—Augusta. Third Division.—Marlborough, Wolford, Montague 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 character that it was found necessary to spike oak plank upon the ceiling and sides of the room, and in consequence 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 Lansdowne: Truman Hicock, Stephen Washburn, Seth Warren, Uri Scovill, Benjamin Lyman, and Philip Phillips. Vg
