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Sie SS — Whereupon, being satisfied as to his character and the propriety of admitting him to become a settler, the Board shall administer to him the oath of allegiance, and deliver to him a certificate to that effect, signed by two members at least; and, having entered his name in the Township plan, shall, at the foot of the said certificate assign to such settler the said lot, and deliver the certificate with of having performed the settlement duties, he may receive a patent grant of the land. To which purpose, the Surveyor-General shall furnish the Boards with plans of each Township, showing the lots therein located. After the deposit of such plans with the Board, no location to be made thereon by the Surveyor-General until he shall have received, on special reference, a certificate from the Board that no settler is located thereon. In case of any apparent occupation or improvement made ona lot vacant on the plan, no location to be made thereon without further order from the Surveyor-General. their proceedings, and countersign their certificates, upon delivery of Which he may receive from the applicant the sum of seven shillings and sixpence. At an early date, John Howard, son of James B. Howard, built a mill at Marble Rock. William S. Macdonald, Esq., informs us that the first steamer which went below Prescott had a paddle-wheel in the stern, and was built by Dickinson & Co., proprietors at that time of the stage line the river to Dickinson’s Landing. The steamer William ZV, was built at Gananoque by a joint stock company, in 1831. | The first line of stages from Montreal to Ontario was established by Dickinson & Norton. During the summer they ran to Prescott, and in winter to Kingston. Hiram Norton, one of the proprietors, resided in Prescott; he afterwards removed to Illinois, where he acquired a large fortune. The first steamer that ran down the river from the lake was the Charlotte, built by the late Captain Gildersleeve ; her trips were from the Bay of Quinte east of the village. Children of Joshua Legge, Sr.: Christiana, married John Hicock ; Charlotte, married George D. Ferguson,son of the late Hon. Adam Ferguson ; Mary Jane, married Samuel McCammon, of Gananoque; Charles (otherwise noticed) ; Filma, married Nelson Landon; and JosHuA LEGGE, JR., Born April 14th, 1834. On the 13th of July, 1864, he married, and has six children. Since 1867, he has been a member of the Township Council. most of the time, also representing the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne as Reeve or Deputy Reeve since 1869. In 1878, he was chosen Warden of Leeds and Grenville. For the past fifteen years he has been Captain of No. 2 Company of the 41st Battalion. Taking a deep interest in agricultural matters, he has engaged in the manufacture of cheese, and encouraged the importation of superior stock. A Liberal Conservative in politics, he has frequently been spoken of as a candidate for parliamentary honors in South Leeds. CHARLES LEGGE, C. E. Mr. Legge was born at Silver Springs, near Gananoque, September 29th, 1829. As a boy, Charles Legge received his education at the Gananoque Academy. In 1846, he entered the University of Ouecns College. He was afterwards articled as a pupil to Samuel Keefer, Esq., C. E., who was at the time Engineer of the Welland Canal. On the appointment of that gentleman to be Chief Engineer, the pupil followed his teacher to Montreal and devoted himself with great zeal and industry to masIn 1852, he was appointed Superintending Engineer of the St. Lawrence Canals, in which position he gave the greatest satisfaction. Inthe succeeding year he was tering the mysteries of his profession. appointed to the construction of the Junction Canal, to Prescott. i—s John 5. McDonald, a surveyor (not a relative of 3 the McDonald brothers), died at Gananogue, July 14th, 1837. His widow married a surveyor named | from Iroquois to the quiet water above the Gallops Rapids. At the request of Mr. Keefer, Mr. Legge separated himself trom the Government work, and took charge of the building of the Grand Trunk — a His eldest daughter married Richard Coleman. THE LEGGE FAMILY. Joshua Legge, Sr., came to Canadain 1819. He was born at Parnell, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, October 16th, 1799. In 1822, he married Charlotte McDonald, sister of Charles McDonald. Mrs. Legge was born May roth, 1791, She came to Canada in 1810; in 1812, she moved to the vicinity of Beverly, living on the farm now owned by Mr. Shefheld. Mr, Legge lived in Gananoque until 1827, when he removed to his present residence, two miles Railway from Brockville to Kingston. Upon the completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, he was appointed Superintending Engineer of the south half of the Victoria Bridge. From that date, Mr. Legge held a place in the foremost rank of civil corporations requiring the services of an engineer. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Township of Leeds, in the Province of Upper Canada,-held at the Village of Gananoque, on the — day of - ; 1818, Joel Stone, Esq., President, for the purpose of
