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The Montreal Telegraph Office corner was then occupied by Adiel Sherwood. Andrew Smith lived on Hardings drug store corner. The remainder of the dwellings on Main Street were owned by Elnathan Hubbell, Stephen Richards, James Hall, Anna Provost, Charles Jones, Abraham Dayton, and Samuel barns, being twenty-six. Among the early merchants were Charles Jones, Ephraim Jones, Pease & Easton, Billa Flint, S. & H. Jones, Hiram Spafford, who kept a credit and also a cash store ; Paul Glassford, Moses Maynard & Co., Andrew Norton and J. P. Buell, Booth & Buell, Hodgins, E. Hubbell, Samuel Pennock, Adiel Sherwood, Stephen Richards, William Hayes, Harvey Billings & Co. Brockville has been fruitful of distinguished members of the legal profession, the following being a partial list: Levius P. Sherwood, — Bolton, John Bogart, Jonas Jones, Daniel Jones, David Jones, D. B. Q. Ford, George Malloch, Henry Sherwood, George Sherwood, A N. Buell, William B. Richards, Stephen Richards, A. N. Richards, R. F. Steele, William Sherwood, and W. H. Ellerbeck. Among the first physicians were Dr. Hubbell, Dr. Gilmour, Dr. Henderson, who resided below the town : Dr. Stratford, Dr. Edmondson, Dr. McQueen, and Dr. Reynolds. When first settled, the site of the town was rugged and in marked contrast to the present appearance. From Court House Avenue to Gilmour’s Corner there was a descent, with a hill at the corner of Buell Street, which had to be cut down at that point some six feet, and the debris thrown into the hollow in front of the Central Block. The boys went swimming in a pond where S. G. Easton's grocery now stands. On the site of the Gilmour store, and crossing the road to the premises of the late Dr. hide a load of hay from an observer standing at the foot of Court House Avenue. The small archway near Empy’s tin-shop was used asa drive for all kinds of loads entering the back yard of a tavern which was kept in the brick building on the corner of King and Broad Streets. Opposite Ormond Street, the highway has been raised about five feet. Edmoncson, was a ravine which would On the 28th of June, 1832, an Act was passed to establish a body corporate and politic in fact and law, by the name of the President and Board of Police of Brockville. The town was divided into The Act provided that all Si d tál: a 189 The East Ward market place was established February 13th, 1833, by a special Act of Parliament, The first Board of Police assembled at the Court House, on the 5th day of April, 1832, the members elected being Jonas Jones and Henry Sherwood for for the West Ward. The Board elected Daniel Jones, the fifth man, making him the first President. William M. Hynes was appointed Clerk. The first act recited that a fire engine should be purchased, the cost not to exceed £125. George Crawford was appointed Treasurer; John Reid, Bailiff for the East Ward; David Faichairri Bailiff for the West Ward ; John Price, Assessor ; William Hayes, Surveyor of Streets; David Fairbairn, Collector; James Kennedy, High Bailiff; Philip J. Musson, first Pound-keeper. Alexander Grant was appointed Captain and Engineer of the first Fire Company, which was to consist of forty-eight men, who were to provide, at On the 2nd of May, 1832, the first licenses were granted to keep groceries. John Farrell, Alexander Starr, and Richard Shirlock received the same. The first case recorded before the Board of Police was against Seth S. Cornell, charged with riding at an immoderate pace on the street. Fined 5s. and costs, May 2nd, 1832. In the same month, Alex. Starr, George Barnhard, and George Booth, were also fined for firing guns within the limits. James Hillis, Erastus Holden, Walter H. Denaut, Asa W. Graves, and Ormond Jones were brought before the Board, charged with cantering horses through the public streets. They were acquitted, and Constable William Smith dismissed for having failed to establish the indictment. The assessment for the year 1832 was two pence on the pound. On the 18th of June, 1832, Andrew Donaldson was appointed a special constable. In the year 1833, the High Bailiff was allowed a salary of 425, and 47 17s. 647. for acting as Assessor. The members of the Board for 1832 were re-elected in 1833. They appointed Alexander Morris the fifth A largenumberof special constables were appointed on the 3rd of April, among the number being James Kincaid, Luther Houghton, Abel Cole, and Walter H. Denaut. Albert McLean was made Clerk. The Board for 1834 consisted of Henry Jones, George Malloch, John Murphy, and James Hall. They failing to decide upon a fifth man, Daniel Jones was elected, and subsequently appointed President by the Board; Alfred Hall, Clerk, at a salary of £25; Stephen Richards, Street Surveyor ; "
