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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION IN TONESHIP 0F ADMASTGN IN 1860 The township council of 1860 met in the same hall as it award: ‘0- day. This was built sometime in the 1850's by a builder from or In 1860 the reeve was Wm. Gibbons with John Bremner, Jtephen . German and Wm. Black as councillors. Alexander Brown was Treasurer and George Brown was clerk. Jas. German and W, S. Thompson were auditors, each receiving a salary of 1 pound each. Previous to 1860 maintenance of roads has undr“ the jurisdiction of the councillor elected in the ward in which the roads were 34 ted. Now, the township, instead of being divided into wards, it is divided into polling divisions. In the year 1860 there was set up a Statute Labour system with a Ovrrseers appointed by Council to suprrvise the work on roads, were 32 in all to be called Pathmasters in charge of the improv on roads. The LegislatiVe Act enacted was so as to relirvr the payers from cash payment in taxes and give hir the privilpgr m forming the labor necessary to maintain thc reads. The Art prmx -u that the Rate payrr pflrform 1 days labor of 8 hou:: for (eon hundrr' dollars of the assessed value of his property. Furtht' ‘ ’, that the clerk, from the assessment Roll, make out the St: 'v I , in duplicate, one for each of the 32 Pathmasters and retaining a copy in his office. When the work on the roads was completrd, the pathmasters then returned to the clerk t eir lists, having filled in the number of days performed by each ratepayer on his list. If any rate payer reâ€" fused or failed to perform in full the number of days labor, he was charged with, the clerk would enter it on the tax roll. In 18:0 the number of days labor were 883. In 1860 the number of ratepayers were 345. the county council meetings were held in Perth. In 1860 at the municipal election, the ward system was used for voting. Ward No, l was in the hem: of Wm. Gibbons, (now owned by Joe McCrea) with Hercules Scott as Returning Officer. ward No. 2 was in the home of Richard Cardiff, (now owned by Mac Fender) with Jas. Carswell as Returning Officer. Ward No. 3 was in the township hall, same as now, with David Graham as Returning Officer. Ward No. h was in the home of Pat German (now owned by Pat Sheahan) with Chas. Moore as Returning Officer. ward No. 5 was in the school house at Shamrock (same as now) with Pat Gorman as Returning Officer. 'In December 1860 tenders were called for to fence th Hall grounds with a Cedar Rail fence. A new stove and lock and key for the hall WPPE purchased. In the good old days the last item of business in the council meeting was to pass an order for the Treasurer to pay Miss Sally Mcbouga l for meals of Victuals served to the counci1--7 shillings and o pense. In the mnncipal elections all candidated ran as Councillors. Then at'the first meeting of the newrsouncil the reeve was the chosen by council. ' The councillors fees for attending meetings in ch0 were: The Reeve--h pound~15 shilling Stephen Whalenrâ€"â€"-h pound-15 shilling William Black ----- A pound-10 shilling John Bremner ----- 3 pound-5 shilling The Clerk -------- 18 pound- 6 shilling --1% pence.