Book excerpt: Excerpt from By-Laws of the City of Toronto, From the Date of Its Incorporation in 1834, to the 13th January, 1890, Inclusive The By-laws of the City of Toronto were first consolidated in the year 1870, under the supervision of Samuel Bickerton Harman, Esq., the Mayor for that year, who devoted much time and ability to the preparation of the work. A second consolidation was made in 1876, under the superintendence of C. R. W. Biggar, Esq., then one of the City Solicitors, and in 1887 it was once more found necessary to consolidate and revise the civic legislation, to carry out which purpose, a special committee was appointed by the Council, of which Mr. Alderman William Roaf was Chairman. In their final report, the Committee stated, that they had left untouched all By-laws under which there was any outstanding debt or obligation due by the City, or which were of a temporary character or merely affected private rights, and had directed their attention to the preparation of new By-laws on those matters only which affected the general public. They presented to the Council By-laws Nos. 2434 to 2466 and Nos. 2468 to 2481 inclusive, as a consolidation of the law on the subjects therein referred to, and in which they included such amendments as in their judgment, the requirements of the City demanded. These By-laws were passed by the Council, and are contained in the present volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.