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In February 1876, the Ontario Provincial Legislature passed the following statute:
WHEREAS the limits of the Town of St. Catharines, in the County of Lincoln, have been by proclamation in the Ontario Gazette extended:
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And whereas the corporation of the said town have by their petition represented that the said town with its extended limits contains a population of eleven thousand and seventy-five souls, and that the said population is rapidly increasing, and owing to the situation and location of the said town on the present and proposed enlarged Welland Canal, it has become a large manufacturing place, and from its celebrity on account of the mineral springs attracts a large number of people annually to the said town:
And whereas the said corporation by its petition have asked to become incorporated into a city:
And whereas by an Act passed by the late Province of Canada, in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign, instituted an Act to authorize the Town of St Catharines to negotiate a loan of forty-five thousand two hundred and forty-eight pounds, to consolidate the debt of the town and for other purposes:
And whereas, by virtue of said last recited Act, the said Town of St. Catharines did issue debentures to that amount, and that about thirty thousand pounds sterling thereof still remain unpaid and will shortly mature:
And whereas the said corporation have petitioned for permission to issue debentures and to borrow money thereon for the purpose of retiring such debentures:
Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1. On and after Monday, the first day of May, next after passing of this Act, the said Town of St. Catharines shall be incorporated as a city, under the name of the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines, and shall enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges enjoyed and exercised by incorporated cities in this Province.
The Act to Incorporate the City of St. Catharines continues for a few more pages and the full document can be found here: Statutes of the Province of Ontario 1875-1876 : Ontario : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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