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MINUTES - Council - 19121104TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE C 0 U N C I L. F 0 R 1 9 1 2. The twenty sixth meeting of the Council fer 1912 was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening November 4th the following members bing present; Viz;-Mayer Baldwin, Reeve Knowles and Ceuneillors Basset Davis and Manning, the Mayor in the ehair. On metien Mr Chas. H. Wilson and Mr Boyd ef the Teronte and York Radial Railway were heard in regar« to furnishing Electrical Fewer te the tewn fer street and domestic lighting also electrical power fer the factories. The Clerk laid en the table a petitien signed by Mr H. W. Fleury and two hundred and eighty ethers praying the Council te submit a Byl~w te be voted en by the qualified ratepayers te prohibit the ,.,,.... . sale by retail spiritueus and intoxicating liquors in the Municipality ef Aurora. A cemmunioation was received frem the Clerk accempanying the petition stating that the Petition had been filed with him en Friday November First, that he had carefully compared the petitien with the Vetere list and found them correct. He further stated that there were 694 names ef qualified veters fer municipal purposes en the Voters List and that the names on the petition are far in excess of the required twenty five per cent ef names en the List. Meved by Mr Manning seconded by Mr Knowles that the bylaw cemmittee be aild they are hereby instructed to prepare a bylaw and submit at the next meeting of this Ceunoil in acoor.dance with the prayr of the petition of Mr H. W. Fleury and twe hundred and eighty ethers ratepayers of this Municipality Carried. Moved by Mr Manning secended by Mr D~vis that Ceunciller Bassett, Reeve Knewle~;~ and May0r Baldwin be a committee t0 oenfer with the Tu~~ti pd Yerk Radial R~ilway Re electric pewer. CGunoil adj0urned to meet at the ~~: .. Carried · call of the May0r. . ~~ ·~~~