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Monday 7:30 O'Clock P.M.
Kingston December 18 1876

A Meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the City
of Kingston was held this day. Present

His Worship the Mayor
Aldermen
Allen, Carnovsky, Carson, Clements, Drennan,
Dupuis, Harty, Metcalfe, McCammon, McIntyre,
McKelvey, McRossie, Pense, Powers, Tandy, Thibodo,
White

The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting

The Mayor submitted to the Council a Patent purporting
to be Ordnance Land Sale Grant to "the Corporation of the
City of Kingston" a parcel of land of the property known as
the "Herchmer Farm" situate[d] in the City of Kingston, to be
used as a Public Park (dated January 19 1876)

A Communication from James Agnew Esquire City
Solicitor was read In Re Adair vs Kingston and Montreal
street.

A Communication from Mrs Jane Garret, Sharbott Lake
was read asking payment of Ten dollars for bed
clothes destroyed sent with man taken with Small Pix and
sent to Kingston Hospital.

On motion of Ald: Drennan seconded by Ald: Price
Ordered, that the communication of Jane Garret
be handed to the County Clerk and that the
City Clerk notify her to that effect.

The Mayor mentioned that he had been served to-day
with an appointment for the 26th instant for proceeding
with the arbitration between the City and County in reference
to the Court House

A Communication from E.J.B. Pense Esquire was
read asking the Council to relieve the British Whig of
its Contract for Printing.

On motion of Ald: Drennan seconded by Ald: Harty
Ordered, That the Communication of E.J.B. Pense
in regard to agreement for Contract for Printing with the
City and that said Pense be relieved of said Contract

Ald: Gaskin here entered

A Communication from Messrs Kirkpatrick and Rogers.
In Re Canadian Engine & Machinery Company Taxes was
read

On motion of Ald: McIntyre seconded by Ald: Price
Ordered, That the Communication of Messrs Kirkpatrick
and Rogers be referred to the Court of Revision to report

A Communication from the Department of the Interior
was read enclosing Letters Patent in favor of the Corporation
of the City of Kingston for a Park

Ald: Drennan brought up the petition of V Wemple

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