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of the Peace assembled in Quarter Sessions. The complete minutes 

 for the first meeting held after the passing of the Act read as follows : — 



Sidney, March 3, 1794. 

 At an annual Meeting of the Incorporated Townships of Sidney 

 and Thurlow held this . . . for the Nomination and Appointing 

 of Town and Parish ofiticers and doing such other Business as the 

 law directs Have Enacted (by a Majority of Votes) the following 

 Laws and regulations and appointed the following Persons as Town and 

 Parish Ofîfîcers for the ensuing year, viz.: — 



Regulations for Fences 



1st. That Fences shall be four feet Six Inches high and not 

 exceed five Inches open for three feet high for the Township of Sidney — 

 And for the township of Thurlow not to exceed six Inches. 



Regulations for Hogs 



2nd. Hogs to run at Liberty until they Trespass through or 

 over a lawful Fence. And Hogs to be confined from the first of May 

 to the first of december. 



Resolve 



3rd. Resolved that the following Persons serve as Parish and 

 town officers, viz. : 



Town Clerk Caleb Gilbert 



Assessors George Meyers and Archibald Chisholm 



Collector Samuel Reid 



Pathmasters Aron Rose 



David Palmer 



John Frederick 



William Johnston 

 Pound Keepers William Kelly 



John Taylor 

 Town Wardens Leonard Soper 



John Chisholm 



In the foregoing we observe that the meeting professes to be for 

 the "Incorporated Townships of Sidney and Thurlow," and the 

 heading is the same for the next three years. By what authority 

 were these joint meetings held ? The only explanation I can offer is 

 the provision of section XII of the Statute of 1793 which provides 

 that when any township or reputed township shall not contain thirty 



