90 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



every part of the Province. Early in the session of 1849, when the 

 Baldwin-Lafontaine Government was once more in office, Mr. Baldwin 

 again introduced his bill, slightly improved since its last appearance, 

 which is substantially our Municipal Act of to-day, and it speedily 

 became law. During the same session the Township Officers Act 

 of 1793 and the District Councils Act of 1841 with their respective 

 amendments were repealed and the old town meeting became an 

 institution of the past. 



