Excerpt from Additional Statutes Specially Relating to the City of Toronto: Passed Since 1894 (Including Some Previously Omitted)And whereas the said Municipal Council has prayed that a proclamation be issued to give effect to the said resolution, And whereas our said Lieutenant-Governor in Council deems it expedient to grant the said prayer, Now know ye that, having taken the premises into our royal consideration, we, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of our Province of Ontario, and in the exercise of the power in us vested in this behalf by the said in part recited Act, or otherwise howsoever, do, by this our Royal Proclamation, hereby add to the said City of Toronto, under the terms and conditions as to taxation, hereinafter metioned, the following territory, that is to say: All and singular that certain parcel and tract of land situate in the Township of York in the County of York, adjacent to the said City of Toronto, consisting of parts of lots numbers 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 on the north side of Summerhill Avenue, formerly Thompson Street, according to plan number 277, being a sub-division of lot number seventeen, concession two from the Bay in the Township and County of York, described as follows: Commencing on the west limit of said lot number eighteen, being also the east limit of the City of Toronto at this place, at a point distant 130 feet measured northerly thereon from the north limit of Summer-hill Avenue, thence easterly parallel with that limit 959 feet 10 inches to the east limit of that part of said lot number 23 heretofore purchased by the City of Toronto for an entrance to the Reservoir Park, thence southerly along that limit 163 feet to the centre line of Summer-hill Avenue, being at this place the north limit of the City of Toronto, thence westerly along that limit to the 'production southerly of the said west limit of lot number eighteen, thence northerly along that production and dong the west limit of lot number eighteen, 163 feet to the place of beginning.And we ordain and declare also that the south-westerly boundary of the said City of Toronto be extended and defined by a line drawn from, the lighthouse on the Island to a point on the easterly boundary of the channel of the River Humber south of the new road bridge distant 1, 000 feet measured southerly from the southerly face of the eastern abutment of the said bridge, and that all the area included within the said boundary and the present south and south-westerly limits of the said City of Toronto be and the same is hereby added to the said City of Toronto.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.