Vancouver By-law No. 3 dividing the City into Wards

This transcript was made in March of 2018 by Transcribimus volunteer Mary Ann Capistrano original handwritten by-law here By Law dividing the City of Vancouver into Wards Whereas the Act of Incorporation the Council of the City of Vancouver is empowered to divide the City into Wards Therefore the Mayor and Council of the City of Vancouver in Council Assembled enact as follows That the City be and is hereby divided into five wards the name to be known and styled as Wards numbers One, Two, Three, Four and Five composed as follows:- Ward No. 1 Shall be comprised of the Government Military Reserve forming part of the Coal Harbor Peninsula Lot Number 185 Group One, New Westminster District, that part of Lot 541 and False Creek lying West of a line drawn along the centre of Richards Street from the shore of Burrard Inlet to False Creek and North of a line drawn midway between the Banks of False Creek from the Centre of Richards Street produced southwesterly to a point midway between the Banks of False Creek to the mouth of False Creek Ward No. 2 That part of Lot 541 lying east of the Eastern Boundary of Ward No. 1 and that part of False Creek lying North Page 2: of a line drawn midway between the Banks of False Creek from the Centre of Richards Street produced southwesterly to the Centre of the present Traffic Bridge over said False Creek, Ward No. 3. That part of Lots 196 and 181 Group One New Westminster District lying North of the Centre of Hastings Street Ward No 4. Lots 182, 183, 184, 264a, those parts of Lots 196 and 181 lying South of the Centre of Hastings Street, that part of False Creek lying East of the present Traffic Bridge and that part of Lot _(torn -196?)___ lying within the City Limits, Ward No 5. That part of the City of Vancouver bounded on the East by the Western Boundary of Lot 264a, the shore of False Creek to the present Traffic Bridge and along said Traffic Bridge to a point midway between the Banks of False Creek, on the North by a line drawn midway between the Banks of False Creek from the Centre of said Traffic Bridge to the mouth of said Creek, thence by a line drawn Southwest across the mouth of False Creek to the point __(torn – off)__ English Bay west of the Indian Reserve, thence along the shore of English Bay to the Western Boundary of the City, on the West by the Western boundary of the City and on the South by the Southern Boundary of the City. M. A. MacLean Mayor Thos F McGuigan City Clerk

Vancouver By-law No. 5, Liquor License By-Law
Vancouver By-law No. 5 liquor licenses

Dealing with the most important things first! One of the earliest items of business of the newly-formed City of Vancouver was establishing the conditions for granting liquor licenses.  This by-law was introduced and finalized at the second meeting of Vancouver City Council, on May 12, 1886, and made official on June 10, 1886. This document was transcribed in July of 2018 by Transcribimus volunteer Anita Dos Santos. original handwritten document here 1 14 By-Law No 5 A By-Law to define the Conditions and requirements to obtain hotel, saloon shop or retail and wholesale licenses for the sale within the City of Vancouver of spirituous, fermented and other intoxicating liquors and to regulate places so licensed and fix a fee or duty for the said license. The Mayor and Council of the City of Vancouver enact as follows: (1) The Board of Police Commissioners of the City may direct the issue of licenses written or printed or partially written and partially printed of the several kinds or descriptions following that is to say:- (a) Hotel licenses; (b) Saloon Licenses; (c) Shop or Retail licenses (d) Wholesale licenses. (2) Every such license shall authorise the person licensed to sell subject to the provisions of this by-law, all spirituous and malt-liquors and all combinations of liquors and drinks and drinkable liquids which are intoxicating and shall be signed by the Board of Police Commissioners. 2 15 3 An hotel license or Saloon license shall authorize the licensee to sell and dispose of any liquors in quantities not exceeding one quart which may be drunk in the hotel or saloon in which the same is sold. 4 A shop or retail license shall authorize the licensee to sell and dispose of any liquors in quantities any liquors not to be drunk in or upon the premises for which the license is granted by not less than one pint in quantity shall be sold or disposed of at any one time to any one person. 5 A wholesale license shall authorize the licensee to sell and dispose of liquors in his warehouse store shop or place defined in the license in quantities of not less than two gallons in each cask or vessel and whenever such selling by wholesale is in respect of bottled ale porter beer wine or other fermented or spirituous liquor each such sale shall be in quantities of not less than one dozen reported quart bottles; provided that none of the liquors so sold shall be consumed in or upon the premises or house in respect of which the license is granted. 6 The Board of Police Commissioners shall hold a meeting on the twentieth day of each and every 3 18 month for the consideration of applications for licenses unless such day be a Sunday or public holiday when such meeting shall be held on the next judicial day and such meeting may be adjourned from day to day by resolution to be entered in the minutes of the Board.

By-law no. 118 altering Vancouver’s ward boundaries – May 9, 1891

This by-law was passed in the Vancouver City Council meeting of May 8, 1891. It changed Vancouver's ward boundaries first set up under By-Law No. 3 in 1886. Transcribed by volunteer Anita Dos Santos in July of 2018. original by-law here 642 Repealed by No 431 BY-LAW NO: 118 A BY-LAW ALTERING THE SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY INTO WARDS : WHEREAS it is deemed expedient in the interests if the City that the Subdivisions of the City into Wards should be altered : BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vancouver, in open Council assembled, as follows :- I. THAT the City be, and the same is hereby divided into Five Wards, the same to be known and styled as Wards 1,2,3,4, and 5, comprised as follows :- WARD NO.I. shall be comprised of all portion of the City lying and being within the following boundaries, that is to say :- COMMENCING at a point in Burrard Inlet being the intersection of the Northern Boundary of the City in the line from the centre of Howe Street produced, thence Westerly along the Northern Boundary to the First Narrows, thence following the shore line at low water mark of the Government Military Reserve to the South Westerly extremity of Lot 185 Group I, New Westminster District, thence to the centre of the mouth of False Creek to a point in False Creek being the centre of Howe Street produced, thence Northerly to and along the centre of Howe Street produced to the point of commencement. WARD NO.2., shall be comprised of all that portion of the City lying and being within the following boundaries, that is to say :- COMMENCING at a point in Burrard Inlet, being the point of intersection of the centre lines of Abbot Street produced Northerly and Howe Street produced Northerly, thence Southernly along said production of Howe Street and along the centre of Howe Street to a point in the to a point in the centre of False Creek, thence by a line running along the said centre of False Creek to a point being the intersection of said line with the centre of Abbot Street aforesaid produced Southernly thence Northerly along said Southerly production of Abbot Street, and along the centre of Abbot Street produced, to the point of commencement. WARD NO.3., shall be comprised of all that portion of the City lying and being within the following boundaries, that is to say :- COMMENCING at the point of Commencement of Ward No.2., thence Easterly along the Northern Boundary of the City to the Northern extremity of Lot 194, Group 1 aforesaid, at low water mark, thence Southerly along the Eastern Boundary of the City to its intersection with the centre of Hastings Street, thence Westerly along the centre of Hastings Street aforesaid, thence Northerly along the centre of Abbott Street produced, to the point of commencement. WARD NO.4., shall be comprised of all that portion of the City

Vancouver By-Law 121 : a by-law to establish rules, regulations, etc. for the interment of the dead in cemeteries and burial places controlled by the City of Vancouver – June 29, 1891
Vancouver By-Law 121 : a by-law to establish rules, regulations, etc. for the interment of the dead in cemeteries and burial places controlled by the City of Vancouver – June 29, 1891

Illustration: City of Vancouver Archives photo AM54-S4-: Dist P9 [The first caretaker's cottage at Mountain View Cemetery near Bodwell Road (33rd Avenue) and North Road (Fraser Street)] Document: City of Vancouver Archives COV-S36-- By-law no. 121 : a by-law to establish rules, regulations, etc. for the interment of the dead in cemeteries and burial places controlled by the City of Vancouver original handwritten by-law here This transcript was made in 2018 by Transcribimus volunteer Glen Hodges [Page 649] By-Law No. 121 A By-Law to establish rules, regulations etc for the interment of the dead in cemeteries and burial places con-trolled by the City of Vancouver. Whereas it is necessary to make regulations for interments, where authorized within or without the limits of the City of Vancouver and for the protection of cemeteries, graves and tombs where the dead are interred. Therefore be it enacted by this Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Vancouver in open session assembled as follows: 1. That the following rules and regulations are hereby established and shall be observed for interments and for the protection of cemeteries, tombs and graves. 2. All applications with respect to interments, use of vaults, disinterments and any other applications rendered necessary by this By-Law are to be made to the City Clerk, or acting City Clerk at his office in the City Hall, between the hours of 10 o’clock in the forenoon and 4 o’clock in the afternoon of any day except Saturdays , Sundays and legal holidays, on [Page 650] Saturdays from 10 o’clock in the fore noon to 1 o’clock in the afternoon. 3. All fees to be paid in advance to the City Clerk or acting City Clerk, who shall receipt for same. 4. Persons making application for an interment must five to the City Clerk or acting City Clerk a true statement as far as practicable of the name, age, sex, religion, cause of death, and name of attending physician, if any, and why not, if none was in attendance, before a permit for burial can be is-sued. 5. Plans of the Cemetery or Cemeteries shall be kept exposed to the public view in the office of the City Clerk at the City Hall and at the Caretaker’s Lodges at the Cemetery. 6. The number of contiguous grave plots that can be acquired by any one person shall be determined by the Board of Health, who shall be governed by the circumstances set forth in the application for same. 7. In cases of poverty the Mayor of the Board of Health shall consider and decide [Page 651] on applications for the remission of fees in whole or in part and such decision shall be given in writing signed by the Mayor or the Chairman or acting Chairman of the Board to the City Clerk for his guidance in such cases. 8. The use of the receiving vault for the temporary reception of and the dis interment of the bodies of persons who

By-law No. 233 altering the subdivision of Wards – August 19, 1895

This document was transcribed in June of 2018 by Transcribimus volunteer Susan Willows. original handwritten by-law here 1292 BY-LAW NO. 233 A By-law to amend By-law No. 118, known as a By-Law altering the subdivisions of the City into Wards. WHEREAS it is deemed advisable in the interests of the City that the subdivisions of the City into Wards be altered : Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vancouver, in open Council assembled, as follows : - 1. By-law No. 118 is hereby amended as follows :- All the words from “Ward No. I.” in the fourth line thereof to the word “commencement” in the 15th line thereof, inclusive, and all the words after the words “Ward NO. 5.” to the word “commencement” in the last line thereof, inclusive, are hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof :- “Ward No. I. shall be comprised of all that portion of the City lying and being within the following boundaries, that is to say, :- Commencing at a point in Burrard Inlet being the intersection of the northern boundary of the City in the line from the centre of Howe Street produced ; thence westerly along the northern boundary to the First Narrows ; thence following the shore line, at low watermark, of the Government Military Reserve to the south-westerly extremity of Lot 185, Group I, New Westminster District ; thence to a point at low water mark on English Bay where the west boundary of Campbell Street meets the said low water mark : thence south along the west side of Campbell Street to the south boundary of the City ; thence east along the south boundary to the centre of Hemlock Street ; thence north along the centre of Hemlock Street, and Hemlock Street produced, to the point where it meets the centre of Howe Street produced southerly; thence north along the centre of Howe Street to the point of commencement. Ward No. 5. Shall be comprised of all that portion 1293 (2) of the City lying and being within the following boundaries, that is to say :- Commencing at a point being the centre of Glen Street at its intersection with the southern boundary of the City ; thence northerly along the centre of Glen Street produced, to the centre of False Creek ; thence westerly along a line running along the centre of False Creek to the easterly boundary of Ward I (as above described); thence south along the centre of Hemlock Street to the south boundary of the City thence easterly along the said southern boundary to the point of commencement. Done and passed in open Council this 19th day of August, 1895. “Henry Collins” Mayor. (L. S.) “Thos. McGuigan” City Clerk. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -