This document was transcribed in June of 2018 by Transcribimus volunteer Susan Willows.
original handwritten by-law here
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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 to the word “commencement” in the last line thereof, inclusive, are hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof :-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
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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.
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ON THE SPINE OF THE “BOOK”
By-Law No. 233
To Amend the Ward
By-Law
1st Reading Aug 12th 1895
2nd “ Aug 19th 1895
3rd “ “ 19th 1895
“Thos. McGuigan”
“City Clerk”