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BY-LAW NUMBER
2051
A BY-LAW OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING TO AUTHORIZE THE CARRYING ON OF A
COMMUNITY PROGRAMME OF RECREATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE REGULATIONS
UNDER THE DEPART?-ŒNT OF EDUCATION ACT.
WHEREAS the carrying on of a properly organized programme of recreation i!
conducive to the well-being of a community and to the advantage of its
inhabitants, collectively and individually;
AND WHEREAS the Council is authorized to carryon such a programme and to
place the same in charge of a recreatio committee;
THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. There is hereby authorized and established for the municipality a
community programme of recreation which includes cultural, educational.
physical and social activities, within the meaning of the regulations
under the Department of Education Act and that such a programme shall
be carried on for the benefit of the whole community including all age
groups and both sexes.
2. The community programme of recreation shall be in charge of and he
conducted by a recreation committee to be known as "The Township of
Pickering Recreation Committee" hereunder referred to as the "CommitteE
3. The Committel'shall be compåsed of seven members of whom two shall be "Ii
members of the Municipal Council. The Committee shall be appointed
annually by the Municipal Council and shall hold office for a term of
-1- years or until their successors are appointed.
4. It shall be the duty of the Committee, and the Committe shall have
power to conduct in the municipality the community programme of
recreation, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
oommittee may:-
(a) Elect officers from amont its members..
(b) Incur expenditures to the extent provided in the estimates approved
by Council.
(é) Control its own money, pay its own operating expenses and operate
its own bank account or bank accounts.
(d) Appoint andmscharge a director and/or such assistants and other
personnel as it may deem necessary to conduct the community
programme of recreation and to fix the powers, duties and resp-
onsibilities of the persons so appointed.
(e) Make rules and regulations for the conduct of the community
programme of recreation or any pabt thereof and to govern the
conduct of all persons, who, in any 'þ"'Way may participate in or
be in attendance at any part of the programme.
(f) Prescribe fees for participation in or admittance to any part of
the community programme of recreation.
(g) Solicit or receive gifts or bequests of money or any donations to
to be applied in furtherance of the community programme recreation
hereby established.
5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained, all
resolutions, rules and regulations of the committee shall be subject
to the approval of Council.
6. The committee shall on or about the 15th. day of January in each year
prepare and submit to the Council a peport of the programme conducted
during the preceding year, and its estimates of all monies required to
conduct the programme for the then current year.
7. The committee shall on or before the 15th. day of January in each year
submit to the auditors of the Township of Pickering for audit a state-
ment of its financial affairs for the preceding calendar year.
BY-LAW read a First and Second time this 30Day of DECEMBER 1954
BY-LAW read a Third time and PASSED this 30Day of DECEJ\\ßER 1954