A bylaw is a rule or law established by council, board, organization, or community to regulate itself, prohibit, or impose, as allowed or provided for by some higher authority. The higher authority, generally a legislature or some other government body, establishes the degree of control that the bylaws may exercise. Local governments or municipal councils and regional district boards pass bylaws for various purposes to exercise their statutory authority.
All our bylaws apply to all persons within the Category 1A lands of Eastmain for which Québec retains the ownership of these lands, but their administration, management, and control has been transferred to the Government of Canada, for the exclusive use and benefit of the Cree First Nations.
Category 1A Cree and Category 1A-N Naskapi lands are allocated to the Cree communities within Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory and they represent an area of over 5,500 sq. km. The provincial government retains the bare ownership but has transferred the administration, management, and control to the federal government for the exclusive use and benefit of the local government.
Situated to the south of the Eastmain River and comprising all the land delimited by the geometrical segments, topographical features and other boundaries commencing at the point of intersection of a line parallel to the high-water mark of James Bay and two hundred feet (200 ft.) away from the latter towards the hinterland, with latitude 52' 09' 20" north; in a general direction north and east, the said line situated on the mainland, parallel to the high-water mark of James Bay and, then, of the south shore of the Eastmain River up to a point situated one mile (1 mi.) from the center of the Eastmain community; in a direction north a distance of two hundred feet (200 ft.) up to the point of intersection of the high-water mark of the Eastmain River; in a general direction east, the high-water mark of the Eastmain River on a distance of 2 miles (2 mi.); in a direction south, a distance of two hundred feet (200 ft.); in a general direction east, a line parallel to the high-water mark of the Eastmain River and two hundred feet (200 ft.) away from the latter towards the hinterland up to the point of intersection of meridian 77' 55' 30" west; in a direction due south, a straight line up to the point of latitude 52' 04' 20" north; in a direction due west, a distance of fifty-five thousand feet (55 000 ft.); in a direction due north, a straight line up to the point of latitude 52' 09' 20" north; in a direction due west, a straight line up to the point of commencement.
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