ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1875, 23 June 1888, Page 3

ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

, ,<E Qn resuming It was reported that the following resolutions h«d been carried :— (1) " That whereaß ttto exemption from rates conceded to those owners who paid for the oocftruotlon of their water raoes will cease at the end of about two years from May JbbV, no departure be now : made from the resolution agreed to on the 7th March, 1884, by whloh the water rates are now levied." (2) "That the present system of allowIng ratepayers to make their own water raoes, and having the water free of charge bo discontinued," (3) "That the Engineer In January., In eaoh year bring before the Oounoll the names of those ratepayers who, In his opinion, have been fairly compensated for the making of their water races, by the exemption granted $horn from the payment 1 of water raoe rates." (4) "That In charging owners or occupiers for the maintenance of their water raoes, the mileage shall be charged on the aggregate length of eadh raoe passing through each separate property, and not npon fractions o| miles' as Ind!bated by trie divlslbhi of the rhral secB .", - - ' ■ The fo^lowlpg nqtlce of motion f(ot ne^k meeting was glyen ;— " Tfcat fpr the fqtnro ! . the wat^r rate W raised on the following ' basla, via., one-half as hitherto on mile* age, and one-half aooordlng to numbej of aorea of each pjopoity benefited,"