AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 680, 19 January 1883, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A meeting of this Council was held last Wednesday evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor and Crs Penlington, Brown, Rich, Cullen, Black, and Kissel. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. The outward correspondence was read and Approved. Letters were read, as follows:— From Returning Officer, stating that b< rgesses J. Staple* and J. J. Kissel had been elected Councillors, in place of Messrs Waeckerle nnd A. Scott. From Hewitt and Dixon, asking extension of time for Jolie street contract for one month. Th« application was granted. Fntin tho Borough Engineer, as follows :— " Akaroa, 15th January 1882. " Jolie Sfeet. '• Gentlemen,— Keferjing to town section No 158, and the anblicfttion now advertised, to bring it under the provisions of the ' Land Transfer Act,' the Jolie street boundary is encroached upon by the fences, as I mentioned at the time I was preparing tbe plans for the formation of the street. The encroachment, so far as I am able to find out, is about 16in at the point where it is propoa d to cut off the little piece to be purchased from Mr Barnett for the improvement of the street. I called at the Survey Office a few days ago, but the Chief Surveyor and Mr Munro (the head of Land Transfer Survey**) were unfortunately both absent. As far as I could learn, however, in bringing town tactions under the provisions of the Act, it is not necessary for the applicant to define the boundaries on the ground, so long as the whole section is dealt with, but if a portion is cut off, then the portion as claimed must be pegged out. If this is the case, of course the fact of Mr Barnett's fence standing where it does, cannot give him any title to the piece of road which he encroaches upon, even though his land is under the Act. It would perhaps be better to write to the Chief Surveyor, calling his attention to the fact that the encroachment exists, before the certificate is issued.—Yours, etc., " W. D. WILKINS." Moved by Cr Black and seconded by Cr Penlington—" That the Clerk write to the Land Registry Office, informing the Chief of the Survey Department that section 158 encroached on the road some 16in." (Carried.) From Mr W. H. Henning, acknowledging receipt of To»vn Clerk's letter of Bth inst., and informing Council that he had brought the new scale into force as far as the exports and imports from outside the Heads were concerned. With regard, however, to the imports and exports from places inside the harbour, he was not collecting wharfage in cases where from the smallneßsof the quantity the charge fell below 6d. His reason was that it would not be worth while to collect the twopences, as in all they would not amount to more than £10 a year out of the £210 total revenue, and would be far more trouble to collect than the other £200. He suggested therefore all goods in which the wharf dues did not amount to 6d should be allowed to pass free. Should the Council be deßirous cf making immediate arrangements with some other person for the collection of dues strictly in accordance with the new scale, he was prepared to at once hand over charge of the wharves, together with the store. From Mr Daly, offering to sell truck on wharf known as Daly's to the Council for £10. Cr Penlington said the best way -would be to purchase the truck and put a chain and padlock on the wheels. His Worship said it ought to be put in some secure place. If they left it with the chain and padlock on they would be broken off, as had happened to Mr Daly. Cr Cullen thought that £10 was a reasonable figure for the truck, and moved that it should be purchased. This was seconded by Cr Rich and carried.

FIXANOE. Receipts since law! meeting—Fines R.M. Court (November) 15s, Pound fees for quarter ending 31st December £2 ss, publican's license 10s, dog tax 10s; tot«l £4. Credit bank balance at date £364 18s sd. Accounts to be presented—W. D. Wilkins (supervision of contracts) £13, S. Curragh (day labor) £1 Is. THE COUNCIL'S SEAL. It was agreed that tbe Council's seal be affixed to the appointment of Mr Wm. Sime as returning officer under the Licensing Amendment Act. There was a lengthy discussion as to the necessity of ' the Council giving final instructions to the Mayor to. affix the seal. WHARF COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The following report from the Wharf Committee was read :— " A meeting of the committee was held at the office on January 10th: Present— His Worship the Mayor and Crs Rich. Black. Brute, and Penlington (chairman). " The committee having considered the wharfinger's resignation of 28th November, and agreed to recommend the Council to accept the resignation, with a request that Mr W. H. Denning will continue to collect the dues until bis successor be appointed. Conditions of Lense of Wharves.—Your Committee having considered the conditions drafted by' Mr Nalder, beg to recommend as follows -.—That in clause No. 1 the term be for seven years, instead of one. That clauses 2 and 3be unaltered. That clause 4 be so altered as to allow the tenant to have the use of the office and premises on the wharf reserve. That clauses 5,6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 be unaltered. That clause II he altered so that the cost of preparing the lease and counterpart shall be borne by the Council, instead of the tenant." The various clauses were read with the alterations recommended by the Wharf Committee, and were adopted as amended. It was agreed tenders should be called for the leasing of the wharf, to be in by the nest meeting of the Council. JOLIE STREET. Cr Cullen said that Jolie street was really dangerous for passengers at night, and thought a barricade should be erected to stop horsemen and carriages, and that an advertisement should be inserted in the Mail, saying the street was stopped for traffic from the Mail office to the bridge. Cr Rich and Black both concurred, and on the motion of Cr Cullen, seconded by Cr Black, it was unanimously agreed to take the steps advised by the Chairman of the Works Committee. TREES OVER THE ROAD. Cr Rich called attention to trees overhanging the roads. It was determined to take the usual steps to abate the nuisance. THE POUNDKEEPER. The Town Clerk said that he had looked through the minutes, and found that the poundkeeper was appointed in 1879. The minute merely recorded the appointment. The appointment commenced oh Ist of July that year. Cr Penlington said that he thoroughly believed in the Council being the responsible body, and not the poundkeeper. The Council in former years had tried all sorts of plans, but found that the present system was by far the best. The police would not impound if they found it was for a private individual's benefit, and not the Council's. Cr Black said that be was not prepared to make any proposition on the subject at the moment. He would think it over before next meeting.