A BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 183, 11 January 1878, Page 6

A BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.

— . ly-), ' The ordinary monthly meeting of the Bruce County. Council was held on Tuesday. Present : Mi* H.- Clark (Chairman)', ai)d Councillors, ll array,' -Robertson, Landolla, M'Farlane, .'Wayne, Duff, and Petrie;. " : A letter, was read from G-. .S.. Cooper, Under-Secretary, .stating that the Bib; introduced thia Sernion to amend the Rating Act, IGV3, did' not become law ; 'also that the 'Council could 'ouly'receive subsidy on rat*?s levied and paid.- "Received. A bettor was read from i£r A. I.litehell, Clerk to'the Karhv gata Road Board, ia.forming the Council that the portion oi" the. grant given by the Council, aiid stgroed to be expended .in the 'Coorabe Hay subdivision, had been spent, and, that the* work had been completed, and ashing the Council to authorise tlie' lnspector topass* the work. r— .Receivod. """ ' '"•" .- A, letter wivs read from, the Treasury-. • OSiee, Wellington, informing the Council- i that the Bum of L 57 2s 'id had been placed i to the credit of the Council. —Received. -' "Accounts amounting to Ll7i 5s Gel were 'paarkVand ordered to' be paid. ' ' ■' ' Tiie Treasurer atatod that the .receipts for tlie month oiidini December ' 11 last, were as follows i-^Gold duty, L 57 2a-4-l\ deposits, .Lso';' tolls,- -L 42 3's Id. : Total, <L 149 os-Bd. a i. - ■•; .- 7 ■ . Tae Council resolved to summon all dog-tax defaulters. K. . •.-' • Mr Petrie- moved, "That the Council * take the . necessary ■ stepa to 'have pounds efita.blished throughout the County, 'in' accordance with : .a • previous recomhiendaijion. „ . • ! -Mr Robort-Bon seconded the motion,, which -was" agreed to. r. •-.-.-' _ A return prepared'by--the Clerk showed , that tlie 'sums accruing from miners' rights - j and bn'sincss dicansea- within- the OoUnty i amounted' to- L127 15s- per annum, ail,,ofj v/hichvit*. was ••mentioned-,* want at -present to another-. County. .' ■" .. "■.■■■'. ; " Mr Landellfi moved, and: Mr M'Fariane j . seconded,- "That ' the - .-list -be ■ sent .to! Mr "' Carew 'for- recovery.--" . . a-a •, ' '.' 1 ■ j Mr 'handells stated that a meeting of! the ratepayers of 'Crichton Rid vug had been held,, and it was' 'resolved that the E25 'granted by the County Council to: beicxj ponded -on tha road- on Lake side should be. j spent on the road -to- the railway station, and he. moved— .^That the request of; the ■ Csehtqn Board be granted. " . The motion .waa seconded hy Mr MTarlane, and. carried. . - - • Mr Davkl, Bower,, . .Stonoy.Creek, wrote : concerning the road, line through his pro- 1 .party being allowed, to remain a ; public .road. In answer, to" a .qiiestjon- in. a , letter addressed him l?y!:ihe .Council,!" he! stated. the ( underatanding'betwe,on, hio predecessor, -Mv ■ Smaill j t aiid;himself , was that ' lid would ! receive, the old road in ;exchange; for! the, ; new, and „ that. , no ,pthpr :. ..compensation should, siif%e.— lt was- agreecl.to carry out tins'; agreement^ .which", .hacV'b'e'en , entered .mto.wiih.M^ yeriimeirt. ' ; ,,! \!-!'.";.?.U'-'!i' ; ,!.-. V ..'•'".'.' ; "'■"* ... Mr.Petrie stoied'tjiat.at aippn^erimee.t-. ' .tl\is Council!! ,taso~ "p've'% tliV!!br/dge! un{,il J rsuch ..time- as. thp^it^^ v be , ; in.^tpo?itipii.to, ; t^ke oVer.the.'mariage-^ 7 ment.;'! *, ajid , ithe^iDl^^ , ppmeamflerlthe *pr'o^i.pn!s pi J tl{e/Count'iel ' f Aci?,|they!w^re, no^^^pflsition tp!;takeit!.' : „|QSS f pf ; .stone; ,p)ac^ "qr^ler-tpst^ '•fthpulstlje^ta^^ j induce , -thgi r (Mtlia ! Cquntyr to : take f cseP t the, road, 1 |^^-. . XXXfX- WAatX.aXX I A-Ay 7; Th"c.;. .ChamnM? . reepm^nded^ymt ; ijlv

'Petrie- •should^gives-a? notice! bfe motion tb'-d>ha.t\eEeohXAAy'.-r;A'XAAA. ,-AiiAAX (7,,, J r - '-r i-Theii ",Thspector!s , /monthly, report --,was - read. : He reported that- surf ac'emeii-.haji. been.pngaged.rin repairing roads' and! cul- •' verts : ;.'that-/v7iiliam'"Mopre.^ his cohta'act 5 for the 'supply ■ of '.'inotaly-' and " that tlie; whole of the road 'was at . -preseii t in a very ; good state- of "repair.' ',:AU» the •surfaca ln.en/had been;, discharged, except ; one,;and the bridges liad f reqpired no repairs since ; his' last report,' bui the bridge .gear Milton 'required immediate attention. ' He" alsd'df ew the attention ~of /the Cd'uiicil to the falling off of the receipts from the Taieri Und Waihola, toll-bars j : the; amount fcoilected doing little inbre.-than paying expenses.;.- I; ',*. . ' .; ... ,.,,..; , '/. -.'..- --.., On, tho, motion ...of Mr Wayne, -seconded by Mr M'Farlane, it was resolved that. an estimate of a ne.vy bridge with concrete •piers ''be';pre ! par'e'cl;- r by, ; a competent engineer. 1 '■'■''• ■„r ■--:* ' .;••;•:-.. =7: