Southbridge Town Board

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 910, 16 May 1891, Page 2

Southbridge Town Board

■■ ■■ — ♦ ' ;. , -..«.<[ An ordinary . meeting bf ;thi| Board was held m the Cl^r.k^s^.pfficojCHft'^bursday evening, the following members being ' ; "• ■' '■ . -^ .'].' •;. ;;.'':' :i?rpsewt. , . f . iV . i/?T . Messrs Webstar (Chairman), Boms, Hang hey, Bnttoi}, j 'iibty'^C&ifiefflir, and Shearman. — -■•— — ««—».-.„ In the absence, through illness, of Mr C.-H... Willis, clerk to the Board, Mr Low acted m th«,t capacity. , The minutes of the previous monthly meeting! and of ■ speci&l ; "meeting held May Ist, and Bth, were read 1 am confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE; From the clerk to the Selwyfi, JEDounty Council stating that the amount due from the County for .Hoßj^jtif# and Charitable Aid was £&2£& J5s l jS^ To 'mee.t-this.it was, proposed, f Jt£, Strike a rate of £of a penny , i in the/; i £. The proportion due from this district was £19 7s, 5<J, and the ; County 'Council wished to know whether the Bbard referred to pay the amonnt otifcjdf General Funds, or to collect .'th jb. -sp'e^sii^ j^afle. On motion of Mr Burnsr' secpjoded by Mr Cameron, it was decided to pay tho contribution from General Fandi£»i An apology for absence was received from the clerkj and accepted. FINAKOIAD. Tlie treasurer reported that t!ie. debifc balance was £10 Is 9d. Mr Cameron inovel that : tW-clerlc be instructed to prepare ;. a staitewfent of the names: of; t^ose ratepayets ,who were m arrears withjheir rates, and 1 of the , amount owing, before next. meeting of the Board; Mr Haaghey ?ecoad|a tho motion, which w^s i c^rieil, ".^j,,^ Accounts' amounting, to; i&ifi 5d Wfre passed for payment.' ...... W.ORKS., „' , T Mr Burns reported' that ai'Sukett had been put down' near: Mi« « Vigors' Tha Works Committee .siigg^stecl the re*formation of the roa'l past' Mr Flood's>. and deepening the drain ; the clearing, of the drain by the Bank of N«w, Zealand ; that the large stones on the rond< m Brook street bei broken ; that theoccupiers of the adjoining sections b& requested tb ctear the gorse from the? roads and footpaths m Cryer and Bridgestreets. •■■-.. ' It was resolved to sendrtbe- usual notices to the occupiers v bf-the ''adjoining; sections to clear the, gorse ; from the* roads. The works suggested by the Com mifctee were approved ;. tender!, to be called for the performance of them. s , The i Chairman reported ttiaiMie bad been requested by Mr - Shepherd- ,to ask the Boai-d^to grattt hinrth© akfata man to level the bank of the ditch '-'alongside his paddock. "The iequest was granted. This concluded the, business of th& meeting, and the Board l w§nt injfco .Committee to discuss the question, t , of a Licensinsf Committee' if or nthe Town Board district. ' ; I ; <