Feilding Borough Council

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 138, 1 May 1886, Page 2

Feilding Borough Council

The usual fortnightly &ffetiiig was held on Thursday .nigftk Present — The Mayor (F. V; ,&JB&b^idge), and C^unciHorjr J. 0- Foster, Bade, Worsf old, BisnOpkand Fowles. / -Jhe minute* of the previous meet- • ing were read ahd oonfiriiilsGf lll *^ The following correspondence was read: — *- From T. Smith asking for an extenFrom C. Mathews asking for permission to light a fire. v < ,? ■ V ,ly y From J. Beattie, S. Wyllie, andE. £ €R^behere "^ of; auditors for the Borough.; >[ )i J \ The report of 'the Public Worktf Committee was read and adopted. It -recommended ; accounts ameunti^[ to £88 18s to be paid. The report of ;' the Finance J Q«pamittee was read and adopeed, and accounts amounting to £16 12s lid .^egHfe^ mended to be paid. jlhe Engineer; reported; that Mr Arnott objected to the water being diverted from the MaKin'o creek in his property ii 'Maflb6roughvfetiJe«ti;i«GMl Arnott was willing'to giverthrCounoil a right of way through his property on the Eastern side of Marlborough street for the sum of £3(^ 1 f\ [ The consideration of this matter was ordered to be held over. . y i : ;Jd'' ! ;;-« i Proposed fey Or Worsfold, Secon&d by Gr Thompson, That Mr Mather's i application be jfranted.-^-Garried. Proposed by Or F^ster^ seconifodtfty I Cr Bishop, That Mr Smith be granted 1 14 days extension of time.^— Carried. Proposed by Cr Thompson^**:onded by Cr Wersfold, That the To#n , Clerk be authorised/ Jo .grant sion to light fires in the , Borough;^— Carried. - ■-. . .. With reference : to appli&tij^^|p£jr the appointment of audito»4hs^y<ji~i said he did not thinkthe Council iS^iJ any power to; appoint au&torjuK;T#&i;3 accounts of the Borough would; jhajdj^.^ to be sent to the Government ' a j now are. - - = • ;r 'v^c" Cr Fowles said he did not^ini^ would be legal to appoint au 4*^BSfe»}'ttf(i The Mayor said Mr_ Blaokmore na^. applied for leave to address .%>/Councu. " Mr Blaokmore said he was' deputed by several of the ratepayers 't» ask that the present agreeoae^ < tfetweea the Banger and Coun<al 'belaid on the table during certain days for their inspection. ,<■ iUr'Toster thbught : aii^/r^lp^yer examine any document the property ef the Borough. . The Mayer pomted out certain exceptions. 5 «'.»;_«■■;/ :h x:>'-;k-a A iThe following tendexs werte received for the collection £ 'of dog »tax!f— John Turner 1 a 5d per head, Okatfei Qray Is per head,' J. H. !Blaokmor«>&d per head, Walter Stevens 6d;per head. Proposed by Cr Eade, seconded by Cr Thompson, That Walter Stevens' tender at 6d per head b§>a«Gepte^ on his providing security to ike Council for £15 within one week;— Carried. Cr Thompson said^ he would IJkett^e ask what probability * there a wis of *' getting money to jniprpve tb^e-Ceme-tery road. ' ' * ' , t , Tb!e Mayor said he thought soink T time next year money would^ be aVauL JL able from the Manchester EoadßoarßiJ^J I Cr Foster askedithe <date ofKtfee appointment of Borough ! The Town Clerk read the resolution (September 3, 1885) containing the arrangement made "between the Borough and the Hanger. \ ; (Cr Nicholas here entered and took his seat at the Council .fft&e). * w : n^ i A general conversation took '^lace on the subject of the Banger. ; This was. all the. busi^ess^ . . . „r , j. . A special meeting, was iHen^eldlo correct and sign the, Burgess lief! ' \ There were no objections: ; : *? m '