A Warning to Borough Councillors.
The Auditor-General has decided that it is illegal for a member of a local body to supply goods to a local body even though the amount does not exceed £10 in one year. In a letter to the Mayor of Cambridge, Mr Fitzgerald says : — " I think that the supply of anything by a councillor to a council is a breach of ' The Local Bodies' Contractors Act, 1885.' I shall take no steps as to past transactions, as they have been taken under wrong advice, but there is nothing to prevent any ratepayer or other person taking proceedings if he likes ; but you may warn the council that if a case is brought before me again in a future account I msiy feel it my duty to prosecute for the penalty. For the future I will be unable to pass any expenditure for goods supplied to the council by a councillor."
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 296, 24 April 1894, Page 2
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155A Warning to Borough Councillors. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 296, 24 April 1894, Page 2
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