COUNTY COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1090, 1 February 1872, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

• 'TUBSDIiY, jAinTABY 30. ; , [ABRIDGED FROM THE W. P. TIMES.] Mir Bo^tar presented a petition from Messrs' Tilbrodk'" and Ivess, praying the Council to reconsider the decision arrived at in respect to tenders for printing. The petition read arid received. ..,..-.. Mr Fox presented a petition frori^. the Grey galley Tramway .Company r .praying for relief under:;, circumstances therein stated.. The petition was received. i Mr Fox : presented a petition fronvW. M. Cooper, late district surveyor at Greymouth, for relief in consequence of Ms haying ;been, dismissed without notice. The petition was read and received. , : Mr- Hoos ; presented ■. -a * petition • from landowners on the One-Mile Line between Hokitiika and the Christ'church-" road, praying the Council to construct a track which mil give them access to their.knds from the road. The petition was read and received. : „ , ; ,,.. ' :' ■;.- Mr Fox moved— "That in the opinion of this Council the Diseased Cattle Axsts operate injuriously, and it is therefore J desirable that they should be amended or repealed; That; a copy of the 'foregoing resolution, if "camed, be forwarded to the General Government.'* He said the tax was. most 1 Oppressive and obnoxious. It. was not so much the amount of 2s 6d per head'charged oh the cattle, but the annoyance to which captains of vessels are put. He, might mention that at Greymouth the the Harbor Master was Inspector, and he had no pretensions to any knowledge of Oattle^, : v /.'■■ ■ ■ •■.-■•'■' ■■:: ■. . ..i ■:, - ■ ; - jMr 1 Bonab seconded the motion pro forma. There could be no doubt that at Grey mouth, at all events, the inspection of cattle was a farce. He would suggest that the motion should be amended' so that the Chairman, as Gbvenior's dolegate, be asked to alter the regulations, which he had the power to do. Mr-Fox accepted the suggestion, and by leave the motion was amended to read " That the Chairman be requested to ha|e the regulations under the Diseased Cattle Act amended so as , to ; abolish the inspector's fee of 2s 6d per head on catijle imported into Westland.V The Chairman said he believed he hs d the power mentioned, but he did nit think it would be expedient for him ,to exerciso it. He: would point out to the Council tint the abrogation of the' fees

would entail ?a loss of LlO to Ll2 per month to^pe revenue of the County. " : --... v Th.e i iiof6uricil divided on the motionAyes, 4 ; Noes, 5. The following is the division list: — Ayes — Messrs Bonar, Button, Robinson, Fox; Noes — Messrs J)jngan,J^ The motion was therefore negatived. On the motion qf the Chairman/ the Council resolved itself into committee for the further considerationof the , probable expenditure for the ensuing six months. The following itiinis were passed :— Police.— One first-class detective, at 34s per diem, 1.127 Bs. Two female searchers, ; at ; lsj6d per diem, L27 4is. Contingencies.— Forage and saddlery, L 120; shoeing and farriery, L2O; conveyance of prisoners and officers in charge, and travelling expenses, LI50 ; house rent, Sub-Inspector Hickßon,,L2s ; incidental and travelling expenses,, including L2O to be paid to Detective Browne, LSO j lirii- ; forms to be repaired, L3O. ;...;: Gaol. — Governor, L 175 ; matron, L 42 10s ; sergeant overseer, at ]2s 6d per diem, Lll3 15 ; senior warder, at' lls 6d per diem, L104 13s • five warders, at 10s per diem, L 45 5; messenger, at 15s per week; Ll9 lO. .V, "' ' v : , . , CoNTrNdENCtES.—^Tools and materials, L4O ; bedding and clothing, L4O ; medical comforts and incidentals, including LlO ~ .to be paid to the dispenser, L4Q; forage y harness, &c, for horses employed on public works, L 10 0; rations, L2OO. .; District Gaols.— Rations, 1100 f medical comforts and incidentals, L4o;.bedding and clothing, L 25. ' ;/ . ? LAnd lm> Works. —Expenses of Waste Lands Board," L2s-; clerrto^Board^'L^ 10s ; clerical assistance, LSO. SURVBY AND MINING BRANCH.—Surveyor and draughtsman, L 175 ; surveyor L 175; ditto, L 150; ditto assistant, £125. " Progress was- ordered to be reported, and the Council resumed.;