BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Kumara Times, Issue 760, 7 March 1879, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council Was held at the Town Hall, last evening. Present } Hia Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Councillors Brown, Campbell, Ptrffockj Cornfoot, King, Fit&riinnidttß. The minutes of the last Meeting wet* read and confirmed. T'he otitward don ddpottdende was read and apprdvpd of 4 The inward cOr'reVpoildence Was readf and n celvedi A letter h'oni the'"Secretary of th& Ladles BVnovoldut Itw itutiisn declining to rt-cuup the expands" induriwl by the" Con noil in the late cane of contagious diseasß that ucdured ill Sdddon Streeti was after soitte discussion, referred back to tlie Society} the Town Clerk td write tiiore Hilly on the Subject.' A letter also from the Borough Soli* tor was read,- re" licenses for places of amusenient, wttieti endorsed the action" of the Cduudil relating td the licensed they hail issued tip to the pt'esent time. A long discussion Hfuse, over the" BofOUgh Solicitor'* lettef, when Cr. Caiiipbell hloved thait the Town Clerkj be instructed to carry dut the Municipal Corporations Act ill regard thereto id its integrity, which Waa seconded bjr Cr Hanna> artd carried. , 'v ; The Town Clerk reported was necessary that they shduldf aFon.ce appoint a Clerk uttdetf the Registration 1 of Eledtora Adt, as the Electoral 801 l has to hi Compiled before the " 3lst Marchi There >a« a penalty of £100» which has Several tiniea been euforcedi; against the persdtt appointed whd wilfully oh negligently f«Ua }o comply;, with the provisions of" thdAcV' i'sW? The Mayor moved and df, PoUock Thftttke Tu*rfc. oterk, be appointed as Clerk undef tho Registrar tfon of Bleotora Act, at a tfenUttjeratiori of oiii of wliidh h'e mil paV fo? all clerical assistance."' •' ' : l '. T"he Borough SnrVßy* a "That the occupiers' of the secjnrarf . from Druinmond'scorner* Up'fw HannaV Hotel iti Seddon street* ha>¥e : agreed id pay the dost of draining the sections if . the Council Will tfatise the : Wqrk to, be* ]'. done. 11herefofe recdirtmend tHaji"th#.'.' work be done by the Countiil as's Jon i$ •.• the cost thereof, £6 10a 0d w paid b/ ,• the occupiers." •' V

Cr. Hanna mdved 4 fttld. Cr Pollock seconded—'' Thatthe report beadopted,'' " which was carried unanimously. " Accounts to the amount of J 8176 19a , 5d were passed for payment. ; Of. Odtnpbell ffldved—"that foofc ways in Tui street, froift Main street US . Fifth street j in Fifth street, from Tui street to Seddon street j and in Seddon street, from. First street to Fourth street, be laid otlt and constructed in , accordance with the Sehedule to Bye-lav \ No. 11. That the whole cost of coii- , structing sudh fodtwaya shall be A charge -updn the owners' of the land . and buildings fronting cm HUeh foot ways, and shall be paid fos by them at.. the rate fixed by %e-kw No ( 11, • namely, £4 per chain.'* Hi) said it would entail .nt) expensedn the Council, ad the Education Board would be the parties who would have* to pay for the oonstfuctiofl of th«f Work } and he thought that/after 1 the" revenue they had derived from the* town they should contribute to making the ioothpaths. The Mayor, in seconding the motion, thought that the Education Board! should be compelled to make the streets,as they held property in' the town to a large extent. He thou .ht ..the Educating Board cfau Id afford it better thari any other body. • . t . The motion was carried Unanimously/ and the Coiincil then adjourned.