MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 232, 15 August 1873, Page 5

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

The usual meeting of the Town Council was held in the Water Works Company's office on Wednesday evening last. Present: His Worship the Mayor, and Crs. Brookes, Craig', Ujorring, i'nder, and de Laatour. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. , CORRESPONDENCE. . j Sergeant M'Ciuskey wrote stating that j some.tail.races near the Ballarat Hotel were , dangerous and apparently abandoned, and suggesting that a few loads of stuff should be iiiied in. MUNICIPALITY'TO.BE GAZETTED UNDER ACT OF ISS7. Application was ordered to be made, by po*t, to the Suoerhvendent to g-izefcte the Municipality a? being tinker certain! oarts of the Act of 1867. P-VIVDOCK. The G-encrai Purpo* =* Oomm ; tte -tsked further time to report as to sire for C-irriers' Paddjck, wiiicii was yrii.nf-.ed. DRAINS EUR UIiOOAI AND TA Y STHKBTS. Or. CttALG- moved tiisir. —•' A dru,iti or fewer be formed at Broom-sweet from .Vl'iJouaM's to Mors well's s tables." He-would, in urging the motion, point out that h.<t we.;.th;;r soon so'tiijg in would reuder the present state of mutter not oi;iy offensive, but-dangerous to health. Or. GiiAia- coiisented lo withdraw his motion on • Cr. de Lautour gi?m<j notice of motion—- *'• That on n«xt silting of the Council he will move tint all persons who have buiit on, or enclosed ground on i'ay-streebor I*room-street .shall be required within three months io remove all such buildings and enclosures, as the I Council iutenl to form and draia those streets as soon as possible." A similar motion, of which Or. Sjorhi.vg-" harl given notice, relative to Toy-street, was also withdrawn. ACCOUNTS. The following nocounts were jnssed : Election expense, -£'B Bs. 3d ; d«y labor, £L 10s.; payment for Town' r£a)l site, £6O. NOTICE OE MOTION. Notice of motion was given—'' Thab owners of verandahs or larap-posts obstructing foot pith's in Leven-street be notified that within six weeks from the passing of the motion such obstacles be removed."