MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 242, 24 October 1873, Page 5

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday evening last. Present— Mis Worship the M-tyor, < !rs. Crai", Inder .do Lautour, Brooke, and Hjorring. minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.

00 a KSPON.D E N'C R. —0 UT WA.UD3. t Copy of letter to tlie Provincial Secretary, enclosing memorial from tbo Mayor and Council, praying that the sum of £3OO, voted by the General Assembly for Court House JNaseby, may I. e'supplemented by'tho Provincial Execulivemakingasura adequate to the requirements of the district.

Copy of letter to the Secretary of the Upper Kyeburn Progress Committee, asking them to mark off and measure, taking approximate depths of cutting, certain portions of road proposed to be improved in the Upper Kyeburn, and to furnish the same to the Town Clerk txs early as possible, in order that tenders may be called for the work by advertisement.

Copy _ of letter to Messrs. Webber and ,Mooro, in reply to their application, enclosing resolution in reference to the same. Copy of letter to the Chairman of the Miners' Association, enclosing copy of report ol the Co:.nmittee-3'« Municipal Reserves, .asking whether-any objection would be made to the survey and an]e of cprfain sections mentioned therein, as Jikely to bo prejudicial to mining interest. . " Copy of letter to the Secretary of Presbyterian Church Committee, re ioot-ta-uck to Church. , r , ISWAUD. Letter f:'oni"Undcr-Seci\jLa'ry stating that

tho sum of £3OO would be forth with y.iia the Uauk of New Zealand, to the'creuit of tim Corporation, for making the main roans. Letter from Under-Secretary, in repiy to-one from Town Clerk, stating that t,he Government had agreed to contribute a subsidy of £2 to £1 on the amount to be- given as labor by the residents at the Upper Kyeburn, and consenting to the scheme lor the expenditure as proposed by the Council.

Letter from the Secretary of the Upper Kyeburn Progress Committee, "in reply to Town Clerk's, staling that the Committee will make the required measurements, and forward the same at an early date. Letter from the Secretary Miners' Association, in reply to Town Clerk's, informing the Council that tnere is no objection to the survey and sale of the sections mentioned in the report referred to ihem for consideration. caaxiFioATis op xirii'a roit rowx hall site. The Town Clerk -rdporiod the receipt of certificate of title, from the Solicitor, to the eite purchased for the Town Hail. DiiItWJSNT-S'CHJSST. Notice of motion by Or. Wilson-—" That Dcrwunt-strcefc bo immediately savveyed, and tenders called for the required works as soon as possible," was, in his absence, taken, up by Or. Dis LAtTTOua, seconded by Or. Ba;--jokes. An amendm-n', by Cr. Ixjdeh, seconded by Or. HjottKiso—" That the District Engineer be written to, requesting him to state if and j \Vhen he could lay oil' tho main roads through the township, as about to be taken over by the Corporation from the G-overnment, in accordance with the agreement come to by tbe Provincial Engineer and the Corporation—being the continuation of Leven-streofc and tiie whole of Derwent-street," was earned unanimously. The motion was consequently lost. FI&K BUIG-ADE. The General Purposes Uommittee vvtre instructed to see to tue putting up of a shed for tho Fire brigade carriage,' hose, and apparatus. lIAIiPER AXD PAIITX'S CLAIM. Attention of tho Council being drawn to the encroachment on the road of Harper arid party's claim, near tho TJallarat Hotel, the Town Clerk was instructed to write and point out the necessity of a protection beiug put up. TENDEK WO UK OX KYJ3ESRN EOAli. Mr. j. Cogans tender, on the motion of Cr. D£ Lauxocje, seconded by Cr. Ik bee, for contracts oce and two, Kyeburn roads, for about £4:3, was accented. TAIL IJACE ACIiOSS DERVYENT-STBEET. Letter from Joseph Leys, asking permission to cross ■Durweut-street with a tail race. Permission granted, provided the culvert is formed level with the road. • ACCOUNTS. The following accounts were passed for payment : Mr. G. F. Kowlatt, transfer,' £% 17s. 4<d. ; T. wu Clerk, salary, £2 Is. 4d.j Mr. E. X. George, rent, £l4.