MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 275, 12 June 1874, Page 2

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

A special meeting of the Council was held at the CouucirChambers on Wednesday: -last: . Present—His iWorship. Sthfe Mayor, Crs. Craig, Inder, Iliomng and Brpokes. • a This meeting was called tp receive and cpnsider repprts frpm the Sanitary,and Finance Cpmmittees, which were unanimously adopted. REPORTS. The Sanitary Committee reported (inter alia) that, after careful inspection of the town,' they respectfully call the' attentibn of pwners and pccupiers tp the filthy state and condition-of-several drains, closets, stables, and piggeries at the rear of their premises, and recommend that the Town Clerk be instructed to give notice to the Inspector pf Nuisances tp prosecute in all cases where' Bj'e-Law jN"p. 3 applied, and advised tkat the most strict measures be taken to prevent (if possible) the breaking put of any 'epidemic. In conclusion, the Committee appealed tu the good sense of the inhabitants as to the importance of keeping their back premises clean, which wpuld;pf:-course npt only benefit themselves, but assist materially in improving the healthy cenditipn pf the town. . ... , FINANCE. , ; . In the'matter of Mr. John M'Grecrpris application for re-fund of £l2 lOsf (ih consequence of the Cpmmission apppinted under the Tjiccnsing Act, 1573, havin°* refused" his applicatipn), the Com vittee recommended that, o.n production of tlie old licenses to the Town Clerk on the l'St July next, his claim be paid, and the same amount in all similar cases. The following accounts were passed for

payment:—David JRoss, £5 os.; Peter Talbot, oil account of contracts inTayand Ness-streets, £l2 10s.; Wm. Jacob, progress payment Town Hall, £7O; Morrison and Go., timber, &c., Town Hall, £5 Is. '