MANAWATU COUNTY " : v COUNCIL;,

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 8 November 1879, Page 2

MANAWATU COUNTY " : v COUNCIL;,-

, Monday/ Nov. 3, 18.75. ' : SPECIAL, MEETING. . A special meeting of the County Council held; m the Council Chamber, Foxton, on Monday afternoon, for the purpose of conflrming a resolution passed at the last special meeting, .placfag all drains an,d other watercourses situated on district roads urideri the control of tHie^aripus Highw^y and J^ocal Boards. Bre.se it-— Counpillors Sanson, , jKe.bbell, Linton, Lot\don, ißackstrow, and Grower. , , CotjrcillAr JBoqkstbow r«ad a tele- ' gram froi^ tneQhairman intimating? his.i^ibility to. biepresent^ and moved that Councillor Aintp.n ;tal^e th^ ohair, tut th,afc genUemah^said ie should prefer tW ooMe -ofv* l^ Wembera should preside. ' ;. / Councillor Sansqh VT^ *^ e 4 f^e c^ a to tl^a chair. - The minutes of tKft preyionsi apeeial n^eeting hanng b,e.enrea;d. The Chaibmais: stated that that was a, spegi^i njee^ioj^ to, cQn^flA •■Wspl.H-'

tions re drains and watercourse. <•• -hat v had been passed at last special, meeting of the Council. He might mention that he was present m Court when Mr. Purcell's claim against the Local Board— for damage caused by their neglect m allowing a certain drain to overflow on t6 his land — was preferred. Mr. Ward had then decided that County Councils «nd Highway Boards were the only bodies who Had control of drains and watercourses, quoting m support of this view the 170 th section o£ the Public Works Act; but on consulting Mr. Maclean as to this, ruling, that gehtlerdan had said that though m the SecI tion quoted, no mention '• was .made; of . Local Boards, yet the interpretation clause gave Local Boards powers similar to those 'enjoyed by Highway Boards . Under these circumstances, Local Boards had been included m the resolution passed. If they. were, satisfied with this view of the case, it only remained for them to confirm that resolution. . . " ' ■ CoUnoillor Kebbell moved-r" That : the resolution passed at the last special meeting of this Council, handing 6Ver the control of drains and watercpurjses to the various Highway and Local Boards, be confirmed." Councillor Lintobt seconded there-, solution, which was carried, and the minutes were then confirmed. _. 1 This 'concluded the business of the. special me|9ting. ; „ , r , . • ;" '■■'- • Councillor KkBBBM. said there was a suggestion which he had to make, outside the business of the Council, whioii was . that the- councillors should, as ja other places, "celebrate the close of fcbeyear Djr dining together. They uiigbt have a quiet, inexpensive dinner^-the cost to be.. defrayed out of their own pockets— to which the reporters, to whom they were indebted for JheTßry faithful reports of thejr proeeeduigs, and the offtoers of the Council should ibe invited. He had spoken to the '■[ other counsillors present, and with, the 'exception of Couijcillor Gower, they were all agreeable to it^ r * •-- Through the want of eAihusiasm th© matter was then allowed to dropV * >'