MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE.
W KI.UNUTON, JWy 31. At a meeting of the, Municipal Cou- : ference held 'o-ilay, certain ©bitWH in the '* Municipal Corporation Act, 1876 " were I carefully eonsidered. The whole question J as to 10-i!i< '.i;'.., postponed. Severn notices of motion have been given on the subject, wiiicli will lie considered lateroi'. The only amendments of public interest, carried u»->!»>• were t.iiat every burgher i:olilill:; rateable properly should be iprd'iied to be eh.-c'.e 1 Ci-uncillor ; that tlie Mayor sh"tild, c.r ot}f<-i(K be member of nil eonuiiiMee.s, t:;at all ch«(|Ues bo signed bv the tiva.-er.er, and countersigned )>y tie Mayor and one Councillor, or, in the absence of the Mayo: , by two Councillors ; that where special r.itc.i are levied for permanent iin|.>ri>win"«i\s, owners of lai.d aii'ected by mi oh i.ii)i:oveuie:,is should have the power of voting for or agaiivt Mich special rates. Various technic; 1 itinendinent.s were made, ami notices of motion given for discussion to-morrow.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 721, 1 August 1878, Page 2
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