OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 228, 12 November 1887, Page 2

OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The 01 ill nary nion lily mc^iin ; of the above Council wiib ho Ul m the Count; ICh unbcis r Paeroa, on Situi\l<iy la.->t. iVpsor I : Ci.s. Cock (Chaiiman) Nicholls, Coibo .t, Walsu, Strange, Mooie an 1 Butlm-. M .mites of the previous monthly anil also srcsial meting (Oot.Slh) woie read a<vl coiilhmel; abo of special meeting held on October 22nd for purpose of appointing Returning Oiliceis for ensuing geneial county election. Coricspondcnee : Inward — Outstan/lin ? Rates — Fiom Messis Scott, McOonnick and Strange, requesting permission to work out the amount of their latos by making the road k adin" from Mr Stranges farm and connecting with the road to Waihou and IV Aroha, and directing Councils attention to the great need that existed for the carrying out of the proposed woik. In reply to Ci. Corbett, Cr. "Strange said the length of the proposed roaii was about sixty chains and would cost about £1 per chain to make. Cr. Corbett said : When this rate was struck, it was stiuck to meet picssing liabilities. Pie considered it would be a most objectionable precedent to lay down to allow lates lo be worked out in the manner proposed by tnose who chose to make such application. It had been threatened to issue summoii's for the reco\eiy of rates ; this however had not beeu done. Cr Butler said : Us thought it would be bette; to allow theso settlors lo work out their rates. Better this than to lob the matter of rates slide, and they couM not make briuks without straw. Cr. Moore : Thcie is no intention of lolling rates slide. Or Strange: We have only askel for jECO out of £200 tho amount of our rales, sjml wo do not desire that the work should be done otherwise than by contrai-t, and under thj supervision of tho County engineer. Cr. Mooie: I move that the application of tlie«e ratepayers bo not eatertaine.l ; seconded Dy Cr. Corbett. Cr. Strange: I move as an amendment that the matter be deferred for the consuieiation of next Council. The amendment was seconded and carried. Adjournment. — At this juncture the Council decided to go iuuo oounnitteo till rive o'clock, for the purpose of discussing several matt which there had not been time to consider prior to opening of tne meeting. Correspondence: Inward. — Cond't on of main road:— lo Chief Po&tmaster, Thames, stating that day labour was being employed from time to time in repairing the main road, and more than this could not be done until the fine weather set in. Owhaioa Low Level Tunnel:— To W. McCo nocnie, stating that owing to the dissolnlion of Parliament Council had not yet receive d the amount due for Crown and Native Lands rates, and in consequence had beeu unable to pay him the amount owing; the money would however bo paid as early as possible. Dog Registrar. — On the motion of Cr Walsh it wa» resolved to pay W. Dcd* account for day labour on i cads (9 da^s) less ihs amon nt due by hin for dog tux collectde also, that the am cunt cue Noble ( l J dap) be paid. Cr Niohoils objected to the above mentioned payment on the gioumls that the applicant had never received proper authority to do the_ work. . On the suggestion of Cr Strange, and with

the consent of (ho mover anil seconder, nn addition was mndc to the resolution to the effect that payment in this instance should not establish any piceodont. Tui Mines. — Fiom iN. Cleaiy, Te Aioha, stating he was engaged at work on hi* claim, mid requesting that about seven chains of lii'ck might be made so as to gne a better approach tlicielo. It was stated the application had been refetied to the engineer to i,>pott upon, who slated the work would cost about Us per chain ; but would onl\ be of .service to Cloud's claim unlil the track towards JKaranguhako was further extended. Resolved that ihe upplieitinn ennnot be acceded to, no fun Is bjing available for tne i puipose. Pmancial IHflieulW. — Tom the Acting Under Seciefary ai. tlu Klines Don»rtinent m reply to a letter leeeued ft o n the Criincil beating date PepU-in'jev 27bh, and calling attention to the financi.il itiinYnlties of the County owing to the £2000 aw 31 \ to Thames Countr, etc., and stating in ieply lliat the matter appealed to bo one for petition to the Public Accounts Committee cf tne HoubS, or to the Auditor (rencials dopaitment. Keeoivod. £2003 Award :-From the Clerk of Tin me* County Council with reference to a pioposil iiom tho chairman of Ohinemuii County Council for payment of the balance due of «C2oooa\varV, quoting tho foil ■)« ing paia>>iaYh irom Thames County Councils solicitor on tlie subject: "If € \ou think piopcr to be lenie.it 1 think you should insist upon a payment of at least XI OO, and a definite aivangement for payment of the biJanee.; meanwhile yoiu coun.nl should not execme any tiaiia'ors of lie3holls to Ohinenni'i Lounty." Received. Track to Mantoio — From Jame^ Corbe.l, llikutaia, o'l behalf of tho piospictois al il.»ntoto a^k'n>» tiiat fie t a k Idling lh" eto be put in oicioi. Cr Moo*e state i that men had I >en put on and hai .do.ie le.il'y goo i work C2O had been snbsmbel araon^t the miners lliem-t-ehes towards cv.st of unpio\iiig the t.i'k. He (Cr Moort) mo\cl that men be put on lor another w t ek. The inoUo i w.is duly seconded and earned. TetminateVConhact — Fiom E. Bain, whose contract ha 1 been deteinur!?d last June (Paoioa-Owha o,i ua.l, metalling eo'itnet) statins: lie was iprepaii'd to proceed wit;i tho conhact, and aw.iited iustruc\ion» iio u the Council. Considenibie discussion cnmelwith lespect to this matter, some of the Cis. being in favour of allowing Bain to complete the v.oik, as it was shown that theie was still a considerable sum due to him, whilst otheis were in favom ol not re-open -ng the question. It appears from what w.is suited tha K the original amount of the contract was £158, an 1 that woik to the value of £110 had boon d >no up to the time the contract was determine I, and of this Bain had o-ily leceived £37, leaving a balance still due of £73 Ultimately it was resolved, on the motion of the ehaunian, becoiUed by Cr SUan.je, to defer the matter till next meeting. Eangiori Road — Fiom S. Chailton, stating the Eingiora roai ius still impassible, a. id requesting that £2 be granted for icpairs, fo.* w hich sum he would nn lertake to make it fit for bri le tiailie. Resohed on the motion ot the chan man, seconded by Cr Strange, that the amount asked for b<' gianted. DeF.ctive Culseit. — Fiom D. Snodgra^s, diivt'tin^ attention to the state of the culved near his house, wlii<w 1 ii< h required repans. liefeiie.] o Boaul of \\ r ork>». '1 lie othei business da^lt with was as follows: County Boundaiy. Some discu-sion took pHce as to the desiiabihty — n >w tliat tlie (r )\emmcnt ->ai\c} weie atWhangain uu — of ha\mg Hie counh boundary line define I light tinoiuh (Hikiuaia etieam to Oitihu), anl it was iv^ohel, That the Assist. mt Sui\e\oi (Ton^r.il be written to lequestiii'i that thi<s he done. P.iutt, counh engineer, who ie will he l.Miieniberel •some time ago defined the bound. 1 . 1 y Let ween Ohmemun and T. ames Coun )«.s. wa-< lon&ulted, and spoke in fa\our of tli £-i ooui-c being adopted, seeing the Go%rrnment stall 1 were on the ground, as with \ery little trouble the connections with the varioub tug stations could now be fixed in audition to the woik aheady curried out by him. Cr. Mobie also baid it would be highly depiiable to avail of the pr< sence of the G-overn-inent staff, as the line once laid 'off by them, theie could be no dispute afterwards at any lime le kauii tiees, etc. Cemetery — The chairman spoke of the necessity of ha\ing the Pukeiimu cemetery Bunded and he proved, that the county clerk, Mr Kenny, do 'ne work in his spare time, ee^onoed by C r . Mooie an learned. Track to Matitotc— The chairman referred to the necessity of losing no time, now that the fine weather had set in, in taking steps to have a proper track made to the new find at Maritoto, and moved, That application be made to Government for a subsidy of £50, (£1 for £1), to enable Council to construct one or more tracks ; seconded by Cr Mooro and carried. Main Road Eepairs : — Cr Walsh drew attention to the necessity of eomj repaid being c ico.ed on the main road to Owharoa and moved, That three men be put on for a foitn'ght to do tho work. Cr Coibetfc seconded and tpoke st onjly in support of the motion CrNicholls said that it was highly necessary that a man be ke}^t at work o i the Hikuraia end, and another on the Te Aroha end of the main road for several days also, and propo3ed that this be done, c agsesting that Crs "Walsh and Corbelt include his pio position in the resolution. This was accordingly d:ne, ond the motion carried. "Financial Statement : — The Chauman said that some little time ago on the motion of Cr Strange it was resolved that a statement be prepared setting forth the whole leceipts and expenditure of each Riding of the County. This statement had accordingly been prepaied by Mr Kenny, the County Clerk ; and as it was only right the public should have fiee access thereto, he begged to move that The statement be laid on tha table, and be open far the infection cl the public during office hours, viz , on next Thursday, (Wednesday being a public holiday) and on "Wed nes lays and Satuidays aftoinards. Carr ; od. Thanks • — The Chairman said this being the last meeting of the present council, he wished to take this oppoitunity of thanking the members for the euppoit they had given him, and consideiation shown, etc. He believed they had all been actuated by the desire to do the bost they could for the county. Cr. Strange proposed and Cr. Moore seconded that a heai ty vote of thanks be accorded the chairman for the efficient services he had rendered Council during the past two years. The motion was earned unanimously and the meeting brought to a close.