Town Board.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 429, 18 December 1889, Page 2

Town Board.

Thk oriinnry moi>t-'»ly mootinir of tbo Te Aioha Town Branl \vn<* holil on Saturday evon'nir lu«t. Pn-sppfc \ Messrs 0-iII.JS-lier (ehninniin), Jjipsey, H»atlicorr\ ;iinl Mil's Tito mimitps of t')e la«»f. mmithly tuopiincr, nlsn of sprcinl nieetin^ held on die 21st November, were read $\\\\ con (innP'l. poi rnspoiiilcnop : A lpHor jvn 6 ! road froii) t\)9 Clcfjf, fjaUo C««J»ty CJoi*»-

i-'l. acknowledging receipt <f the, l>orir>r-5 k-ttrr, t ont.-unins? a copy "of n iceolution passed l>v the Hoaid, re.piet4ing Council to\t»ke ovor tlte eoutiol and maintenance ol that portion of the, IV Aiohn-Waioiongom.u road within the Town District' ; and in »eply slating ihnl ,:i special meeting of the Pinko County Council wop Id bo held on Saturday, the 21st inst.,* when' the matter would he c msideved. Received, l\u<e Levied : It was resolved on the motion of Mr LJ. Gallagher, seconded hy .Mr Mills, That,a rate of 6d in the £, or all the ratable property in the Te Aroha Town JDistiiet, be struck ; payable in i.ne sum on the 26ih December, 1889. It was slated that the rateable value of the Town Board wns £3,225 ; and that the rate of 6d in the £ levied would realise £80 ]2s Gd. Mr Mills proposed, and Mr Gallagher seconded, That the rate be adveitiseil in the Te Aroha-Waiorongomai Times. Mr Lipsey : Where is this paper piinted Mr Mills ? , Mr Mills': Printed in Cnmbridge. •Mr Lipsey ?. (then I don't think it is right that we should advertise in a paper not printed atTe or in Piako County at all, seeing that there is a local paper punted at Te Aroha. Mr Heatluotp : Is it legal to strike a rato without advertising it? The Clerk : I think so. I can see noth'iig about it in the Act. Mr Lipsey : We have altogether avoided the expense of advertising for some time past, and if we are going to stiike a rate now let it done in the same way — by posting up notices — if a rate can' be legally levied without advertising it, rattier than send the money out of the place. Mr Mills' motion, aft'T some fnither discussion on the matter, was put and CHiried ; Messrs MilU, Gallagher, and Heathcote, voting foi it, and Mr Lipsey against. Mr Lipsey : The Boaj'd gave Tip advertising altogether in the local paper, stating as a reason it was unnecessary to . advc tisc, and that th- i y would therefoie save the expense to (he ratepayeis ; and now, for no good reason that I am aware of, they p opose to advertise in a paper printed at Cambridge, and fhu* send the money out of the place. If that is the line on which iheljoaid intends to carry on the business I will certainly be no party to it, find shall with raw. [Mr Lipsey at this stage of the proceedings left the meeting.] Appoint inur a Valuer: BAsohretf on *■) c motion ot Mr H«-athcote, seconded by Mr -Mills That Mr F. P«vitt'he ap- \ ointed Valuer for the Board, at a; remuneiation of £3 3s. D q T.iK Cole c tor : It was resolved on the mo lvi of Air Mill*, s«-co d *d by Mr Meatheote, That Mr John D.ire be ap,iointeit Dog Tax Collector for the ensuing y ar, Aci'ounts : The following accounts were pasted fn 1 payment: —W; Elethrington £8 ; F. Pavitt, £1 18s ; R. Michael, £1 18s 61. This was all the business.