BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 114, 12 May 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The first meeting of the nß>vly-elfcted Council was htld on Monday. Pres-1 ent —His Worship the Mayer (Mr E. Dockriil), Ors. Wood, 0. E. BellriDgor, S. Smith, Brooking, Collis, Connett, Tiech, Edmunds, and Alexander, Each Councillor made tho statutory' declaration before the Miyr-r prior to' takicg his seat. _ i c The Mayor suggested that until his 1 e successor took office in a day or two the't Council should only attend to pressing ] busimss suoh as authorising signatures ] Itochequ s, and that suoh matters as < the appointment of a solicitor (Sir O. Samuel baviog intimited that owing t to absence lis would ba unable to go t 0a with a case peading), of committee s , j and clerk of works, should be de- e ferredi , A deputation fiom the Frankley £ Road Board, con-is'.ing of Messrs Okey | (chairman), Ambury, and Lister, waited ( ion the Council. Mr Ok;y sail the | Board hid b en effscting considerable . improvements, amounting to about , \ £I4OO, in widening the ro d and ] making a foo'patb, and bo ask-d the \ ■ Council to widtn the road to 30 feet . and continue the footpath from tho Board's bouiida-y to the Hospithl gite, ( whereby tin public onveci.-Lce would , 1 be much bemfi ted. , Mr Ana bury pointol out th it the reddens on the Franklay-road weio [ large ra'ep\yers ia the borough, and . that the improvement would baasfit townspeople, In reply to Cr, Brooking, Mr O'.tey , . said the distance of the work aske 1 for , was about 5 ch tins. Or. Collis siggtstwd the Eigineor should be auihocised to mee* sime : members of cLe Bo .rd, who would point | out what was piopased, and the enI gineerould repoit; on the mitter to . the Counci l . a The Mayor po : nted ou 1 ; thatmeaf croachaaant could be made ou the land 1 of the Commissioners. 4 Or Collis moved tlut the Engineer • report on the request. Sscondoi by t Or, Brooking aud carii d. : The Mayor invi'.od suggestions as to whvt business shjuld b> transict d. Wi h reference to the appiutmint of a silici o-, H s Worsl ip suggest d that M-assra Govett and Q lilliam should ! bo asked which client they would act for. ». Or, Tisch movtd that any two Councilors ba authorised to sign cheques.— Oirried. r Or. Bellringer drew a'tenti'jn to the , account of Mr Uo k<r for printing bye- : hws embracing over .£lB for correo- '• t;on«, aho a sutn for binding noli ? authorised. He moved that the acg counts be paid except as to Mr Hooker's ) and that he be paid tin contract price, o the extras to ba inquired into.— Carrie], 0 Or. Bjllringer movelthafc 'he Ooun- ■- ciladjjuTn. j Sondod by Cr. B o:king. Or. Wood inquirel what position the f Engineer held with regard to his re - 1 ponsibility to the Ojunc.l. i Cr. Bio king Slid the Engineer had up to the present carried out lv's duties under the instructions of the Worki 1 and Loans Committees, reporting on k all worki to the Counsil. \ Qi\ Woods wanted to know wheihec j ail the men were under the Eogineer'd cn'rol, j Cr. Bro.king stated that the whole of the men were uudei' the Eogije- j r's con'rol and he hai tli i appointment of , miny of the men. i The Mayor siid all the men were ' responsible to the BQiiueer, who in s turn was responsible to the Council. ! The motion for adjournment was carded, Or, Alex and r advocatel going through the c-rraspondenci tha' evenio K' Cr. B.ookiDg con, Mere 1 it would all have t) be gone over again. Cr. Elnlands inqu : rel the position of matters illative to the case againsl the hotel. Tne Mayor said the case was not in any d.finite stag-i. Mt\ Simuel had merely iadirav.d he would bo uaable to go on with th-i matter as he would be I abs n', fiom New Plymputh. ■ The Council then adjourned.