COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2502, 12 January 1877, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

The adjourned meeting of the County Councillors was held yesterday evening; all the Councillors were presenti The minutes of the previous meeting were read over. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. The bye-laws relating to these were, by the committee appointed to consider them, read over by Mr Thorp, and approved of. THE BIG PUMP.

The Chairman read the telegrams that had been sent yesterday bearing on this question. They were these:— Grahamstown, January 11,1877. To the Hon. F. Whitaker, Auckland.

Ec your memo., county desirous of knowing first, supposing county takeover pumping works, on what conditions are they taken over? 2nd. Will Government pay over to the cost of carrying on works gold duty accruing within the limits of the borough of Thames until the next session of Parliament? 3rd. Will county have -power to make an arrangement with other persons to carry on the works? If convenient please reply today. ......... A. Bbome, Chairman County Council. To Warwick Weston, Esq., Auckland. What will the various companies benefited by the maintenance of the Pumping Association contribute to the cost of maintaining the works? Please reply before 3 o'clock.

A. Bbodie, County Chairman, To the Hon. F. Whitaker, Auckland.

Will the Government hand over to County Council, for their use, the upper portion of the buildings formerly occupied by the Provincial Government ? A. Beodie, County Chairman. Auckland, January 11, 1877. Chairman County Council, Grahamstown.

Three hundred or over, little more, but it will require pressure. This question will have to be gone into when Council's mind is known. If I can be of any use I will come down on Monday, as time is short.

W. Weston. Auckland, January 11,187/. Chairman Tkames County Council.

If the portion of the Government Buildings you mentioned is not in use, Council may temporarily use it till other arrangements are made. Apply to Captain Fraser, and show him this. 2nd. The condition annexed to taking over the pumping works will be, that the Council keep the pumps going at least until the present deepest level is explored. 3rd. The Government will pay over all gold duties lo county. 4th.: It will be compe-' tent for the committee to make such arrangements as it thinks best for carrying on the works. Fred. Whitakeb. Cr Bagnall then proposed that Crs Mitchell, Tborburn, and the mover be a committee to bring up a report on this subject at the next meeting on Tuesday • next. Cr Mitchell seconded the motion, which was carried, and the Chairman was empowered to lay the correspondence before the next conference meeting of Borough aud County Councillors. SALARY OF CHAIRMAN. Cr Spencer said there was a subject the consideration of which they should delay no longer, that was the question of the Chairman's salary. Cr Brodie here vacated th,e chair, and Cr Mitchell was. called upon to take it.

Cr Spencer continued by proposing that the salary of the Cl'airman be £200 per annum.

The Chairmau said he had also wished to pr©pose a motion on the subject, but Cr Spencer had anticipated him. He had only this to add to what Cr Spencer had said, and that was that as the chairman would hare important duties to per*

form he would prefer seeing the salary £300. He would have liked to discuss the question before a chairman had been appointed.

Cr Spencer agreed with Cr Mitchell that the salary was a small one, but it was as much as they could afford to give at the present time, and for his own part he believed that Mr Brodie would work just as hard if he got nothing at all. Cr Bagnall thought that £200 was as much as they could give, at all events for the first year. The Mayor of Auckland got £250 a year, the Mayor of the Thames only £150, and he thought they would be acting fairly by fixing the salary at £200 a year.

The Chairman said he hoped they would herea/ter be in a position to grant £500 a year to their chairman. Cr Spencer's motion was then seconded by Cr Thorp, and carried. The question of the chairman's travelling expenses was then entered on, and these were fixed at a guinea a day, when the chairman was travelling on County business by direction of the Council. Cr Brodie was then recalled, and Cr Mitchell resigned his position and informed him what had been done in his absence. ; ■ . : ,? i r

Cr Brodie thanked the meeting, and it wris then resolved that the meeting be adjourned until Tuesday night.