WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 825, 29 September 1877, Page 2

WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

J'hb ordinary monthly meeting of th Waifcato Couu y Council was hdld at th Jouncil Chambers, Hamilton Eist, at 11 a.m. on Friday last, tue 2Lsc instant. Cb-re were present : — F. R. Uiau lr., Councillor for Kirikiriroa Riding and Ohurmao; J. B. White, Councillor for tLirikinroa Ridiug ; John Gall, Cmnoillor f.>r Rangiriri Riding; Wm. Oummiug, C -uucil'or for I'auaauere Ridiug j itoot. K.rl£Arood, Councillor for Cambridge Ri iiug. Tue Clerk read a letter from Councillor L.stie, intitnaliag that business of importance would pr veut him iromaotend--1 ig tbe m toeing, aud tbe Chairman stated thu Councillor Clarke hal notitidd io vim that he wouid be uuab.e to attend. Leave of absence wis granted. The m.aut 8 of tbe meeting held last uioncu were read and condrmed. Commuuioatiom were read, and the ollotti ig account* were presented, passed, aud ordered to be paid : — ACCOUNTS. Geo. Reed, repairs to ferry lauding 2 5 0 Wm. Reid, services as Eis;iueer 7 2 0 i. C F >roe, la »or and repair to tue &ara|x-ra Bridge ... 19 10 3 T. (i. Sandes, super wisiou of works ... 8 8 0 M Hilly, earpeuters tools ... 0 4 9 •ir Ridii .rdson, materials for X jrapere B> id^e and suporvistou on account ... 20 0 0 Total 57 10 0 Bji ti £49 2s en irgeablf. to genjia account, aid £fc) 8s to a*, p irate acoouut. Li euim to iliu^hur Cattle witaiu th County wert* gra.it ;d to Jjinej BroWu, Onirics O rfrien aad ts. 3 übbiug. BWAMP BOAD. I'h* Chtiruian sta&ed chit, with tn oxc:ptiOi of the oUb-till drain wuic-> ( qarcd dedpeniag, toe Swum^ road >va o.w coinpteoe lto Mr Co.it s'a farm. 1 ♦ocordauce with cue sesoiUtion ot th Omucil, pass d at a previous in-jetiug, uo aad luairucoed tne elugiueer to survey and cue ihi linen of thj ooutiun* im a f*r as O Neils c ruor iv G-aJoway street, t'.iii has beeu doud, and a tracing of ta<> road sub uitted oy tbe ifiuginddr, wtnc > *ras lata on cn<* table. Aa cnis tracing l reg tired to be sent m to che Survey Utfic or vVaste Land* Board, m order chat »h Jounty may obtaiu autbority to oarry tilts road turojgh tue towi belt, it requires '«• be particularly acuurabd m drawing an teoail'. Ou examination, it was found aot to ue quitd up t> t id va.ua. m these dspeucs, sa en • work hal to oe defdrred, tad cue Ou*iruiaa Waa requested t» > ouii a p..in aad a^doi io^oio i of .iid <vo -k oo.iuoai Ue i, aud at ouco a Iverase for te.tder*. CAMBaiDtfB RB3BRVBS. The C iairm *a w « requeued t> m»* ipp icatiou to cut) Gov.raoieut >htt tn 'Jim >riJi»e town c t uurgm of the Lake, and river fore more, oe bai id I over co thd Cuuuutl for thd purpose of lea»i ig >r otherwise utilising cue^e valuaoir-propirtie-s m order that t ie Council may recoup the largs expendicurd luutrred iv the reconstruction ot' taa Aaraper* a il^e. A. su^gestiou mile by Oouuoili-»r Kirn wood tbat wh n thd Council h> i re ceived cuarge of tue^e reserves, ie wont i bd wen to <l leg ltd go thi Citirinm of tue C»mbridije Town Board the power to deal with them was favorably received. REPAIR OF MAIN BOAD. In the matter of assisting the Cam* bridge Hignway District to gravel th: mai.i roa 1, the cousiddraaou of which was deferred from laic meeting, toe C»erk was instructed -o com nunict^ wiCb tbe Chairman, and aicjrtam dedffcely whit sum or money thdy wished tbe Counoil to advauoe, and how, as Well aa when, they intend to repay. PUBLIC POUNDS. The Chairman reported that the Chair, man of tue Cambiidge Board had applied for the erection of a public pound at Hautapu. He stated that, as he understood a new Impounding Act would ba parsed duriug the present session o Parliament, it would be unwise to take immediate action m the matter, but ia the meantime the Clerk was directed to write aad ascertain wnere a oonvenient sice cou d oe obtained, and other necessary pu'tioulars. The question of establishing a pound at Rangiriri was again m ;oted, aid Councillor G/all eaid he thought they would managd to exiss without one. CouuoiMor Cumming referred to the present p>sitioo of pa Le pounds generally within the district. He said he was under the impression that none of them were legally constituted. He oalled attenciou to che advice received from the Colonial Secretary on tbis subject two mouths ag>, which had no*, been acted on. and inorod that thd Clerk be instructed Co take the ueces ary steps to legalise th * public pounds within che County, by (ouolioly uocityin_j m che Waikato Timbs that they are County pounds ; aud that poundkeepers be advertised for.

motion, said, that the manag»m int of the p muds oould be depunei to Highway Bmrds, by their paying a nominal nam the County by way of rent. This was agreed to. .800- TAX Witsi regard to dogs, the Ohairman .said something to thie effect that, although no doubt, m Waikato, our dogs were more chdeffal and even tempe-ed than Waipa County ( dogs, still, he th »nght it would .not be quite ,s*fe for the Couuoil to sit apoo them wi hoar, legal advice Councillor Kirkwood said, that as no lawyer could live m their County, he would I have to go over the. river and gat it. Ho I said he wonld. WAIRANGI BOAD. The Chairman was r-qies^.»d to take immediate steps to h»ve tho Wairangi road survey competed, m order that the work may be begun with the fine weather. SLAUGHTER HOUJB. A letter was read fro n Mr Arnold, m refereuce to the ereotion of a slaughter h .use m a new, site near tb > river, on this 4tde of Cambridge. The Clerk was in•crnotel to inform Mr Arnold that the Council approved of th* sice, aad wonld xteud his lioease whda the yards were completed. A LOST WIKOH. -~* The O'erk was alo directed to invito tenders front persons willing to undertake to recover a metal winch and oth9f > appurtenanoes sunk m the river at Ngaraawahia. BIWUTBD U4BIUTIBS.

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Whytft't- argutnenUr m eo|se respects wefa aouno, nod ddtne.^bole agreed that at the pt«Bi,nt moment, snd under existing circumstaDces ; perhaps ?!\rjl»iriroar wa^>. better entitled to three memberf than Tamehere to two, but he wonld have preferred to defer the question till a more opportune 'M^^'B^^KllWrtTlfii W represent Kirikirir6a\' u: Councliof J Wftyte did, and be had a perfect right to bring on his motion,' wbioh he conceded to; be moderately 'reasonable when ' he thought, proper, m fact he aUowed "ilka man ta ' buckle belt bis am gate." In the matter \ of '^taxation 2 - rewrred to iby Couooilor Whyte, no doubt Cambridge y at the present time had dealt gently with' themselves, but it was not a pointupon whioh represenUtion could be ba'seA as ; ' it. oould be altered at any moment, bot nothing eoald' alter *the undeniable ' f aot that Cambridge was a district' second to : ■ „ none m N«w Se*land. \lt has a rioh and ■■■:■ productive soil,' possessed by men with y the meanß, the willi an( * the akill ' to work it. He believed» that 'large as tbe area of Kirikiriroa is, and amiable asjita inhahitants my he f .it,wouldnot be Idng before it would cease to have a claim! to a greater number of representatives th|an Cambridge. Finally, beleiving that what he had stated would come to pass, 'be reserved to himself the ; right to mojve, and he would do so when the proper time came, th»t7»n additional member be given to Oambridge Riding, and he bad no doubt but, that CpupciUorYWhyte would secbiid the motion; ' ij | ! *"^ . Councillor dimming said that "they -appeared to he tolerably unanimous on 1 the subject. He knew that two representatives had been giVep. ;to Tamahere; by mistake, and the matter of rectifying! the error was . only a question of .time He 1 cordially agieed With' Council lot Kirkwood m his eulogium on the men of Cambridge. He would support the* motion j which being |put by the Ohairman, was oarried unanimously, ; y-t Cdonciltor Whj»« gavenotice thath** will move at the annual meeting, to be 'held ori the. fourth- Wednesday m November (28th), that the foregoing resolution be confirmed . '•' ■ ''- ' ' ■'. ' '- i This concluded the business of the* meeting. ... ■ ; "'■