THE DOG TAX.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 922, 21 May 1878, Page 2

THE DOG TAX.

Sib,— Will you allow mo apace m your Valuable journal to offer a few remarks ; on Major Clare's grievance, lest the dustf he is throwi»3'- m the eyes of my const I- , tueasts may blind them. The Major's a j r ' of injured innocence and injured ?' m. viu it y ia amusing to one who is inly ' a tainted with the details of the cose. M clare seeks t & shield Hs.o,wa^ iong by t]uw . mg dirt on the Q&sr . ffld sfcafces that the Council fen* ' judcavored t0 wrest : froni h** * r jrfciou of the district's .^'OT'- J chink the Major's short!SpCV cunto shown here, inasmuch t vt ' aueil liave be?u P ll^ 11 ? subsidies I? , -uling, and was it simply to rob i fa?* of revenue nothing could be easier r \dn to deduct the amount of the Dog' fax from such subsidies. The true facts of the case are : The Council hare done their best to work the Counties Act ahd:otlier Acts m conjunction with it. Major" Clare sees lit to defy them, and appears 'quite prepared to squander the public money to sustain his crotchets. Majtw . Clare states m his letter that the Do/ , Tax is Koad Board revenue until provf .j to the contrary m open Court, and te u s my constituents that tlie Council fear i 0 meet him fairly m Court. It is as i <vo \\ known to Major Clare as myself that the same case was decided m open Court , an^ judgment given against Hamilton East. To save tlie squandering of the ? money m law expenses, I interviewed Afajor Clare, m re Dog Tax, and disr bixxctly told him that it was simply to can y out the clauses of certain Acts that -\y e required him, as Chairman C.T.8., to pay these monies to County Fund, and that the Council, at ita next meeting-, Trould credit the Riding with the amount, and also that the case had been tried by the Hamilton East Board, and lost. Wevo the Board to gain the case, its only satisfaction would be that Major Clare had beaten the Council, and tlie ratepayers had to pay for it, for, if the Council lost the expenses would be oliorged to the Riding, which I think avouH be poor recompense to the ratepayers. It i s no duty of mine to defend the actions of the Council. I simply offer these explana. tions for the benefit of my constituents, but may state that I fully concur m the notion taken by the Council.— I am &»