HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2953, 18 June 1891, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tin-: arljouriud meeting ot the Hamilton Boruugii Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuead.iy evening when there were present : His Worship th(i Mayor (Isaac Cuatcs, Kaq.,) in the chaii , , Cuuncillors Jones, Scott, Parr, Reid, Wood, Tippen, Dey, Bell and .Sladi:. The minutes of llu- meeting held on May l'2lh and -fjlh and .lime Dili and 1.'.1h were α-inl ami confirmed. iHxi'LANATio.v.—The Mayor au'd that before signing the lninntea lie would like to say a few words re his not nutting Or. Tippin's motion at the lust meeting. He said that he considered that before putting Cr. Tippen's motion, the resolution ref'-r----lincr to ti'.c forcnvm of works' wages should have been rescinded. Such had been the ea.'.e when the town clerk's salary was ■ affected. It luid been done on other • occasions, and he was of opinion, that it should have been the s:tiiie in this else. Still a.< it seemed that the majority of the ' Council, wished that the motion should have been put, lie would abide by th m. — Cr. Jones asked if the foreman of works had been paid the extra salary,—'[.'lit; ' Mayor said he believed no. -Cr. I'arr paid he thought he w>.s expressing the tcling* of tiic- Council \s lion he said thal.they would not do anything which \vJ;i iil.'_;.i.l ai;d unconstitutiOM.il, and ho considered their protest was. quire justifiable and correct. He. would move " That the Mayor did not treat this Council with the courtv-y it deserved in not putting Cr. Tippeu's motion at the meeting." There lit:iir« no seconder the motion lapsed.-Cr. l>ey i I hen moved, "That the Mayor's explanation lio accepted as satisfactory " — , Seeonderl by Cr. Slade and carri. <1 unaiii- ' mon.-ly.—('V. Scott suggested th.it the legal opinion obtained be reid now. It i would show the Mayor that he could not HO in the fn.ee of nine other men —Cr. IV II said the opinion was not the pro- , pnrty of the The matlur dropped , after .1 little, further di.-ionssion. . Audit Ix.si'K.ctok.— The Audit liv spec tor wrote saying the borough accounts would ho audited about the end of .June , on his return from TYinninga. A further i telegram announced that he would he here on the 10th. ('liow. , . L.'.ni».--A. letter v, a ■ received from tho O.iiiibrj.lafi ]:k>roug!i Council, re ■ Crown Lands leases. —H was reaulv.nl to 1 act as pnr the letter. (.V copy of the. letter was printed in our issue of the 1 lth iust ) Dot) Tax —The I'oliee Depigment i wrote, paying that the. police were now ■ permitted to collect the dog t-ix. Tho letter was received, as the Council had made arrangements for the year. —Cr. Wood said it would be f.ir bi-tter to give ] the collectiiiß of the tax to private individuals than to the police. Ho thought that if they wanted more work to do they could easily find it. EYftzi-: < , (trnii-:u,—Mr W. A. Grali.im wrote otl'erinsf the Council a ;• at a very nominal iigui''.-. hotter was received, as Couueil could not sec their way to ac.::-pt it. l.n:';.\ri.s. —Mr Thomas Kirk ivrur.: enclosing authorities u> collect four publicans' lie-.insco and one New Zjalau.il winc license. (Jl'l.VMlT, ETO. —Mr Vuarsun wrote asking for a culvert in Cwk-.-treei. ; Mr W. C. Castleton wrote asking lor a ca.sing over the Bo rough drain running tliroudi hid property ;im he was unable to p-i.s's over t'uc aamc. It wiw uugireiitcd th,it .'I 1-iiii. pipes be used. Mr Mulhon.-; wrote :i.;king that a luutway troin Junes' liuuue to the Hamilton Ha.-l School b-.-gravelled, as it was almost impossible to walk ujo:i the s.ini-j ; Mr Rnt!i>\ ell wrote asking lor repairs to footway leading to his house in "flood-street. Tho above works were referred to the Borough foreman with power to act. Kepokt.->.—The foreman of works reported that the Hamilton West School hill road had been re-formed and gravelled ; Victoria-street footpaths had been gravelled from the Hamilton Auction Mart to the Council Chambers ; pens in sale-yards re-formed and gravelled ; watortable? in Victoria and (irey* street* have been cleaned up. The public draiu in Hamilton E-.iat has been cleaned out, and Cook-street ploughed and carted oil'. l J have been laid down in Wellington-street, County road and Domain drain, Victoria street, and a wooden culvert in Victoria street. Work required to be done : Drain through saleyards, drain and water tables in (-.roy-street, gravel in Welling-ton-street, and part of Firth-street lo be ploughed us it e:m lie. c.irtcd ott free of cost; also three rods of iron for unstopping pipes, anil some kauri and totar.-i timber as there was none suitable in Hamilton. The report was received aud adopted.—The poundkecper reported having impounded live beasts—four head of cattle, and one horse. Report received. Aococvrs.—The following accounts were passed for payment :—viz., Slide, 2s Gd ; Munro, is (id ; Waite, <h ; I'arr, 103 Id ; Mayes (lamps), i'l 'is (id ; Winter, 19s 6d; Jones, £10 10s .'H ; Davey, £2 (is ; Devitt, £1 (id ; Carder Hros , £2 16s 9d. Fc\Bs.--The clerk reported the funds as £93 13s 3d in credit. N.Z. Hkralu.—The subscription to this paper was ordered to be discontinued after the termination of the present quarter. Ratk.—On Cr Bull's motion, a rate of Is in the £ was struck. A motion of Cr. Wood's, that the rate be lid, lapsed for want of a seconder. Sai.k YakiiS.—The Mayor said that the enlargement of the saleyards was one of the lirst improvements the Council should undertake now that they lud a credit balance. lie would move that 11 additional pens be added, and that tenders be called for their erection. Cr. Jones thought that the aalcs should be hold fortnightly not monthly as now. If Ohaupo could hold salcn weekly, surely Hamilton could hold them fortnightly. They were losiug money by not having them. Cr. Scott spoke to the name elTeet and gave notice of motion that " The saleyards be opsued for aalcs fortnightly not monthly ae heretofore. ■U'STict: DV Pkack.—The Mayor said that he had received a letter from ilio Minister of Justice, saying that perhaps he had better be re sworn, but C.ipUiu Jucksou, It. M., had refused to do β-j. On the motion of Cr. Dt-y it was resolved to telegraph to the. Minister that Captain Jackson had refused to swear the Mayor in as a J. I'. Ifi'.AVKi..-It was resolved that gravel Ik- charged for at 2d per load from Council pits. This was all the business of importance. i ;