The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-19 00:00:00

BLI.DIDFOILD.
TOWN COUNCIL.

The quarterly meeting of thi. Council wa. held ..n
Tuesday in the Town Hall. Pnweut—Thu May 'r
(Mr. It. Byer.), Aldermen Burden, Ball, Lawnince,
and John. • Councillor. Lull, S. Abbott, J. J. Ball,
and J. Dunlen.

ses•t pa..• the I warterly
accounts of ZW, which was carried. The corporate
Y.eal was orderml I. be affixed to an agrevinellt with
George Rossiter on placing another life in property
6,101110 w to the Corporation, :it 3 payment of Mi.
The scheme of the Alilton Ablut Endow,' &le.!,
as now arranged by the Charity Commissioners, was
laid on the table, and the Town Clerk read a letter
from the Commissioners, in which they held out the
sop to the Gorporrtioli of nilisinatlug the governors.
The NeliCille Wa, di,cl/...ed, is which the members
present expressed adverse views. The Clerk read the
Endowed Schools Act of 1661, in which .tct several
sections pointed out what steps were open to the
Council. _ _ .

.111.11,[111311 LAWItENC6 enquired if it was necessary
for the Council to follow the scheme through Parlia-
lent, which would yard expense.
The Mtruu thought it highly necessary the scheme
should be watche ~ for the benefit of the town at
large.
Alderman BALL considered the subject had been
taken out the Council's hands by the appointment
of the my ttee at the peihlic meeting, and would
slimiest the scheme be left to that my ttee.
Mr. latrr held an .qmosite view ; he did not think
any expense wild he entailed, and as the public
porruing body of the town they !night to oppose it
by es en? lUe3lll mm, their power. NO girls' scleml was
required here.
.Aldennan LAWRICNCE said he wa* certain if the
Council commence' opposing the scheme am. cop-use
wa inevitable, mut ac the Imrough only etubr.icel a
smAll tm,rtion .4 the town, he did 11. t think such c.,,,ts
'hi, mild he borne hy the Council.
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Mr. LUEY Kirl•• •elvA,l
there a,tll act

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The M.vvou held it the Council, as a body, objectod
to the scheme, it must have weight with the Charity
Commissi. . .

still held the subject was
foreign to the Council. The oh "I, altk.ugh carried on
in Blandford, being in reality a charity of Milton
Abbas, now coupled with a Sherborne Charity.
A discussion ensued on the advisability of preparing
a short petition to the Commissioners, the tenus of
such petition being read by the TOWN CLEHL
.11dermau JOHNS ...Melded with every word in the
proposed resolution, and considered this was the proper
time for the Council to act, seeing the Commissioners
had formally sent to the Council draft schemes for
their perusal, and reuiuiiding the Council of the .4d
adage that "silence gives consent," advised the
Council to agree to such resolution, and act on the
same without delay, and show their detestation .4 the
scheme. lie read letter., In MI Mr. Carman's, the,
solicitor to the goiernors, and concluded by proposing
the resolution read by the Town Clerk be adopted and
sent to the authorities.

This was seconded by Mr. LLFI.
Mr. L.twnexce still objected G. the resolution, on
the ground of expense, whereupon
The 'LIKE CLERK .dereat Mdo all the extra work of
such petition to members of Parliament free of
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'After dui offer on the part of the Town Clerk, no
further oppo4ition wa4 made, and Alderman Johns'
propolition WiLi declare,' carried unanimously..
The enacting wai adjourned till Tuesday, the 16th
September.