The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-06 00:00:00

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BURIAL BOARD.

A meeting of this body was held in the Corn
Exchange, on Monday last.
Mr. Shepherd was in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. F. Evers,
Stringer, Haskew, Platt, and Perkins.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting
which were confirmed.
Mr. Haskew asked the Chairman the reason the
Board did not meet oftener.
The Chairman said it was decided at the last
meeting that there would not be another till the
Board had received a satisfactory answer from
the Loan Commissioners, as to the loan the Board
want to borrow.

Mr. Haskew said the reason he asked the
question was, that several of the ratepayers
wanted to know what the Board were doing, and
he could not tell them. If they met oftener the
ratepayers would be able to see what the Board
were doing and he suggested that they should
meet once a month. _ _ _ .

The Chairman said the principal business before
them was whether they should borrow the £6,000
from the Loan Commissioners, or whether they
could borrow it on more favourable terms from any
one else. He said gentleman in the town and
neighbourhood had spoken to him about the loan
and said they could lend the Board the money, at
4 and 4i per cent. per annum for long periods.
Mr. Platt said he knew a gentleman that would
he thought lend the money to the Board for 30, 40
or 50 years at 4/ per cent. per annum.
Mr. Perkins: The Board ought to receive the
money as they require it.
The Chairman said he thought the best plan
would be to have £1,500 down and the remainder
in 2 years.
Mr. Haskew suggested that they should adver-
tise for the money.
The Chairman: That is the business before the
meeting.
Mr. Haskew: With respect to private individuals
lending the money he thought there would be a
difficulty with them, for 50 years was a long time
to look forward to and he thought the best plan
would be to borrow the money from some com-
pany.
Tile Chairman said he was of the same opinion
as Mr. Haskew.
Mr. Haskew proposed that the Board should
advertise for £O,OOO in such sums as the Board
might require,. the interest not exeeding 5 per
cent. per annum for 40 or 50 years, in instalments
of £1,500 down and the remainder in two years.
The newspapers for the advertisement to appear
in are the Stourbridge Observer, Brierley Hill
Advertiser, and the Post Magazine and Insurance
Monitor.

Seconded by Mr. Evers and carried.
The Clerk read the following accounts owing by
the Board:—Mr. Wooldride .213 13, Mr. John
l'a,ylor £l6, Mr. Mark .22 is, Improvement Com-
missioners £5, the Clerk's salary for one yell. £3O,
postage 10s.
Mr. .Haskem moved that `.he Board adjourn till
to day (Saturday) to consider the accounts and
order them to be paid.
This was seconded by Mr. Platt and carried.
. Mr. liaskew strongly recommended that the
Board should meet every month and a special
meeting when it was required, and then the Board
would be able to see what the Board was doing.
He also suggested that the Board should have a
tile to put the correspondence on and the business
to come before the Board at each meeting, so that
the members could read the letters and see what
business they had to do at each meeting of the
Board.
The Chairman said the Board would consider
those subjects at their next meeting.
There was no other business.