The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-08 00:00:00

00011T1 SOADS.

sooorriwww with n,,tioe given at the last Sessions,
Mr. Gams Bow) m ore I :
" Test the clam USW lilt of moo le e ursine.' in the nor l-
ing Orders of Seselon, be amen led • fur.. mein road No
111 let macernsl wr follow.:—' 111, Wareham urban bounde,
booth B Ace. Lo Bere 111111Brido, Code Castle ;* and 'lll.,
Townsend, Code Castle to tin boundary of the Senator
mu. district' "

He c mid not see why it should not be divided in
name all it was at present in reality.
It wu unanina ,u.ly agreed that the Clerk of the
Peace he directed to maks the necessary alteration.
idr. R. WILLIALIVI bad given notice to move the
following resolution
" That the county surveyor's report of the main mats be
not acted upon as mania any uart &Rectal by It without the
signatures of the two Jneticee of the division who are
member. 01 105 County Works Cotant.tuw."
As he had obtained pert of his desires, and as be had
found the other part wee not legally obtainable, be
begged leave to withdraw the motion.
The CHATIUIaN remarked that the expenses of the
roads wer, ben 'min?. a large and very serious item in
the public expenditure. In the last report of the
County Treasurer It IWI4I found that the wets of main.
tatting the main roads approached something like
one-half, or two-fifthe at least, of the whole
expenses of the county. It was a growing expense,
and one of a very serious character. Whether
the pretreat administration of the main roads and the
mode of ,harging the expenses was a good one, was
very mu& open to question. Obviously, the Oounty
Surveyor wee appointed (no doubt a very fit and
proper man) with the view of seeing that the main
rude were kept up to the proper standard of repair,
and no doubt everybody wished that they should be so
kept up. But they could not but remember there
were two objects they had in view in this nutter, the
one was that the roads should be kept in • fit and
proper state of repair, and the other was that the work
should be dome ea econcenleally as possible. Therefore
be was glad, considering that the charge was an
Increasing and sari mu one, that Mr. wailanas had
withdrawn his motio.i.

Mr. C. Nits moved :
Test Me o.llromtion or the provisional order made M
the lest liicheolsna. Quarter needone, for the appointment 01
an additional wayward.on for lb. p.ri eh of Kin-on. be therm
Into consider Alm. and that the necesiery final order be
made contlntaing the • dd provisional order."
The resolution waa carrier' withont disausetoo.
" Amen moscrurs."

Sir CHARLES D'Ortly called attentive to the
dilapidated state of the mileet Ines. He referred
particularly to the stones in the Blandford Division,
some of which were perfectly neelesa. No doubt the
milestones cost • large sum of money in the first place,
and it seemed • pity that they should be allowed to
fall into inch a at 4.5 for want ,J a little money.
Lord Et.rios thought it was more • questiou for the
Highway Boards.
Kr. G. BOyn was f opinion that the Hi4hwity
Boards WM, not allowed t repair the milsetooes He
believed if they did the work the auditors would dip
allow the expense.

—Mr. Morteou Guitei wi het to ask the eheirmatt
who war the proper aathomy to repair the milutonee.
(Laubtor.)
Tbs Casuisu said he was hardly oorapolsat to

dente su3h • knotty question °Limed without eon
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saltier( the Acts of Parliament. (Laughter.) liii
opiniol2 was that the Highway Boards were the proper
authorities to look after the repairs of the ritileskinerh
Mr. Migrant' Goner : Would they not wine uuder
the heed of ancient otonuoseets? (Laughter.'
Mr. TKOTTI BULLOCK th. Aught as the Webers,'
Bemis repaired the direction pone they were the
parties to keep op the milintooe•
Mr. G. BUST hoped the 00017 would see their way
to repair sul seep up the et meg, end the COLIN/WI
suggered that the matter shoal I be further con-
sidered, and enquiries made by those who took an
Interest in the matter to see what powers the Court
had.