The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

0001111 TOLICR.

Colonel WAXIBIL brought up the report, The Clerk
of the Peace had brimmed to the committee Mat be bed
appealed to the Dorchester Ihatnct A biessiumtt
• outnaittee against the poor's.rate made on the load.
quarters polies station, en the ironed of its being
Itamether esempt, mod not liable to be astessed ; Mat
that the committee had determined they could not
or nt the relief applied for, baring as they alleged. no
power to do so. Tbe Horne h.g th.
',memos of pay to the polio. force. The committee
c.oild not reasimmend the transfer of the parishes of
Wealth oak and • hards oak for striae pup mos from the
county cf Dorset to 'be county of doutonet, upon the
proviaion that Donut pahl to Nfinereet the cost of two
additional constables. It appeared to them that the
parisher, it transferred, abould pay to the Somer.'s% polies
rate, and thug remunerate omerseteldre for their soper•
Watt d of Dorset paying for the two constables.
Hills to the amount of E2OB 2m. 24. for repairs to tht;
' stimeral nolica stations (iucluding about 06 for root of
works to obtain • water supply from the 'own wi.tki to
the liorcneateratation) ba.l been examined and allowed.
Portland having greatly irowessed in popolatton, the
sorniniitee bat' ordered the Purveyor to prepare a
plan and estimate for loskmpe and resiismcws for two
married and one ainele police constables of Portland.
'I he Surveyor abate I Ni. cost of site, fittings, &a. would
be shout ESC°. Tli* oh ef constable had requested
semi...ion to promote a maitatable to the rank
of eergeant, for taking Marge of the station
at a east of EIS 5.. The treasurer's aceouots !
for the yowler wove examined sad found
tomtct. The receipt* 'hewed, with a balance in band
of £1,079 3s. 2.1., 14,584 6g 8.1.; and the expenditure
£3 387 17s. 7,1., leasing a balanee in hand of
£1,516 9s. 14. The estimated expenditure for It.
mowing quarter woe pat down at £2,513 15a 91. includ-
ing an item of "row & vo. for Writes. £42 ilk" The
'Superannuation Fond amounted to £4.244 &a. 10.1.
(meok)to which woold be added 113625. 24. remised from
the men in the last quarter. The sots osittee reoorn-
mended that a rate of on* farthing in the C, antoontom
to 2876 16a 10t be mad*. A MIMI Oi CI 9.. SI. had
baba made for the county in referencia to" weights and
measures." The number of persons convicted before the
pastimes daring Om peat quarter had been twelve, and
the amount received for sonvictions ES lii.

As to the ratiog of the Dorchester polio, strum, it
wan agreed to adopt the same worn, as had been
taken in regard to the other event' beildiega
Toochiog the terms of the transfer of the parishes of
Weilibrook and Chardstuok from Dorset to Soapinet,
the Ca alellag was sorry to my the observations of the
Committee (via report above) were not in reorder*
with the Isar on the subject. By the Act of Perlis.
moot if the Come of Quarter Sessions for Somerset
took the prodigal, they were to make en order
on the treasurer of Dorset for the payment of suck
expenses as is their discretion and judgment they
considered to be necessary for the sitininistrition of
justice in the district—not for orie constable, or any
manlier. Ti. Dorm. Chief Cowards said iio• polio.-
, ran was quit* sufficient for the two perishes; the
Somerset Cheat Constable rather off•handedly said two
were necessary. If the Somerset magistrates said there
must be two where they found one enoagh, he thouzlit
the pariah's of Waushrook and Chardslock would bevel
reseon to complain when the bill MOW in. But tido
Court could make no borgro an to the number of em
stables to be employed ;tat the Bourret Court anus
deida When the comity treasurer received the deli it
would have to he raised by a special rate in Mrs two
perishes. He agreed with the committee in tbioking
that the matter amid hare been much simpler if
the comity would have tokou the perishes gad included
them in the rating of that county. He-fusing the terms
upon which the as required the transfer to be made
would, he thought, he a denial of juries to these
perishes, for the people had to Pore 14 or 17 miles to
petty serious, whereas there were Saucier petty
session. close at hend. He therefore suggest. d that the
report iihould he amended to the alma that thew we..
prepared to make the transfer under the lith and
sections of dm Act of Parliament.

I. reply to • yuestion as to the on 4 of the loclunpe
lib Portland, it was staled that the LlOO ineladod titdl
for the We —Mr. H. WlLLl•litt road be hquel thry
wou d get it for that sum, as 135.1 had bean paid to the
War Ofilas for • quarter of an acre.
The report as am•-n.lrd was adopted, and the pollee
committee re-appointed.