The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-01-12 00:00:00

BTILAWII. TOR PIATEINZIf.

Before entering into this subject.
Mr. A. Scams/it wished to know if there had been
any reply from the Lords of the Admiralty with reference
to a Custom-house, end wished the Clerk to "quicken
their memories" on the subject.
The Cling spoke of the recent ebaugeof °Moe, as •
reason why no reply had been received. With reference
to the byelaw', he mentioned that the captain of tho
Bt. Georg* bad been endeavouring to get • copy of laws
front another port. He (Mr. Howard) had those in use
at Weymouth, and he suggested that two or three
nautical men be appointed a committee to go through
them, and adapt thew to the CM* 01 Portland, and he
believed the saptain of the St. George would be happy
to meet and egoist them.

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Mr. W. G name being mentioned u a nautical
man.

lir. A. &divas somplidned of not seeing any mention
of his reeigoation in the minute book.
The emu said if • member wished to resign hemust
do no in writing, otherwise no notice *mild be taken
of it.

Mr. A. Seems mid they must have the dimensions
of the baste, in order to decide how many they should
carry. It was owing to six or eight people getting into •
boat that would only carry foto that they had had inteh
serious *incidents. Ile urged that the matter should be
eompleted as early as possible.
Mr. W. Gibbs, dlr. A. &riven, and Mr. T. Gibbs
were appointed a committee, and on the suggestion of
the Clerk, in order to leave no excuse for the beanies,
being left undone, one member was to form • quorum I
TUE 00NPOISATION 11011 IT AND Till 003111011 Malin.
The next basing= was as to the desirability of taking
counsel's opinion relative to the compensation money,
as to whether • certain portion of the inhabitanta
amid release their share in order to defend the common
right..
The Ccaux said it would be %melee to have counsel's
opinion upon that question. as he would distinctly say
that if a person bad so tilech money to be paid him, he
Gould of course, if be chose, surrender his claim to
that money for any purpose, and release the person who
had to pay him. Hot if they described the various
tenants of the manor,and the different holdings,oounsel's
opinion could be usefully nought on the question who
were the inhabitent• among whom the compensation
was to be divided, according to the Lands Clausen Act.
Was it to be divided among the inhabitants who bad only
been here a abort time, among those who were rated, or
those who were born here?

Mr. B. COLLINS believed on the distribution of the
former compensation money, it was decided that those
who paid 'the chunk and poor" would constitute
inhabitants.

--ii7.--I—Lano doubted whether they, as Local
Boor& could take oounsel's opinion for this purpose,
and charge it on the rates. Would the auditor pew
the bill?

-etJaK used that directly they could not; but if
any question affecting the Local Board were attached to
the cue, they decidedly could. If the question ware
purely and simply with regard to the compensation
money, they could not; bet if the miss stated that
rarlocui of the inhabitants wished the Local Board to
take that money for certain purposes, and the Board
wished to oriqMrt as to their powers, they maid get
this question answered, and the other at the ram time.
He would undertake to draw up such a case that may
auditor would pan the MIL

Mr. A. Scarvor wished they could get some of the
money to supply the inhabitants with water. Look at
the waste at water in Fortune's Well now! There was
more water running to waste In three months thee the
inhsbiteuts Gould drink in twelve. He nampisted the
making of a large reservoir. Alluding to the distrem in
the Island, he wished they could get the mousy instead
of calling on the inhabitants to pay rata.

It was understood that the Clerk's esprestion was
acquiesced in. As to the commas rights, Kr. HOWARD
mid he still advised theta to join in • memorial to the
House of Commons. in order to defend these right'.