The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-04-01 00:00:00

WORDSLEY.

MonetAv BOARD.—A meeting was held on Saturday in
the Vestry Room, for the purpose isf passing the sur-
veyor's account for the year ending Lady Day, 1871, and
to elect a surveyor for the Words ley district of High.
ways.—Mr. F. J. Mills was voted to the chair.—The fol.
lowing statement was read :—Mr. William Meredith
(surveyor) in account with Wordsley Road.. In.—March
25, 1870: To uncollected rates, £l5 4s 41: June 13,
amouut of rate granted this day, at 44 in the pound, £ll2
14s ; total, £157 184 614. Cr.— March 25, 1870: By
balance overpaid, £5 13s 11d; Much 25, 1871, weekiy
payments, £llB 2. 44 ; uncollected rate., till 10a 414,
irrecoverable rates, .64 19s Bld ; balance in hand £l7 12.
24d; total, 1:157 18. 61d. Tile accounts, which had been
duly audited, were bites passed, and Mr. Meredith was
unanimously re.elected surveyor for the ensuing year, et
a salary of X:25. The surveyor was instructed to write to
Mr. George Holloway, the clerk to the Board of Guard.
nine, calling hie attention to the very offensive smell
arising from the filth from the Workhouse emptying
itself from a covered into an open drain, at Wordaley
Green, and requesting the Guardian to enclose the open
drain, as far as it passes along the public road.—The
meeting was then adjourned to the Bth proximo, to see
What steps the Guardians would take to remedy the Hui.
SAUCO complained of.
IMPORTANT TO SORVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. Previous
to the appointment of overseers end constables for the
various parishes for the ensuing year, Mr. F. Evers called
the attention of the surveyors of highways to the em-
ployment of team hire in lieu of payment of the rate
He maid he believed in some districts arrangements were
made with those persons who had horses to work out
their rates by the use of the horses on the highways.
There was a proper and improper way of doing it. In
agricultural parishes, where the provisions of the High.
ways Act had been carried out, the 35th section of the
Hignway Act stated that "Iwo ratepayers, within six
days after appointment of surveyor, may, by notice in
writing, require the surveyor to call • meeting, to be
within eight days after receipt of notice, six days' notice
being given of the meeting. At the meeting • majority
of the ratepayers assembled consenting, ratepayers keep.
tug • team or teams of two or more horses to divide
among themselves in proportion to the amount of rate,
the carrying of materials required by the surveyor, being
paid per cubic yard of material per mile, • sum to be
rind by the Justices at the tint Highway Sessions after
the 25th March.-

MUM/Tinter OF 0 . SORCITOIie, AND CON•
111•111,211.-1 he following is a list of persons appointed
to serve as overseers, surveyors, and constables for the
ensuing year for the several districts :—Pensnett, Mr.
W. Hinton was re appointed surveyor for the ensuing
year. Amblecoo— Messrs. B. Cooper and Thomas Jones,
overseers ; Me‘srs. Si. Hill and Wiens Pearson, survey.
ore; and M . J. Robinson, W. Fenn, W. Atkins, C.
Walker, and Edward Parsons, as constables. lrombournr
—Messrs. J. Turton and J. Perry, overseers; and Messrs.
D. Corns, H. Carrier, D. Rogers, J. Saddler, T. Law, and
0. Davenport, constables. Upper eh y-11. James and
W. Kirkham, overseers; W. Broadhurst and C. Walker.
constables. ilimley —U. Horsepool and J. Boddison.
overseers; and G. Jordan and W. Rutter, constable,
Knorr—Henry White and Francis %%leek.% overseer.;
J. Green, surveyor; C Instone. T. Arnold, H. P. Downey,
and J. Urine, constables. Bobbington —G. Borraaton and
J. Stokes, overseers; T. Elcoek and G. Knowles, con-
stable.. Enrille —G. Whitehouse and H. Dallow, over-
seers ;J. Knowles and B. Rea, constables. Tryrrull—E.
Coins and G. Caswell, overseers; Thomas Lowe, sur-
veyor; and William Haycock, constable.