The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-08-13 00:00:00

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roso" a ibis body was held on Wednesday.
resent mayor, .1. 'lizard, Esq., in the chair,
OA Milledge, and Howmd ; Ommeilloss
Gror.d.. Virtue, Belts, Mama, Thomas, %antes,
Potheearr. Lure, Flor, Brown, Arles, Deveideh,
Wei.. Roberts, Beek, mew, and Berlins.
An order was aged for the payment of £l,lOO to the
*grantors of the leis Mr. Weldord.
Tim harbour master's report having been read, in
-which the dangerous position of the wizen was adverted
to, a steamer from Trieste having nearly run on to it
on the 3rd instant, considerable dieenwion followed,
when it was decided that the matter should stand over
till a deputation had seen the Admiralty, in the mean.
time to ascertain of Mr. Reynolds the met of driving a
single pile.
The badness before the Loaal Board was to determine
the amount of security to be given by the new Collector,
and after some discussion it was agreed that the amount
should remain as heretofore.
The pest Ratko on the paper was to settle the amount
of elders to be paid.
Mr. i'ebb asked whether Mr. Tewkesbury had not
offpned to collect the rates for £5O a-year.
The Mayor replied in the aMrmative.
Mr. Alderman Mllledge proposed that the amount of
salary should be 1175 per annum.
Mr. Roberts ssooisd.d.
Mr. Pothesery thought that £75, being about 2t per
sent, on the amount of rates collected, would be • fair
111L111.

Mn. 'Webb propmed, and Mr. Brown molded, that
the salary be E. 50.
'Br. Darling thought ahaA when a Taapadabla man like
Yr. Tewkesbury offered to collect the rates for LW a-
year, they, as the guardians of the public money, ought
not to throw away as a-year.
Mr. Howard thought the fairest aim would be EH
11'Year—when the isisry of oollectors was last raised it
was when Mr. Flower was too ill to do the work himself.
The Itayor said he should note for the amendment.
Tb• Bard were not justified in toting away the public
mosey.
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—iii:l'otheerm7 thought if the salary was to be reduced
any one might offer to collect the Market Houso toll at
11:20 a-year,
Mr. C,ommins thought that £76 was not too mush for
• respectable moo to do the work.
Mr. Brown was strongly of opinion that the Town
pounce shoeld net be robbed of £25 a-year.
Mr. Devonish rid to olboold owriotokr yelstell
the 876.

Altar further dtapeaeon the respective mounts were
altered u follows :—Originel proposition by Mr.
Alderwas Milledge to £BO, sod Mr. Webb's usendotent
to F. 52.
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—T-1-1; -amendment haring been put, the Mayor, and
Moors. Berlin', Brown, Webb, Alderman Howard. and
Meson Betts, sad Vertue, voted for it.
On the original proposition, Mews. Aldermen Eliot
and Milled'', and Councillors Roberts, Harper, Lace,
Polbecary, Baunton, Thomas, Mason, Devenisb, Buck,
A yles, and Commins, voted for it.. altered to EGO,
which was carried.
The Mayor read applications for the collectorship train
Mews. Taylor, J. W. Board, Tewkesbury, R. T. /Smith,
11. Mead, and P. W. Aylea
Mr. Alderman Killedite proposed Mr. Taylor. He
bald in his head &paper signed by 580 of the inhabitant.,
almost all ratepayers, and the first name be saw on it
was that of their worthy Rector, and if such a large
number of ratepayers were satisfied with Mr. Taylor, it
wee a strong resommandatMn.
lfr. Commins seconded.

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Mr. Webb said be was not going to make any sounter
proposition, but he made thine remarks as to the op.
petition formerly made by Mr. Potheesry and Mr.
IliHedge, when the Deputy Harbourmaster applied for
the vacancy.
Mr. Pothecary was not nrurised that no counter-pro-
paition had been made. It would have 141011 • very
unpopular thing with the ratepayers. He was eertain
no one would say • word spinet Mr. Taylor, who bad
worked hard for them for the peat Bye years. He would
sib the Board, would it have been just to send this man
adrift? Decidedly not; and he eongratalated the Board
that they were unanimoas in the appointment.
The Mayor, in the absence of thy eounterproposition,
here declared Mr. Taylor unanimously elected, and, his
sureties being approved of, ho will at ones enter on his
duties.

The Rurveyoes and inspector of Neiaanoes' Report
haring Woo. read, the meeting terminated.