The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-08-27 00:00:00

PORTLAND LOCAL BOARD.

A meeting of this Board took place at the oleos on
Thursday last. Present: Mr. B. &riven. iii the chair,
Moms. It Lan°. W. Gibba, R. Stone, R. B. &riven,
B. Pearce. W. White, S. Pearl*, B. Combo., B. Collings
A. &riven, Mitchell, Hodder, J. C. Lazio, and Hine.

XI3IIIANCI.S.

The Clerk (Mr. B. N. Howard) imgreeted for the nee
of the Board forms the Weymouth Board employs, to
give notice to parties for the abatement of nuisances,
and promised to mend • oopy to each member for perusal.
Mr. A. Bcriven palled attention to the shocking
nuisanoe created by the liaison LI If r. Hocarth's.

FACROACHIIINTS OK PAUBEI LAMM
Mr. B. Combed said that since the last meeting he
bad been down to the lighthouses to gee the plane
front where the gravel was taken, and he found
It was from the mainland, and so far in that
the herbage was broken to get at it. At the lAA
meeting he thought the gravel was taken as low-
water mark. He wag surprised to find it .as taken
from parish land, and without paying anything. If
stens wan quarried and sold the parish had • right to
94. oat of every In. For the past three years he found
the Highway Board bad paid to the authorities 6.1. per
load- (A member: Is. a yard. The Chairman: Is.
for gravel. and fici. for shingle.) Farther than that, he
had ascertained from Absalom Ode, foreman of the
lighthouses, that he had paid £5O to Mr. Benjamin
White for spells and gravel for the use of the liglithowes.
Of sum 6d. out of every la, WM due to theinhabitants.
By the Court Survey they had a right to quarry stone
in the commonable lands for nothing, and also to out
rtihhillt there without paying anything. The encroach-
meet at the Bill was one of the grossest he was aware
of, and he would propose that the Local Board do take
gravel and stone of every description from the common-
able lands, according to the rights and custom of the
island and manor of Portland, paying nothing, and
that the Clerk ascertain the amount of money unlaw-
fully paid by ib• Highway Board, and take ahanacessary

steps to recover the MAISIO. This question of estoroash•
mant had been discussed many times at the Court Luta,
but nothing was done. At tee last court it was brought
forward, and he proposed that they should have
Counsel's opinion on the subject, but than it was asked
how were they to get the funds. The members of the
Court Lest seemed to bee body without anything to
substantiate it. The trustees took the money.
and the Court could only talk over a thing and put
nothing into practice. He thought it high time they
looked to their rishie and prevented encroachments. If
they allowed the Government sad others to take rubble
from the parish lands they would be likely in time to
lose their rights altogether. Before long some parish
land would be required for the railway.
Mr. A. S.rivon seconded the proposition. He thought
it highly nteemeary the Clerk should take step' to see
the parish was not wronged u it had been during the
last few years.
Mr. B. B. Pearce asked that the proposition might
include any encroachment upon the Parish land. 14°'
vernment seemed to be taking everything and leaving
the parish nothing at all. He saggeated they should
have Counsel'. optnioa on the point.
Tie Clerk said he thought it would be beat to call
on the Government to pay the sum required, and then,
if it was refused, they midht get an opinion.
Mr. A. &riven prodnoed the charter granted by
George 111., and suggested it should be read.
Mr. Ilinde tholght that was not the last oneggrand,
and that the last was different front that of Geor,;u 11.
The motion was then carried.
HAULING MATERIAL&

Mr. Collins proposed, ant Mr. Gibbs ascended, that
tenders should be issued for the hauling of shingle and
gravel from the Bill, the island being divided for the
purpose into seven districts. —Carried.