The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-06-04 00:00:00

Tb. ettimor was lb unkwabil her. Hise fined in
three Mara and It boob throb &T. her. He bad
bees getting cot elee. Se remedy tide and the out weeld
1.. only about Atta H. 551 KWrr to bay, to report a
wows ot tbe boiler of tba dredger. eansag by
sand settees is tbe sew of Om baiter.
The Tows CLAM read a report by Mr. tun.
I,,es. es the deatetre to Use holler, the rre,..,
by tby oa gentleman for re constructing the bolter. at •
rest all.
Upon tbe proposition of Goentillor CURTIS the
CoMesitlet was authorised 10b.,, lb. rbennerf=
&re* at soca

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
A meeting of the Town Council was thee bald and
sir Conwiative menthers—Messra. Duednie, PuZ•
more, Ballard, Blanchard. Hill, and Conway—left the
hall in a body to avoid the first busies.. on the agenda
paper, whirl was "to outsider, with a view to re-
adjustmeol, the byedawe for the regulation of the
Council, fixing finer for non.acoeptanos of office by
members of the CounciL "—The fines f,u- reeigzation,
or not-acioeptance of office are 01 present, E5O in the
male .4 a Mayor £25 for an Alderman, and £l5 for a
Councillor, and the Mayor and others present con.
sidereci this an iniquitous tax on members who wished
to resign through illness—sa in the came of the late
Alderman Goss—or on leaving the town—as in this
case of Aidertnao Rogers.
It was proposed by Councillor WkaYklUl that the
fines be reduced to OD, £lO, and £5, but it was found
that the question warn net properly bef.qe Nub molting
to-day, and the discuseion warn adjourned
The Town CLIME read the following letter from the
Home oMon
" Whitehall, 17th May, lETS.
"Sir,—With reference to • circular hitter saldreseed to
you from this department on the Wilt August, 1177, I am
directed by Mr. riecretary Crags le inform you that soros
soisunderstandleg appears to glint on the past of some Of
the Local Authorities no to the sum which they will be
caned opoo to pay to this Government should they deniye
a recoils...rano. of their Promo on its discwattnnance by
order of the Secretary of guile, and ha wishes therefore to
aeptain to you for the information of to. magistrates of
y..ur borough, that the amount in questioa will be calcu-
lated at the rate of CM per head on the average number
of primmer, maintained at the expellee of the prison
authority or the See years immediately preceding let
January, 1217, and for whom coil accommodation was
provided at the date of the paring of the Prison Ant
Should the borough authorities sleet not to acasialt:
cruoior .4 the prison to them on them tense, the
tary of State will sell the prima, and after pay lag into
Eachequer the before-nientioned sum, and deducting Use
•shenses or the sale, wiU hand over to the borough any
surplus that may remein out of the prior realised; while
in the event of the sale not realising tins ansauat payable
to the Exchequer the borough well not be called on to make
pod the deficiency.
"I am. air,
" Your obedient Servant,
k F. 0 LIDDILL
- •

"The Mayor of the Borough of PoOle.". ---
Councillor BTOIII considered the question one of
great importance to the town, and proposed that it be
referred to the Land Committee to get some compe-
tent surveyor to value the Keil and report to the
Council.
Alderman PUNIT neconded the proposition, which
won carried.

Tb.we. at boldness was to affix the seal of ths Council
to the deed appointing new Trustees of Sir John
Jester's Trost as to the e%ening lectureship at SL
James's Church. The Her. Carr J. Glyn, the only
atarrivor of the old Trustees, wrote recommending the
Council to transfer the Trust to the Charity Truatees,
whi would deal with the Trust free of charge, and the
Town Clerk also strongly recommended that this
course be pursued. Al. however, the now 'Trustees
had been appointed, and the deed prepared, it was
reeolved, upon the proposal .1 Councillor Curtis,
seconded by Councillor Stone, to affix the seal f the
Council to the deed. The *eel of the Council was also
affixed to the lesse to Messrs. Meadus, of land at
liatnwerthy, for a term of 21 years, at £7 per annum.
The Ild•roa read • letter from Alderman F. T
Roger., wt,o for many years served the Borough well,
resigning hi. office as Alderman, in °insentience of his
harin.t left the town. The Mayor handed the resignation
fee of £25 to the Town Clerk. Upon the proposal
Councillor Curtis the resignation id Mr. ars was
accepted, and the penalty was idled to thern
Fund. A meeting of the Council has been ca/ledt
Monday next to elect an Alderman in the place of Mr.
Rogers.

PUBLIC HIBLTH ACT,

The Council then eat under the Public Health Act,
1875, and Councillor Conway returned to the ball and
took part in the meeting.
The only business woe—
To determine whether the Council, as the Urban
Authority, shall enter into an agreement with the
Trustees of the Poole turnpike roads, to repeir the I note
peth. belonging to the Trustee. mtuate within the
borough, awl I( go rem:deed to determine in what war the
footpaths shall be repaired and to .drim for leaders for no
&dna. if deemed advisable, and to pass all necessary
resolutions thereon."

The Tows CLut reed the following
Wiruhorne, 17th April, IBM
" Dear Sir.—On the other side I pond you a copy of a
reeolobou pared by the truetees of the .hove turnpike at
their meeting on Monday hot, relative to the footpath.
At the sides of the turnpike road within the borough of
Poole. _ .