The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-04 00:00:00

poorx GUARD OF GUARDIAN&
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The fort lightly 17 eeting of this Board Wan held at the
, Union on Thursday. whim there wce• premot
I Hayman (chairman). Mr. J. W. Liar, Mr. T. K mr.
E. E. Elliott. Mr. It. sl.s4c. Mr. It. C. King. and My W.
Meados, all elected Guardians.
I' The Ctddtm reported that lot hail received no reply from
the Loral Government Muni on the ex oluie otiesttna.
Ile also read a letter from the Hon. Evelyn Ashley,
I member for the borough, acknowled.:ing the receipt of the
I petition from the Board on the Valuation Act, mad kati..
I that he had present.' it to Parliament. In a see.. 4
I letter the hon. tueniher aabl the petition would have he.
Iprinted and (qv...lat.' 1111+11 not a similar petitine
, received earlier from the Thzteet Guariliati. and printed.
Mr. Slade said he hail to present a Chopin for 141)11101i of
! his increased salary an approved by the 1... aid G 'cerement
I Board. and wished to know if the Ch urittan would siga
it, 141 it could not be paid without liii di4hhore.
The CHAIIIIJIAN refid.ed to sign the chem., and refemd
the Clerk to the resolution of the hith Jantuary, by which
a ruaidrity of the elect.: I Guardians rescinded the previom
resolution increasing the Clerk's salary (Coin Lilt) to cis
a year lie should not dgii the cheque till a reply to Om
resolution hail been received iron the Local Government
Board.

The CLERK uji all he should have to do would he VI
write to the Loedl Government Board, and aak them to
enforce their_ order. _ _

of the tith January being read, the
CHAIRMAN pointed out that the letter received by h
i im
from the Local Government Board, n &newer to a
communication from him, did not appear, although it
was upon that latter the resolution was founded.
The CLERK said the tette: was not in hia possession.
The CMAIRMAN said he was under the impreenor that
the Clerk took away the letter; but it might be among his
(the Chairman's) papers. The Clerk could have had the
letter Icy asking for it, and it should have been entered is
the minutes, which were at present very vague.
The CIDEK expressed an opinion that if wen,
required correspondence received by them entered di-th,
minutes they should tell him so, and called the chai,.
man's attention to the fact that the minutel of the td•
January were signed by him, and said he should heal
made the objection then.
The CHAIKMAN replied that lie did not notice the
omission then.
The CLERK remarked that he thought it was irregular
for members of the Board to forward communications to
the Local Government Board except through him, sad
said be could not be responsible for such correspondence
Mr. RAWLINS reminded Mr. Slade that be himeelf had
done the same thing by forwarding a communication to
the Local Government Board, without bringing it before
the Guardian&
Mr. SLADE said if he had waitel for the next meeting
of the Board the reply of the Local Government bard
might have been received in the ineantime, without their
being acquainted with the truth of the iflatter.
There was • general feeling that individual members
of the Board had • right to address cumin IMiC Wonn to the
Local Government Board.
This concluded the ba:inees.