The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-03-25 00:00:00

ELECTION OF COLLECTOR OF RATES.

TUE IX-OFFICIO 011i1114111 QOllll7Oll.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Board- of- Guardians
was held at the Board-room, Longliset, on Thursday, Mr
J. Hayman in the chair, end there wore present Keens,
Curus, G. Goff, S. L. Behar, J. W. Buckley, W. Me wins.
Conway, D. B atom. K B. Elliott, H. Sharp. sod C
Mason (elected Guerdimerl, and W. Pierce, W. L C.
Adey, H. Kemp-Welcb, G. IL Penney T. Slade, son., T.
Blade, jun., A. -Bataan, W. D. Dugdais, J. B. Dureli, F.
Minns, ant H. re,Trzw, borough magiebratea —At the
roacting of the Board Kr. Curtis headed in a protest
',dint the votes of any of the borough isagi.traue- being
roost,* I. but the deck afterwards point.' out that Ode
could not be entered on the minutes union it was carried
by the meeting. Kr. Curtis Men moved his protest as .
resolution, witch was seconded by Kr. Baker and agreed
to. The minutes now showed that tho clerk had .etered
the protest as • protest simply imaged of se a
resolution, and e long Macaroon took place oa
the point The original paper was produced, with
the name. of thete and seconder it in the
in Chairman's hand , but the Ch &man ultimately
signed the minutes without any oortection being mode.
The Chairman then proceeded to say that at the last
inserting some motion was made, the spirit of which was
that he wee not to take the votes of the borough magis-
trates. Perhaps the pretest did not come to moon. for
he found that a similar protest was made eome years ago,
altar which resolution the borough magietratee did not
attend. He believed this was during tts• time that Mr.
Hamilton was chairman. Then Kr. Wood became chair.
' man, and the meanies again attended. Sines the last
Board-day the opiates el the mott eminent coansid had
been obtained, and A eoefirreed in every pant the views
of those eho held that the borough magistrates bad no
' loess atom& at that Board. The vexed question was on.
I that ought to be settled. and baler*, that was
' supremo ter the 'hers stem that be presided thee
be did not wish that theme should be--p on
the subject, white, is doubt, warld deelded in the
Qesea's Beath Dirties of Gm MiKi Own of leak*. He
should therefore premed to take the toles of the elected
imardlane, witbist faatedlag these who claimed to be
IS-10110 gnegdmes. After maim the eorimpaidssios
it would be the balms at the Keeled guardians to select ,
• Al and tdonet Perms ea collector MI rates for the puieh
of St. UMW from the applkatteas that had be, a en.'
ceived.—llme Clerk reed • tommeneation from the Local
Government Board to the effect that the temporary
appointment of Kr. Modem as rale collector was in-
formal, and that it devolved upon the overseers to collect
the rates doting the vacancy—The Clerk then read Um
applications for the post of rate collector for the pada
tot St. Jame?, the Wary offered being £llO par annum.
The following were the candidates :—llimers. Elmun4
Pearce (Po ile), John Kowtow jun. (Poole). HenryF.
Bell (Blandford), George Young (Parkstone), J H Bohn
(Bournemouth), J. A. Cline!. (Boarissurouth), B P •ests
(Lymiogton), John H. Mingle (Sherborne), George Foot
(Parkstone), sad H. J. Wd11•1321 (Poole). Meters. Young
and Foot offered to undertake the dothe
£lOO per annum. —The Chairman said he bad omitted
to say that be would receive the rote of an./
asattrate for the county of Dormt who mid
wi in the Poole Union; for instance, if Sir Ivor
Guest were pelmet he would take his vote —Mr. Dogdate
said be claimed to he • magistrate for the count, of Poole.
Mr. Curtis said he would make this a test question, and
he (Mr. Neale) would go farther than that room to
seisert ihs whether he was entitled to vota—The Chairman
said that was jerk what they waated.— Mr. Curtis said
they were quite prepared to go farther than that room.
I The question bad been • vexed on. ter forty years, end he
tbougkl It wee high time that it should be set at rest.
' Mr. Btone taw pear. ego moved a resolution, which was
on Gm books, and bad saver been rescinded, to the eftect
that the menistrates of Poole were not esoillsio guardians.
—The Cludnsen slegged this disceenee, end Mr. When
(Lame) the. proposed that Kr. Edmund Pearce he ap.
pointed the oolleelmr if rates for the pariah of St. lawn.
Yids was seconded by Kr. Sharp (Xiesoo).-111r. Curtis.
' (Geerellen for St. :OMNI parteh),estd he had great pleasure
Ii proposing that Mr. Jobe Kowlam, jun., be appointed.
HS lad served an eprrsticsehip to the work, end he did
not think they could fled a urn who was better qualified
to do it If it was possible to take die soak.
ratepayer within the parish of St James' he believed
that sine eat of every tee would vole for the appointment
of Kr. MOWLIVI. —Kr. &Wort : Hear, hear, no doubt of it.
—Kr. Baker (Guardian for Sr. James' perish) said the
pada of St J.L2d.d../15 eaSeetelly laterestsd in his ao-
point:meet He thought he had WV a OVILMO" to the
sleet that whore tn. corms, wee then would the
he gathered together. and this seemed to be the omit:
eseralas. In his opinion Kr. Hoiden woe a It and
proper penes to 000en_the pogike but add., the
proposer Isor lirmuldr at Mr. Num had saH earthing in
his Wear. Hs ascended Yr. Hurtles ProPhdtblau—
Mr. B/101011 said his piaio. no. that the saagietratie he/
as badness Sham In. forties was net so mash Ks
iissilia el • 'As*, of ton as Oa inales sub et sum

who had served Ms appreethmskip, in whom the borough
bad every cuagoeue. and against whom there was nothing
except that he wu supposed Lob, • Liberal. They were
gIII party politics into the appoiatnient of their
°Mows. en I nothing could be more suicidal than
this state of things, so far as the ratepayers were
concerned. if. tout protested ultimo this for • very lone
time, and when to. borough sure yo.! wet seated he
relmed to know whether he wee " blue or "yellow." At
the list proof rip ti elm ion he refuel to 'pp m. Mr.
Dudek. 'very bale in that room, and event. ody in
the borough, must knot that Mr. Mowlaia was the beet
man to I'd employed age rate collector.— Br. Pouts said
be quits eared with the remarks of tbe ex-Maieor, and in
the earlier part of his life be always conducted business
in that way—Mr. Curtis: That wee ohs,, you were a
Liberal—Mr. Pewee (continuing) said unfortunately the
*zooids had bun set of Mouth/ men all of whom
belonged to one party, sod ante. one party took up the
ease the other would trample them down. The election
of allows under the Town Council had been almost
entirely •
of birr.thze
iLi.beunrald
pperea,.. lehomiwg.ht mention ?de
.
although healhedlssen the acting borough surveyor. aistioet
the 6.01* as Mr Moslem had been the amistant retie
coll-cior.—The Chairman put the amendment, and asked
loch elected guardian to say for whom he voted.—rbe
Clerk said he thought a show of hands should be first
taken, and • long and animated diecuseion toile place on
this point. —The Chairman said he should not allow the
votes of the borough magistrates to be taken, but Mr.
Patetson said the rotes moot tie received, and the quer
Bon tried afterwards. The Clerk wog hound to take
down the names of all those who voted.—Mr. Curtis said
they might have all the parish of 8.„ James there if there
was accommodation for them, but that was no reason
why the Chairman should take the vote of every gentle-
man who liked to come to the meeting. The Chairman
had taken the trouble to procure the opinion of Mr. Glen,
the highest authority on poor law matters, and hie %Mike
was thet the Chairman should, if he thought proper, use
all the form Decalitre to put the borough magistrate, oat
of the root.. (Lothabter.) They acre prepared to go to the
Haulier Lords tog.% it settled.—Tne (airman tutrueted
tie clerk to take the votes of the elected rowdier.. 'sty;
too the clerk declined toi take up in himself the reopens'.
ty of rejecting the votes of the es-ollefo guardiens.—Mr.
Poteroon prupmed that the votes of toe irailleie guardians
110 rOCCiV,I, and that the clerk give life, h to lb. some on
the minute., that the validity of the ewe. he refereed to
the L cal 0 'cerement Board, and that the guardian.
abide by their decision.—The Chairman said the Load
a )vernment Board would not gore them any opinion on
the subject. —Mr. Meade' seconded the proposition.
Carti• said he was not fightlug &tweet the tsolteie
guardian.; he should bs happy to see Sr Ivor Guest, or
any other county ruagietrate ridding within the Union,
present, but he maintained toot the borough megis• rit-s
were not guardian', It was laid down by Act of Parliament
that they were not such, es elleitt Hi proposed as an
amendmeut, that the ir.rouali maxistrates not being
es-4We guardians, the Chairmen. In pareuance of a
renOution already on the b oar, ref osid to take th.ir vote,.
—ln the mune of some further oonverastion Mr. B snore
said the elect: d guardians appeared t dere.h...
and Mr. Curtis said they had no retires •htative power.
The votes of all present were ultimately r.hert by the
stork, Mr. Cortis protesting again., each reeflue se he
voted. There were :—For Mr. Illowierw—lleaw, Heyman,
COrrlr, Buckley, aif li tier. Bailout, Welch, ilsion,
end Nosey. Per Mr. Peer*, —*warm, Mewing, illiidt,
Patersoe, Sharp, Conmay, T. 8 ed-, see., Pearce. ad .y,
I/ lodate. Dur•lL Sled, at wit'. and Millis. Mesita
We'ah, &Liston, and Peumy merely tendered their vote.,
.. they arr. of ~piolort thst they were Dot guardien• es-
ejleitt —The Clerk said throe mow U vides for Mr. Peon.
and 11i114 tor Mr. Mouil.m.-14r. Curt • salted or the
nonsber of elected guardians for eac candidate, and the
Chairmen said there wero six fee Mr. Moolant and ere
or Mr. Pearce. It was his duty to declare that Mr.
Moslem nes elect/al.—Mr. Paterson handed in hi•
piopuition, with the addition that Mr. Peerce be doctored
duly elect.d.—Tbe Chairman .aid the elected "mentions
core placed in • tether humiliating pueltion. Those sloth
ettended the B nod meeting, •nd did the work were the
'set in lees of *bona they ought to choose as their ofBcore.
To elected enerdo.n. hood chow,, tbemeeires to be in
favour of Kr. Mowlam, and but for the itaierferehm of
the borough magistrates they could hare eleved hius
without this waste of tinte.—Mr. Curti@ hooded in his
amendment, which was oroinded by Mr. Baker, who geld
it wee • great pleasure to him Wines assay a/ad friend.
present. (Ltughter.) He was in a soli( itor`e me. the
other day, and was told he would have to go to the •x-
-peix• of putting a new life MO some property in the
plane of liontirOne who was going t a but be was glad to
see the gentleman here alive and well. (L slighter.) He
hoped that tale election would bare the ume effect on
that cont'esnan as • certain election had on Mr. Oise, and
that be would live wehy rears longer. Gionewed laugh.
Curtia's amendment, and Mr. Paterson's pen-
position were put to the misting, and the voting was just
theism, as before.—Mr. Curtis aeked the Chairman whet
course he inteaded to adopt, he having declared Mr.
Mowlam elected, and relo•ed I. Luke the votes of the
niaglewater. —The Chairman: My reply I* that I declare
Mr. llowlam duly elected, and I tofu.* to take the votes
given by the borough tuattoratee. That is my decisiou.