The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The proceedings included a recommendation " to rate to
the several rates, under the sanatory acts, those owners of
property who bad refused to enter into composition for the
payment of these rates." This recommendation was adopted.
After some observations from Mr. DOVER, Mr. COOPER, and
other gentlemen, the TOWN-CLERK explained that the Council
were obliged to compound if the owners chose to do it, and
they were equally bound to rate those owners who neglected
or refused to enter into composition within the time pre-
scribed,

On the motion that the general proceedings be confirmed,
Mr. DOVER, called attention to the urgent necessity which
existed for re-numbering the streets. The Health Committee
were anxious that the Council should impress on the Finance
Committee the importance of giving them authority to pro-
ceed with the work at once.

After some conversation, the TOWN-CLERK explained that,
if the Health Committee passed a resolution, asking permis-
sion to proceed with the numbering immediately, and the
Council confirmed that resolution, the Finance Committee
would have no discretion but to order payment of the ex-
pense.

- With this understanding the matter was allowed to drop.
Mr. CHARLES TIME called attention to the difficulty
1 and inconvenience which were frequently experienced by
strangers from the existence of two or more streets of the
same name, in different parts-of the town.
The charges made by the Health Committee, to the 'owners-
of houses, for making communicating drains, were brought
before the Council by Mr. 132AnLEY and Mr. PreTorr ; but
from explanations made by the MArogr the TOWN-CLERH,
and. Mr. DOVER, it appeared that the right of owners to drain
their own property was expressly reserved by the act of Par-
liament, and was not to be interfered with—that it was only
where the owners neglected, after notice, to drain, that the
Health Committee interfered; and thatthe question of charge
for work done by the committee, in reference to houses not
otherwise drained, is, upon the whole, favourable to the
owners:

Thepreceedinp of the committee were confirmed.

THE GARD-E3s' COMMITrEt

The moceedinga of this committee were also read and con-
firmed.

IVATEE COMMITTEE.

The proceedings included 'a very elaborate .report from Mr.
Ashlin, thetreasurer, and Mr. Duncan, the- water engineer,
in reference' to the management of the Chorley Waterworks.
Mr. HoLr, its moving that the proceedings-be-COnfirmed„
referred to the report as having been prepared with consider-
able care, and as going necessarily very much into detail,, the
object being to estliblish the best possible system-of manage-
ment, which, he believed,. had been done with so mirth success,.
that he anticipated .no, difficulty whatever in reference to-this-
part of the property.
Mr. BENNETT thought it would be better, if possible,-to le
the water-rents at Ohorley, in the same manner-in whiclr
turnpike tolls werciet, in order to obviate the necessity or
keeping up an expensive establishment.
Mr. HOLT, in reply-,-pointed out that the establishment at
Chorley, although efficient, was on a limited scale,andwas-
maintained at a very moderate expense.
The.proceedings were -confirmed.