The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-26 00:00:00

S,otal anti gistrid gen.

BOARD OF UCARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Oranger in the chair. There
were also present:— Messrs. Brooks, Hollinson,
Bird, Billingbani, Baker, Orithu,Fiddian, 0 uest,
Homes, Higgs, Jeffries, P. Pargeter, Pateshali,
Paskins, Rhodes, and Wright. 'The minutes of
the last meeting were read and confirmed. Ad.
witted into the house during the week, 10;
discharged, ; dead, 1; remaining, 394. Cor-
responding week last year, 374. Out-door relief,
fringswinford district, £33 12s Od ; Stourbridge
district, £2l 19s 7d ; Halesowen district, £23
40 8d; total, £7B ltis 3ti. against £94 Os lid
last year.
A letter was read from Mr. H. kleming, stat
ing that he was directed by the Poor Law Board
to inform them that under the provisions of the
Local tiovernment Act, 1871, 34 and 35 Vict.,
cap. 70, the powers and duties vested in the Poor
Law Board have been transferred to the Local
uoverntueut board, which has been established.
lie also stated that the provisions of the Local
Uoverument Board would not interlere with the
duties or powers of the ftluardiane, as the lucid
ministrators of the law, or require them to make
any change in their proceedings. The lidera-
ians were requested to address all communica-
tions to the Local Uovermuent Board, instead
of the Poor Law Board.

Mr. Barratt, Relieving•utlicer and Inspector
of Nuisances for the Lye, called the attention
of the Board to the condition of a cesspool at
Baldwin's ureen, the Lye, which he sant was
very bad. A great deal of the refuse from some
neighuouring houses was allowed to run into it,
Anti many persona frequently dipped their mops
into the water for the purpose ot washing their
houses. If cholera or any other epidemic
should unfortunately break out in the district,
the consequences would be very serious. Ile
therefore wished for permission to upp,y to the
magistrates to have it lined up.
Mr. Ithodes said that lie knew the spot where
the peot ought tu be tided, up, the expense of
which woulct be very little.
The Boord consented to the application.

The Chairwau mud that thu iieseut meeting.
wAs made opt:chit tur the cousnietation of t 6
quesliou of the superauuuatiuu of Union udi
cers, iud a petitiuh which had beeu forward,A
to the Board.
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The Clerk read the petition, which was to the
effect of removing the discretionary power at
prcsent in the hands of the ti uardians for super-
istinuating Union officers, and vesting it with the
Local 4-auvernuient Board.
The Chairman said that some time ago ui
application was made by the niedical officers id
the Union for increasing their salaries, which,
however, was not entertained. Since then two
of those medical officers applied separately fin
an increase of their salaries, and the results
were that the Board considered the matter, and
the salaries of all the officers were increased,
according to their districts' The medical offi-
cers were not required to devote the whole of
' the time their duties. They were aware that
the stipends of the latter were not very large ;
one was £BO, and the two others were .4:90 each
per annum. That stun was not too much for
[ll4ll to appear respectable to rear a family with.
He hoped that tha matter wound receive their
best coesideratiou. At present they had one
superannuated officer, namely, Mr. Knowles,
the late collector. . .

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vlrJ3iLlingbfttu said he should be very sorry
for the present discretional power of the Guar-
dians to be taken away, as the hate( were best
able to judge who w.ue deserving of euperannu-
dhoti. tie therefore moved --" That tins Douro
disapproves of the proposition for the signing
of the petition which was before the Board.-
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Mr. Brooks flilid it Nvag underetood whi. tie)
illudical ()thee', solarieA were raised that they
should have no pellaionA.
Several other (luardiaus offered reotarka, and
the resolution was seconded by Mr. Fiddle'', and
carried.
There was no other business.

Mr. Barrett, Lk:vector of Nuisances for the
Lye, applied to tie! Bend' that a pool at Bald-
wia's Green, Lye, which was a nuisance, should
be filled up. After hearing Mr. Barrett, the
Beach ordered that it should be filled up.