The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-06 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

Mommv : Present, the Mayor (Mr. If. Lock),
Aldermen Halpin and Davis ; Councillors Hodges,
Devenish, Burnett, Je. Lock, Fit fgo,
Hazel, Pope, and Einem]. `fit
The first business was to receive the report od the
fair ground committee, with reference to the con-
structionf an auction ring. They recommended that
an open ring be provided, for the present, leaving the
consideration of the Covering t. be provided for pro-
tcetion from the weather, to a future occasion. lie
report also reconuneedxsl that the surface be covered
with gravel, instead of being pave.l.
Mr. lININLIT ask.' what were the tenders for the
covered auction riuu.t, and wan informed Wird, r.lO,
awl tr. 2.4.
Mr. litteuoftv understood Mews. Crw•ker amil Co's
tender hl been accepted for the work, but this was
explained not to he sm
lIEVENISH hoped that whatever they done they
, would have the ring owerml.
i The tenders for the auethm ring, according to the
new plans and specification, were then opened. awl
read as folh.ws ; Mmnrs. Davis awl Son, Cl 2 ; Mr.
John Wellspring, C. 17 ; Mr. J. Tracy, tfin Ui.;
Messrs. Crocker and Co., 4.:3•2 ; and Mears. Hill and
Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, :LH
The Mayon moved that "Thu tender f Messrs.
Crocker and Co. be amepted."
%.1411erable liuc,uioi ii emitted AS to covering the
ring, Mr. Wit:SKIT -.AM it bad been left over for a
tile; MV:DEVENTSII hoisnl they would, not entirely
abSIVI.SI the idea, and wdubl like to see it dime at
once ; thought Hwy ought to leave it
until they were in a better wvition as to funds : Mr.
A. PetPl: sail they were not justified in spending 4:500
or t:Mil in covering at ...as, awl Mr. GAVIN Out he
had flu:y.4 an eminent agricultltrist luty that tf I cover
the whole .4 it, as it was proposed in the first plum,
would simply be waiting money.
Ultimately the Nrlvor pnworit. • .
',ANC&

A number of ball were orlerol to be paid.
TOE JUMTICE ROOM.

Mr. I: NEannY asked if any steps ha.' been taken to
complete the arranqements of the tinv.ristrates ',son
.lownstairs—it was must uncomfortable awl incomplete
at present.
The Ms von ,ahl he nnolerstooa that a stove ha 4 been
°Here.].

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Mr. I .nr.coar explained that there were many de.
,tieh as blink an.l paintim4 yet 1.. he .I.the, and
a 4 mtacti mi.l the place was more like a barn,
limn a arvzistrates*rosni. (Lawliter.)

THE FLEMENTARV EDUCATHEI ACT.

The next lontitowA was the appeintowat of a School
Atte...lance Committee to earn, ont the ponigionA of
the ahwe act, awl there W:V4 a good' deal of " talk " onfit' nul'jt'ct.
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Mit-iutt expl.iined that the olject of the Act
wits to give to those place+ where tliOsb was no School
11..ard, the powers ,4 a School Board. As far as this
town was concerned, they had hem. working on
the voluntary principle, and this Act of Parliament '
wm, to Nee if thole district,. not having a
Schoel Itoard, and provide atnide education for the
town without it. Ile objected to the expenses incurred ,
by Pie e eitinittee, if iippoiutcd, cooling ut 4 the
borough fund.. .and if they did, should feel Nanette
...t.pt ann., other If• maw. They .eight. he thought, to
come out ot the school funds, to which rich WO isior
alike contributed. .

Mr..lerfink a4teil if we were bound to appoint th•
r- nflnitte, anil we,. 11,11SWCrea in the affirmative.
w, 01,1 like to know what expenses
thy might expect, and the
M %Vint *,ii,l ',mon* officer* awl an inspector woubl
hay', to be :tppoint.A.
Mr. Pork reinarkel that one clause sahl the School

Att-a,lan,e C.aninittee appaitit sith-oanntittee
Fr the ail, ut pari+l,e,, nip! the 3tav,,it fultaitted it
ft t , the .I.,,,Zreti,,n of the committee.

M 31.1.1 N, in the cont.-4 of some lemthy remarks,
mid he hoped they would seriously (mushier before
taltio: lip part .4 the mt. They were i.roP"sitht to
MI:, up the most difficult awl offensive part of the
—that of emills4diez the ehildren to attend
witlnnit to the parents a chanee of taking
part it. any of the maiimzement. Ile (Mr. thdpin)
reworked that -he hal laloonred hard to prevent
:4eho,d Hoard in 14m4lester, mei he ti glut
the present the time to cllia forward and
mi..pt voluntary pritleiple in 3 few, "pen opirit.
As to the pre-tut sehool, they had a deht 44. mi)to
wipo "11, 311 1 they e,a11.1 honlly expect to !_let this .lone
at pre.ent. He tru le I that ally
.expensee would be
met by-a special borom4l late, as there were no fowl,'
thee eonl.l tele for the port.... lie m1a.t.11.1 evrtainly
v .to ,v,villiAt i:4-11"..1 .tttemismee bving
:ippointed, and may,' that the smijeet be u adjorned
Fr the pre-eut, and that 01,111irit3t IC 1113. k 33 to the
of Seh. -.I I:wink elsewhere.
Me. 'I lkyrxmli tlion4lit it W:l3 the opinf ,4 the
i :11,hitonts.It-rein-tier that we sleedd have a
4 Hard misdated. Ile referred- p. maces where
it hal imswered very well, and maint Mied that, if the
4..hteatiott .4 the people were better 0; -reed with a
gleed Board than without, they certainly otmlit to
have one. Referring- to the Ire-tent oielst on the
t-he, 'lain Darchetter, Mr. Devenidi said that if they
it mill hardly keep the cart upon wheels now, how e add
to do so when the other children were
bin 1.-At in and extra expenses incurred.
Mr. rnw.r thottAtt the present prineiple anewered
eery well, but if they were to make it rate there
vrenthl be mat+ disati.fat thel.

lertaln DArt4 .ahl the sAnntary ftptem waft
eneourw4e.l hy the .et. He thought they eenlil
nothiry more thin apift,iut the School Atto.lnnee
C”ntnntted.

GRE.; .He hoped they would well con-
sider the matter before they rushed int a School
Board. They had culanasi the schools, met the
requirements f the A. t. and ha.l gone .m ,atis-
faetorily under the 'ohudarily system. lie prop.”.ol
that a Mom! Attend:thee Committ a! be at once
apprinted.
Mr. 1Ir11);ETT -aid they had now good aerommo-
dati el and a good education in the town, and he
w.mbl .ef,old Mr. Gregory's mpedtion.
Ablenuan Owe: equstlerW they had carried on
the voluntary systnn very satisfactorily, the town was
satisfied, and he thow;ht it ,enull he tint .ir to force
upon the inhabitants the bunlen of a School Baud
rate. _

Mr. llon4tn4 thought the dieettenion as between the
voluntary eymtem and a School Board was out of 'dare
at that meeting. He luta no doubt whatever as t.what
woula be the olecidon of the inhabitant) on thin
quedion if they were wkoa, meting the Alleee,el of the
voluntary eystem .luring the put hew years in Doe
cheger. lie thottAt the 111311 W. 111h1 he very difficult
please who would he dimatidied with the present
.rdetn of cancation in the town. (Hear, hear.) Their
debt hoe teen referred to ao an obAncle, but he
tlr eight that when they remembered they
hail expended lomethinz like 61,500 in providing
',A ea accommodation. and had pahl off that debt
with the exception of the email smn name], it was
not such a great deal to )4'd over. When the Ifiritidt
School was chin up they hail to provide for the boys
midi they at once ,et to work to get the tie...wary
accointmehttion. In conchtdon Mr. Hodges .41 he
condlerea that proviaing any additional accommoas.
Con would be a city trifling expense,' aria he Pia,,nl,l
support the proposition for the appointment of the
Oonmittee.

Mr. Dr:Art:mail evidainedi that tliey had m. 'urn
dation in the bor .n.ch for 1,300 children. 1;410 were
on the hookv, and the daily average attendance was
730, thee vhowing that 5110 were out in the atreeta.
Alderman CennE : That ahowv the neemity t.r a
Sd, oh Attendance Committee.

The MATOR then pot the amendment and original
proposition. For the latter voted hies's... Galvin,
Devenish, Slate, and &mem, the remtinder voting
for the amendment, which wax declared carried.
Alderman Mavis thought that magistrates should
not be elected on the Committee, as they might have
to administer the law.
The Mayon jocularly retnarktM he Wllll sorry any
gentleman round that table thought Ilorchester was so
to require the interference of the tnagistrates.
Ultimately, after a little more "talk.' Mr.
DrvEvistl proposed that the Committee coledst of 12
mflmul.?re to comprise the fayor, Aldennen Clime
and Davis, ttmneillors Hodges. Devenish, Gregory,
Ma, le, Lock, Fudge, Pope, Ihmlen, awl T. Bennett.
.Iblermatt I mei a refused to act on the Committee,
and sugge.ted they should elect Mr. Burnett as Clerk,
who would 'probably do the work for nothing, and
time ewe the expenses of the rate.
It was derided five shml,l loran a quorum.