The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

AIIIHDIMIT OW THS PUBLIC MULTI! ACT.

The Council than considered the desirability of
memorialieing the Locil Gurernmeot Bard in favour
el the Bill for anmodiag the Public Health AM in
releCon to private improvement espouses. The 'Bed
el this Bill, se explained by the Deputy Town Clerk,
wee to imilitate the laying out of new streets, without
being obliged to require the whole at the Act. At
rethey were obliged to um the whole of the Act,
hisliag bees momtly decided on appeal that •
sealtaip authority was not at liberty to dispose of one
melee.
Aleldnise GIALTLIf mooed, and Mr. A. POPS
=that the seal of the Council be affixed to a

I'ISMICIL

Hills to the amount of 004 Ifs. 81 owing by the
&sitar, Authority were ordered to be paid.
Alderman 0 sitrill visited to call the serious attention
of the Council, as the Sanitary Authority of the
Borough, to a charm made in the last year's account
for interest. leo doubt according to the rules of the
bank they were liable to be charged for interest on
overdrawn accounts, but they should coo rider that for
soma yaws pest they had had Wel balances iil their
favour, without any interest being paid to them. It
bad always been an understo xi thing. If they looked
over the optimums for the year 1881 they would sae
£2,807 stool to their credit.. and £2,167 stood to tapir
debit. They were going on, owing tea matter which
be was sorry to say did not meet with their attention
as it ought to do, via, the delay in making the rates.
Rata were eollectel at the end of the year, and the
consequence was they had • large overdrawn account.
He trusted this would be remedied, by the rates
being mile:it'd earlier in order that they might have
tbebe.edt of it before the year closed. When the
loot year doped they had a balance against them of
£1,400, whereas immediately afterwards and up to the
present than they stood with 1:2 908 19s. to their credit,
£1,900 odd to their debit. 'limy thua had £l,OOO at
the hank and the collections were still going on. If
the ram had been made earlier they would have had
this amount, a very considerable ono, paid in prior to
the 31st December last; and, therefore, this unfarour- I
able balance would have been avoided. Some years
ago, when he had the honor of bolding the office of ,
Mayor, the question came up in a very endow state I
of slain. Interest had been charged, and when they
cams to look back ard we the balance which the bank
bad held in favour of the C ,uncil, they refunded to the
amount of ~early £3OO ioterest, which had been I
charged. For the first time since then, this attempt
was mode to diem them £22 for interest on the last
=L
as account. In 1878 and 1879 they had large
in their favour, and no interest was given for
k, so fares be amid we. This matter requirod more
serious consideration than he could give in this room.
He moved that the Mayor and Town Clerk, on the
partof the nuance Committee, should gook an inter-
view w.tb the treasurer to inquire onscerning the
Interest charged.
The DmuruTown Cilia remarked it would come
to the mese thing in the sod, whether the rate were
collected early or late With regard to Um General
District Rate, it was Impassible to caeca it earlier.
He thought the reason Moir being in debt was that
they exceeded the estimate, not Do mach that the
retie were made lats.
Aldermen Comm seconded Alderman Galyin's
motioe,whice was carried.
Hr. F. LOCI was sure the bank only required their
attewties to be drawn to the matter.
This was all the Winn se introstaaos.