The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-11-14 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL APPOINTMENTS.

A mesding of the Town Council was held at the Guild-
hall on Thursday tuoruing at 10 o'clock when there were
Plo.,nt Mayor (Alderman Styringl, Aldermen
Welch, Itelben, and Itogenk Councillors iludsom Italston,
Curtis. Western, Ayles, Balkh], 111/inchard, Con.
way, Dudek% Dugutore, Farmer, 11111, 1101 pots, and
Minus.

ELIEMON AN ALDERMAN.

The Town CLERK read the following letter that owl
been received from Alderman Goose, LP.. who now ml,4:flit
his office atter :114 years sevvice in the Council :

Poole, November 3rd, Kti.
" My dear git.—My long illness baring made It impos-
sible for me to attend the meetings of the Town Council
and seeing no prospect of improvement, I am desirous
relinquishing the office of Alderman. I therefore beg to

resign the Bald poet, dunking the Council for the confi-
dence no low rewind in tee. I beg to euclo-o a cheque
for the Inc M which I treat, un.ler the cire tauces,
the Council mil he kind enough to remit and return.-'I
ansolear Sir.'youni very truly,

Jums Wm&

"F. StYring. E•wio Mayor."
%NT smite insinuations from Mr. Stone, it was agn.n.d
t.,eoent the rust-motion of Mr. Gosse. upon. the proposi-
mof Mr. llortis. seconded l,y Mn Hudson. Thu pro-
poser intimated that he should 'owe that the smnding
orders be suspended. :mil the tine remitted, but the Town
Cierk said this could out he done LI the line was a statu-
s _

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tory owe.
'the election of an Alderman in SUCJOSSIGI to Mr. Goss.),
WAli then prorimded with, and on the voting PaPeri beiug
.-ollected it was found that 10 were in favo:ir of 51r. James
Buckle,' (Liberal) and nine in favour of Mr. James Wood
(Conservative). Mr. Buckley was consequently declared
elected.

—if-a-Si-rump ROOMS (who has left the town) explained
to the Council that as he was no longer an owner or cam-
pier of property in the borough, he thought it was only
right and proper towards the ratepayers to ascertain the
position in which he stood with regard totheoffice he held
as Alderman. Last week he Lindy wrote to the Town
Clerk on the subject, and Mr. Dickinson very kindly replied
that if he absented himself from tha borough for
,uru,_th, "'an;
six months at one and the saute time, he would "' -
qualified, in which case he would be liable to the flue of
Als the seine as if he had refused to take the office, and
Mr. Dickinsou's opinion, and that of the Editor of the
Jiuiceqf tAe Peace was that the fine could not be remitted
Mr. Rogers said he wished his fellow townsmen to under-
stand that he was quite mak, to absent himself for Six
months, if the Council would at the expiration Of that time
declare the office void, and allow hint to retire without
paying the fine, but unless Mr. Stone and Mr. Dugdale on
the one hand and Mr. Hudson and Mr. Balaton on the
other, guaranteed to him that the fine should not be en-
forced if he should put loan appearance once in six months
and thus save the fine of .CZ, which he declined to pay.
After • few remarks from the Conservatives, compli-
mentary to Mr. Rogers, the meeting separated for a
time.

=MON OF MAYOR.
At twelve o'clock the Council re-assembled, and there
were present the whole of the members named above, and
Alderman J. Buckley. A number of persons were present
in the hall, and some Conservative rowdies interrupted the
speakers several times, and acted in • disgraceful
manner. _ . .

Mr. I, roposel Mr. William Douglas Dugdale
(Conservative) to fill the ,dlice of Mayor for the ensuing
Y'. and said he was is gentleman who during his term of
office in the council, had shown himself to be possessed of
Liminess capabilities of no mean order, and one who had
ample means and sufficient leisure and ability to carry out
the office to the satisfaction of the Council and the borough
generally. (Applaume).
Mr. DUOMORE briefly se,onded.
Alderman Keno-Wflult proposed Mr. Alfred Balaton
(Liberal) as a tit and proper person to fill the office of
Mayor of that ancient borough. Mr. Welch said Mr. ,
Balaton had been among them for a life-time and needed
no word of commendation from him, nd as to flattery,
Mr. Balaton would beam unwillin •' • _ive it as he should
be to give it. All he eould say w*, ...it if they elected Mr.
Balaton to t' • ' of Mayor, he would carry out his
, duties in an u,endent spirit. (Applause).
, Mr. litassOv, in seconding, said he was assured that in
Mr. Balaton they would have a man who would consider
the interests of the public and roost efficiently discharge
the duties of the high office of Mayor.
The names of the candidates were put to the Council,
and eleven voted for Mr. Balaton, and nine for Mr.
Dugdale.
Mr. Ralston was declared elected by the retiring Mayor,
who vacated the chair in favour of the newly-elected
Mayor, and Mr. BaLiton briefly thanked the Council for
the honour they had done him.
The thanks of the Council and the borough at large
were accorded to the retiring Mayor for his services in the
chair, on the proposition of Alderman WELcit seconded
by Alderman Rooms. The CZ-MAYOR returned thanks.
and in doing so said he had endeavoured to the hest of his
ability to do his duty: but he knew that he had not done
all that a Mayor ought to do, and for two or three reasons.
One reason was that he was not strong.minded enough to
follow the gentleman who preceuod him in the chair;
and another was that his business engagements during
the past year had been so numerous that he had not been
able to do all that he should have liked to have &Tie. Ile
did what he could, and he was exc.edingly obliged to
them for their vote of thanks. ( tpplauael.