The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of ais body was held
at the Board Loom, on Wednesday last; Mr.
stringer in the chair. There were ;use present
Messr. Billinghaw, Hughes, Penney, Perkins,
Wuohey, Allsop, and the Rev. D. Maginnis.
The Clerk read the minutes of the lust meet-
ing, which were confirmed.
The Clerk said there was due from the trea-
surer on the Improvement Rate, £374 7s fid; on
the Highway Rate, £l2 13s 11d.
The Clerk read the memorial of the Commis-
sioners, ordered at the last meeting, and the fol-
lowing letter in reply :

Sia,—l presented your memorial, as requested, sod
saw Mr. Forster on the subject. He assured me that
the matter will be duly discussed in Committee. Unless
more conclusive arguments than I have yet heard against
it are then urged. I shall certainly feel disposed to sup.
port the Stourbridge Commissioners view of the case.
I urn, Sir, yours faithfully,
CilArtrns U. Lltrri•LTON.
Mr. J. Taylor,

The Clerk read a number of accounts am-
ounting to .E 25 is 41d, which were ordered to
be paid.
The Clerk read the draft hood of a contract
for tolls of Mr. Smith, the lessee, which was
approved of:

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kr. Cund made an application to put up some
fencing in front of Lis carriage ‘v orks.—The
application was referred to a committee.
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°Mr. Niekolls, brazier, made an application to
the Board to refund to him ris, being two amounts
of 2s 6d, for a license to sell petroleum for two
years. He said the quantity he had to sell did
not come under the :wt.

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Mr. Woolley said when persons are invited by
this Board to take out a license to sell a parti•
culla article, he thought it was rather unfair for
one to pay and not another; and, although Mr.
Nickolls' application was but a small one, it
ought to be taken into consideration.
Mr. Hughes said persons were not invited to
take out a license. The commissioners sat at the
Board to grant licenses to those who applied for
them.—Attea some further discussion, the appli-
cation was not entertained.

An application was read from Mr. Whittaker,
contractor, for the Commissioners to put down
a stand pipe on Beauty Bank.—The Commis-
sioners agreed to pay one half.
A long discussion ensued as to the duties and
respousilrilities of Mr. Dorricutt, the Inspector
of Nuisances. At the conclusion,

On the motion of Mr. Hughes: seconded by
Mr. Allsop, it was agreed to give Mr. Dorricutt
in addition to his present salary, so that he
may employ some competent and practical per.
son to assist him in his duties of Inspector of
uisances.
Carried unanimously.

ERRAT(73l.—Through a typograpical error in
our report of the Vestry Meeting at Oldswiu-
ford, last week, the gentlemen who were elected
overseers were described us constables, and the
surveyors were described as overseers.

SnicinE.—On Wednesday morning last, at
ten minutes to eleven o'clock, Thomas Talbot,
confectioner, residing in Coventry-street, com-
mitted suicide by hanging himself. It appears
that deceased was in his ordinary work, and in
a place called the sugar room He was there
found by a boy hanging by the neck from a hook
in Use beam. An alarm was immediately given,