The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-02 00:00:00

LOCAL BOARD.

Oa We lneeday evening • special meeting of this body
wee held, there being a large attendance. A motion
t eiching the carrying out of public works on a new
is, stem, put by the Mayor,* se sulunitted for conahlerdi so.
Trie motion read SI follows Th st U awn ass the wo. k
now to hand be completed, all work, the cost '1 itli;c
will Closed the sum of LI shall Li put up ti public t, n-
dtr, with the exceptiou of a ork connect-4 with the
highways, scavenging, and watering the street,.
Toe MAYOR considered the plan of contracting would
by one to reless, the Surveyor, who bail enough work on
hie bands, would be the saving of considerable time, and
simplify the accounts to an enormous extent. It would
be the means of radiating the rate, and the work would
'de done equally well, being under the suptrvisiou of the
Surveyor.
Mr. S. WHrTHUI seconded the motion.
Mr. C. EDMUNDS as an amendment moved "that all
work in connection with the 8 said which should amount
to .£5 and upwards should be submitted to public tender,
except such as the Board might decide from time to time,
to out under the direction end supervision of the
surveyor."
Alderman nut. onsonded.

j Some desultory remarks upon the subject fo‘lowed,
when Mr. C. Tumults moved that as rider to the motion
put by Ilia Worship, the words " or any other work which
circumstances of sanitary or other conditions onlerzal by
the Medical Ofllcer,may render flcssry to be carried cut
haniedietA v." he appended.
Mr. C. EDMUNDS submitted thlt Mr. Tucker's amend-
ment was no improvement on the first one.
Mr. TUCKER waxed w irrn And pointed out the 'otter
absurdity' of Mr. C. Entscans' teinarks.
Mr. EDMUNDS objectet io A ich an utterance, and called
upon Mr. Tucker to Wilt law ry bat he said; but that
gentleman appeared not a' ail inclined to do so.
Another member of the Greed, however, atigmatieed
the remark an" ungentleiu inly," whereupon
Mr. Tumult instantly co-, and slid if any member of
the &seed considered that ho had said anything ungenrle•
manly he would withdr rie it at one.-111'.imately the
amendment put hy Mr. Edmunds was carried.
The Tows CLERK then su'amitted the estimate for the
district rate for next half year, the Veal amount of which ,
being upwards of £1,568 (there is £lOO of the existing rate
outstanding), a rate of 12.91. in the X will be rtquirel for
the half year ensuing. It was carrie 1 that a 1.. 111. rate
should be levied. Some complaint, have been mode con-
cerning the Intolerable nuisatm s existing at thecorners of
streets and lane., for the want of prop T plaees of public
moronism*, and at this melting a well.known member of
the Board spoke plainly on the sut.jecr.
Mr. TUCKZI also explained that the public urinal now
existing was a great nuisance.
Amotion put by Mr. C. EDMUNDS WU carried,via.,* Tuat
It is desirable to erect public tumid, in the toe n if
suitable sites ran be obtained for the purpose, and that
the subject be referred te the Sanitary CJiiimittee to
report to the Besrd at the earli,at opportunity."
Mr. George Mule Evans ear re-appoint n 1 medical
officer to the board.