The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-04-12 00:00:00

DORSET QUARTER 818810N8.

WOOL BIIIIX:6,

Mr. Hating° sail he had tithing to do at those
sessions but to give notice to the Court to ask for £2O
at the next sessions to carry ont the repairs neces,ry
for this bridge. He knew it was c mtrary to the
standing orders to ask for money at the present time,
but unless they gave notice the works w,uld have to
be put off for three months. The summei -time was
the bast for conducting the repairs, and the committee
were desirous not to incur more expense on the bridge
between this and next sessions. They could not have
asked for the money sooner because the damage bad
only, been caused to the bridge since last sessions.
The Court agreed thst the Chairman of the Bridge
and Building Committee should be authorial to con-
mance the necessary work, and at the next se.sion
the money spent in forwarding the repairs should he
reimbursed.

WiTMOUTH BACKWATIA LRIDO6
Speaking of this bridge, Mr. HAMBRO said unless
this cue came on for trial before next Wetheaday, it
would not be heard until after Easter.
The CHAIKIIaN th night it most fortunate for the
county there bad been this delay, for since they last
met there had been a trial in re "The Queen Ti e
Borough of Rochdale," upon the subject of liability as
between the borough and county, and in that case the
judge decided the liability was upon the borough and
not on the county. It was a new point, and one which
might be upheld or not, am things varied, but it gave
them a little gleam of hope and he warn glad their cue ,
had been postponed. The Rochdale case had been
determined, and they must make the most of the points
upheld when the time came.
Mr. Huthito : A lugs brewer Cult tried the strength
of the bridge by mending over it one ton, then two,
and afterwards three, and he now sent three tons
daily over it, and the bridge stood the strain very well.
The CHAIMILN remarked he was told something else,
and that was the great weight going over the bridge
had done great service, for it had driven the piles into
the clay and made a good foundation, so that the
bridge wan stronger than ever, and it would cost very
little to repair it. (Laughter.)

MEMORIALS.

A memorial from the Guardians of the Axminster
Union, in the counties of Barest and Devon—silting
that the area of highway districts and unions should
be made coterminous, and praying the Court to take
the necessary steps to carry out the wishes of the
memorialist., by mak;ng the several districts cotermin-
ous with the unions in the county of Dorset--was
allowed to lay on the table, the CHAIRMAN remarking
that the whole question of the highways would shortly
be under the consideration of Parliament.
One from the Bridport Highway Board showed that
great inconvenience is caused to the memorialists in
properly estimating and regulating the contributions
from the several parishes to meet the expenditure of
their Bo3rd by reason of the amount payable from the
county authority towards the maintenance of the main
roads not being paid for so long • period alter the
amount has been expended by the Beard.
The Court declined to consider.
Till COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM.

Mr. FLOYER read the report of the Committee of
Visitors, which showed a balance in hand of £B7l
12s. 6d. The visitors received 20 applications for the
vacant chaplaincy. From this number three were
selected, and they attended at a subsequent meeting,
when the Rev. W. J. Kendle was appointed. H.
entered on the discharge of his duties on the 15th of
last month. The vacant office of (bark was filled up
on the 29th ult. by the appointment of Mr. Thomaa
Coombs, of Dorchester. at the salary of 1:120 per
annum The nun of £lO was ordered to be paid to
Mr. Walter Groves for his services as temporary
clerk.

The Total non -pauper patients number 215 w. 258 f.,
total 473.

The following tenders were accepted :—Mr. Loa
Etagg, bread, fib. loaf, 5d.; ditto, flour. sack, El 13.4
Wright and Sou, cheese, per cwt., &I 18s.; Dolaa and
, linen, clothing. &c.
Mr. PLOY= remarked th chaplain who had been
appointed, the Rev. W. J. Kendle, was educated at
Sherbarne School, and was considered there by Dr.
Harper to be a young man of very great pmmise. Mr.
Kandla had the highest teetimoniala from Dr. Harper
and °them and of late he bad been di-charging the
duties of curate in a very populous parish of seven,
or ten thousand Damns at Halifax. Mr.
Fiore a:included by moving the adoption of the
report.
The noble Cseusgag congratuleted him friend OD
the satisfactory report he had presented, and of the
fact that be me, free from the Peat trouble which
beset the Chairman of the Lunatic Asylum in the
adjoining county of Somerset. There was a point if
ditarenne there between the visitors and inspectors,
and one item in dispute Wu rather arnnainc Ile did
not know what was the practice 1.. this county, though
no doubt Mr. Floyer could tell them, but one great
objectien of the inspector of the asylum at Wells was
that the large room. was (iconic' with encaustic tile.,
and was inoonvenient for droning- (laughter)—and
he suggested the room should be tamed with wood so
that people might be able to dance more ooavoniently.
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