The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

DORCHES TER TOWN OODNCHL

A quarterly meeting of the Corpoeation took plaos
yesterday, whoa there were present: 'The Laver
(Dr. Aldridge), Alderman Gelpin, Conocillore
'evenish, Proud, Vernon, Gregory, Bennett, Steele,
Slade, Bishop.
On the !polio° of Mr. 'Norm, moonded by Mr.
V gltA ON,the resolatioa directing the lettiag of the
fair and market tolls oa the dreg of May was re-
wended. It WAS elated that the report of the
C.emaittee Mine, to the tariff of Mlle was not yet
ready.
A formal memorial to tbs Lords of the Treasury
prepared by tbe Town Clerk wee read, praying their
sanction to the exchange of • snail portion of Corp:.
ration lead for some belonging to Mr. B. Those,
which is seoessery to make the land on which to
erect the Corn &ohmage aquaria Ibe eeentnrial wag
agreed to.
A letter was read from Mr. Jamie Griffin, who
keeps • to, stall in the market-house, asking that he
might alter the arrangement of the same so m to
stand babied it, iostrad of as st pregame, in front of
lt woe the geosral opiolco of the Council that
the existing errsayameat of the stalk ought not to
be altered, and tliei..miliciation wee mimed.
Several bills by the Finance Committee
were ordered to paid. Mr. V cavort called alien-
hos loan item of £l, for the ranging of St. Peter's
bells on the Qoeee's birthday, and remarked that it
was agreed at • former meeting that P.rdington
ringers eltoold be paid • similar sum. Some coo•
venation waned touching the matter of ringing the
has on the Queen's birthday and Coronation day.
It was generally considered that these days should
be marked in that manner, and it wee mimed that
both St. Peter's and Pordington ringers should re-
ceive £1 each on those days for that. loyal earnos.

,
Two feeders were received for the 15 trees out
down in Wollaston field—one of £3. and the other
CS 15a The Surveyor said be considered they were
worth £5. Mr. RUMS suggested that the wood
'nimbi he umbel to Mr. Gilpin or Mr. Gregory. The
Tows Cum& said if th..y bought it they would tis
liable to a penalty of £lOO seek. Mr. IP/LOOD ndd
they could get somebody to bey the trees for them.
MO Tows CLINK: Don't swot anythlag of that
sort. Mr. ?NOVO: Oh I don't suggest anything
Den; it's done—every day I wse going to say
(laughter). Tr. TOWN CLINIC said be hoped not.
Ultimately the timber wm lett to be disposed of by
the Surveyor.
This *included the Town Council business, and
that appertaining to the least Board of Health was
thee tams.
Mr. Bono, called attention to the bad stake of
the hoes belonging to the borough linorregine, and
saggiated the importance of obtaining an additional
supply thereof. A sum of .C 4 10a, the balance of •
sateeription matured into some years ago for pro-
vidine • ne, bad since that time lies. in the
heads of the Council, and be suggested that it
should be applied to obtaining more hoes. It was
decided to add the belanoe to the Board of Heath
fluid with that view.

The inspector of Nuisances directed attention to
the filthy stem of some wathr-oliaste in Lester
square, fordingtoa. Some cauvenatiou followed m
to the power of the Board to compel these people to
be °Mealy. This bring apparently my diMoolt, at
the suggestion of Alderman Chinn, lb. Town Clerk
was instructed to write to the Home Secretary to
inquiry what power the Board had to compel the
mere of the closets in questioe to keep them in such
estate as not to be prrjudicial to the health of the
Inhabitants. The Maros remarked on the import-
ance of the matter in promos' of the threatened
cholera, and said that attention wee being
H.
to it
In almost every town of the kiogdona. H. subse-
quently meted that, with the Surveyor, he bed made
a poeml iusp.auon of Forlingtoe. Mr. Vgalgoll
a ,fattaUoa of the whole borough, but the
majority .4th. Board did not think it Deoessery.
The animation mailed by the mites in Durnigate-
street was also reported, and is vas °ramrod to be
abated.