The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-02 00:00:00

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COMIISSIONE'RS' MEETING

The nienthlv meeting of trio Commis4ioners was
ld on Mon,lay ; Mr. W J. Turney presiding
Tne Gehet al Purposes Committee reported that
the town officer had before them a list of pro-
perti-s in The township with chimney-stacks emit-
tinv, black smoke wh.-n in operation. and the same
had been referred le a larger meeting of the com-
mittee. The Medical Officer reported that the birth-
ra e last month was 47 7 per 1,000, and the death-rate
20 9. 'the comimi. tee recommended that the expense
incurred by th Jubilee Committee in arranging the
arkot Hall for the dinner on the 21st be paid by
the Board The report was adopted.
A te d. r was accepted from Mr. S. llill to cleanse
the a,:hpit time township fr tue ensuing year for
In' ntu t' 4310.

The I litole.nents Committee, in their report
reterr d, an ng other natter,, to the repairs
Ba,ley Street, ahi h torn s Firt of the toundary
between St,pirbri,lge aid the Lye, A deputation
.at me, a &pot .tion from the Lye Highway
Boa d. u no Lkfinite conclusion was tome to, as
toe Lye autnowies were desirous of layina the
matter beiote their Board. As ha matter required
ts he settied a an ear:y date the cotntuittee recom-
mendea toat, :n the event of the Lye authorities
not (akin any action in the matter, the clerk and
surveyor nia,e application to the ju•tices in the
tn.,,,r prys..rihed by the Eliv,vay Act. Tizis
eours, w s aLtre -1 I to

Th, special committee appointed wi•h reference
to the ;1 ns anl other docutn:nts in the possession
I..te survtyor rpo t d p:,:gr ,s. Mr. C. 11.
C 11 s said 'hit reporting progress was a.happy
bu he s ould like to know what prog:ess the cum.
m'ttee had made. Mr. H. James said it was a
seri :us mater that the Board should not be in
posse-sion of the plans. Mr. Platt said he did not
consider the mitt r was so serious as at first sight
a:.peare !, and ht. gave some explanations, and said
the 1 ns were in the pissession of a third person.
rifter some discusziun a formal resolution W. 7.8
passed accepting the report. In some cases it
appeArs new 1a1A: gs have beenTroceodel with
without the sa ction of the B.iart having been ob-
taioa:t a 4 to th • phos The (2h :irm in moved that
thesurr,‘ or be its ructed to take legal proceedings
on behalf of the Board to restrain .11 pea us coal—
meticimi new buitaings in :he township without the
pr vi ug sanction by the B ard of he plans of such
ouil.,ings ; nud with p iwer for him to instruct the
solici or of the Bo tri to carry on such proceedings
u behalf of the B and. M. Co.lis sacondelthe
motion, which was carried.

Zr %%as r s dyed that a speial meeting be called
for Monday nex for signing new rates, on the basis
of tn.. la-t pre,teding as rssinert of the poor-rate.
)dr. H iskew said the committee thought it best
vie rates s'tould be levied on the assessment re-
ferred to, an I not upon the new assessment. There
was a 1 trga numb r o alt,rations in he new as-
s ,ss ii nt, and it was uncertain what difference
ini4ht be made in them upon appeal.
Mr. Platt nilved a r:43olution for altering a
prey ous resolurion of the 17th January resp,cting
tne b illin line ut the streets in the township. He
,:ontended that they could vot hay r a hard anti fat
brio in the inatt-r, hut should consider each case
noon its inertia. The reso:utiou was seconded by
:t1•. Waitt.r J-nes and c trri, d.

Are s lutiott w pro,q3s4el that 809.)3 ho taken
for st p t (e-g 3 Walk. Mr Walk, r
t tugqt °OLT owite s of adliinin4 property should
b.,. as , d to join in sa•th ,tt,j), an I no in rved an
amen tueut :flat t ff,.ct, bat it was not seconded,
4,..d tn, r,-soltvion vv,ts carried.

The Coainnau moved the loceptance of the'tender
oi .1e f.dr the erei in of town offle,es,
(yr th swo o 22,330. Mr. Ne-waatn s.Nondiag the
tnoti n, add. i w c rried.