The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

DORCHESTF.R TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Corporation took plaos yesterday.
Thom were preemie The Mayor (Dr. Aldridge), Alder-
men °aline and Cognabe, DermalMors Deesnieh, Frond,
Terms, Andrews, Gregory, Menne* end Malta

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The minutes of the last ;eating having bees read,
The )I yo* said he had reeei yid the following letter :

Doreheater. th March, UK&
Sir,-11 is doubtless in the reeolleetiotl of yoareelf
sad also other mothers of the Town Cooed!, that Ir.
John nomad; Baser has on several ocemions promised
to show his sale books, or give a statement to the
Council, in order that the amount due from him for
tells, for salve at his repository, as well as sale ground
should be amertathed, and that be has from time to
tinie, ens weess and another negLicited so to do.
object
My in calling your attention to this is, that with.
oat product:loft of such books I am unable to
secortain the amount qf tolls due from him to me us
your Wok, end therd.re hes( to draw your attention
to the nlbje4, end request yen torialissi oil Mr. John
Thomas Rome to tid ul of al ht promise. as
until he doodle* and pars the balance tie to Me, I dull be
unable to discharge the amount due from myself to you.
I am Sir, your obedient Servant,
THOMAS & POUNCY.
To J. P. Aldridge, Feq., Mayor.
Mr. Pawn) said : I most willingly endorse the appli.
casios Kr. Pommy has now made, for some of his toll.
are sli at sews years overdue. Thew must be owing to
Mm semi taro of three hundred pounds, money, remem-
ber, paid to us an • Mama which be hoe not only not
received, bet which is in face tide Isolates. of our own
utembets, one who, I am sorry to say, has tied every
meths fqr evading paymeet Net let it be said that
*e as a iftwitil ten Wally stead by, and leave an del,
tried, and faithful sertatft is with • predtpament Don't
let us shirk sa imperative duty. listiply theateme it is •
member of this Conned that Pommy has to edetend
A long dieemadoe followed. It was remarked by
several that Mr. Swot last June promised to furnish a
stetamest of the number of cattle sold at his repository
for which lolls were due in • smooth, but it bad not yet
been done.
The MATO% reminded the Comical they had decided
at the preview sasng (Oma(h imetrary to his view)
they bad oodles to W eitth the acm-paymeat by Mr.
Soso of tolls die to Mr. PoterrY. .
Mr. Valuing expressed seeprive at that decision, as the
Council had been interfering in the *atter tact et three
redly.
Ir. nOo 13 said the Council mast Dow take action;
do oil% let there *irk their duty. but do it as become
them as mouthed of II tiehlat bodY.
The Mania said Mr. Protd IMAMi n 0 take it for
plumed that any gentleman woeld shirk his dojy.
Mr. TIMID: Dove it not look very mach like It, by
not bawls% dose anything awe last June?
Th• MATO' : It is competent for you to make any
resolution on the subject
In reply to Kr. Galpio, the Tome CLOW said, if say
Weal proesedinp were to be taken they mast be in the
name of the leans. The Coattail had mode an
inset with Mr. &sem for tolls. but it was competent
Kr. Paisley to say be was not bound by that at all ; he
might sty he would have lawful] tolls. Bat Mr. Pommy
it appeared would be content with the modilled mole of
tolls if be weld get them.
Yr. GALITII asked if there WU any resolution on the
minute book whereby the Comma bad taken upon
themselves to get the question between Mr. &war and
Mx. Pommy settled.
The Tows CUM said ',minty not, bet Mr. Roam
had promised to furnish an account, and the whole
matter had hese considered one of honour and good
faith beiweeu the parties.
Mi. GAUD' WM that when the Council bad settled
with Kr. &mot the wtheat of the tolls to be paid by
him their duty ceased.
Mr. ANDIIIInI remarked that whatever might he on
the minute book, undoubtedly Mr. Pottery bad been told
and led to Wiens that the Connie would settle this
question. If the matter were now to be thrown apse
the Imam be look it that he might lab " You, the
Ocomeil, have let me these tolls; now, If you
go and get them—show your title.* Mr. Haw to a
certain time disputed their title. and thee an
meat was made, se be parsiftlorlySZlCatt
fitters. If he recollected rightly (hi bad DO idle that
the subject was welting before the Cowbell or be should
have been prepared with the fade) their wetted in
writing with Kr. Pommy was for letting the tolls sword-
tag to the wheals ; that were so and a wrens re-
fused to pay aseording to that schedule, and said the
Imam bad no right to them, thee they se • Council were
bound to light their title or come to some arregomeel
, 'Masotti it.

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sad wader aa eireweeeet with Kr. boor, whisk ler.
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