The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-13 00:00:00

NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS FOR
KIDDERMINSTER.

A special meeting of the Kidderminster Town Council
was held on Monday, the Mayor presiding, to receive the
report of the committee appointed to consider the ten-
ders for the erection of the new municipal buildings in
Vicar Street. There were five contractors competing for
the work, the lowest tender being that of Messrs. J. fq,i-
nian and Son, Kidderminster, whose estimate was £7,547
The committee unanimously recomended that the tender
of Messrs Simian and Son should be accepted.
The Mayor moved the adoption of the report.
Alderman Naylor asked when it was likely the building
would commenced ; and Mr. A. H. °retires asked what
the forfeit money was.
In reply Mr. H. bizon said the tenders were sent in on
the concii ions named in the specifiestions, bat they
would have to be embodied in the agreement to be drawn
tip_by the Town Clerk. _ _

-Alderman Naylor said he was very anxious about one
thing, and that was that both the architect and the
builier would give the matter their attention in the early
part of the year, so as to get the work well on, amt treated-
that it might not be left to the winter. lie should hi
very sorry to see this public building treated as some,
other public buildings had been.
After a short discussion, the report was adopted.
Mr. 11. Dixon proposed a resolution, that the Building
Committee should be directed to gel the agreement pro-
perly drawn up embodying all the conditions set forth in
the specifications.
Mr. W. Green said he:thouglit there would be no neces•
sky to bring the Town Clerk tato the matter; but
thought it should be left to the architect.
Mr. M. Corbet also opposei Mr. Dixon's resolution, and
moved—' That the whole matter sh9uld be referred back
to the Improvement Committee to carry out."
This motion was seconded by Mr. W. H. Green, and
.parried.

- The Mayor next read the report of the committee ap-
pointed at the n.ecting of the Council oa Wednesday last
to consider the expediency of the Council rescinding
their resolution passed in January, and to form them-
selves into a Burial Board for the bourogh. The com-
mittee in their report seid that having obtained all the
iuformation they could on the subject they were unatii
mously of opinion that the :ratter should not be enter-
taint d. by tiac Council—(hear, hear).
The Mayor moved the adoption of the report.
Mr M. eorbet seconded the adoption. He said al-
though he quite agreed with the decision the committee
had come to, at the same time he did not for one moment
regret the courae he had taken in having the committee
f •rmed. He cculd only say that every member of the
committ -e appeared punctually to to to the time ap.
panted, and after devoting an hour to the informaten
laid before them he thought every member of the c rn
mittee felt that the time had not baton altogether wit-ted,
They had a knowledge now of the thing in all ite bearing,
and were agreed that it was best that the Burial Board
should be tererate. He himself had thought that it was
hiter that the Council should have the matter in band
out there were alto reasons why they should not, and
when tie matter was discussed in cAnutittee there was
the most complete unanimity, and he had no alaebt that
the matter wou,d now drop, and that everybody in the
town w uld support the Burial Board.
The report wait then put "tad carried unanimously.
Alderman Holloway gave notice that at the next meet-
ing of the Couticil he should move a resolution that they
alopt a petition to Parliamentary la favour of doing aw y
with the property qualification of members if the TI,WII
He saw teat it was being moved in Birming-
ham mad other plee.ei. It seemed to him an anomaly
that members ~f the Town Conseil should be subj-et to
a propetty goal flcation when members of Parliament
were tact.

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