The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-01-21 00:00:00

TOWN CLZRIeII £C0013773.

The MATO{ revi the (.Ilowleir report :
" Your committee ha. much p:emure In reporting Ilia the
Inedee..4 deflected with the loan from the Leindon Life
41.enciation ha. been rat pfactoril complete no.l the traitors:re
he. reeeiged the euni from that Amxiation. and the
following sum. hie been paid thercout, sit :

Mewl. William and .• 3a13 12 10
Masan. Waltcrs and Onsli, for 120.1312. 00.odiesx
awl 2. .• • 3.525 12 11
'the law Mr. 0. Wel4.,rd'a exocatnre.. .. ma) 0 0
Date, lor inure.t and c ana &Mewling paiing

siorume .. .7 .. 20 410
bloom_ !hum. and 130.,. the eoliaitun for the

Loudon Life Are calm .
Leaving • balance of ..
In the treasurer's bands.
We hat-a gone throu.th and examine.' the Town Clerk's
at-counts, of them extending over • period of It. yeare,
MI.. fart. we can wmertaln, there appears to he Justly doe
to him various atm. gross the general fund, market h•iuse
fund, the pile pier fund, and on acgount of the :Vermouth and
r•irtland Hallway, and Including the coat. attending the
above loan, and the making out the title to 107 different pro-
teeth.. hel"neing to the Corporation, amoutithir together to
£2.157 Oa. ; tolleiwro. Cope and Co., profit...lmM MIN.
/.30 6.. ed. ; the IMMO for money whammed in connection with
the Weymouth and Poril Ind Railway and In threat,c:4„ lit ;
lie. Bruff, engineer, balance of charm.. £7O lc
Salter an I mortgage triter., X7O ; making t her with
the Torn CletliN charge.. • t 6.1 of :.2.41003.- 3d ole•lilch exceeds
the balance in the trearuree. band. by 31; Ica WI., and which
yeur c ninuttee regret the Corporal lin have n means of Par.
in, Intl,. riot ..f the mobil, rate.. Your i. •intnittec theregoee,
being :tot on. that them lon,atsnding ace mote should be
finally cloa.d, and the Town Clerk ~ ;tier i.•i further loe, of th•
large lutes which he ha. neceatwiii been cempelled to expend
have appeal." t• him to melte Koch d1,.1L1:11.,n4 from hie
several acc-nints a• will coat,. the Corp9rtti•ei in do so, tat
which he hm moat liberally agreed to do. We, therefore.
unanimomlv recommend that the tom of 33.311 fit 71.. now
In the treiwurer% hands, be at ono, paid to the Torn CI irk in
full of all demand. it the fund, strive referred to, he under-
taking to m.i.fy llner.. C me, Woe, and lie. Bruit's,
and Mew,. St:Wet demand. • n tba

9i 19 10
7311 9 7

JANIS Itomr,os, Mayor, Cha!nalaa,
R..vriaar. Tloav
OW F. Eator
Mayor a Magov,
J Miu.saaa."

lir. TRONAI. th,t.ght that lu totem the TJortt Clerk's
&alias should he more ao,uretely defined, and .hat are
elsrict' dusfee dirtingul.bsi from those level lutist for
which he was entirloi to *hare. He conaldered that
act n hill, sending le to tSo printer, and
essminlrg the proof, wore &Ai:, wh,oh the Town
Ch.rk ought to perform as an aloof of the Coupe, and
if the salary wee not enoub, It should be raised. if.
did not thick the Town C 11: ought not to be paid for
what he had done in the past, and belisved Hr.
Stowell had anted very liberally In allowing off • large
part of the amount: .

51r. Geo Ora said it was a most unboduess-like thkg
that soma of th,re amounts had not boon examined for
15 year..
The Melton said Mr. Steggall Mid some forward most
liberally to advance, money to mutest actiocue at a
time when there won no money that could be applied
for this purpose.
Mr. TIZAID said of cosine the town was very mush
*bilged Xs Mr. Steggid In a ocrtain moss ; but any
lawyer in the town would bo glad to hays the Wainer
--(hear, hear).
The report won unanimously adopted.
Tot Tow. Cutec said be thought it was due to both
I, himself and the public) at a largo that moms informs.
Ron should be given why each • 'ergs suet of mousy
should be paid tr himself, but fret of all he would
allude to Mr. Thomas's remarks. if. bad said he had
men items charged for what he considered to hi part
of his (the Town Clark's) Aloha duties. but, when he
told him why he hod thus charged, be threight he (Mr.
d'hornm) would see the propriety of his herds( made
..hem. It was Mae be had charged for preparing the
oonditions for tho letting of the Pihairier dues, and
that be bad done the same in rennet to the Market.
bout*. He would tell him the reason why be had done
so ; it was bee:muse he had no Wary from either of the
trusts, und since tbo year 1854 there bad been none
attaching to either of those trusts. It was no part of
his mould* duties to attend the letting of them dues
or to prepare the conditions without any remuneration
whatever, lied he been appointed with • salary to
there trusts thee he should have sated Improperly in
making the *barges be had no done. On acoount,
however, of times trusts being in an unsettled state,
the Couneil had 'savor bees in a positieu to (tr. him
any 'Wary, to which he was justly entitled under the
Act of Parliament, and he had
earldom. That was bow those 'barges to which Mr.
Thomas had alluded had arisen. He wodd now Mote
how Cali buge ium of money due to him had bean in-
curred. It istil adorn doring a period of 15 years in
defeedied actions brought against the Corporation by
Mr. Goodyear, and he asserted that they had been
defended immortally, and he had bon the memos of
saving the town several thicsanis of pounds, for the
mlanimoui decision of this judges in the Court of Com-
mon Pleas wart that Mr. Goo-lyear, who had sued the
Corporation for thettasodi beyond hi. °lntrust, had no
claim airiluat them even to the extent of • shilling.
That matter Wit not settled until after ten years of
Beldam Ifs found msoey to dec,,,j the.. sebe be.
sides other matters, and had expended £1.200 and up-
wards and inid lost at least k5OO interest upon thit
sum. 10d. therefore, he thought if the Council added
those two sums together they would see thit he bad
not boon very heavily remenerated for 15 years of
work and 15 years of anxiety. The misfortune of the
Corporation was that they played tbem.elve• ender
man who bad the most extraordinary powers. H. was
the pals arbitrator in the Mirket-house matter, and it
devolved upon him to show bow the 'eduction from
the original oontroot sum which he bad midi mall be
jaatifierL This he failed to do, and due cocktiosooe
win Mr. Riymond was onmpellod to award the sum
dediroted (b4O) to Mauro. Goodyear, which carried
coots. - - - -

Mr. Alderman TritaltD : Flu kr. T.lbt Bury say
pa et the present time?
The TOWN CLIME said ba had a claim, but not •
hilt! one. Mr. liteutrall cont;nitivi that, la addition to
the Market-house action b would soy that he Lod
nimik been told for the Amend. d Market and Pier
Act, all the mortgagee u ,d, r It, for the Pile -pier action
10 cor.niction with . wiiliuio. u as otter
Latter,, sad perhaps, though sot lout, he bad been
oh/Meld Le snaking out to the satisfaction of Ilsists.
Dram, the title' of 107 peopsniss belcogiog to the

Corporation, for whloit Ise Lad OA 11•11911•11 d • pease.
He woeld tell them why be bed decided in the GOUTS*
Le hod minnted for payment of his asseaskaud perhaps
the Connuil would say bp had acted wisely in thesaurus
he bed pursued. When this £l,OOO loan was borrowed
it was understood that all the expanse attending it
dwell be paid out of the sum so borrowed. Is cones-
quenoe of the first loan, and other delays, t'ot leterest
duo to Meagre. Williams and others had Increased, sod
deprived him of what ought to hero come to him. II•
felt it, to woo only 'no way by which the balance doss
ta him Doubt he pehl, 111.1 thet wee out of the public
rate.. He did not feel justified in asking the Corpora.
Moo to go to the ratepayers, as he felt they would
have quite enon,th hardens to bier. lhere was also
another reason, cad of whieh professional men must be
aware, lie had been the Town Clerk foe 32 years, and
lately the municipal duties had been vastly increased,
whilst those relating to the Board of Health had been
more than doubled. Within the tat five or six years
I he had issued 3,000 notices in triplioate. for which be
had sett In no account. As matters stood at present
he hail received to remuneration from the trusts to
which he bat referred, aol he therefore thought it was
high thee that the whole of the duties of the Town
Clerk should be reeonsidered, and that he should re-
ceive snot, remuneration as he was fairly end jowly
entitled to. When he looked at Ipswich. Buff lir. his
naaTtiovwe,r aortitr,,awt hcere taheyCorpiintracatinon be
sed ldimadtvoertlitt: (holt;
' salary should be reaakated.
Answering a question of Mr. TIZ I.ID, Mr. Stegrell
said the town clerk of Ipswich had ~01 113 many trusts
or duties to attends,, &she had. Ho was most anc.one
that the Council should start fair. end to commence the
new year knowing he amount of their liahllltie., He
was much obliged to the Council for the cry on a:among
and hied way in which the report of the committee h.d
heen received. Before sitting down he tboaght it
ridht to say be hod h•ard it stated —and at slime when
be_eould not be prescet— that £1,500 costa hat. been
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by the Corporation by their hiving defended
VeetrY. Willietne stilt, where.. he 'oak! &more them
tbey hol not exceeded £6OO. The defence had
no: been advised by him, but by the present Attorney-
General.

said Mr. Williams offered to sooopt
.C 1,500 boy to crlmproinla• tho matter. land not go to
la w.