The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04 00:00:00

TOWS HALL COMMITTEES REPORT.

Ur. Collie read the following report.
Gentlemen,
Your coiurnitte attended the meetings of the
doborl committee, and Nvera pres'mt at a sub-corn,
mittee mdeting when instructions were given to the
architects, a'. which meeting we reported to you
um. views. Your committee subsequently attended
a meeting ot the donors committee when plans
wore submitted to the meeting for their approval
at which meeting they tOok no active part, 'Either
did they vote, as some of the donors seemed to think
your committee ought to nave been present. Your
committee were informed by one of the honorary
secretaries to he Jonors that his committee had
selected the plans of Mr. Robinson. Your com-
mittee approve of the selection. Your committee
would remind the !Board thit many of the donors
committee stated that yur Board ought to let
their committee know What you as a Boai.d were
willing to do towards making the scheme complete.
Yoor committee beg to refer you to their last re—
port on the subject,

Dad this 23:•L1 day of August, 1836,
C. HERBERT COLLIS,

Chairman.

Mr. Turnty said some of the ratepayers had ex-
press-d some dis=atisfaction at the delay in the
m Ate, but he LI vt3 .kd to state that a day had not
been lost. They had had plans to inspect nod
voted on them. They voted by ballot and the rest it
was an unaninnus vote, and ha did cot think they
had any reason to be disslti4ied. He proposed
that the plans 1.5 laid on the tole for anyone to
in9peet. The donors had expressed an opinion
that Mr. Robinsc,n's plans were the most suitable
to de adopted.
Mr. W-Lolley
The p‘oio,ition was carried.
M.;POR.T OF FINANCE COMMITTE C.

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Your committee report that the treasurer's bal.
flueS 081:_thi:nl,sreotv•eet;anle
autccoAu
6trueeal3utr'..e4ri; ti:eGa°suti6.,(l 3£7l4liigGlisw2733;
Acootint, b dance due to treasurer, £3B 12$ 24;
Loan Account. balance due to treasurer. £32 16s
8d ; Summary of Balance 3 (not inclu ling Loan Ac-
count), total due to tre,surer, £124 5s Si, Your
committee having carefully examined the following
accounts and thidiog them correct, recommend they
be paid, viz. :—lmprovement Account, £lO2 9s 11d,
lli:shwity Account, £ll5 is 3d; Urban Sanitar-
A.ccouit .£3lB 103 lid; Loan Account, £529 s 7d.
NUT committee have examined the vouchers of tic-
ordered to be paid at the last monthly
counts find-them to be correct. A list of
tnecit,ll4 Anu 'q, made by the Assessment
',mended 'l,-re Union was laid be.
Gum iittee of tilk/ 4onrDt,, they recommend
fore your comintteel, thu not of the
your Board to adopt. 'nu: cal,robb.‘,.,
of
£1,50/ produced and 14id before your corn-
mo.tglge to the Public Works Loan Aecou—
mitte., which thOy recommend be adopted by the
B ,ard. The auditors report of their examination
of the Town Accounts was laid before your com-
mittee and recommend the fee o £3 3s be paid.
Mr. Purkiss raised an objection to the paytuent
of £145 411 for house connections, lie said the
surveyors ought to come before the Board before
they made the connections and not after. They
had no right to go on to private property and make
connections at the expense of the town.
Mr. Turney said when his premises were con—
nected with the now sewer he paid the expense out
of his own pocket.
Mr. Stringer said he paid for the sewer that was
laid to hi premises.
Mr. Fiddian said that all the cases were obliged
to be done.
The report was adopted.