The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-03 00:00:00

1 OWN COUNCIL METING.

A meeting of the Council was held on Monday.
The membere prescut acre: The Mayor, Aldermen
Matilichl, Coombs, and Curme ; Councillors Bennett,
Bishop, Proud, lock, Aldridge, am! Mason.
The Clerk read the report of the Watch Corn-
mato°, recommending that a retell :ht. in the pound
be made for the payment of the police. This would
realize £2-If, being one-sixth less than last year, liut
was deemed sufficient for the requirements of the
year. The report was received and adopted
The Council next discussed the quest of ap-
pointing an inspector of weights and measures in the
borough, according to the directions of the statute
passed in the last session of Parliament. It ap-
peared that the borough is in possession of a set of
weights and measures, which would, of course, have
to be sent to the Exchequer to be proved. —Mr.
COOMBS thought the chief question was not the giving
' up the principle of the appointment, as he 'ppm-
bonded there was no great annalist of patronage at-
tached to it, but whether they could get any one who,
withuut extra salary, would till the office for the fees
derivable from stamping. If they could, then they
could stamp the weights and measures without cost
, on the borough; but if they could not, then lie
I thought it would be as well to still allow the county
inspectors to do the work. —Mr. BISHOP thought
they ought to alirm the principles of the Act. It
was one of the institutions belonging to boroughs
I from time immemorial, and be thought they ought
I not to relinquish any of their rights unless the public
interests demanded such a course. He therefore
proposed a resolution to the effect that it was de-
sirable to appoint an inspector of weights and
measures as directed under the Act —M r. Coots Rs
moved an amendment to the effect that the question
be referred to a committee, to inquire at a hat salary
an inspector could be appointed, and what amount
oh fees might be expected to be derived lie the in.
'
spectum.— ALIWIDGE seconded the amendment.
tiln the question being put, the Mayor, Alderman
C.eaubs, and I /r. Aldridge voted for the amendment ;
and Messrs. Bishop, Lock, Mason, Freud, and ben-
nett for the ooiginal resolution, which was accordingly
carried. The question as to the appointment, salary,
l Ice., was referred to a committee.
Before the leeriness of the Coined was concluded
Mr. Camelia begged to draw attention to the state
of the North Walk. Ile was in the walk on the
previous day, and counted not less than 12 trees
that were dead or nearly so. Ile thought they
should be cut down and replaced by other's.
There were a great many dead branches tqcs in the
other trees which wanted pruning. He thought
it would he well to inquire of 801110 competent
person as to what trees would he the best to plant
there, as it occurred to him they might have trees
more ornamental, as well as more useful at a future

time, than those now growing there.--Mr. Ma/afield
asked if Mr. Coombs would inquire at Weymouth !
(Laughter.) Mr. Cuombs said he would not go to
Weymouth, but to some parties who were fully
competent to give an opinion.—lt was decided that
Mr. Coombs should write to two or three competent
persons whom he knew, to inquire the best course to
pursue under the circumstances, and at what cost
they would come and serve them, and the Mayor
said he would call a meeting of the General Purposes
Committee, to discuss the whole question.