The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

W.LIIA7',7,'NT LOCIL BOA.R.D• OF lIE ILTH.

The annual meeting of the Commissioners of this 133ard
wq. I,eld last ev,ming, at the tublic office., Egremont, Mr.
P„_ .I y, the chairman of the b?a d, presided. The other
membArs present were--Messrs. W. E. Colborne, Fish-
wick, Odell, Chambers, Th berts,

The Chairman stetted 'hat the business of the evenieg
was exceedingly simple, as wes merely to make
arrangements es to the election of eotnraissionere, end also
to elect a chairman for the ensuing Sear.
There were seven me ebers to g . our. by reta.6 n: sod,
after a beef ennversaeo ;, it was de tiled ;list, Masses.
Roberts and Odell should retire for the_ pew trivia dis-
trict; Caine and C. Celberne fir the Li-car.l district,
and Mr. Fishwick for the Wallasey district ; and that
two persons be elected in the place of Messrs. Penny and
Neeille, who had retired front t-e board. All the above
gentlemen ar eligible for re-eh ctton.
On the suggestion of Mr. Caine, it watt sg-eed that the
voting papers should have a line printed on them,. in red
iuk, intimating that such paper should be called for by the
authorised agent of the b ;arki
The Chairman then stated that the next business would
be the election of a chairmen for the ensuing year, and,
having served for two years, he lajd down the ;eeponshility
of the office, and hoped that the board would elecr, some
person idle had more time to devote to it than he la eJ.
Mr. Fishwick then moved that Mr Pooley bs re-elected
chairman for the ensuing year.
Mr. Caine expressed a hope that Mr. Pooley would
accept the office for another year.
Mr. Pooley declined the honour.

Mr Fish Wick then moved thit Mr Caine be elect,ed the
chairman, which was seconded by M. Chambers, and
unanimously adapted.

The Chairman then stated that thoy were using the
greatest efforts to secure the passing of the bills then before
Parliament, in relaion to the Birkenhead Docks and tho
Gas and Water Bills.

Mr. Roberts then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Pooley for his services for the last two years at chairman.
Mr. - Fishwick seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously adopted, and the chairman briefly returned his
thanks.

After some routine business the meeting adjourned.

MEETING OF THE RATEPAYERS OF TRANMERE.

Yesterday a meeting of the ratepayers of the above
township was held at the Britannia Room•, for the purpose
of takicg into con,idetation the wish of George Orred,
Esq., to stop up part of a certain footpath in the said town-
ship of Tranmere and county of Chester, leading from
Lower Tranmere to Higher Tranmere, both in the township
and county aforesaid, which said part of the said footway
proposed to be stopped up runs across a certain piece or
parcel of land, called the Holt, from a point adjoining
property of Mr. William Stuart in a south-westerly direo.
tion to a certain new road or street leading from Lower
Tranmere to Higher Tranmere, kuown by the name of
Holt-lane, and terminates at or near a footway leading
into lands of the said George Orred, and is of a length of
202 yards, and of the average width of nine feet, and to
substitute in lieu thereof a carriage road of the width of
sixteen feet, with a footpath of the width of four feet
on each side, to commence at the north-east end of the►
footway proposed to be stopped up, and running in ft
south-westerly direction thirty yards and then turning
' off in a westerly directiop ninety -one yards two feet and
six inches, and then turning off in a southerly direction
six►y-six yards and six inches.

Mr. CUmming, the senior churchwarden, was called upon
to preside, and after the notices had been read by Mr.
Jones.

Mr. Perry, after explaining the objects of the meeting,
and the desirability that there was for the alteration,
moved the following resolution :—" That the meeting had
heard with pleasure and satisfaction of the munificent offer
of Major Orred, to give 2,020 t•quare yards of land on the
Holt for the purpose of erecting a school and schoolhouse
there for the children of the tiwriship that the vestry,
in order to'enable the object of Major Orred to be carried
out, sanction the deviation of the footpath across the Holt
and the snbstitutio of the road sug4ested. and that tile
meeting thank Mij or Orred for his liberality."
This was seconded by Mr. Gar hwaite.

Mr. Lewin then //Ivied an amendment, that the meeting
,:tie meeting had.
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been called at an inconvenient hour. This was selnded
be adjourned, anal giva as his reason that '
by Mr. CGbbin-, but the origiuP2,. motion was carried by a,
ler e majority.
A vote of thanks having been pas.rd to the chairman,
the business of the meeting was brought to a term nation.