The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

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would do now•that a road was being made across the

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quite time. that they should

)egiti to make some improvements in the parish, and as

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that the.- subject

ack to tbe,ommittee for the iur

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and to report

...Mr: NeVille objected •td.the subject heinft postponed,
as it would be-Abe:cause of suspending the present works
that were then being,carried out.

The Chairman inforthed the board that'a much better
plan than lowering- the hill- had been suggested, and
might, at some future time, be biought underdiseussion;
Mr. Cairne tlinttgbt that the subject should_ he_settled
at once. It was-quite certain that, some;• improvement
should be made to the town. • . •

It was then decided that the recommendations, so far
as related to the lowerinic of Tobin street, should he
referred back to the committee for further consideration,

THE •_II,INANCE .WATCH AND BYE-LAW- COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee recommended a
general diStriCt rate Of Is 6d in the Pound.. At'efOimer
meeting it had been recommended that the rate should
be Is 9d, but the subject had been further considered,
the result of which was the'iecommendation Of fhb
lesser amount. It was also suggested, that the necessity
of purchasing a fire-engine should, be taken into con-
sideration•

Mr. tishwick moved, and Mr. Bail' seconded, the
adOption of the proceedings. . . .

Mr. W. R. Coulborn wiThed to have an explanation of
the estimates, upon which, , '

BilLSaid be was to do a thing. which he had never
done before, either since he had been a member of the
committee, or sines he had been .a member of the boar-cf.
that was. to vote against the recommendation of the coin.
mittee, therefore; it was .that he "hact'iequested Mr..
Fishwieh to move their- adoption. ,He ,did. ,so. on the
simple ground's, thathe did not belieire that a "rate `ol'
6(1 in• 'the pound, would be adequate to raise a
sufficient sum to meet the requirements. of the parish.
He then Bade an estimate of what would be ;required,
frinn which it appeared that the probable expenditUre
would he £1,579, and that the amount already expended
was about £1,400, making in all something like £3.025, to
raise that amount, a rate of Is 8d would not be sufficient,
and one of is 9d would raise about £lOO more than would
be required, therefore, it was, that he was in favour of
the latter rate, which had been formerly recommended.
After explaining the proceedings of the committee, and
the items which had been struck out of the estimates, he
concluded by moving a rate *of is 9d in the pound.
Mr. Penny thought that as-they could not levy a rate
at that meeting, it would b: better to consider the esti-
mates as submitted by the committee. Be did agree
with the principles as announced by. Mr. Hill.
The Chairman, after going over the estimates; con-
cluded by observing that, he conceived•that a rate of is
6d in the pound would be sufficient, as there was no.
necessity of having a large balance in the hands of the
bankers:

Mr. Penny, as a point of form, seconded the amend-
ment made by Mr. Hill. He inquired of the law clerk
as toJwbether the board could legally apply the balance
C.£170.0) handed over to theia 'b 'the old-board towards
the current expenditure of the present board ?

Tie'Clerk i4plied, that it had already been so appro-
priated.

•
- The board then divided, when there were, for the is
6d rate, seven ; and for the is 9d rate, five. The motion;
was therefore declared carried, and a rate of is 6d in the
pound will consequently be levied.
The Clerk then read the proceedings of the com
mittee appointed at a previous meeting, with regard to
the atnnlgamation of the township with Liverpool. As
the bill had been withdrawn for the present sessions,
nothing could be done in the.matter.

n to sec

Ir. Penny .thought it would