Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS

The usual monthly meeting of the Commissioners
was held yesterday evening at . the Board-offices.Egre-
mont. Nathaniel Caine, evening
occupied the chair. The
other members present were. Messrs. Holmes, Keyford,
Daunt, Parr, Roberts, Hughes, and Hill. The minutes
of the committee meetings were read.
Mr. Pooley moved that the proceedings of the health
and works' committees be confirmed. He mentioned the
shifting of the site of the proposed gas and water works
as necessary, by the operations of the Mersey dock works.
The motion was seconded by Mr. _Hughes, and unani-
mously adopted. -
The proceedings of the finance committee were read,
on which some discussion arose as to the amount of per
tentage charged.
Mr. Holmes moved the adoption of the proceedings
of the committee, and Mr. Hughes seconded the motion.

Mr. Pooley moved, as an amendment, that the question
for considering the per ceutage be postponed for a

month.
The original motion was carried

Mr. llOlines said, as chairman of the finance com-
mittee, he had pleasure in mentioning the following :
The arrears of out-standing accounts in March 1858 on
the rate struck in December 1856, was £719 7d,
and on the rate laid in November 1857, £2,723 13s. On

the 28th August another rate was laid, amounting to
£3,604 18s 11d, the total of which amounted to
£7,047 12s 6d, and what gave him pleasure was
that now there was only £4 out-standing. He
thought that a fit time to say that some remarks had
been made, ;rid rather severe remarks, before the magis-
trates with regard to their collector. and these remarks,
he thought, if true, were unjustifiable, and if any blame
was attachable, it was not to the collector, but. to the
commissioners, as he was merely their servant, and acting
by their orders.
Mr. Pooley said he was glad that the matter had been
spoken of, as some very hard remarks had been made
before the magistrates, and he thought it very desirable
that the commissioners' position, and that of their
servant, should be sustained.
Dr. Parr said, when the the proceedings of the com-
mittee had been moved and seconded, he intended to put
himself in order to make a few observations with regard
whhaide hheto the collector, and the manner ill which
in which
per-
formed his duty as collector of the rates,
considered him blameable. He had no
doubt that. the
.
whichfiia nc committeefinance
had collected
ol
le
efteeldt ; indebtedbut,
atu
toie
same
for the amount
time, he thought
the manner in which he had done his work was bad. • He
(Dr. Parr) knew that it was to him the allusion was made
with reference to the remarks that had been made, and he
would say that he knew a number of gentlemen who had
been summoned to pay their rates to that board ; gentle-
Nith'eereeoNlvleileltmog and ready . to pay at any time.
he had not. It was a
gentle-
men
dcawmhibot r would say that he had called, but
ma
should receive aa su
btoe
paydi disturbed urrabt ee ds
thatby loill?hicmedgmorneasan going to serve that summons,
,tallildardasiheilq)
uthieatt
ofa gheisntlhe=en
considered it a doweaghtne
ivne
sr
url et c efiovredhirmiotitcoa tdoo dos.ichilae
thing. He had one case in which the collector had

admitted that he had never called, mid which the gentle—
man was ready to prove before the finance committee.
The collector met him, and told' him that he would call
in a few days, but instead of that he. served a summons
on him. Ile would suggest to the finance committee,
that there should be some. memorandum left by the col-
lector at the houses where he had called, and before
issuing summonses that he serve a written notic
It was

stated that such notices were used for that

found.