TIMARU AND GALDSTONE BOARD OF WORKS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 1590, 1 December 1876, Page 3

TIMARU AND GALDSTONE BOARD OF WORKS.

■- The' final meeting of the .above ' Board wbb held;ye9tcrilay. There^were present; ; JjTeßsra Haft r'XOhair«nan)i Cliff,' 'Ostler,. l Menclelson,and Gain. The-iblloflring letter, was .read :— ' " TimaruiNov. 30,; 1676. " The. Chairman of the Timaru and. CHad- ' stone jßoard of 'tVbrks. Sib,— We have the- honor to forward : you <mr opinion as to. the powers of the Board to dispose of itp freehold property. "Jt was impossible from' the shortness of the notice for .us to have i prepared', the deed mentioned m. the. resolution by the meeting of the , Baijrd this morning. , iff* '.should advise such/ a deed' as mentioned iptr being prepared, as it. may .hamper tho srfle.of tho property if- the Board should 'a ; sale. However, if the Bo»rd ; 8hould be of opinion that .such a.deed would be advisable, we can prepare it' at any time. " We.have', ,&c., OPINION. , "The Board being a,lay feprppra^pn (noti restricted /by any legislative ,e.niicUnenK), has" i; ppwer o« frr ely as any pri?at£ owner to i' alienate its lands, Therefore the Board had i such; , a! :powar' T before Sectipri . ?I8 ; : 'of: the r ' Counties'. Act, IJBjrS/'-t^nid into pperatipn. i.' That.! .Sjpotibn m- pffect'prpndes. I 'that the:' I. Board ishall continue m exist.enpfrin respect . of rights accrued under the AcU ' which j it repeal*, and AB. tbe, rightto diaposo of pro- .. .perty is a right, Which is octjuitedwith and i is incidental to its poesessibn, it seems 3 that the Board has the power to carry out 1 the scheme of disposition'ombodiedjin its reeo--3 lution of yesterday, (except m respect of the i Timaru Landing Service, which is expressly . dealtwitW bj " The iTimaru' Harbor Board . Act, JB76") :|Seotioa 9 of " The Abolition of

' the Provinces Act, 1875," and Section 1G ( " The Financial Arrangements Act, 1876, apply only to property vested m the Supe intendent and are consequently not m pom " Pbeet axd Pehrt. 30th November, 1876." Mr.Ostler proposed, Mr Cliff seconded, an ifc was resolved, " That the Secretnry be ir structed to cause an inventory to be mad out of all the property of tho Board, and tha a copy of the same be forwarded to eae Chairman of the Road Boards m the Sout Canterbury district ; also to the Mayor of th Borough Council." Mr Mendelson proposed, Mr Ostler secon ded, and it was resolved, " That should th Q-overnment agree to take over allotment No 17 of rural section No. 7555 Timaru district and all the real and peraonil property of thi Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works comprising their offices, at a valuation to bi arrived at by arbitration m tho usual manner this Board hereby agrees to such sale on tin understanding that the proceeds of the saic valuatio-i be immediately thereafter diricl«d araonget the various Road Boards of Soutli Canterbury, and the Borough of Timaru pro rata m nccordance with their representation or the said Board ; but m the event of fie Go vernraput declining to do so, then this Board hereby resolves thnt the said section and office as above described, and all the real and personal property belonging to the said Board, shall become the property of the Chairmen of the South Canterbury R)ad Boards, and the' Mayor.of the Borough of Timaru m trust for the said Road Boards, •and the : Borough of Timaru, also^jro rata m accordance with their representation on the Board, and with power to dispose of all. such property m any manner they may deem right ; nnd it is hlso hereby resolved that Mr T. W. Hall, theprpsent Chairman of the Board, and Messrs H. Cain and P. H. Rus^ sell are hereby empowered to execute a title and see the foregoing resolution carried out." Resolved— "That this . 80-rd wishes.. to record a vote of thanis to T. W. Hall, Esq., for his vuluible services during his term of office a* Chairman " The Board here ndjourned, nnd reassembled, at 3 p.m. Resolved — " That this Board desire to record their appreciation of the services of Mr Tate as secretary and treasurer to the Board during the last fivo ypars." Resolved—" That the Bonn! desire to express their thanks to, and appreciation of, the services of Mr John Rochfort during the time that he has filled the position of their engineer." Resolved — "That tho Secretary be requested to forwurd to the Mayor of Timaru and the Chairman of the various Road Boards m South Canterbury a copy of the resolution passed by Jthe Board to-day m reference to the disposal of the property of the Board." The members spoke m terms of the highest praise of their officers. They alluded to the great, care with which. Mr Tnre had discharged his duties, and to the obliging disposition which he had always evinced towards them, and hoped thnt he would occupy an official position m the governing bodies that wereto lake the place of those that had been abolished. They spoke m similarly praiseworthy terms of Mr Rochfort, as regarded both his ability and his courteous mauDer, and sincerely hoped that the district would not lose his valuable services. The officers alluded to returned thanks. After the minutes had been rea-l and confirmed the meeting terminated.