[P all tlie mcasur.3B cutting into Cotu.ity of lulcn revenues uoav in progress succc >d ' the funds of that "body will not be worth quarrelling over, and the ratepay era -who undertake to sustain the dignit" j- of the institution in its full-bJlown glory \ v in have a happy f.me of it. Tl ie borougp . movement m Pan; ell and Onehunga is* • already avcll under weigh, and a meeting is called for 1 hiirsf lay next to cousrider the propriety of terminating the present uncertainty,' hy creiit-.ng Karangahape, anot' nor populous secli nil of the county., into an inexpensive iy-goveniod muni.cipalit.y/. A third and move insidious at teiui.it; to t;q> a soriroc of revenue n_)<>:ii Ayr uch the County places considerable rttlisuice has now been initiated by the Mayor, on whose motion a special meeting oi the City Council has been called for Wednesday to appoint a conimiittee to consider the ;v Ivisabilitv of providing public slaughterhw ises. The Connoil has an admirable site- convenient to one side ot tin; city ai ,d the northern tanners, at the West. J „ Springs estate, and it is, avo believe, i , v jth the object of utilising it, that his W< mship has convened the meeting. There, v , however, a conflict between the Municips | Corporations and Counties Acts which in ivresultin thwarting the scheme for tlie pr« sent. While clauses :;:52 and 333 expressly empoAver the Council to erect slaughter .-1 anises outside the borough, they conta x a no direct authority authorising the < >ouncil to make ail necessary regulatii rt „, and freeing it from County control. i„ opposition to tliis vagueness of definition, the direct power to prohibit slaughtei i n g j u any part of the County, conferred om the County Council under clause 199- .„f the Act, will Aye behove, prove fa tal to the Borough proposals. Tin s Eden Council, if it has the poAver , w jn doubtless veto any city m< ,y, . me , lt towards the erection of slang Id crhouses, and unless the legislature resol re a upon exempting from County influence-1 {.rough slaughter-houses erected beyond 11 1C c j t . y boundaries, the clause granting tl) c power in any form cannot but prove inoj .erative. In places Avhere a County neglec ts the duty of erecting public abbatoirs, a nd impose- heavy fees on the city cfloi ts in that direction, very serious evil will arise, and in all probability an effort avil.7 t bo made next session to amend this pro"" i, s iou, Avith other parts of the Act which require revision.
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Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2172, 19 February 1877, Page 2
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