Bruce County Council.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1016, 7 June 1878, Page 5

Bruce County Council.

I » — , y The usual monthly meeting of the Bruce County Council was held on Tuesday last in the Council Chambers, Milton. Present : Messrs Clark (Chairman), Wayne, Murray, Petrie, and Robertson. < 7 THE -WAIHOLA TOLL HOT/SB. The following letter was read :— «' From Mr John Chaplin — ' Seeing you have the late toll gate and house vacant, I beg moat respectfully -to call your attention to the necessity of collecting as much revenue as possible. I am located at the Horse' Shoe Bush, and am prepared to rent the said house from you at a reasonable rental. My intention is, should this* meet with your approval, to put' a married couple into it, and at once ask Mr Barr to make us up a mail bag for Clarendon, which will be a great boon to the neighbourhood." It was resolved — "That the Chair-nan should be empowered to arrange with Mr Chaplin for a lease of the Clarendon tollhouse said gate." TH* CONPBBENCE. H. L. Robinson, Esq., Chairman of the Westland County Council wrote, stating that in accordance ' with the great majority of recommendations the Conference of County Councils would be held'in Wellington on Monday, 21it July next. - , - ' X - ■ - „~*<^€\^%<M

■■■■-■ - 7 OH. rH-OC £>■£&-?/_;•" : .- -;7-77 ■ x ASSCSSKENT. . Mr Joli^Jli^^^^llanj^ wrote, stating that % n_mad^by the Judge of th%Aaseßj®ept v Cpfl^ti^ district was that of theiKj-itaofiatajCoal ompany's property j^which-had been reduced to '■ £250. -33^» **_._wp ii.7 „ IMPOUNDING.; Mr B. C. Hii^t^ & aJi§itgr,^wrot^^ lookingdip IS^flr^^j.ie#^M •ection 101, PubUo^oj-^^U _^7_». ' whioh appears to -d»walui»-'plshei^ i m * poundmg— -__ttl_vqu_fv- €t9Utt^7vSoad«r about which I •wrote^ra4>nGthe&4th:. May. -jsl ' The Board*; i_^s^ T -Sol4%^rd;*stait^^ words • any ptters^F^^f-aiSj^l^ to extend to aßy -person p*pj|ois^_hyi'c^County Counril^: orato oaeting£__tn his own mere notion^ whilst, thfe^w ll^ o^ section '90, although ijmnuvofocie&theyvt€fsx only to the powers conferred byjsectioh 87p might be perhaps heldto refer to - f _e.tion ; 101 r also. It may be useful v^-^du-^Cb-dic-P :, to" J know of this _ectionT'and"tbe- , efore"I t w_ite you." The letter was^received. . :..'..,■. TCAKITOXO AKX> K-HTANOATA Z___Cl_S. From the UndCT^ecretary for Crpwn Xands—^"^! have the honour, by ''direction of the Hon. Iffinister of \LaM the receipt of ' ybuf letter of the Sfttth'' ult., '.r; r .--c:-:-';r ; :r. ii- r !:7.-.! , >..<-.-l--t5- .-; ffj-7 •)*■'.!•' f?--. ; i' f■requeating that the Tuakitoto and Kaitangata Lakes may' be* vested in the Bruce County Conncil, in order that works c may be undertaken by the Council to lessen the damage caused -by the overflowing of those lakes during floods. _ . "^^''"■'•repiyj^'T^fiaye to .inform you ; thatl a special Act ' of the Legislature wijl ; be^ required' to authorise the yestinff of the' lakes in the Council. Before, however ,' such an Act J coiild be passed/ the Council would be reiquired 'to^'j^ve^a'sp^ec-fie undertaking to complete the necessary drainage works in an approved manner as without some undertaking of the kind there would be no good grounds .; for ■' recommending the ' Legisiature to pass 'the required? Act- .■•-,:,- ::.;Xa-i • - It wa_7re_olved on the motion of Mr Petrie, seconded by Mr Robertsbn-r^ That the Govei^e^tabe^a^e^to^ive some definite information as. to what action the Council will have toHiite'fbr the purpose of get- 1 -• tmg the lakes Wsto'd^iff the "Council." i j ' ' B-ESEaVBS 7 -Wl_T___S'cb-C/HTIES. ; I The Tuapeka Coonty Council forwarded a bopy 5 meeting of that Council l^eld onthe 10th May. The pesolutions aro as follows :— lst. •' That in , - r J*o:(Tir-iK tr.-i_f-s(ia-j_ ujta \"v.r> _-_«-_•■ : the opinion of, this , Council, all reserves ; within any County district shouldbe.yeßted <\ in he County /Council; and, if necessary to legislaie-uponthe' tnatte the Govern-inen-ne rebuested to take'kctibti during the' , next session of Parliament to enable them . to give effect to the same." . 2nd. .V Contingent upori-thejabpve. being carried, that a pppy ; of .- these resolutior_iib9f_crwarded to -.the various County Council- and the bbhtemplatecl Con- . fere'nee, asking^^"their 1 consi-i-ratlbn arid co- I operation in the matter. ~X, j Itwa-resolvediorithe motion of __Tr Murray seconded by Mr J-bbertson— " That the con sidcratiori of the resolutions from the Tnapeka County Cpuncu should be referred to the 'iCbhference of 'County : ' Councils' t^ 'be held at Wellington!, ; „ A /-. ..LOANS.. fiv ; .... BVpm, the ? Qlerk of v thp tI Wairarapa -East 7 County! ri'rl am requested c ;by (the . Wairarapa East County Council to i forward V. to 'yoU;a<copyr of '- the -following; 'resolution - passed ' at that Council, ! and to/request the X careful, ', and , co-operation of your Council in urging the^ importance of the , question upon the Goyprnment :^sThat this Conncil is of opinion that the Governfi mmt,BJa(^iAl^||toono^ urge^ the next session to make provision for, .raising loans for—County— purposes- by a Central Board of WqjrksjjMith -authority to ditribute such amounts among the Counties requiring '. loans on ;ajd^finatoib_flia, ; 7taki^^ security on local rates, sa such av body would undoubtedly be able to'raise loans fon much more favourable termt than can be done by isolated hIP-Bd^b'odii-Svv'Vo:.;,^ L f^;;--- ,y Vi ,-, X<L 7y ""!" ".' ■A:>,.. It was agreed— "That . the i matter should Preferred to the County ' Council Conference to be heidln Welling-bn." 7. .i ; Jf,tf:J'-risi:>Bl»C_WßA3« »o__&i "..;.-7,.-i Mr Thomas Adam, wrote claiming to have his name inserted oii the ratepayers^ roll^' from which he asserted,' it had' been omitted unjustly. The matter had been referred to the Rb_fl s ?Bo-_fd of CMf district, from whom no reply had been receiyed. Cpnsider- ; r 'atibh of Mir Adams' letter was therefore post- . : ." X..X- '>'■'-:' "■■' .,..' : -'".' , -.7 ".''"■■] ■- •""''''•-.*' :-'NEy SLA - O_l_JrCTB ,, -HOnSB. : : ; V ; '; 7'X-~ '." The '-'app_icati6h'''''bf'"_rbhn;_s-b peka Mouth, to erect a slaughter house was ,- gta^dX:xi^x u X" X> s '7 k:r 7^7^ • • ' - Mr* -i^oberttorf -nov>di^\That the T «um of ■*"" '^IJO'shOhld^be'-^ahted^su.' a subsidy, bf £1 ■to £1 oh-^bpehing up -a main ; road the ■-' Taieri __eacli^> -^ ■ 7' 1 X■ V X >' \rx x,^ }' Tncorihectiori with this matter the ? foliow- -' ing i_tter : waS read: — , ; ;; '/. - - [ _Ta_Miferii^ Waihola^ Ist June^ 1878. ; The Bruce County Council. : x <X..c.>}X7u.\- . Gentlemen,— ln my . own name in common Avith others . We bbpect ' spending £150 ' being £1 to £1 for makirig a sec^^ Taieri Beach; more money has - been spent in making roads to Taieri Beach than ; all the ...si^h^a.tp£e-^w^ T^fere ..are, .three district roads leading from ; .'. the main" road 'to r the top; /'hilt from Waihbia tpwhahip/tb^^Biues' and Co.i; not a farthing spent on any or either of them V alsoiaroad leading : fromr/W^PJA o^WS^ to Tokomairiro Big Bush ontop of hill, nothing done to it as ' y et also? f^win^f 'to the" partial dealing of ' Waihola Road Board j 'we have*>giyeh>that nobleiwdy notice -^in writing; to have eepara- • tion, from them, as we never get 'anything for bur road rates., Tours resp-cttully, XXX- ■w/'.Vvv".;"'.^^ '. __Lr Mackay was also heard aij a deputation

from the settlers constructing the canal to the Ti Tri station, who asked for assistance on the work, the cost of which had gone beyond their estimate. ; :.;..v, }; 7 , <In speaking to the motion, , Mr RobertsoP said that the settlers at Taieri Beach, were .worse off now; inrespect to getting their produce to market than they were before the railway opened, when they could bring their produce up ' the J river and load' it oh' the; waggons then plying on the road. But now after getting up the river ! they had to? Carti all their goods to the Henley Station, and as a result, produce was often left rotting on the bank of the river. The proposed road w^o^^mm^^ Taieri Beach disttiet with the railway; <As to Mr M 'Master's letter; it was iidtjcorreet in its statements ; and as to the other matter of the canal about %o be cUtto the Ti Tri^tet.onvMrKoberl.son 'was willing that a 7 pniftidDof the vote be asked for should be given to the canal. Mr Murray s-conded^the motion. - Mr Wayne moved "an amendment, "-That the : matter be delayed until it >was asceriairied If tfie" Wfihbla' Road' BOard would undertake the construction of the canal which' private •parties at pre.eht-prd^ tkeWbsidy^^ hot 5 to •two." ThieCaiial, if subsidised,: should be vested in some public' body. ->H_i would be quite willinffi»for the County Council to take over the canal. ■. the settlers who had , _ub-cribed for the constructionofrthe CcahaVv" said the work; was to go through land which had been bought by Government. --'_-fr?Wa^e ! _tfoved theh! that tbe^ Chairman communicate with'Gb vernment,*' -with '_'Vi-w^ to having this piece Of land handed over to theCouhcil. . ]- ' -The Chairman suggested that the motion : regarding the Taieri Beach road should be separated from the question of the canal. : ' Ultimately it was agreed -that £100 should be given as subsidy to the Taieri Beach road, the question of a subsidy to the canal being; held over Until the work was vested in some, body: The Chairman was directed to make enquiry^in the matter. 7; , 7- _>OG bw»__R_'7 Mr Waiyne suggested that a list should be published Of the 1 "owners b? dogs "who 'hiad paia the 'dog-tax, and those who received" notice to and did not. r.. j The CJiai-r^-^ the Inspector's report as to the difficulty of collecting the dog-tax. „_ • . .' ,„ * Mr Wayne s motion was earned, and the dog-tax collector was directed to proceed Against defaulters. ; 7° .'.'iK*^ l - XX-tUVfiil J0... | SLAnOHTER-StOUSE LICENSES. _'" j It was resolved that the charge for slauzn-tering-hou.eslicense_ in?' th efoaseiuof ?newlyopened ones should l be Only-half T th'e fee for this year.. ■ ' - ■.. ','.'• '"'•' '■■■■■'.' "••' 'v.-i.-.TAHTAIION.. •'-?•:-.-.■:-= :-'•■■ \ " A statement of the amount 'of the Valuation Lists fo¥-the*BeSfeTr s al ; roa-lMi.tVictß within the I -Go*anty7aM-tft^ tion was read as'fo'llbwß :-— j . B -Imorai^iaol^lOl^i^er^t., £5. Tokomairiro— _gll;rOF;' _tf'l_^3d' J 'p ! er ceni ., £6 16s. } r„- „T , ,i r. r v . 7 >.. _ t Glenledi— £M5 7 l6_Y a_ T< 3Ood r pOT cent., ■'.' £4 10s. .-.'—. . }_ CricKtbff^'£3s2S ; : atfW^d pe^centf £2 2s. Matau— 366015s ;- at Is ld r per (sentT, £2. j Waip_iri^£liJ6&los»:vi B H %,- -^p aSi \- x ; Kaitangata— £34l 2; at 3s. 9d per cent., -fitf 10s 9d. '"...' K. Waihola-fo'f^O^raO-"^ , £7 Bs.. ..7 ■' '-■■■;•■'' '-. r;'" MOunt^Stuart^6o22V ? at f^_£r per cei-t.', £6! X In a discussion ° which '^enVued-npon the' abovej' ' aii T: opinion' wai s 'gel_'erally^-^xpreßSed ! that in severia^cSsesf lihTcl&^r valuation were excesjiy^, w It r wwaxs xf hg wever ul^ u^ a^?i4i^_SS-i!ii»r but ■>'. make some fixed standard. for. them in future. INSPEOTOB's BBPORT. \ X The Inspector's report as follows was readand adopted. _.;^i 'v. X _f:c-i.-.i.Ori_ _i;oi |: - To the Chaifmanj'Bruce/GQuntyoCouncili . : Sir.r-tljha^e thgjhon<>s<to (P r^ the state .dj.-the^p^s^and bridges for the month ending 'si-tfmay/l-TS/ 1 ; ; •.•;_■■;- 7° .on in-i.-.i'f^x-.-: -.■;■> x, <.'-' | " ; ■■''" ■-■'^.'fv •W-^i.Jr'-i/Llfe "iC ' f ? " The roads still continue in veryjjood repair. The surf aces mani .haallbeeniemployed putting r.some- m§tals;O t n c the,-xoad near Glenore, arid ojher partereQuiring.repairs. | ; The contractor " fo^y.th^^^nl^foi'-ma^r-}. tenance metal betiw^ Adam's gate^'has^ neS tract, only requirin^^ "a.^U w yards^'fo supply the quahtity'speSifi^d; arld^ill be finished in a' few day.. : ■ '- : --- 7 1 ---. X"7. : ' : ' 7^7' : --'- ■ ',■"'■- }■'' ' s 'x '- : dAoV!»&m§m't*« cX^xx '■ j; The '-'.cbntracstpr^ort the, jejoairg, t^ the bridge dver.spkoma^^^ ably with his 4 cohtract f an^ before next meerinjf^^^he^eaJfier/cOntihues favourable for th^ 7 : The other bridges have-'reqnired-no repairs since my lastireport^andctl-ey^are sustaining the traffic, withoutiiany signs , -pf, being upSafe for the traffic over them. 1 Attached .sisittherimonthlyrpayriSheot and the"a_counte-fpr.ithe.b^ tion __ists^fprepare(3 X fe^gfl^ ri^°,^A Board** within the County^ .a;oopy; 'wnici , v - nas beehsent to.the C^on -il'^y :^ eacn^paird. The collectdr°6f has call-a%i- several ihouses-a'n-lWund dogs I runhing'abPut' that; the partie»;re*-_ii_rg in the i houses say dbn'itrsbelpng.'Vjtp .^thieja, saying "that they belong to some persons that can't befoun'df aMthe'ya-« : keepin come ]Jhack?l* • and*"rthey-f_ , a_uae Ito\ pay fpr-f theiD,.andl_hayei7toxire^ueßj;'4^ give instructions^ which the tax is .to. be rM I am. &_, ■•'*'.■'";. ..'".-' ' : '■'■".'".. '.''•:(' : - 77" :^ s mM:wmsx- Xi i* ■-■-• !^iH s^6tor*of Works. j ,, ■-•■■--•. 7 •■'.-.'•■■■■■■... ■.-.-.. -..ijivb -._".' iri.--i_ixt.yi "• } ■■ -|' " INCOME AND EXPENDITOEE. ;"..,! ! Thes-a't.mentpf inco^ and the/pay-shl^t^ere^r^ 7- • . ■ ; 7^7 7 '-'..'• -' 3^7 Bruce.Clmh.jr.'Coun^ ';'; ■':-'' i X Monthly payment sheet, May 31st 1878. j James' Wb^.oc^^W^2_i iw 1;" ■ ,7.7.17 : £- „ „ \7;-, xQW 1 ,-?-•-•■--■■• ?&■- ;^^v^_- rt ..;/^7X- 17 ; 6 I William'l_eattie,prpgrie-8 payment S^ 0 0

i?dvance^ account ,v s^o ?' 0 f Tdtal :.. ' 18 9i _ Bruce County Conncil., , f . vi Receipts for month ending 31st May, 1878.,

'' -______.. N___SON, "•! ' Treasurer. POOHD^FEES. Otago Ordinance- were -adopted ,^and < the' Council adjourned. - - „ -

O -ir.-r •■:■■".■' ■ ' : : " ■ " ■■■■■". ■■: :--i ;: - •■J6v>'."'Bj5 r d.>JEollsji^ *„,.,:■ ,•>.. i..- -::, . M , &I£<AO Ignd lsevenue on ... ... ... 309^18,-, 8 Jteni of Toll House ... , ' .. >$,{■•<> Dost tax r „r. y— o ... '■'»". 's3o'ld r Q Xiicenses, Slajugotenng ... ... -2 10 .0 Q^mflSia^lfev^aue ... .^.^ 4• 0 O

Jam«»Spence, . t>l . . „ 20 00' Hagittfiros-yjegaLoplniop , .... 2, ...4 ,6 P^RogeF^iJMtt J to f .Waihpla J ... 16 16 0 i co^tof; Valuation Lists, Matau , r . , . " maatßoarA ... 2,. ;:tf o eienHfell SMiSoard 1 4 W \6 6 M«t"Siuart Ifoad^oard ... 6 )fr o 0 Raiiangata „ „ 6 10 8 Ciichtoa „ ' „ ... ... J 2:2. .0 Balmoral „ > „ ...... 5 0 0 'Jfj? h gJ* -.jit ,-.»» : . i» v •• :„-, v.s' -Tftkomainro^ JLr, , „„ 6 16 r 0 I Offices .rent, .Tnomas Poole ...... 115 0 .dßnectorrplftoUxiltVThoiiisoD 8 12, 0 Ote^k a^rrnsiiefet^^rNelsoa ..i 1 ' lfr 5 1 ' 0 Chairman, H. Clark 12 10 0