CHEVIOT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 2

CHEVIOT COUNTY COUNCIL.

The Cheviot County Council met tt j M'Kemue on May Bth. Present— The Chairman (Mr Geo. Mcßae) and Messrs P. T. Cell, S. Haughey, A. W. Rutherford aad D. McLaren. It was resolved that 919 settler on applying to the office can have ' two pints 01 poisoned grain free of charge, A letter was received from Messrs Stringer and Cresswell, claiming £15 for damioe done to Mr Lancaster's land. The Clerk was instructed to inform them that effort* are being made to settle this matter amicably. Mr W. Webster was appointed Ranger and Registrar of Dogs in the place of Mr J. Lewis, resigned. Mr T. Murphy's tender for carting about 300 yards of ahingle to the Cathedral road, and Messrs Miles and Dalton's tender for carting about 400 yards of shingle to the Bluff road, were aooefited. I __i_ appliejvfciori. from __!_■ John B_nce. claim_—_T -£Ar'7 .__ for e„rt__. work o_. the XHxti—.road. was received- ami the ClerK -was instructed to inform Mr ornee thai the Council does not admit that any extra work was done by him outside his contract. Several applies* 1 tions were received from -settlers, asking to have certain work done near their sections. The Conncil resol-voci to postpone —eso iniinntiiiiiii arva.i.la.l-1— for" tl_© ptxr-pose- __ letter "siraa read from the Commissioner of Ccowa.Lai-, asking the Council to get the insurant* policy on buildings at Port Robinson cancelled, and the premium returned. The Clerk was instructed to reply ana call siteation to the agreement, and say that th* Counoil does not sea its way to interfered the matter, and further that the Council laa no guarantee that the Government would rebuild in cose of loss by fire. Accounts amounting to £941 17s lid were passedJw payment. •* A special meeting of the Cheviot County ' Council was held on May lQbh to confirm a resolution passed at a previous special meeting, 'making a speoial order adopting-* , provisions of " The Local Bodies Loans Act,. 1886?' generally for the Cheviot County, to propose a special rate of three-sixteenths ofa penny in the £ as security for a proposed loan of £6000, and to prepare a public notice giving particulars of the works proposal,* to c undertaken. Present—The Chairman, and Messrs P. T. Cell, S. Haughey, and D. McLaren. A resolution was carried embody--1..' the form of public notice required to be published by " The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886." The Olerk was instructed to prepare a notice and forward it to the Council* Solicitors for their advice thereott, anil if. any alterations are necessary-to coasul&tus Chairman.