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MKi'.'n.V.: .'T I'Al'ANl.'l I A rr.c ;;n- <-f !! i. .;. r,'-n ml-p.iivrs wa- i: ■'-..'. :'i the I'.i'.wiii Liirai\ l.t-t . ■.■■:u.\z. '■■■■ 0r.,-id: r li: pi>l s:i! t . .Tr..iUvi::i:u.- the li: .ul U<>;:v I ili-lnts--01 Hic< iv ton ord S|)r-'vi!"!i into a | <..-.im;v. Mr F. .-.;-.-. ,:i wa.- ek-tM t» tin- -.-hair. I -Mi- iS. A. Staple, a 1i.0m!.-. r of the Koad' lioai..:. explain, i the ixn.iits ilt.it i-.f.u!<i ii'.-crup 1:0111 amalOne '.if the ir.o.-t impos" ::nt I |»K!l[N. Ill' •■lid. V.MJ, tii.it li till tvVO districts ivi re tunn'.i into a i:'iin;v r. v.r,.i:.; I*.- } ■~ — i!»:*• id ir.i!i:i- their m\v:i i b\-lav. s. ani th'u c.'itiol the rum..-. The Kevi'i!ii. -. Act omiulin! cunlits to '2~> per v-or. t <>i tin , ratis. ci.drtti:!. an ,l oil this basis Kl< carton wojld receive illii) el the CcilirS collected, £L 7."> lor iiei'iiNi- Sei'-y ami .Cl'uO tor d'cjjc tax. JiiMkiii- ;i t<,;..! o: Ll'JV\. In the <-.isi--01 >i)i - t v<i:»ji l:ie ooiiiHy wouid nci iv» JJ35 1 .) ct the ii 10(1 oulU'ctci! 'mi mtes. and dog liis ill'-j: tola! .'_ 170. making an ;iy;:h i;atH total of -.on:-.' Cl7fi!l extra le\lr. Ac without any additional li lh;' iii.--tiHts were lormo-i into :i county iliey «wi!<l have tiie ju ivilege. <,[ jii'itiii.si it <'tit up into 1-i-. 1— each of v % uxmiii be represented l>y 11 iiieiiibiT <>\\ tin- Counly tViuiieil. 'l'he Miicvatils. ho (mi;hl. wei-e in a very ;;iisiiita!>ie pla<-e. u:.<l It they ••>. ere »i>le to make their iiylinvs .-o as to [ii-e'.-e'it, <alth> and .-.beep Uio ro:«ls CTUiin lio:ir.s it wo.lid UK-ail that tli<> haleyanls ->\oul(l have to be shifted to anolhcr iicality. Vor oveiy .-iu-ep Iroin Hicoartoi] flint parsed a lons thf Hic<aiton rojul th.eru were lliousaiifli* that caini' froiii outsivlo. ;• n<l y t ; tlie <!iatiiet had to pay for the upkeep of tho--10a'.1.5. He proposed to have a 00m-iiii-:.-.ion of eiii|iury set up to the. <■**>! of lnaintenaiice of rtiaiU, and ho felt sure that if a oomiui.s.sion wore established, tlio district woukl' only have to pay half the. pre.se'it amount for upkeep. The <w»t ot adiiiinisiriition would also be inu-ch \<\-a than it was under tliv K.vstojii. «s a<!niiiii=trat.ion would i>:> more ecu-t'l-iiliscil. The tSehvyn County Council iiienibers. ho iindersUxxl, were t-oniitiii-jiJly putting in their l>ill.s for .C3O or i-'-IO for and that money ivan Jound by' the rat<-p;'.y<-rs. Thi.-i would u:>t be the ca.se it ihi\y litid tlveir own county, as the inembeis. of the County Council would livo in v much smaller area. In ieply to cj (lections, ~Slv Staphs .said tl..it the Sprevdon ltoad Board v.'.is i.ivoarabli.' to the propo; : al rfii;i ititeude'l to -call a liieu-ting ill tho ' Sjinydou district. Ill.* next step in tln> J ;;r-H:ee(iiiiL;s woiiid be to lormulato ;i i petition aniv requisition Parliainolit U> i irairic a Bi!l. lie <ji<l not see any objvciiun to Aviv coming into the- county, except : hv.it the area, ifiiVlit he miii''cwh;:i iniwieidy. 11...1 uiitier.-.t<xHl liint Ila !.-.«•< il, Liiicoln, <uid 'J'aiTapu w<mm j piop'isiny; to lorm a county and if this ; in:ive;iii-nt materialised, t-lil; linancos oj j the County Council wouid be very >.ori- ! o'i.-!y all'i-ctrci. The (.overiUDOiit was ]in favour of aniaijrtimatin.'z the Kin ill i loj'al iwMiicH on acpMiiit of the < ■'nil of

;:-:iiiiiiii-uratiou. iuul conswju'.-ntly tho pivsiMit. Koi:!('. bo a good time to ai>i>rt>:ich lh<':u in the niutti-r. .'vtcr t::rt)ior tlio mociiiif; t<>r!iii!iatc<] -.villi votos of thanks t;> Mr .Staples and tlw chairman.