HIGHWAY BOARD MEETINGS. MOUNT ROSKILL DISTRICT.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5230, 17 July 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

HIGHWAY BOARD MEETINGS. MOUNT ROSKILL DISTRICT.

The auuu.il meeting of the ratepayers of the Mount Koakill highway district wag advertised to take place at 11 am. in the 1'niice Albert Hotel on Saturday last. At the appointed time, howev er, there was not a quorum ot ratepayers present^. «fid it wu only by dint ot great txertions oil the p*rt of two or tin ee gentlemen that tlie necesaary number ten v> m obtained. The meeting theietore did not begin till about oue o clock. — Mr. W. Greenwood was \uted to the chair, and Mr. W. Josepu Gieeuwoud otaciatad as secretary pro (em. — The Chan man read the advertisement in the C'ko^ convening the meeting, and the lollowing balance-sheet was laid before the meeting : — Receipts : Balance in hand, 30th JiMie, lt>75^sj £130 8s. :>d. ; rates collected, £loTtii. 11<^H Hoard Board grants, £103 14s. <Jd.: t^^H £395 12s Id. Expeudituie : Forming J^^^^| £35 lfcia. Gd. ; metalling aud chanelb|^^^^^H l.'is. Gd. ; budges und culverts, J^^^^^^^M woiks, £126 12s ; comm.ssion, salaries aud rent, 114 10s. ; prin^^^^^^| advt'i tismg, £ti 6a. 3d.; legal expen^J^^^B 3s.; miscellaneous, 2s. Id. : total £"27U O^H yd.; balance in hand, £123 5s. 4d. : total, £395 12s. Id. — Mr. Joseph May explained to the satisfaction of those present the ditierout items of the balance- aheet, and the election of othcer» and striking of rates for the ensuing year was then proceeded with. — Un the motion of Mr. J. Mayr, Beconded by Mr Mud, it wa» lesolved, " That the propoied rate be on the value to sell." — Mr. J. Greenwood then proposed, and. .Mr. Aiud seconded, " X'ii»t the iate be Id. in the £1."— Mr. Davidson proposed, aud Mr. T. D. Cleghorn seconded, as an amendment, " That the rate be one halfpenny in the£l." — The amendment was loht, and the original motion carried. — Messrs. Alfred Bucklaud, Joseph May, Joseph Greenwood, Jtvniea (Jonneiiy, T, D. Clegtiorn, aud James Hayr were nominated as trustees. A poll being taken, the result was as lollow : — Buckland, 2b; May, 24 ; Greenwood,. 24 ; Counelly, 20 ; (Jleghorn, 16; Hayr, 13. The nrst tive were declared duly elected. — Messrs. CawkweJl aud Ansell were elected auditors. — Messrs. Davidson and Sewell were elected fence- vewera. — A vote of thanks to the retiring trustees was then passed, and the meeting terminated oy a vote of thanks to the chairman. — A meeting of the newly -elected Board waa held unmediately alter the closing of the previous one, when Mr. Joseph May was elected chairman, and Mr. J. Greenwood treasurer. Mr. H. Clark was appointed collector of rates. — A resolution was passed authorising the chairman and treasurer to pay claims when demanded for fencing the new load at the Three Kings. It was resolved to put all the roads of the district into * good staU of repair immediately.

CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Cambridge Highway District wm held at the National Hotel, Cambridge, on Thursday, the 13th mst. There was a good at. tendance of ratepayers. Mr. Chapman Ewen was voted to the chair, and the proceedings commenced by the chairman reading the advertisement in the Waikato Times calling the meeting. — The chairmaa of the late Board, Mr. J. H. Smith, then read the report and balance-sheet for the past year, from which it appeared that the receipts for the year amounted to £318 Oa. 4d., and the expenditure : For forming roads, £26 13i. 4d. ; metalling, &c., £77 4s. 6d. ; bridges and culverts, £143 19». 6d. ; other worki, £49 14a. 2d. ; commission for collecting rates, £13 11s. 6d. ; advertising, &c, £1 12s. 6d. ; sundries, £3 19s. lid. ; total, £316 15s 5d. ; balance, £1 4s. lid., with liabilities of CGO. It was proposed and seconded that the repent be adopted, and carried. — Mr. 1 John Runciuian proposed that the rate for ! the ensuing year be the same as the last, \d. in the £1 on the value to aell. — Mr. Selby seconded. — Mr. Robert Kirkwood proposed that the rate be Id. in the pound.— After some discussion, Mr. Kirkwood withdrew his amendment, and the motion of Mr. Kuncunan was carried. — Mr. Clark proposed, and Mr. Reynolds seconded, "That Messrs. J. H Smitli, James Ruuciman, W. L. Mantyn, F. D. Sinale, and J. FerguscM be the trustees for the ending year." — Camed. — Mr. G. E. Clark proposed "That Messrs. Charles Evren and John Mautyn, jun M be appointed auditors." —Mr. James Runciman seconded. — Carried. — Mr. J. H. Smith proposed Mr. Chapman Ewen as fence - viewer, and Mr. Reynolds proposed Mr. John Runciman. — Seconded by Mr. Clark, and carriod. — On the motion of Mr. R. Kirkwood, a vote of thanks to the out-going trustees was carried, and a vote of thanks brought the meeting to a close. — At a meeting of the trustees held subsequently, Mr. J. H. Smith was elected chairman.— [A correspondent.]

TOIARA DISTRICT. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the above district was held in the ac'ioolhouse on the 8th instant. Air. Reynolds was voted to the chair — '1 he chairman read the balance sheet, which was adopted. —Mr. Lane proposed and Mr. Penny seconded, that the rate for the current year be Id. in the £1 on the value to sell. Carried.— The following gentlemen were then proposed as members of the Board : Messrs. Bell, Laies, Reynolds, T. M. Lane, S. Brown, Andrews, and Ferguson. On the ballot being taken, it was found that the first five were elected. The monotony of this part of the business was somewhat enlivened by the strange hallucination of one ratepayer, who thought that the fact of being a ratepayer entitled bun to a seat on the board ; and, as no one else proposed him, he proceeded to propose himself. But, unfoitunately, he had not paid his ratos for the last year, and the chairman i nled that he had i.o voice in the matter. Messrs. Andrews and Ferguson were elected auditors, and this terminated the moceedings.— A meeting of the newly elected members took place immediately after the general meeting, when Mr. T. M. Lane wa« elected chairman, and Mr. J. Reynolds secretary and treasurer.

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