MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION.

Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1892, Page 4

MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION.

Tiie Aaaaaia&Apt). resumed at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. The Committee appointed p to consider the Pedlars and Hawkers Bjll bequgj^t np a report suggesting an amendment so to make fees payable to boroughs itidtead .of fo the Government. Tho report was adopted. A report was also received from the committee set np to consider the Fire Brigades Bill, recommending that the Association should impress on the Government the desirablonags pt passing the Bill after several amendments ha£ been made. The most important suggestion .of the committee was that two-thirds «f the '.cost ,of psa-ifttnining each brigade should be home by fjbe corfjo^a.tion, tho balance to be found iy the insurance companies. On the motion of Mr. Harris, seconded by the Mayor of Cbristchnrch, the report was unanimously t^opted. The flommittee appointed to consider the Local Bodies' Accounts and Audit Bill presented a repori waking a number of suggestions. Mr. Fish" moy&d the adoption of the report. Seconded by the M^vor of NelSt» and carried. "*' , A Mpprf from the Committee set up to' consider ttw rules of the Association was Ulso ,c,onßider,efl. The report contained $ey#ral recommandatjionfl, $c principal one beim that in fuf|ui;e th,e A.ssqaJ4Jtion should only meet <o#on in two years, unless argent business roji4«r-ad it advisable 4110,1 t^ero should be an annual siting. On the motion \ of tho Mayor of New Plymonih a.qconded' by ! the Mayor of Lyttolton, the report was adopted. : The only recommendation in the report of the Dag Registration Bill Committee was that there should bo a uniform licensee fee throughout the jcolony. On the motion of the Town Clerk of Auckland, seconded by tho Mayor of Christoliurch, the report was iidopted. The Town Clerk of Auckland moyed ftiat n. olanse should be drafted giving a borough j power to change its name. The motion was seconded by the Mayor of Napier, and lost.

A resolution by the Town Clerk of Auckland, seconded by the Mayor of Wellington, that no live stock should be allowed to remain in slaughter houses, was lost. The report and balance-sheet submitted on the opening day ot the mooting were The following resolution of the Town Clerk of Auckland waa referred to the committee appointed to deal with the Mnmcipal Corporations Act:— "That this Conference consider the advisability of retaining (by fee) the highest legal and engineering tulertt available in the colony, to be at the service of all affiliating borough" to this Association, when required, at a mode; ate s-ciuo of fees, to be fixed upon by the committee of this Association." , The Town Clerk of Auckland moved, That the Association considers the withdrawal of the smaller subsidies to small boroughs to be a great mistake. The motion was Beconded by Mr. Baylii and agreed to. A gratuity of £3. 2a was voted to the Conncil messenger. On the motion of the Town Clerk of Auckland seconded by Mr. Fish, a vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor of Wellington, the President of the Association, who was complimented on the ability with which ho had presided. . The Mayors of Auckland, Dunedm, Christchurch, and Nelson were elected VicePresidents, and the following Committee was appointed to manage the uffairs of the Association until next meeting : — The Mayors of Ashburton, Napier, Petone, and Hutt, Messrs. L. L. Harris, H. S. Fish, M.H.K., and J. Mills, M.H.B. The Mayor of Wellington is permanent President. The meeting then terminated.