BOROUGH COUNCIL

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6532, 23 December 1887, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL

< cVfel aeetlngr of tho OooooU last night w«k by His Worship iho M*»or, and Mestrs Humphrey, Procter, David on. Stance, - D -no, Waddeli, Moss, and Brown. The minutes of previous ordinary and •psclal soeetlogs were oonSrmed, and the outward vorrtopovdtoti approved. . Tho lettor wiU> reforeQf* to tho Mtnlclpsl Conference being held at \f elllftcton annually, nto*ived ton» tbo Town Clerk of Wcllinatoo (Mr Pjg>), and left over from hit aiftptinr, was again considered. The letter uked for so opinion* fron the Ounell. tbe oost of esoh meeting not being txpioted to exeeod £5 to each council. Several councillors saw no need of a confereuee on municipal maters, and others sale! that sometMog might bo evolved fmrn a conference of representatives of all boroa?hs to consider matters wbioh would benefit oil t>>e boroughs throughout tbe eolouy-»soch, for losUnoa, *s a graod soheae for the ooniolidttion of municipal loans. Further consideration of the matter was deferred. A !©tt»- was received from Mr Can* ninth <«m Smith accepting the terms ot ■ha Council with regard to w*ter supply for tbe fireezlog works for 1881 —Received. Messrs Fcrcns and O^aroh wro'e with respect to their elslm of £10 10s for extra work. .." It was dieted tbat Messrs Charoh snd Fereos had aooepted the f*e of £15 15i. Tbe eltrk wet ios'ruc(ed to reply tbat the olsJmnnts be Informed that tbe Cjunoll* docs not mc\£: Im th * « lii(D ' The weighbridge keeper reported that through the oourtesy of the Railway Der partment he h«d the qn qt a>»aiped I weights to test the weighbridge, ana b»d. . found It quite correct. AooounU amounting to L 143 2i 81 t w?re passed for payment. Mr Davidson tendered bis reflgnatlou f aa a mtmber of theOharlUbic Aid Board. _ Tho restitution was aooepted with regret, c and Mr Sanderson was appointed instead. The Under of Mr Hugh M'Lvco (L4i 6] 93) for fearing at Awamoko, and supply of material, wss accepted. The t«nd«rs for the reserves were f opened, snd after consideration were re~ . f erred to 'he Reserves Committee to re- , port at nt'xk nacetlnt/. Tbe standing orders having been satII pended, Mr S pones moved the motion of which, he had given notice, with reference tq «h.e Q suppression ot houses of ill-fame. H# n said he bad been urged on to taki too .j step by the eompleiats of property c holders. He thought that a bylaw [ like the following should bo adopted: t l Whereas it Is aectssary for the pes.ee and comfort of the Inhabitants of L the town of O-tmsrn, thst honsu of 111- ! fame and repn'e within the iiid town ' should be r«?trftioed ; and, if posilble, suppressed. Be it th- re fore or^ereo at<^ direoted by the CouaeiFof the said town; by virtue of tbe suthori'y in them veitad, that from and after the date of this bylaw |c ooming into force, if the owner of any I h r me or tenement within tbe Borough o| c Oamarn permit it ia bo used for the purposes of a brothel, after having re< eeived fourteen days' notice in writing * from tbe Town Clerk or Chief OQosr of , Police, h.i abtli bo liable to a penalty of ' five pounds, and a farther continuing , penalty of Ll for each day It ehall be used * for suck purpoes. Owner includes any , person who rents or ncouples any suoh hoace, or acts as agent for tbe owner or J ooenpiar of any suoh liouse. (j( j The matter was referred to the Bylaw d Committee, to whioh Mr Soeaaa's utmo ws^ added. ' > * a With r >fere-ice to the notice ot motion |f that no ohpquss shoald be ricslved for the _ payroe'H of K«i *fter 3 p.m. oa the 15h I of each month ; that no oheqacc should ' bs Mcalvod in payment of km with a ' request to be held over on tbat day ; and that ell moneys reoeived on any day should bn paid into the bank on tho following morning — % discussion followed. Tbe HHUor vas eventually left with tho Town Clerk to see that the terms of th« motion wore oarrled out. '" ° The next ordinary and special asnting * of the Ooiiuoil will be bold on Thursday, sth Jaoumry. * The M»yor'« bonorari itn was Szed at 9 LI OO, snd the Council ro«e.