CITY BOARD—Tuesday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 136, 20 April 1864, Page 3

CITY BOARD—Tuesday.

Present.—Hie Chairman, Messrs: Finlay, "Wrigly, Macrcady, lurntull, W eb.-ter, and cwanson. 'llie uimutts Oi last mcfctuig having been read and continual. 1 he Chairmau read certain letters— Due letter being liom Air. i-usk informing the Git y Boara ol' ihe paying into the bank ol' £1000 to the City Board account. Aotice was then given of the trail:fer of the contract lor levelling ol Upper mueeu-street, lrom Mr. lioothe to Air. Jaetson tor £ltn. There was next read the accounts for advertising expenses, and expenses ol elections, amounting to The amount of rates collected £2,984. It was then moved by ill". Maercady that tenders for the city carting be referred to the bireet Committee with power to advertise for tenders, seconded by Mr. Wrigley. Carried. The Chairman then gave Mr. Merriman's opinion in lespect to a nuisance in Princes-street, atating that there was a serious tlaw in the clause of the Act referring to the case, preventing any proceedings, and recommending proceedings uuuer another clause named. Mr. Morpeth's certificate in reference to the nuisance having been read, it was moved that notice be served on the parties concerned to remove the nuisance within forty-eight hours from the time of aerring the notice. •J. lie result of the proceedings taken against Mr. llardingiou, as to the liability of dog-carts to tho I 11 Registration Act," was then read to the City BoarU. . . , , I The Provincial Gazette containing the names of re- | centlv elected members cl tlie City J3oard was then laid on tile table. There was next a debate on the sureties for ireeman's Bay works being accepted ihe motion was that they be accepted. Carried. The Chairman tlien read a teDdcr for tho works a-.lvertiscd lor in Queen-street— but no eligible tender having been received, the question was deferred till next meeting. There ivu ? a discussion on the naming of members for the different committees, and the following members were proposed ami accepted : — Nuisance Committee—Messrs. Sheehan, Swanson ancl ebster. _ Street Committee —Messrs. Macready, Finlay and s Darby. : Appeal Committee —The whole Board. Finance Committee—Messrs. (iraliawj Turnbull, , Wrigley and Swan eon. The "Board then adjourned.