NOTICES OF MOTION.

West Coast Times, Issue 1659, 24 January 1871, Page 3

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Tuesday. January 24.

1. Mr Guinness to ask :—": — " Why the resolution passed on the 26th May, 1870, headed ' Monthly statement of receipts and expenditure to be published in the County Gazette,' has not been complied with." 2. Mr Bonar to ask : — " The Chairman what steps, if anj', have been taken to establish special settlements under the Westland Waste Lands Act 1870."

3. The Chairman to move — " That this Council confirm the action of the late Chairman, Conrad Hoos, Esq., in signing cheques on the County of Westland account since the Bth day of December last, for expenditure incurred." 4. The Chairman to move—" That the Council go into Committee to consider the mode of collecting the tolls on tl.e various roads of the County."

5. The Chairman to move— 1 ' That a Select Committee, consisting of Messrs Bonar, Reid, Barff, Guinness, and the mover be appointeri to consider the means of reducing the departmental expenses. 6. Mr Guinness to move — "That the County Chaii man be requested to obtain, and lay on the table, a return of the nwmberof cases chil and criminal entered in the books of all the Resident Magistrates' Courts in the County of Wesfland, similar to the return furnished by those departments for the General Government, each return to comprise all cases from Ist Jan. to the 31st Dec, 1870. Also, a return from the several Warden's Courts in the Baid County, for the same period, of all cases entered for trial in the said Courts."

7. Mr Guinness to move—" That the j County Chairman be requested to lay on the table a return, accompanied with the vouchers, of all payments made by the County Treasurer from the 9th day of December, 1870, to the 10th day of January, 1871, both days inclusive." 8. Mr Guinness to move — " That in the opinion of this Council the cost of maintenance, and the supervision of the lunatics confined in the gaol, should be kept separate from the cost of prisoners confined in the said gaol." 9. Mr Guinness to move—" That the County Chairman be requested to lay on the table a statement, showing what roads in the County ofWestland have been declared main roads, in accordance with Clause 116, 'County of Weßtland Act, 1868 ' " 10. Mr Robinson to jnov?— " That qpon, eonjoleticm ofihat^ojtfan ef. Fjtzfceibfir^

street upon which they are at present engaged, the prison laborers shall be employed in the construction of a road to the Kanieri." 11. The Chairman to move—" That the Council go iuto Committee to consider the proposition of the Registrar General, regarding • The Laud Transfer Act, 1870.' "

TnunsDAY, January 26.

1 Mr Barff to move—" That in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that the Chairman of the County Council should for the future be elected by tbe rote of the people, and that a Select Committee be appointed to memorialise the Colonial Legislature on the subject, such Committee to consist of the Chairman, Mr Bonar, Mr Scanlan, and the mover, to report in ten days." 2. Mr Scanlan to move — " That advertisements be inserted in the Hokitika, Greymouth, and Dunedin papers, calling for tenders for a bi-monthly steam service between Hokitika and the southern Ports of the County."

3. Mr Button to move — " That no more honorarium be paid to CotancUlors." 4. Mr Robinson to move: — "That a Committee, consisting of Messrs Bonar, Button, Reid, and the mover, be appointed for the purpose of drawing up a petition to the General Assembly, pointing out the great injustice suffered by the County of Westland under the ' Payment of Provinces Act 1870,' and praying for the redress of the same."