Town Council Meetings
Street Lighting. At the Council meeting on the 7th of January, 1853, the Clerk stated that the cause of Carlisle Parade not being publicly lighted was due to the consent of the owners not having been obtained.
New Valuation. The new valuation of property showed an increase from 1847 of nearly £18,000, such augmentation being chiefly in the Magdalen and Trinity parishes. The disputed payment of the map still kept up a rancorous feeling between the two towns. At the present meeting the Clerk read a communication from Mr. W. B. Young, Clerk to the St. Leonards Commissioners, with which was a copy of Counsel’s opinion on the disputed question. The opinion of Mr Bramwell was “that the Town Council was clearly not justified in purchasing the map from the Local Board, nor in paying for it as proposed. Had the map been made and required for municipal purposes, then such purchase might be effected; but it was clear that such was not the case, as the Town Council had worked for many years without it, and it had been ordered by the Local Board for the purpose of the Public Health Act. It being now attempted to make St. Leonards pay -
