The Commissioners Meetings 1855
At the first quarterly meeting, March 26th, the Commissioners present were Alfd Burton (chairman) Rev. G. D. St. Quintin, Sir Woodbine Parish, C. H. Southall and J. Carey. Bills and interest ordered to be paid, including £25 to Jas. Mann for ironmongery; R. Deudney, for clearing away snow and beaching the roads £15 12s. 9d; ? gas £147 5s. Resolved that Bayley collect coal duties once a month; that a channel be relaid and the footpath repaired in Quarry road; that Mr. Gant’s offer to add new houses and drains to present map, together with the boundary of the Commissioners’ jurisdiction, for £5, be accepted; that the clerk communicate with Local Board of Health re nuisance from the outlet of 1 Grand parade; that William Smith have the ashes contract without payment; and that he have the watering of the roads during summer at one shilling[1] an hour.
At the meeting on June 25th, it was resolved that Mr. Coster be permitted at his own expense, to remove the lamp post opposite Allegria, -
- ↑ An explanation of old currency and coinage may be found at the following website Pre-decimal currency, accessdate: 16 June 2022
