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7th January 1837
County Business (continuation of an article)
Weights and Measures
The report of the inspector of weights and measures was handed in and read, from which it appeared that that officer had seized in the Wantage Division 130 measures, &c., which he had destroyed in the market-place of that town. He had visited other parts of the county, and had many cases which were fit to be brought under the notice of the magistrates.Datchet Bridge
Captain Forbes then produced the Report of the Datchet Bridge Committee, which he preceded by reading the case submitted to Sir William Follett, and that Learned Gentleman's opinion thereon, in reference to the legal proceedings instituted by Mr.Tindal, the Clerk of the Peace for Bucks. The particulars of this subject are already too well known to induce us to repeat them; and suffice it, therefore, to say, Sir William Follett advised either that the subject matter in dispute should be referred by both parties to a third party in an amicable spirit, or that an application should be made to the Berks Magistrates to dissolve the injuction, for the latter would not be justified while the injuction stands in cutting away the timbers in dispute. He stated also that it the Berks Magistrates left their portion of the bridge unrepaired, they would render themselves liable to an indictment . Captain Forbes stated that his reason for reading those documents was that the Magistrates might themselves determine what course should be adopted, for he had been too many years himself in Chancery to recommend the other Members of the Committee to put the County to the expense of a Chancery suit.Constables Expenses
Captain Forbes proposed a resolution to the effect, - that Petty Constables, who had any demands for expenses, should obtain the orders of the Magistrates for them; and that, instead of their being put to the inconvenience of going to the office of the County Treasurer at Maidenhead for payment, they should be paid by the High Constables of their respected divisions, who, in making their payments to the Treasurer, should pay in those orders as money. Capt.F stated , that in many cases it was a serious inconvenience to Petty Constables to have to go a long distance to Maidenhead to get their expenses paid for the conveyance of prisoners.Mr.Hume's Letter
The Chairman said the next subject on the list was the consideration of Mr.Hume's letter respecting his proposed Bill regarding the County Rates.[--- Missing the End of this Article ---]