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Borough of Cheltenham At a Monthly Meeting of the Town Council of the Borough of Cheltenham, duly convened and held in the Town Hall, in the said Borough, on Monday, the 3rd December, 1906, at 3 p.m., Present: THE MAYOR (ALDERMAN WILLIAM NASH SKILLICORNE) in the chair. THE DEPUTY MAYOR (ALDERMAN JOHN HADDON). Aldermen: GEORGE NORMAN COLONEL RICHARD ROGERS JOHN WAGHORNE JAMES BATTEN WINTERBOTHAM. Councillors: WILLIAM ALFRED BAKER JOHN DAVID BENDALL FREDERICK JOSEPH BENNETT RICHARD DAVIES MOSES DAVIS EDWINSON CHARLES GREEN EDWARD GRIDLEY COLONEL MONTAGUE JOCELYN KING-HARMAN, CHARLES HENRY MARGRETT RICHARD EEDE MARSHALL WILLIE JOHN MERRETT TOM HERBERT PACKER JOSEPH PILLEY ROBERT STEEL JAMES STEWART HERBERT STROUD. HENRY WAGHORNE 44 1—Minutes of Previous Meeting—Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council on the 9th November last, having been printed and a copy sent to each Member of the Council, be taken as read, and that the same be adopted and confirmed. 2—Death of Miss Beale—On the motion of the Mayor, It was unanimously Resolved, That this Council desires to record its deep sense of the loss to the Borough and to the cause of Education sustained by the death of Miss Dorothea Beale (Honorary Freeman of the Borough) who for forty-eight years was Principal of the Ladies' College and to whose zealous work and administrative genius is largely due the leading position now held by that Institution. 3—Public Health Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Public Health Committee, at their Meetings of the 12th and 19th November last, be approved and confirmed, and that Regulations under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, be made and published accordingly. 4—Farms Management Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Farms Management Committee, at their Meetings of the 16th and 21st November last, be approved and confirmed. 5—Street and Highway Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Street and Highway Committee, at their Meetings of the 13th and 26th November last, be approved and confirmed. As an amendment to a motion that the Council resolve itself into Committee, it was Resolved, That the General Purposes and Watch Committee be instructed to consider the cases of any Corporation employees who are no longer capable of doing any work and report thereon. 6—Town Improvement Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Town Improvement Committee, at their Meeting of the 19th November last, be approved and confirmed. 7—Electricity and Lighting Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Electricity and Lighting Committee, at their Meeting of the 15th November last, be approved and confirmed, and that Mr. Austin Clare Saxby be appointed Gas Examiner accordingly. 8—Water Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Water Committee at their Meeting of the 22nd November last, be approved and confirmed. 45 9—General Purposes & Watch Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the General Purposes and Watch Committee, at their Meeting of the 20th November last, be approved and confirmed. 10—Art Gallery and Museum Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Art Gallery and Museum Committee, at their Meeting of the 21st November last, be approved and confirmed. 11—Mineral Waters, Baths and Recreation Grounds Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Mineral Waters, Baths and Recreation Grounds Committee, at their Meetings of the 16th and 28th November last, be approved and confirmed. 12—Burial Board Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Burial Board Committee, at their Meeting of the 23rd November last, be approved and confirmed. 13—Finance Committee—Resolved, That the proceedings of the Finance Committee, at their Meeting of the 27th November last, be approved and confirmed. Resolved also, That an Order on the Borough Treasurer be signed accordingly authorising and ordering him to pay to the several Corporations, Companies and persons mentioned in the Schedule of Accounts the sum of money set opposite their respective names upon production of a cheque signed by the Borough Accountant. 14—Employment of Local Labour by Contractors--Pursuant to notice duly given Councillor Stroud moved :— “That it be an instruction to the Town Clerk to include in all future contracts involving labour skilled or unskilled a clause requiring the Contractor to employ residents within the Borough to the extent of at least three-fourths of the total labour he shall employ under such contract." The same having been seconded by Councillor Packer, the following amendment was proposed by Councillor Green, seconded by Councillor Stewart: " That the proposal be referred to the General Purpos6s and Watch Committee for consideration." 46 The amendment on being put to the meeting was declared lost. The motion was then put and the names of the members voting for or against were recorded as follows:— For—Councillors Baker, Bendall, King-Harman, Margrett, Marshall, Packer, Stewart, Stroud and Waghorne (9). Against—The Mayor, Aldermen Haddon, Norman, Rogers, Waghorne, Winterbotham, Councillors Bennett, Davis, Green, Gridley, Merrett, Pilley and Steel (13). The Mayor thereupon declared the motion lost. 15 Election of Aldermen—The notice of motion given by Councillor Green was ruled out of order by the Mayor. 16—Appointment of Foreigners—The motion on this subject, notice of which had been given by Councillor Packer, was not moved by him. 17—Notices of Motion—The following notices of motion for the next Monthly Meeting of the Council were given:— By Councillor Green: That in the opinion of this Council the fact of a gentleman accepting the position of Alderman shall be taken as an intimation that he will be prepared to occupy the position of Mayor if called upon to do so. By Councillor Stewart: That on and after the 1st April, 1907, the Montpellier Gardens be opened daily free to the public, except at such times as they are engaged for entertainments and that No. 1 of the Minutes of the Town Improvement Committee of the 9th March, 1894, No. 1 of the 8th May, 1894, Nos. 5 and 6 of the 18th January, 1897, and No. 12 of the 19th February, 1900, be rescinded or varied as far as may be necessary to give effect to this motion. Mayor. 47 Borough of Cheltenham MINUTES of the Committees of the Town Council to be submitted for approval at the Monthly Meeting of the Council to be held on Monday, the 7th January, 1907. PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE. At a Meeting of this Committee, held on Monday, the 10th December, 1906—Present: The Mayor, Councillors Davies, King-Harman, Pilley, and Stewart (The Mayor in the chair). 1—Zymotic Disease—The Medical Officer of Health reported that there had been notified since the last Meeting of the Committee, 9 cases of Scarlet Fever, 4 of Enteric Fever, 2 of Erysipelas, and 4 of Diphtheria, and that 7 cases of Scarlet Fever, 4 cases of Diphtheria and 2 cases of Enteric Fever had been sent into the Delancey Hospital. 2--Cleansing and Disinfecting at No. 37, Townsend Street. — The Medical Officer of Health having certified that the cleansing, disinfecting, and purifying of this house or part thereof would tend to prevent or cheek infectious disease. Resolved, That the Council being of this opinion, Notice be served on the owner to cleanse and disinfect the house or part thereof within the time specified in such Notice. 3— Cleansing and Limewashing at No. 8 19 Rutland Street, 1 & 5 Garden View, Granley Road & 25, Russell Street--The Medical Officer of Health having certified that the cleansing, disinfecting and purifying of these houses or parts thereof would tend to prevent or check infectious disease. Resolved, That the Council being of this opinion, Notice b© served on the owners to cleanse and disinfect the houses. or parts thereof within the time specified in such Notice. 4—Nuisances from Drains etc., at No. 32 Victoria. Street, 20 & 21 Queen Street, 13 & 14 Cleveland Street, 42 Townsend Street, 42, 43 and 41, Stanhope Street, 1, 2, 3 & 4, St. Peter's Place, Swindon Road, and 25, Russell Street. — The Inspector of Nuisances having made written application under Section 41 of the Public Health Act, 1S75, stating that the drains, he., on or belonging to the above- named houses were in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. Resolved, That authority be given to the inspector of Nuisances to open the ground, examine the drains, and report to the Committee. 48 5—Insanitary Property—Nos. 8 and 9, Rutland Street, 10, Townsend Street, and 4 and 5 Derrett's Cottages, Alstone—The Medical Officer of Health reported that the above-mentioned premises were in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to the health of the inmates owing to defective roofs, walls, ceilings, floors, tee. Resolved, That the Council being satisfied that the said premises are in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, Notices under Sec. 94 of the Public Health Act, 1875, be served upon the owners requiring them to put the same into a healthy condition, and for that purpose to carry out the works specified therein. 6—Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order—Read, an application from Mr. Charles Perry, of 2, Brunswick Place, St. Paul's Road, to be registered as a purveyor of milk. Resolved, That the applicant be registered. 7—Houses without proper Ash Receptacles—The Inspector of Nuisances reported that the following houses had no proper ashpits or ash receptacles, viz:—Nos. 27 imperial Square, 5, 7, 8 and 9 Wilford Terrace, 16, Rutland Street, & 2 St. George's Parade. Resolved, That the necessary Notices be given to the respective owners under Section 36 of the Public Health Act, 1875, and Section 27 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act, 1889, requiring them in each case to provide a moveable ash receptacle, of such size, pattern, and construction as may be approved by the Inspector of Nuisances on behalf of the Corporation.

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