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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-06-21, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE THCRSPAX, Jl’Nia 21st, 193* County Council ('Continued from the previous page) In answer to Reeve Eckert’s in quiry, Clerk Roberts said there are SI constables in Huron 'County of whom 1'5 are active. Reeve McNabb asked regarding the duties, of the Cemetery C'om- mjsson. He declared it would be in order to send a request to the Provincial government to see what could be done regarding neglected cemeteries, Reeve Bowman: “The act gives authority to clean up the cemter- ies. A Cmetery Board has the right to take over long neglected lots. It is up to Cemetery Boards to clean up their own.’’ Reeve McNabb : “Pioneer’s piot3 should be attended to.” Other reeves speaking on the question were Messrs. Jones, Davidson, Han ley, "Wright and Turner. The duties of the Finance C'om- itee were brought in by Reeve Mc Nabb for the iCommitte appointed at a previous session. He said he had no report to: offer exicept the rule which he read. After some discuss ion R was moved and carried that Section 276 be amended so that the word “disputed” be inserted before “accounts,” County Clerk Roberts gave a de tailed report of the work of his office. He gave detailed and clear descriptions of new method's install ed and was heartily applauded, Too Many Schools At the request of the Council A. T. Cooper, of Clinton, who repre sented the Huron County branch of Associated ' High School Boards, gave an appreciated address on “Secondary School Education.” As the 'result of a circular letter sent out to one hundred business men and mechanics to find out what they thought of the. present school cuddiculum, it was revealed that 815 per cent, of them were of the opin ion that it does noit meet the de mands of modern times; and that •there were too many frills. Voca tional training gives something def inite. After three years in High School the speaker claimed not fit ly per cent, of the students can read or spell properly. He. thought there were too many schools in ithe County and that agriculture should be taught in all public schools as Huron’s basic industry is farming. Reeves Archibald and Wright moved a vote of thanks to- Mr. Coop er. Mr. Wilson, of Hamilton, was heard regarding the installation of a stoker system in the Court House at a cost of $65 0. This was dealt with later by ;the Property Commit tee and Caretaker James was ask ed to give his opinion. He said that he had had charge o-f the heating system for 14 years and had given satisfaction. He was not in favor of the stoker as the system now used was in good shape, a new grate having been installed recently. Fin ally on motion of Reeves Cardiff and Mawhinney it was decided not to purchase the stoker at the pres ent time. Discuss Mileage, Rate On the request of Reeve Gold- -thorpe^ an article printed in the Huron Expositor and copied in the Goderich Star, which criticized ^ar ary paid to the county officials, and mileage paid councillors; was read by the clerk. Under enquiries Reeve McNabb stated that it had been rumoured that he had been drawing excessive jhileage. He asked for explanations as. he felt he had not asked for more than others had. He had been criti cized for going via Stratford. The Warden told him that the rule was that the most direct way possible should be taken. Reeve McNabb*-and Warden Elliott hotly argued the point. Reeve Bowman gave a statement of the exact mile age of the Old Age Pensions Com mittee and Reeve Turner expressed Ills willingness to accept 'all respon sibility where members of his com mittee (Property) were concerned. The Legislative Committee's re port was adopted. It recommended that a copy of the resolution by Reeves Sanders and Goldthorpe “that the Government be memorial ized to make it an offence against the law for transients to impose upon the public; that no action be taken on the. resolution of Dufferin county regarding the licensing of pedlars or agents; and no action be taken in the resolution from the county of "Welland regarding the setting of Thanksgiving Day. The Agricultural Advisory Com mittee, Reeve 'Cardiff, chairman, gave a comprehensive report of the NEURALGIA 1 A good Application. of Min- hrd’s, according to directional. ■ just "hita the spot”. You’ll find tbot you get wonderful relief I jH llNABcrS 44 semi-annual meeting of the Agricul tural Advisory Council held on April 9th. The Property Committee’s report Reeve Turner, chairman, was taken clause by 'Clause with Reeve Peter Scott in the chair. The tender for John 'Cuthbertson for decorating the clerk’s ana treasurer’s offices” was accepted at $90.60; and the tender of Hay Sta tionery Co., of London, for office filing at $4(55.70. New floor cover-, ing and repairs to the floor in the offices of 'the clerk and treasurer were endorsed. Repairs to the coun ty’s engineer’s office and the ladies’ lavatory at the court house were authorized, The Finance Committe presented a list >of accounts. With the excep tion of three, which were returned to committees, and several hospital accounts where the municipality ’s responsibility was not fixed, all ac counts were passed. Considerable time was taken up with discussions of the latter. On the suggestion of Reeve Wright it was agreed to ask the county solicitor to explain the Hospital Act at 'the Friday morning session. Bowman - Arichbald : That we grant our 'clerk and Mr. Roberts and our treasurer, Mr. Erskine, two week's holidays, to be taken alter nately, so that the office may be kept open and that Mr. James, the caretaker, be given the same holi day. Carried. Friday’s Session The undercurrent of political feel ing which had been boiling all dur ing the .session, seemed less notice able on Friday and the most impor tant job of the whole meeting was put through when it was decided to have the county pay the cost of hos pitalization for all county indigents suffering from incurable diseases and tuberculosis. All other indigents will be paid for on a fifty-fifty basis, the county paying half and the municipality in which the indigent resided paying the balance. Thus it is a matter which had been exercising the council all during the session and which had been reverted to on any and every occasion was disposed of. It took the combined efforts of both the members and the county solicitor, R. C. Hays, Jr. to accomplish the feat. Mr. Hays was called in and questioned a dozen times as to the legal aspects of the matter but he eventually got the council straightened out and the deal was put through after a strong ef fort on the part of some to have the old method of handling these very troublesome accounts resumed. That would have meant the county paying for all hospitalization of all indig ents. The new method was made retro active to January 27tli, 19|3i4, to take care of those municipalities who had paid accounts which now are to be paid by the whole county. Last year indigents cost the coun ty $24,000, a constantly increasing sum which, it is hoped, will be held in check by closer supervision. County Hospitals Prior to the decision on indigents1 the matter of grants to hospitals was gone into. Peter Scott’s com mittee decided to recommend .that the last year’s grant of $65 0 be once more reduced to $5 00. Albert Gold thorpe was in hearty accord with the idea. •Opposition was quickl'y in evidence so Reeve Balalntyne took the chair and the battle joined. Reeve Scott discussed the reports of the hospit als which had been supplied’, com menting that he understood that none of them appeared to be in debt and in fact had surpluses. Some dis cussion elicited the information that no one knew a great deal about the matter as counter statements were debenture debts and some that there were none. One hospital seemed to have a surplus but some one thought that there was a sum outstanding against the institution. In any event, the majority of the council thought highly of the hos pitals and a vote decided overwhelm ingly to leave the grant at $650. This was not before Reeve Gold thorpe was sharply taken to task for referring to the urban members in a way that Deputy Reeve Turner did not like .so he said so. It was gen erally concluded that sectional mat ters should not be allowed to creep into the council. On the vote the yea& and nays were taken, those favoring the $650 grant being: Archibald, Ballantyne’, Bowman, Crosier, Cardiff, Davidson, Eckert, Elliott, Gamble, Hanley, Haacke, Hemingway, Jones, Helper, Matheson, Munnings, McNabb, Mc Nall, Sanders, Turner, Wright. Opposed were: Demerling, Gold thorpe, Scott, Johnston, Melick, Ma whinney, Sweitzer and Stewart. Elmer Bell Case The Elmer Bell case, one in which the Welfare Board of the Town of Goderich last winter prosecuted this man for hoarding an extra cord of Wood, came in for some publicity. Reeve McNall had been asking for details of the. cost of the court ac tion and as part of the cost had not yet passed through the hands of the criminal audit, the total figures wore not yet available. The cord of wood had a value of $3 and the? case had already report ed costs of $47, with the understand ing that more was to come. Reeve Goldthorpe assured the council that it was not the magis trate or court officials who should be censured but the town welfare board. Reeve McNall reported that Crown Attorney Holmes had asked that a committee be named to see him about the case and he would give full details. The matter seem ed to drop out of importance about then as the members wanted to go home and were getting fidgity. Reeve Sweitzer raised a good laugh when he moved in all seriousness, but with a twinkle in his eye, that the County picnic be held on June 19th. Politics being keenly on every one’s consciousness the date of the election was recognized and a howl went up. However, Reeve Munnings invited the council to picnic at Goderich and the invitation was accepted and the picnic will be held in Goderch on Saturday, June 23. Robt. Turner, Geo. McNall and W. Haacke, were apponted a committee to see about the details and allowed to add to their committee as they needed help. A number of motions were passed without much discussion and neces sary bylaws were prepared and also passed. Motions The motions, other than those al ready recorded were: Saunders-Goldthorpe: That sta tionery and all other salesmen call ing at the Court House deal directly with the clerk and not attempt to call at the different offices. Carried, Hemingway-Mawhinney: That the adding machine in the Court House be for the use of all offices. Carried. Eckert-Scott: That the Legislative Committee consult with the Crown Attorney regarding receipts of fees from the Province and bring in. a re port in December. Carried. Demerling-iMelick: That the treas urer advertise tax sales, in the county paper nearest to the property. Car ried. Wright-Lever: That Norman Lever be granted leave of absence for one week in September, without pay. Car ried. Melick-iHanleiy: That the treasurer look into the matter of witness fees and see that witnesses get their fees. Carried. SweitzerMMcNab: That all county rates be paid not later than Dei, 311st, after which a 5 % penalty be added. Carried. Scott-Jones: That we rescind by law No. 1, of 19 3 4, and adopt a by law to provide for salaries and al lowances to be paid certain county offcials, that is to say, “Committees $4.25 per day. and 10 cents per mile one way' by the nearest route pos sible to. the place of meeting from ■their place of living.” Carried. Committee reports adopted were as follows: The second report of County Road Commission adopted as follows: Re motion of the council of the Town ship of Hullett that the Department of Highways be requested to 'Con struct a v20 foot pavement north of Clinton, it s felt that the intention of the Department is to construct the full twenty foot width at such time as it is deemed expedient and we think it best not to interfere with the contract; re motion Messrs. Sanders and Goldthorpe re calcium cholride, we recommend that, this material be applied as in the past. Three tenders for liability insurance have been received. The lowest is that of the Globe Indemnity Com pany for $42 6 which we reconnnena be accepted. Regarding the account of Guy Moore, Goderich, against which a garnishee was placed by Thos. Sandy for an account totalling $49.72 and which was, paid in error last November to Moore, we recom mend that Sandy be paid, as the county is liable. The education committee recom mended that a delegate be sent to the Ontario Trustee and Ratepayers’ Association and the annual meeting of the O. E. A.; that the clerk com municate with Board of Education, London, and try to arrange a meet ing with them to endeavour to con clude a satisfactory agreement; that no action be taken in the resolution from -the County of Perth that the School Act be amended so that rural ■school sections be entitled to form continuation schools, as in our opin ion the Act explicity covers this question. *■ The total cost of Secondary Schools in various Huron County centres was shown; Wingham High School, total cost, $14,632.69, paid by the county, $6,526.85; Exeter High School,"$ 10,- 311.39, $6,0104.38; Seaforth Ciollegf- iate Institute, $16,010.24, $8,640.- 73; Clinton Collegiate institute, $23 782.715, $7,93-7.70. To these amounts is added the fol lowing sums: High School levies: Wingham, $851.22; Exeter, $689.98; Seaforth, $832.0T; Clinton, $735.24; Goderich $4,808.08. The total payable each high school board by the county will he as fol^ lows; Wingham, $7,J78.07; Exeter, $6,694.36; Seaforth, $9,472.74; Clin ton, $10,i5»50,84; Goderich, $9,745.- 73. The following statement of pay ments made in December last which have not been advised before: Con tinuation .Schools: Zurich, $542.80; Wroxeter, $1,057.96; Hensail, $3,- 422.20; Fordwich, $2,129.75; Biyth, $1,602.05; Brussels, $1,482.27; ad jacent continuation schools, Lucit- now. $1,463.38; Clifford, $019,99; Ripley, $104.50. Adjacent High Schools, Parkhill, $525.38; Listowel, $1,188.88; London, $556.88; St. Marys, $163.32; Stratford, $42.3a: Harriston, $119.32. Adjournment was then moved un til December 4th, after which the meeting ended with the singing or “God Save the King.” ZURICH Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simeon and daughter. Miss Lois, of London were week-end visitors with relatives in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Dan. 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