Town Clerk, asking if the Commissioners would contribute towards the purchase of a piece of land about 16 feet frontage adjoining Lavatoria. Such land, owned by Wellsted and Chandler was within the district of the Local Board and adjoined also the district of St. Leonards Commissioners. The Local Board had applied for power to take the land otherwise than by agreement under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, but the Secretary of State had sent an Inspector to view the ground, and he was of opinion that it was a matter more for the St. Leonards Commissioners to take up than for the Local Board; at any rate, said the letter, the whole of the expense ought not to fall upon the latter. The price asked by the owners was £200, but the Local Board would not give anything like that sum. The letter further stated that if no arrangement could be made between the Commissioners and the Local Board, the land would probably be built upon, and only a narrow roadway left for carriages to and from the railway station. In reply to this application, the Commissioners resolved that they could not agree with the opinion of the Inspector, and though the land was out of their jurisdiction, they would undertake, if the land were purchased and left open, to raise £25 toward the expense. This offer was accepted at a meeting in September.
Assessments. It was decided at the same meeting that 83 & 84 Marina be rated at £135, when they were let and that Nos 85 to 88 Marina be rated at £125 each. Also Mr. Austin’s new house, 122 Marina be rated at £90, and that of the late Mr. Moore’s at £120.
A Fixed Salary The Albert Life Assurance Office having required that Yarroll have a fixed salary as a condition of their becoming guarantee for him, the cost of which guarantee would only be £1 per year, the Commissioners resolved to comply with the conditions.
Alteration of Road. Mr Holden’s application to alter the road in front of his house, 8 West Hill was granted, but he having afterwards exceeded the license given him, was ordered to put both the road and the fence in proper condition. – Another instance of “giving an inch and taking an ell”.
Boundary Stones. A letter dated July 9th was received from the Town Clerk, suggesting the fixing of about a dozen cast-iron boundary marks to denote the most important points between Hastings and St. Leonards, and asking if the Commissioners would bear half the expense? This was assented to. The half cost was £10 7s.
Roads Committee. At the same meeting it was resolved that a Roads Committee be formed.
