CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4] — Page 134

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Tenements

occupiers.

reported

its

on the

or notices served Lists of those houses

unoccupied should then

be sent to the Captain Superintendent of Police for verification and Warrants

sued out in the Summary Jagannat

Summary Count

receipt of

those

persons

who after

notices had failed to

make payment at the Treasury.

In this

way

there would be about

six weeks to settle the Court cases and the collection Book be ready ffor the Auditor in sufficient time to enable him to audit it and return it to the Treasurer before the next quarter's entries required to be made.

of

8.

The late publication of the

Rates of Assessment adverted to

by

the Commissioners has I believe been caused by the Valuations in

enses of

new valuations, having

been unable to complete their work within the prescribed period_but

if advantage

were taken

F

the

IV. Section of the Ordinance and the Town valued by sections this delay

need not occur.

9.

To make the system

complete I would suggest

that

ragpany section IV of Ordinance N. 12871860

He frower

we wee Conce, Jame

should be altered so as to make the

коло

Water Rates payable at the same

time and

from

the

same persons

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