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duties pertained almost exclusively to the collection of
rates and the provision of funds for disbursement by the
District Board through its own Finance Committee,
whereas under the new regime the examination and passing
of every item of expenditure as well as all the details of
the collection, are subject to the supervision of the one
Committee
By the resolution of the Vestries on 1st July, 1869, whereby
the duties of the Committee are to some extent defined,
extensive powers are entrusted to them in relation to the
recovery of rates They have, nevertheless, submitted
reports thereon for the information and approval of the
Vestrv from time to time
Summons
Fees
In November the Committee investigated the
system of crediting to the Vestry's account the
sums received by the Collectors on account of summons
fees, and submitted the following report to the Vestry
thereon :—
On the 28th March last the vestry clerk presented a short report to
the Committee stating that he had observed a want of uniformity
on the part of the collectors in the method of crediting
to the Vestry's General Rate Account the amounts received in
respect of summons fees The Committee thereupon referred
the matter to a Sub-Committee for investigation, and have
since received and adopted the following report thereon:—
The Sub-Committee appointed by the foregoing resolution
have to report that they have met twice to investigate
the circumstances referred to them, and that they have
seen the collectors and questioned them thereon
The Vestry Clerk has submitted to us the minutes of the
Vestries on the 5th November, 1878, when the Vestries
ordered that "all fees received for summonses and
warrants be paid by the collectors to the bankers of the
Vestry" It was at the same time resolved "That no
allowance be made to the vestry clerk or collectors in
respect of fees received for summonses and warrants,
but that the sum of twelve guineas per annum be paid
to the clerk to the Local Justices as an acknowledgment
of the services rendered by him upon the hearing of the
cases since the Vestry have received the fees for summonses"