The third meeting of ratepayers sit ti in committe to revise the New Municip: Regulations and By-Laws was held on Friday afternoon, the 4th inst, Present Messis. R. W. Little (Chairman); F. Forbes, A. Burman, R. E, Wainewright, 'A. J. How, and Jas. Buchanan, The xis said they, would now Fevision of te Articles having bee' oom.
to consider the By-Laws, the
pleted at the previous meeting.
Mr. Forbes said that before taking up the By-Laws, he would like to go back to Article TX of the Regulations about license fees, Paragraph 4 was struck out the other day, and paragraph 5 substituted to rea es and such other rates tax an ax may be expedient,"
'That was carried by a small majority, and he now intimated that when' there were more Ratepayers present he should bring the matter forward for further consideration, and would propose that it should be amended to read i for the purposes ea taxes dues and foes notification prohibiting the the ward of Yotsuya, of hous the old flimsy style, which seemed almost specially intended to offer facilities for an ive conflagration. In future, all wgs are to be constructed in a more substantial mauner, with plaster or brick and til Th cities cannot fail to be productive mitch good in the way of preventing large fires, but the danger of compel the people to put up houses too expen for their means will require to be carefully guarded against, The last fire in Tokio passed over t
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