COWLING PARISH MEETING HELD AT THE BOARD SCHOOL
DECEMBER 4TH, 1894 AT 7.30.
CHAIRMAN
MOVED - THAT MR BEN SNOWDEN BE THE CHAIRMAN
PROPOSED - BY MR THOMAS WATSON
SECONDED - BY MR JOHN FORTE
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CHAIRMAN APPOINTED MR JOHN HEATON TO TAKE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING
CHAIRMAN TOOK THE CHAIR AT 7 .30PM
NOMINATIONS - CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR NOMINATIONS. THIRTY ONE PAPERS
HANDED IN . SIX OF THESE WERE DUPLICATES: THERE WAS CONSEQUENTLY
TWENTY FIVE SEPARATE NOMINATIONS. CHAIRMAN VERIFIED ALL NAMES OF THE
PROPOSERS AND SECONDERS. LIST ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF
SURNAMES AND READ TO THE MEETING BY THE CHAIRMAN.
WITHDRAWALS.
WITHDRAWALS WERE CALLED FOR THE CHAIR AND FIVE WERE RECEIVED. VIZ MR
BEN SNOWDON, JOHN FORT, JOHN HEATON, JOHN SMITH AND
JOHN BANNISTER. LIST THUS REDUCED TO TWENTY. LIST READ TO THE
MEETING 8Y THE CHAIRMAN. CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE CHAIRMAN AS
TO
METHOD OF VOTING. NAMES PUT TO THE MEETING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF
SURNAMES.
VOTING
BAILEY HEATON
BANNISTER JOSEPH
BANNISTER WILLIAM
BINNS EVERETT
BINNS THOMAS
DRIVER WILLIAM
EMMOTT JAMES
FLETCHER ALFRED
FORTE JONAS
GOTT SAMUEL
HARTL EY JOHN
LAYCOCK JONAS
MILLS RICHARD
RYCROFT JOHN
SHUTTLEWORTH SMITH
SMITH JOSEPH
SNOWDEN JAMES
SNOWDEN PHILIP
WATSON THOMAS
WHITAKER JOHN |
- WAREHOUSEMAN
- FARMER
- BOXMAKER
- MANUFACTURER
- DO
- WARP DRESSER
- RETIRED JOINER
- DRAPER
- CUT LOOKER
- WHOLESALE GROCER
- MANUFACTURER
- WARP DRESSER
- FARMER
- MILL MANAGER
- OVERLOOKER
- FACTORY OPERATIVE
- OVERLOOKER
- RETIRED CIVIL SERVANT
- MANUFACTURER
- FARMER |
38
50
77
107
59
50
52
91
57
88
131
87
54
56
58
25
59
125
128
72 |
ELECTION
THE FOLLOWING LIST WAS THEN READ TO THE MEETING AS BEING THE NINE
CANDIDATES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES.
HARTLEY JOHN
WATSON THOMAS
SNOWDEN PHILIP
BINNS EVERETT
FLETCHER ALFRED
GOTT SAMUEL
LAYCOCK JONAS
BANNISTER WILLIAM
WHITAKER JOHN |
- 131
- 128
- 125
- 107
- 91
- 88
- 87
- 77
- 72 |
AN INTERVAL OF FULLY FIFTEEN MINUTES WAS GIVEN BY THE CHAIRMAN FOR
THE
VOTERS PRESENT TO CONSIDER THE PROPRIETY OF DEMANDING A POLL.
NO POLL
NO POLL WAS DEMANDED. THE CHAIRMAN THEN DECLARED THE ABOVE NINE
CANDIDATES TO BE DULY ELECTED AND THE MEETING CLOSED AT 9.25PM.
SIGNED BEN SNOWDEN CHAIRMAN.
FIRST MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD A T THE BOARD SCHOOL ON
DECEMBER 14TH 1894.
PRESENT - JOHN HARTLEY, THOMAS WATSON, PHILIP SNOWDON, EVERETT EINNS,
ALFREN FLETCHER, SAMUEL GOTT, JONAS LAYCOCK, WM BANNISTER, JOHN
WHITAKER.
DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE SIGNED BY ALL THE ABOVE.
PROVISIONAL CHAIRMAN
MOVED THAT MR ALFRED FLETCHER BE PROVISIONAL CHAIRMAN FOR
APPOINTMENT OF
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL
MOVER PHILIP SNOWDON SECONDER EVERETT BINNS
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CHAIRMAN - MOVED THEAT MR JOHN HARTLEY BE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL
MOVER - THOMAS QATSON. SECONDER - WM BANNISTER
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
VICE CHAIRMAN MOVED - THAT MR EVERETT BINNS BE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF
COUNCIL
MOVER - JONAS LAYCOCK. SECONDER - SAMUEL GOTT
AMENDMENT - THAT MR THOMAS WATSON BE VICE-CHAIRMAN
MOVER - PHILIP SNOWDEN SECONDER - ALFRED FLETCHER
VOTED FOR AMENDMENT SNOWDEN, FLETCHER, WHITAKER 3
VOTED FOR MOTION - LAYCOCK, GOTT
AMENDMENT CARRIED.
CLERK - MOVED THAT MR PHILIP SNOWDEN BE APPOINTED HONARARY CLERK
MOVER - JONAS LAYCOCK. SECONOER - WM BANNISTER
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
TREASURER - MOVED THAT MR JOHN HARTLEY BE APPOINTED TREASURER
MOVER PHILIP SNOWDEN ----- MOTION WITHDRAWN.
TREASURER - MOVED THAT MR ALFRED FLETCHER BE APPOINTED HON.
TREASURER
MOVER JOHN HARTLEY - SECONDER - SAMUEL GOTT
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
PRECEPT - MOVED THAT A PRECEPT OF TEN POUNDS BE ISSUED TO MEET
EXPENSES
OF PARICH MEETING AND PARISH COUNCIL
MOVER - THOMAS WATS0N. SECONDER - EVERETT BINNS
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CHARITIES
MOVED THAT THE HON CLERK BE INSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS THE CHARITIES
COMMISSION RE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES.
MOVER - WILLIAM BANNISTER. SECONDER - THOMAS WATSON
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
STATIONERY
MOVED - THAT THE HON CLERK BE EMPOWERED TO PROVIDE NECESSARY
STATIONERY
MOVER - EVERETT BINNS. SECONDER - WM BANNISTER
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
SEAT
MOVED THAT THE HON CLERK GET A CATALOGUE OF SEATS
MOVER - EVERETT BINNS. SECONDER - JOHN HARTLEY
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
ORDINARY MEETING
MOVED THAT THE ORDINARY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL BE HELD ON THE LAST
MONDAY IN EACH MONTH AT 8PM.
MOVER - ALFRED FLETCHER. SECONDER - EVERETT BINNS
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
SIGNED JOHN HARTLET 31ST DECEMBER 1894 |
