Commissioners’ Meetings: On Wednesday morning last, at ten o’clock, a meeting of the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes for the Haytor Hundred, was held at the Globe Hotel for the purpose of electing Messrs. Roberts and G. Stevens, as assessor and surveyor, they, having been unanimously nominated at a parish meeting a fortnight previously … A meeting of the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes, for the Haytor and Teignbridge division, was held at the Seven Stars on Wednesday morning last, at one o’clock, for the purpose of appointing a clerk and assistant clerk … (discussion of legal requirement to appoint annually – not for a term of years) … Mr. Pinsent said there could be no doubt that their meetings had been illegal up to the present moment, therefore their appointment of clerk must have been illegal. They were not met to act upon the principles of the Act of Parliament, and he thought they were at liberty to proceed to the election of a clerk for the division of Teignbridge … … The Rev. Mr. Palk, had no objection the chairman’s suggestion, and moved “that Mr. Hearder be appointed clerk, and that Mr. G. Caunter be appointed assistant clerk for the Teignbridge hundred for the current year.” Mr. Pinsent seconded the resolution … (considerable ongoing discussion) … Mr. Pinsent thought that there might be a separate clerk for the two hundreds – one for the Hundred of Teignbridge, and one for the Hundred of Haytor (no no!). The Chairman then put Mr. W. Creed’s amendment “That Mr. Hearder be continued sole clerk until the 10th of April next.” For: Messrs. Watts, Bartlett, Wilkin, W. Creek, and J. Creed. Against: Messrs. W. Flamank, R. Caunter, J. Divell, Woodley, Amery, Pinsent, Maltby and the Rev. Wilmot Palk. The amendment was therefore lost. … (the original resolution then carried) … After some further discussion it was resolved that “the Rev. Mr. Palk, Mr. Pinsent and Mr. Whiteway be appointed a committee to apportion the amounts respectively to be paid to Mr. Hearder and Mr. Caunter.”
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