Special Council Meeting - City of Burnside

Special Council Meeting
Civic Centre | 14 August 2006
Centenerary Council Meeting, 1956
and for the purposes of the said Act to appoint
District Councils and to defi ne the powers thereof,
by the name and designation of the “District of
Burnside”: And I further direct, order, and proclaim,
that the boundaries of the said District of Burnside
shall be as follows, that is to say –
Commencing at the north-west corner of Section
255 (Kent Town), and running in a southerly and
westerly direction, along the boundary of the Park
Lands, to The Great Eastern Road; thence, southeasterly
by the north side of said road, to the southeastern
corner of Section 1284; thence generally
in a northern direction, to include Sections 1284,
912, 911, 1005, 908, 903, 904, 1050, 905, 1088,
291, and 343, to the north-eastern angle of the
latter Section; thence westerly, along the south
side of the Magill Road, to the north-west corner of
Section 288; thence south and east, to the northwest
corner of Section 300; thence south to the
south-west corner of Section 299; thence west, to
the south-west corner of Section 290; thence north
and west, by the boundary of the Corporation of
Kensington and Norwood, to the north-west corner
of Section 262; thence crossing the road, to the
south corner of Section 255; thence by the east and
north-west boundaries of said Section, to the point
of commencement:
And I do hereby appoint Messrs. William Milne,
Daniel Ferguson, John Townsend, Dr. C.R. Penfold,
and J.B. Austin, jun, to be the fi rst District Council
for the aforesaid District of Burnside.
Given under my hand and the public seal of the said
Province, this fourteenth day of August, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fi fty
six, and in the twentieth year of Her Majesty’s reign.
By command,
B.T. FINNISS,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Reading of an extract from the 1856 Minutes
The fi rst meeting of the Burnside District Council
was held on 19 August 1856, at the Greengate Inn,
Tusmore. Present Dr Christopher Penfold, Daniel
Ferguson, W. Townsend, and W. Milne.
Under the Act of 1852, the main duties of local
government were; to manage all public roads within
its district except for designated main roads; to
issue licenses for slaughterhouses, public houses
and for timber cutting; to arrange for cattle pounds,
hours for burning stubble, and prevention and
spread of scotch thistle; and to manage and control
all water or other reserves for public convenience.
“At the FIRST MEETING of the DISTRICT
COUNCIL of BURNSIDE held on the 19th day of
August, 1856, at the “Green Gate” Inn, Tusmore.
MEMBERS PRESENT – Messrs. C.R.Penfold,
D.Ferguson, John Townsend and William Milne.
RESOLVED That C.R Penfold be Chairman of this
District Council.
RESOLVED That the future Meetings of the Council
be held at the “Green Gate” Inn, Tusmore, on the
second and last Friday of each month at 4 o’clock
p.m. The next meeting to be held on the 29th of this
month.
RESOLVED That the Chairman apply to the
Colonial Secretary for an Advance of funds.
Mr. Ferguson undertakes to obtain two Maps of the
District.
RESOLVED That the Chairman insert an
advertisement three times in the Register for a
Clerk to the District, who shall be called upon to fi nd
security to the amount of £50:0:0.
RESOLVED That all funds received by the Council
shall be lodged in the Bank of South Australia, in
the name of the District Council of Burnside, And
that all cheques drawn against money so deposited,
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