Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 05 March 1921
At Last – Urban Powers for Conisboro’
Ministry of Health Dismiss Appeal and Central Order.
The Ministry of Health Dismissed the appeal against the Order of the West Riding County Council constituting portions of the of Cadeby, Conisborough and Denaby an urban district, and have formally confirmed the Order with certain modifications. The exact nature of the modification is not known hut there is reason to believe that they are not very extensive.
The Ministry of Health’s notice of the confirmation of the Order is as follows:
“ With reference to the Order of the Riding County Council for the constitution as an urban district of portions of the Parishes of Cadeby, Conisborough and Denaby, I am directed by the Minister of Health to state that on consideration of the report made by the Inspector, by whom the local enquiry was held on the 6th Dec. last at Conisborough, the Minister has decided to confirm the Order of the County Council with certain modifications.
“It is anticipated that the confirming Order will be issued in time to allow it to operate as from the first of April next. This, of course, will mean that there will in all probability be an election for the first Urban District Council at Conisborough during April.
The following are extracts from the draft Order originally issued by the County Council :
The number of district councillors to be elected for the Urban District shall be fifteen.
County Alderman J. H. Watson shall be the Returning Officer for the first election. For the purpose of the elections the district shall be divided into five wards, to be termed respectively, the North. Smith, East, West, and the Denaby Wards, with three councillors for each ward.
On the fifteenth day of April. 1922, on the fifteenth day of April 1923, and on the fifteenth day of April. 1924, respectively, one of the Urban District Councillors elected for each of the Wards hereby constituted shall retire.
Each of the remaining portions of the existing townships or parishes of Cadeby, Conisborough and Denaby (being portions of such parishes not included in the Urban District) shall be a township or parish for which Overseers shall be appointed, and for all other lay and civil purposes to which a parish may be liable or entitled and such parishes shall be known by the name of Cadeby, Conisboro’ Parks, and Denaby respectively.
The number of Guardians of the Poor assigned to the parish of Conisboro’ shall be three; and one Rural District Councillor shall be assigned to each of the parishes of Cadeby, Conisboro’ Parks and Denaby.
An election of three Guardians for the new Parish of Conisboro’ and one Rural District Councillor for the new Parishes of Cadeby, Conisboro’ Parks and Denaby shall he held within one month of the appointed day.
The Urban District shall, from and after the appointed day, form a constituent die. rict of the Joint Hospital District, constituted by the Doncaster and Mexborough Joint Hospital Order, 1900.
Every manager of any Public Elementary School within the area of the Urban District of Conisboro’ constituted by the Order may have been appointed by the Parish Council of any township affected by the Order shall vacate office on the day of the first meeting of the Urban District Council.