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10. Such of the District Boards as comprise parishes where
there is arable or pasture land or any rural parts might obtain
powers of Parish Councils as to allotments (s. s. 6 (1 C. Ill) 10)
and as to repairs of footpath, not being footpaths at the side of
public roads (s. 13 (2). There is also a useful power to combine
with other District Boards or representative bodies having
similar powers, for several of the above purposes, including
acquisition of land, (E) utilizing water supply (F) acquiring
rights of way (G) and to accept and hold gifts of property and
improve parish property (A) (s. 8 (1 k). But if and so far as
District Boards (on which powers of parish councils are conferred)
rely on this Act the limit of expenditure, and the restrictions on
borrowing powers, which exist in the case of parish councils,
would have to be observed (s. s. 11 & 12).
GEORGE WHALE.