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“CREMATORIUM.
“Herewith I send you a print of the notice for
“this Bill. You will observe that in the last
“paragraph it is stated that 'In the event of the
“Bill being introduced as a Private Bill, printed
“copies will be deposited, &c.' The order of the
“Commissioners of Sewers is distinctly for a
“ Public Bill, but the erection by the Commissioners
of Sewers of a Crematorium, for
“their own use, as the Burial Board for the City
“of London, is undoubtedly a matter to be dealt
“with by a local and personal, and not by a
“public and general, Bill, so that I have provided
“for this. If a Member of Parliament wished to
“confer upon all Burial Boards in England the
“general power of erecting crematoriums that
“could be done by a Public Bill, but to confer
“upon one body in particular a special power
“brings the legislation within the scope of what is
“defined as ' local and personal Acts.'”
The subject was again discussed, and the
following resolution was carried, viz:
“That the Resolution of the 23rd
October, agreeing with the Sanitary
Committee in their recommendation
that a Public Bill be promoted in