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Tower Bridge
(Southern Approach)
Bill.
The Board have urged upon the London
County Council not to delay the
carrying out of this work should the betterment clauses
not be passed. The Bill has not yet been reported by
the Select Committee of the House of Commons to
whom it was referred. The Council have agreed to a
modification of the betterment clauses with the view of
meeting the opposition to those clauses as drawn.
London County
Tramways Bill.
The Board disapproved of this Bill,
which would enable the Council to work any tramway
acquired by them, and to provide stables, horses, engines,
and plantfor that purpose. The Board communicated their
views to the Council and to the Members of Parliament,
and of the Council for this district, but did not take any
active steps in opposition. The Bill has been passed by
the House of Commons Committee.
London Valuation and
Assessment Bill.
This Bill has been withdrawn, the
Speaker having ruled that it could not be proceeded
with as a private Bill. The Bill as drawn was on the
same lines as the Bill of last Session, mentioned in last
year's Report. The Council have now amended the
Bill by leaving out those provisions (relating to the
assessment of properties such as railways, canals, &c.,
extending into more than one parish, and to the constitution
of the valuation court) to which opposition
was expected, and have given instructions for its introduction
as a public Bill.
Factory and
Workshops Bill.
The Medical Officers of Health reported
upon this Bill, suggesting some amendments, and a copy
of the report was forwarded to the Home Secretary, who
has charge of the Bill, and to the Local Government
Board, with a request that the amendments suggested by
the Medical Officers of Health might be made. The bill