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The resolution was carried.
The Town Clerk of Edinburgh moved as an addendum that power
should be sought such as they possessed in Edinburgh.
On a show of hands this was lost by 64 to 63.
The following addendum was moved and seconded:—
"That local authorities shall have power to make a demolition
order in cases where they have made a closing order against the
property and that property has not been put into a sanitary condition
within three months."
This was agreed to.
A third resolution was moved as follows:—
"This Congress approves the provisions for securing—
(a) Improved powers of entry for purposes of inspection
(Clause 32);
(b) The appointment by every County Council of a Medical
Officer of Health under Section 17 of the Local Governmant
Act;
but this Congress is of opinion that a grant should be made from the
central Exchequer to County and County Borough Councils to enable
them, in co-operation with minor local authorities, to make a quinquennial
survey and prepare a register of dwellings, in accordance
with the unanimous recommendations of the Select Committee on
Rural Housing (Report, pars 53 and 54)."
The resolution, on being put, was carried unanimously.
A fourth resolution was moved as follows:—
"This Congress approves of the provisions which secure—
(a) That Part III. of the principal Act may be put into
operation without formal adoption ;
(b) That improved procedure shall be established for the
acquisition of land for Part III. schemes ;