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applying to the provinces the principles of the London Building Acts,
and by increasing the powers of local authorities to make appropriate
bye-laws, especially as regards provision, when necessary, of facilities
for the prolongation and connection of any new streets, sanctioned
by such authorities, recommends that Part II. of the Bill be withdrawn,
and that steps be taken as soon as possible for amending the
law in the direction indicated."
The amendment was then put, four voting for it and most of the rest
against.
Sections (1) and (2) of the resolution were then carried separately.
The second part of the resolution [(a) and (b)] was then put and
carried with two dissentients.
It was then moved as an addendum:—
"After the word 'acre' in Par. V. (Sub-sec. a of the resolution),
to add and specify class of houses to be erected, to prohibit, if deemed
desirable in the interest of the district, the erection of any factory,
workshop, or business premises."
The motion was then put, and defeated by 67 votes to 65.
It was then moved:—
"To add to the resolution—
"(c) To compel every builder of a dwelling or dwellings to
contribute without payment a proportion of his land for a playground
or playgrounds and other open spaces, deemed necessary by the local
authority, and for a street of the width decided on by the local
authority, provided always that no builder shall be compelled to
contribute without payment more land for these purposes than he
would have been compelled by the bye-laws hitherto in force in the
local authority to provide for his proportion of a street."
Addendum was put, and carried by a large majority.
A further addendum was moved in the following terms :—
"That it is expedient that local authorities should be empowered
to prepare and, subject to the approval of the Local Government
Board, to enforce schemes for laying-out streets or roads and for
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