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The Conference adopted the following resolutions, viz. :—
Sections 6-17.
(1) That, in the opinion of this Conference, the powers sought
in Part III. of the London County Council (General Powers) Bill,
1915, are neither necessary nor desirable, unless modified, and if
passed into legislation would lead to great hardship and expense,
and to the duplication of the powers and duties of the Borough
Councils, who are the drainage authority under the Metropolis
Management Acts, and that the Borough Councils be urged to oppose
this part of the Bill in Parliament.
(2) That this Conference is of opinion that, in the event of
Parliament deeming it desirable to grant an extension of the existing
powers of local authorities in London with regard to drains, any such
additional powers should not be conferred upon the London County
Council, but on the Borough Councils.
Sections 18-22.
(3) That the Borough Councils be also urged to oppose Part IV.
of the London County Council (General Powers) Bill, 1915, which
contains provisions to prohibit, except with the consent and under
regulations of the London County Council, the erection or re-erection
of any building on land the surface of which is less than 5 ft. 6 in.
above Trinity High Water Mark, and which cannot be drained by
gravitation into an existing sewer of the County Council under all
conditions of flow in such sewer.
The Borough Councils are the Authorities responsible for the
administration of the law relating to drainage, and the Public Health
and Housing Committee considered it most undesirable that conflicting
powers should be conferred on the London County Council, and recommended
the Council that the resolutions of the Conference be supported,
and that the Members representing the Borough in Parliament be asked
to oppose the Bill with a view to securing the necessary modifications.
The Council referred the matter to the General Purposes Committee.
Later on the General Purposes Committee considered, inter alia,
the sections in question and recommended the Council to join with other
Borough Councils in opposition,
BUSINESS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS, 1890-1.
Cap. 8, Sect. 26 (2).