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President of the Local Government Board, and it is now
under the consideration of this Board. The following
report on the Bill was made to the General Purposes
Committee by the Clerk, viz.:—
Clause 1 (') of this Bill provides that the London County Council shall in
every year form a fund, to be called the Equalisation Fund, equal to a rate
of 6d. in the £ on the rateable value of London.
Clause 1 (2) provides that the London County Council shall determine
half-yearly the contribution from each parish to one-half of the
Equalisation Fund and the grant due from that one-half of the Fund to
each parish.
Clause 1 (3) provides that the contribution among the parishes is to be
determined in proportion to their rateable value.
Clause 1 (4) provides that the grant due shall be determined by
apportioning the amount of half the Equalisation Fund among the sanitary
districts in proportion to their population, and where a sanitary district
comprises two or more parishes by dividing that grant among those
parishes in proportion to their population; with this exception, that where
the aggregate of the contributions from the parishes in the district is less
than the grant apportioned to the district the difference shall be paid out
of the Equalisation Fund to the sanitary authority of the district, and no
payment towards any equalisation charge shall be required from any parish
in the district.
Clause 1 (5) provides that, subject as aforesaid, where the contribution
from a parish is less than the grant due, the difference shall be paid out of
the Equalisation Fund to the sanitary authority of the district forming or
comprising the parish, but if it exceeds the grant duo to the parish the
Council shall levy on the parish a contribution (called the Equalisation
charge) as a separate item of the County Rate.
Clause 1 (6) provides that the sums paid to a sanitary authority shall be
applied in defraying expenses incurred under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and so far as not required for that purpose those incurred in
respect of lighting, and so far as not required for that purpose those
incurred in respect of streets. Where the district of the sanitary authority
(as in the case of this Board) comprises two or more parishes, the sum paid
is to be apportioned among the parishes in proportion to their population,
the amount so apportioned being credited to the parish in reduction of the
rates required from such parish.
Clause 3 authorizes the Local Government Board to prescribe the forms of
contribution orders, &c.
Clause 3 provides that the Act shall come into operation on the 30th
September next, and that the amount of half the Equalisation Fund for the
half-year begun on that day shall be equal to 3d. in the £.