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4. Promotion of Bills in Parliament, subject to previous consent of
Local Government Board and to a vote of two-thirds of
Members present when decision come to.
5. Raising Loans.
6.—Appointment of Returning Officer at Elections.
At the conclusion of the business of the Conference
the representatives reported as follows, viz.:—
r. -We, the undersigned, your representatives at the Conference
convened by the London County Council to consider what powers now
possessed by the Council should be transferred to the Local Authorities,
beg to report that meetings of the Conference were held at the County
Hall, Spring Gardens, on the 31st January, 14th and 28th February,
20th March, 24th April, and 8th May respectively. The London
County Council and each of the Local Authorities were represented,
and Sir Arthur Arnold, Chairman of the Council, was Chairman. The
number of representatives present at the first meeting was 163, at the
second 144, at the third 123, at the fourth 99, at the fifth 82, and at
the final meeting 74.
2. The proceedings of the Conference will be published in book
form by the Council, and as the Board have ordered a copy thereof to
be supplied to each Member, your representatives do not consider it
necessary to deal in full detail with the numerous subjects which were
discussed.
3.-Your representatives gave notices of motion in support of
the several matters suggested in the report of the General Purposes
Committee adopted by the Board on the 8th of January last. Many of
these matters were also brought before the Conference by representatives
of other authorities. With a few unimportant exceptions, resolutions in
accordance with the views of the Board were passed by the Conference.
4. -The suggestions of the Board with regard to the making of
Bye-Laws by Local Authorities and the desirability of such Authorities
taking over the duties of Overseers, of carrying out the provisions of the
Acts relating to Public Libraries, Public Baths and Washhouses, Burial
Boards, Vaccination, and the Registration of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages; of making regulations as to hackney carriage standings,
travelling shows and fairs, costermongers, &c., were ruled by the
Chairman to be not within the terms of the reference to the Conference,
but it was understood that some of the matters thus ruled out of order
would be considered and be reported 011 by the Local Government and
Taxation Committee of the Council.