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x.— That clause i, sub-clause b, should be amended so that
every Borough except those scheduled to the Bill should have a rateable
value exceeding five hundred thousand pounds and a population
of between one and four hundred thousand.
2.-—That in clause 2, sub-clause 2, provision should be made
that the Aldermen form one-sixth of the Council and that they shall
be elected from the Councillors ; and that the election of Councillors
shall be every three years.
3.—That in clause 2, sub-clause 3, provision should be made
for the Mayor of every Borough being by virtue of his office a Justice
of the Peace for the County in which the Borough is situate, and
that no Mayor being a solicitor shall be disqualified from being such
justice by reason of his being a solicitor, but any such Mayor being a
solicitor shall not practice his profession before the justices of the
said County; also that the provisions of section 15 of the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1882, relating to the qualification, term of office,
remuneration, precedence, and powers of a Mayor, should be incorporated
in the Bill.
4.—That in clause 2, sub-clause 4, a provision should be added
disqualifying women from being Councillors.
5.—That clause 5, sub-clause 5, should be amended so that it
shall be the duty of the Local Government Board to make the provisional
orders therein referred to upon the application of the London
County Council.
6.—That sub-clauses 5 and 6 of clauses 7 should be left out of
the Bill. Your Petitioners and other Metropolitan Local Authorities
have already power, under section 154 of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855, to dispose of land or property which is not required for
their purposes, and sub-clause 5 would confer diminished powers in
this respect. For this reason your Petitioners suggest that the abovementioned
section of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, should
not be partially repealed, as proposed in the third schedule to the Bill.
Further, your lVtititioners are of opinion that it is not advisable to
confer upon Borough Councils the proposed power of promoting
Bills in Parliament. Your Petitioners already exercise the power of
opposing Bills, and they are of opinion that no further Parliamentary
powers are required by the Borough Councils.
7.—That the powers in clause 9 with regard to the appointment
of persons not members of the Council as members cf Committees
should be restricted to Committees appointed for the purposes of the
Libraries' Acts, and that in sub-clause 2 of clause 9 the words " to