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the extent to which the Council so directs " should be left out, so
that under the provisions of the clause the Council should not direct to
what extent the acts and proceedings of Committees require approval.
8.—That clause 10, sub-clause 2, should be amended so as to
make it clear that the audit of accounts therein referred to extends
only to the rate accounts, and that existing enactments referring to
the poor rate shall not apply to the general rate with respect to the
audit of accounts.
9.—That clause 11 should be amended so as to provide that the
Borough Councils shall have all the powers and duties and be subject
to all the liabilities of Overseers ; that the office of Overseers should
be abolished and their property transferred to the Borough Councils ;
and that all references to Overseers in the Bill should be made to
refer to the Borough Council.
10.—That clause 13 should be amended so as to provide for the
appointment of the Assessment Committee by the Borough Council
in all cases, whether the whole of a poor law union is within one
borough or not, and that there shall be only one Assessment Committee
for the Borough.
11.—Your Petitioners are of opinion that the schemes to be
made under clause 15 should provide for repealing or modifying any
Act relating to the local government of any part of the Borough,
whether it be a public, general, or local Act.
12.—That in cases where, under clause 17, a detached part of
a parish is added to some other parish, some equivalent should be
given to the parish from which the detached part is taken.
13.—That clause 20, sub-clause 2, should be extended so as to
include the transfer to the Borough Councils of mortuary buildings
and other property, not being church property, now vested in Churchwardens
and Overseers.
14.—That in the second schedule, part I., the powers and duties
transferred should include all powers under the London Building Act,
1894, in relation to the appointment and duties of District Surveyors,
except as to making Bye-Laws for their guidance.
15.—That the powers of section 20 as well as those of section
28 of the Public Health Act, 1891, should be included in the second
schedule, part I.
16.—That in third schedule to the Bill sections 57 and 58 of
the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, should be left out. Your
Petitioners are of opinion that these powers, relating to the revocation
of resolutions and the appointment of Committees, should remain
as at present.
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