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bye-law being made, whilst only two of the Borough Councils on
the south of the Thames disapproved the making of the bye-law.
This Council and the Southwark Borough Council informed the
County Council that they were of opinion that there should be
some limitations as to the hours within which the bye-law should
be enforced, and the County Council are now considering the
desirability of making a bye-law for the part of London south of
the Thames which should apply between the hours of 9 p.m. and
6 a.m.
Noxious
Literature.
38.—Councillors Henderson, Dewey, and Hennell were
appointed the Council's representatives to attend a
conference convened by the Greenwich Borough
Council on the subject of noxious literature, and several meetings
of the conference have taken place.
Wandsworth
Registration
Sub-District.
39.—The Local Government Board have sanctioned the
application of the Registrar-General for the division
of the Wandsworth Registration Sub-District into two
sub-districts, to be constituted as follows:—(a) a subdistrict
co-extensive with Springfield Ward to be called Springfield
Sub-District; and (6) a sub-district co-extensive with Southfield
and Fairfield Wards, to be called Southfield Sub-District.
Land
Transfer Act.
40.—The Council presented a Petition to the House of Commons
in favour of the appointment of a Committee to
enquire into the past working of the Land Transfer
Act, 1897, with the view of endeavouring to prevent any extension
of its operation until an independent inquiry had been held. A conference
convened by the City of London was held at the Guildhall,
on the 28th November last, at which Councillor Lidiard represented
this Council, and a resolution was passed to the effect that
the experience gained in the working of the Act showed that a
full and independent inquiry into the system of compulsory registration
of title was imperatively called for, and deprecating the
introduction of the system into the City in view of the undertaking
given that the Act should not be so applied except with the
previous consent of the City.