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such as Wandsworth inoperative. The object of the Borough
Funds Bill was to simplify the procedure and this Council presented
a petition in favour thereof. The Bill was passed.
Employment
of Children.
76.—The object of this Bill was to enable County or Borough
Councils (in London the County Council) to make
bye-laws for regulating the employment of children,
and with respect to street trading by persons under the age of 16.
The Council petitioned in favour of the Bill, which was passed.
Weights and
Measures.
(Metric System).
77.—The object of this Bill is to render compulsory the use of
the Metric System of Weights and Measures as
recommended by a Select Committee of the House
of Commons in 1895. The Council presented a petition in favour
of the Bill which has passed the House of Lords and is awaiting
second reading in the Commons.
Rating of
Machinery.
78.—This Bill proposed to exempt from rating all machinery
not fixed or only so fixed that it can be removed
without necessitating the removal of any part of the
hereditament with the exception of any machinery, machine, or
plant used for producing or transmitting first motive power or for
heating or lighting the premises. The Council was of opinion that
the Bill if passed would cause constant disputes to arise as to the
rating of machinery, and presented a petition against it. The Bill
was read a second time in the House of Commons and then
dropped.
79.—No action was taken with regard to the other Bills abovementioned.
London
Electric
Supply
Corporation.
80.—This Company again enquired whether the Council
would be prepared to recommend the granting to
them of an Order for the supply of electrical energy
in this Borough. The Company were asked whether
they were prepared to offer consumers better terms than those
offered by them last year. In reply the Company stated the terms
upon which they would supply electricity in the event of their
obtaining a Provisional Order. The Company were then informed
that the Council could not support the application unless the