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visions of the London Government Act, and the inconvenience and
confusion occasioned by the use of the separate lists for election
purposes. The Local Government Board have been asked to consider
the subject with the view of steps being taken for the rectification of
Parliamentary Boundaries in the County of London.
36. The attention of the Local Government Board has again been
called to the unsatisfactory state of the law with regard
to combined drainage and the Board were asked to
consider the subject with the view of a Bill to amend the law being
introduced in the present session. A reply has since been received
stating that the subject is one of considerable difficulty and that the
President was not in a position to make any promises with regard to
legislation upon it this session.
Combined
Drainage.
37. The Council considered the following resolution passed by the
Woolwich Borough Council, viz. :—
Parliamentary
Returning
Officers.
"That in the opinion of this Council an amendment of the law providing
"for the permanent appointment of Town Clerks of the several Metropolitan
" Boroughs as Parliamentary Returning Officers is desirable."
38. This Council concurred in the views of the Woolwich Borough
Council and so informed the Prime Minister, the Local Government
Board, the London County Council, and the Sheriff of the County of
London.
39. A sewer in a new road not having been completed in
accordance with the approved plan, Police Court proceedings
were taken by the Council in the matter.
The defence was (1) that no offence had been committed by the
defendant for the reason that there was no time limit for the
completion of the sewer, and (2) that if an offence had been committed
the Council were out of time as the date on which he ceased work on
the sewer was more than six months from the issuing of the summons.
It appeared that the defendant before the completion of the sewer sold
the land abutting on the road as well as the site of the road to another
person, who declined to allow the defendant to complete the sewer or to
do the work himself. Eventually, however, the new owner consented
to the defendant carrying out the work. The Council, being of opinion
that steps should be taken to prevent a similar difficulty arising, asked
the County Council to consider the matter with the view of obtaining
Non-
completion
of Sewer.