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of suitable persons to the County or Town Council. This Council
presented a petition for an amendment of the Bill so as to give
Mayors of Metropolitan Borough Councils the powers with regard
to the nomination of Justices proposed by the Bill to be given to
the Chairmen of District and Town Councils. The Bill was not
proceeded with.
Intoxicating
Liquors
(Hours of
Closing).
Sale of
Butter.
99. This Bill proposed to authorise Licensing Justices to impose
such conditions with regard to the hours during
which licensed premises may be open for the
sale ot intoxicating liquors as they might deem expedient, provided
that a condition shall not be imposed that the premises shall
be closed before 8 p.m. on Saturdays and before 9 o'clock on any
other day than Saturday or Sunday. The Council presented a
petition in favour of the Bill which, however, was not proceeded
with.
100. This was a Bill to restrict the amount of water in
Butter. The Council presented a petition in favour.
The Bill was, however, withdrawn.
Representation
of tne People,
and Parliamentary
Voters
(Registration).
101. These two Bills which proposed to alter the law relating
to the qualification and registration of voters for
Members of Parliament were considered by the
Council who decided to take no action with regard
tnereto at present. Both Bills have been dropped.
102. No action was taken with regard to the other Bills
above mentioned.
Local
A uthorities
(Taxation
and Purchase
of Land).
103. In continuation of the report with reference to this Bill
on pages 58 and 59 of the last Annual Report the
Council considered a report by Councillor Welton,
one of this Council's representatives at the Conference
convened by the Hackney Borough Council, and adopted
the following report of the General Purposes Committee on the
subject, viz.:—
(a) Beneficial expenditure such as that on lighting, watering, and
cleansing highways, removal of dust, sewers, and other sanitary works.
This expenditure ought to be borne by those who benefit thereby,
exactly in the same way as if they had voluntarily co-operated in the
matter. It is generally accepted that, although rough and imperfect, the