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Municipal
Be presentation.
41. The Council presented a petition in favour of this Bill,
which was to allow Municipal Authorities to adopt
for their elections a system of proportional representation.
The Bill was not proceeded with.
Milk and Dairies.
42. The main objects of this Bill were to provide for the more
effective registration of dairies and dairymen;
the inspection of dairies and the examination of
cows, the prohibition of milk from a dairy which
would be likely to cause infectious disease; and the issue of regulations
for securing the supply of pure and wholesome milk. This
Council petitioned against the provisions of the Bill, which would
have conferred on the Local Government Board extensive powers of
making orders and regulations, and disposing of matters which
are at present dealt with by magistrates, and the transfer of certain
powers of Borough Councils to the County Council. The Council
approved of clause 8 of the Bill, which provided that a warranty
or invoice should not be available as a defence in proceedings under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Act with respect to to milk. The Bill
did not reach second reading.
Education
(Administrative
Provisions).
43. This Bill proposed to remove from the Education
Authority the final responsibility of deciding
whether a child was or was not underfed, and to
impose that duty upon the school doctor, the Medical Officer of
Health, or other medical official. The Council petitioned against
the Bill, which was not proceeded with.
Music and
Dancing.
44. This Bill was promoted by the London County Council,
and its object was to effect an amendment of the
law relating to licences for music and dancing
in the administrative County of London as contained in the Disorderly
Houses Acts, 1751 and 1818, and the Public Entertainments
Act, 1875, in order to enable the London County Council (which
is the authority to grant such licences in the County) to grant such
licences at any time during the year, instead of being limited as
at present to an annual licensing meeting now held in the month
of November. This Council petitioned in favour of the Bill, which,
however, was not proceeded with.