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(c) That exemption from liability to penalties implied or expressed in
favour of Crown property or premises of electric power corporations be
repealed.
If such exemptions are repealed it will furnish a useful precedent.
(d) That it shall be the duty of the several Sanitary Authorities to
enforce the provisions of the law and any bye-laws made by the Council.
The Local Sanitary Authority should be the only body, except in cases of
default, to enforce the suggested provisions and bye-laws in their own
district.
(e) That the Council shall have joint authority with the several
administrative bodies to enforce the law, and any bye-laws within the
area as above defined, with power to recover from the Sanitary Authority
when it has been in default, the expenses of proceedings not recovered
by order of a Court and not incurred in unsuccessful proceedings.
It is inadvisable that the County Council should have joint authority with
Sanitary Authorities, but they might be authorised to act in case of default
in Metropolitan Boroughs.
(f) That the County Council shall be the paramount authority for
the whole area above defined, and as such shall have power to expend
money for the purposes of
i. Promoting a knowledge of the principles of
(a) Combustion of fuel.
(b) Furnace and grate construction.
(c) Stoking.
ii. Encouraging the study of the scientific heating of houses or the
use of smokeless fuels, with a view to the reduction of nuisances
from the open fire grate.
iii. Determining generally the best means for securing the prevention
of smoke in the consumption of fuel.
With regard to (f) your Medical Officer pointed out that this is rather a
question for the Committee to exercise their judgment as to whether it would
be judicious to authorise the expenditure of the ratepayers' money on
experimental work in the direction indicated.