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Parliamentary Schemes.
This subject may be conveniently dealt with under two
headings, viz., (a) Public Bills and (b) Private Bills.
(a) PUBLIC BILLS.
The following is a list of the more important of the Bills
introduced during the past year :—
Slaughter Houses (Metropolis) Act, 1874, Amendment Bill.
Hops (Substitutes) Bill.
Beer (Adulteration) Bill.
School Board for London (Superannuation) Bill.
Street Organs (Metropolis) Bill.
Cheap Trains (London) Bill.
Poor Rate Metropolis (Equalization) Bill.
School Board for London (Elections) Bill.
Metropolis Local Management Acts (Amendment) Bill.
Factory and Workshops Bill.
Water Companies Charges Bill.
General Paving Metropolis Act, 1817 (Amendment) Bill.
Public Health (London) Law Amendment Bill.
Public Health (London) Law Consolidation Bill.
Destitute Parents Bill.
The whole of these Bills were referred by the Board to
the Law and Parliamentary Committee, and the officers
reported upon their provisions. In most instances petitions
were presented either in favour of or against the measures,
while in other cases communications were addressed to the
Heads of the Government Department or the members
introducing the Bills in question.
(b) PRIVATE BILLS.
I. THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY'S FURTHER
POWERS BILL.
This Bill proposed to confer powers upon the Gas Light
and Coke Company as to their right to enter premises
occupied by persons who had failed to pay for their gas.
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