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Action was taken with regard to such of these Bills as
seemed to require attention as follows:—
Petition presented in Favour.—Advertisement Rating
Bill, the object of which was to make buildings and hoardings
used for advertising purposes liable to the local rates in
respect of the advertisements affixed thereto.
Approved.—A general approval of the principle of the
following Bills was conveyed to the Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith,
M.P., particular clauses being, in the opinion of the Vestry,
open to amendment:—Public Health (Prevention of
Infectious Diseases), Technical Instruction, and Leaseholders
(Purchase of Fee Simple).
Opposed.—The Vestry requested the Rt. Hon. W. H.
Smith, M.P., to oppose the following Bills, to which the
Vestry objected either in principle, or as creating a cumbrous
or needlessly costly machinery to effect their purpose:—Personal
Property Exemption, Housing of Working Classes
(London), Employers' Liability Act, 1882, Amendment (No.
2), School Board for London (Pensions).
With regard to the Official Trustee, Public Trustee, and
Trust Companies Bills, it appeared to the Vestry that the
adoption of some kind of Corporate Trustee would be of
advantage, as tending to relieve individuals of burdensome
trusts and personal liability, and they therefore suggested to
the Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith that the three Bills should be
referred to a Select Committee wi th a view to legislation on
the responsibility of the Government. There was, however,
some technical difficulty in adopting this course, owing to all
the Bills not being introduced in the same House, and the
suggestion was not acted upon.