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order of a Judge in the High Court; School Board Elections
Bill, which proposed to assimilate the School Board and
Parliamentary Electoral areas; the Town and County
Councils (abolition of Aldermen) Bill, subject to an amendment
continuing in office for their full term aldermen elected
before the passing of the Bill; the Working Classes
Dwellings Bill for exempting from the Mortmain and
Charitable Uses Act, gifts of land for working class
dwellings; the Cheap Trains (London) Bill, for fixing a low
rate of return fares by trains at certain hours between
London and suburban stations not more than twelve miles
distant; and the Metropolis Water Supply Bill which is
referred to at length on page 84 et seq.
Petitioned against certain clauses in the Infectious
Disease (Prevention) Bill (see page 78).
Requested the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P., to support
the main principle of the Registration of Clubs Bill; and
the Public Trustee Bill, for creating a public officer to act as
Trustee, when desired by testators, &c.
Expressed general approval of the London Sky Signs Bill
for the ultimate removal of sky signs; and the London
Overhead Wires Bill (1891) for placing overhead wires under
control.
Expressed disapproval of the Guardians of the Poor
(Qualification) Bill, which would render all persons of full
age eligible to serve as Guardians; Housing of the WorkingClasses
(Metropolis) Bill which proposed to confer on the
London County Council extensive powers in regard to the
provision of dwellings, baths, public halls, kitchens,
nurseries, dining halls, &c., for the working classes; Metropolis
Rating Ground Values Bill, which proposed to transfer