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written to accordingly. The Bill however was eventually
dropped.
Vestrymen's Qualification Bill.— By this Bill it was
proposed to abolish the rating qualification for Vestrymen.
The Yestry, however, took no action in the matter.
The Bill made no progress, and was eventually dropped.
Sanitation of Houses (Metropolis) Bill.— This Bill proposed
that a Government Authority, to be called a Sanitary
Board, consisting of twelve members, selected from the
Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, the Royal Institute of
British Architects, and the Association of Municipal and
Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, should be created,
whose duty it should be to define the duties of the Sanitary
Surveyors and Inspectors, and to examine and appoint
same, and to grant certificates of competency, and also to
approve and license all sanitary apparatus to be used in
carrying out the provisions of the Act, and who should have
full authority over Local Board Engineers and Surveyors
in the matter of drainage of houses and the provision of
sewers, and all matters relating to the sanitation of houses,
subject only to the right of appeal to the Local Government
Board.
It also proposed that the Metropolis should be divided
into 70 districts, each district to be under the control of a
Sanitary Surveyor. Very large powers were to be given
to the Sanitary Surveyors over both new and old buildings,
and penalties were imposed upon owners or occupiers obstructing
the Surveyors or failing to comply with their
directions.
The Vestry, however, opposed the Bill as an unnecessary
and mischievous interference with the powers and duties