§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ MR. H. H. FOWLER,in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, that the Metropolitan Streets Act of 1867 defined the limits in which the police should have certain powers to regulate the traffic of the Metropolis—the radius was four miles from Charing Cross. The 1254 population had largely increased since then, and six miles to-day was equivalent to four miles in 1867. The object of this Bill was contained in the last clause—it was that six miles should be substituted for four miles. It was necessary for the safety of the public that the jurisdiction of the police should extend to the proposed increased radius.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. H. H. Fowler.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for To-morrow.