§ MR. H. BAILLIEsaid, he wished to ask the Lord Advocate, Whether he would be disposed to introduce a Bill to authorize the appointment of two legal assessors to the Poor Law Board in Edinburgh, to decide all cases relating to the administration 1873 of the Poor Law in Scotland, in order to save the large sums annually paid for legal expenses?
THE LORD ADVOCATE,in reply, said, the subject of the appointment of two legal assessors to the Poor Law Board in Edinburgh, in order to save expense, was under consideration, but he believed the statements of the expenses had been much exaggerated.