§ MR. ESTCOURTasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the Highway and Locomotives Act, 1878, may be considered an optional, or whether it is a compulsory measure?
§ MR. SCLATER - BOOTHSir, I hardly know whether my opinion is worth more than that of my hon. Friend. I should say that "compulsory" is a hard word, but that the Act is of the same obligation as other Acts of Parliament, though, no doubt, there is reserved to local authorities a good deal of discretion as to the extent to which the powers contained in the Act should be put into operation.