§ MATTER—considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ [Sir HERBERT MAXWELL in the Chair.]
§
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That it is expedient to authorize the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund to the Local Taxation Account, during the financial year ending on the 31st day of March 1889, of such sums in respect of main roads as have been paid in previous years out of moneys provided by Parliament, such sums to be repaid to the Consolidated Fund, in pursuance of any Act of the present Session to amend the Laws relating to Local Government in England and Wales and for other purposes connected therewith; also the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of the expenses of any Commissioners and Officers that may be appointed for the purposes of such Act, and of the salaries and remuneration of the officers and persons employed by them.
§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked for some explanation of the Resolution?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)said, the Resolution was one which must be passed in order to enable questions of expenditure under the Local Government Bill to be provided for. It was merely formal.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked whether there was not something unusual in the Resolution? As he had heard it, it appeared to refer to past expenditure.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. LONG) (Wilts, Devizes)said, there was nothing exceptional in the Resolution. It only authorized the making of a provisional arrangement on the lines of the amount previously paid as a contribution towards main roads.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.