§ MR. ARTHUR WILLIAMS (Glamorgan, S.)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the 46th section of the Local Government Bill will transfer to each of the Rural District Councils in each of the six counties of South Wales, in respect of the highways situate within the district, all the powers, duties, and liabilities of a Highway Board; and, if so, whether these powers, duties, and liabilities will be the powers, duties, and liabilities created by the various Acts specially relating to the highways in South Wales?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)It is intended by Clause 46 of the Local Government Bill to transfer to the Rural District Councils in South Wales the powers, duties, and liabilities which now devolve on the Highways Boards under the South Wales Highway Acts.