§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "that the Bill be now road a second time."—(Sir A. Rollit.)
§ MR. T. H. BOLTON (St. Pancras, N.)asked if this was another attempt on the part of the small boroughs to obtain exemption from the jurisdiction of the County Councils?
§ SIR A. ROLLITNot at all. The objections of the County Councils have been urged by the hon. Member for East Somerset, and have been met.
MR. HOBHOUSE (Somerset, E.)The. objections of the County Councils will be met by Amendments in Com- 180 mittee—Amendments which the promoters of the Bill have promised to accept.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read the second time, and committed for To-morrow.