§ MR. COBB (Warwick, S.E., Rugby)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the provisions of Section 14 of "The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1842," a solicitor acting professionally, personally, or through his firm, for a Rural Sanitary Authority, and receiving payment for such professional work out of the poor rates of the Union, and notwithstanding that such payment is not illegal, is capable of serving as a Guardian in such Unions; and, if not, whether, upon the facts and names being placed before the Local Government Board, they would make any representation or suggestion to the Board of Guardians, with a view of any such solicitor ceasing to serve as a Guardian?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1842, to which my hon. Friend refers, provides that, if any question should arise as to the right of any person to act as an elective Guardian, the Local Government Board may, if they think fit, inquire into the circumstances of the case, and issue such order therein as they may deem requisite for determining the question. Looking to the appellate jurisdiction of the Board in the matter, I should not feel justified in expressing any opinion, directly or indirectly, as to the right of a Guardian to act in a particular case, except on an appeal, and after the previous inquiry into the circumstances which the Statute contemplates.