HC Deb 12 June 1894 vol 25 cc900-1
MR. C. HOBHOUSE (Wilts, Devizes)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in the case of a District Board of Works, it is competent for the Board before November next to elect an annual Chairman, or whether, until the appointed day, the Chairman can only be elected, as now, for the sitting?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE,) Bradford, Central

The view of the Local Government Board is that the election of a Chairman of a District Board under Section 31 (2) of the Local Government Act, 1894, should take place at the first meeting of the District Board after the annual election of members of the District Board in the present month.