§ MR. J. G. HOLBURN (Lanark, N.W.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the Scottish Local Government Board can empower parish councils to make a special allowance to recipients of parochial relief and poorhouse inmates; and, if so, will the Board give parish councils permission to make such special allowance in June next during the time of national rejoicing on the occasion of Her Gracious Majesty's Diamond Jubilee?
§ * THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireThe Local Government Board has no power to sanction, nor have parish councils power to incur, illegal expenditure, and expenditure in excess of necessary maintenance would he clearly illegal.