§ MR. THOMAS OWEN (Cornwall, Launceston)I beg to ask the Attorney General, the County Council of Cornwall having, in 1894, held an inquiry to decide whether the parish of Egloskerry should be transferred from the Camelford Union to the Launceston Union, in April 1896 the clerk of the County Council sent an account for the expenses to the Chairman of the parish meeting, who has been advised that to pay the same would be illegal, and so, if on no other ground, because the claim was not made within 12 months, and that an auditor would be bound to disallow the payment if made; and, will he say, for the guidance of the parish meeting, whether they legally can pay this claim, and whether they must pay it?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir RICHARD WEBSTER,) Isle of WightI have been unable from the information contained in the Question of the hon. Member to trace the cause to which he refers, or to obtain sufficient information to answer the Question; but if, as I imagine, it relates to an inquiry at St. Gennys, it appears that the County Council had no power, under Section 36, to make an order for the transfer, and being an application which they had no power to entertain, the expenses of the inquiry were not recoverable from the Parish Council.