§ Notwithstanding anything contained in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, or in this Act, the ratepayers of a burgh shall not be assessed for any charges or expenses incurred by a county council in connection with this Act or in relation to public health, nor for the salaries or expenses of the medical officer or sanitary inspector appointed for the county, and no representative of a burgh shall in a district committee or on the county council act or vote in any matter relating to this Act or to public health for which the ratepayers in such burgh are not liable to be assessed.
§ Amendment made: Leave out "in connection with this Act, or in relation to public health."—(Lord Advocate).
§ Clause 139,—