HC Deb 23 May 1898 vol 58 cc472-3

Amendment proposed— Page 32, line 14, leave out 'clerk of the Union' and insert 'executive authority.'"—(Mr. J. H. M. Campbell)

MR. J. H. M. CAMPBELL

said if the duties were to be transferred from the union to the district council it was only right that they should take with them the officer who had been for many years discharging those duties; and if the Amendment was carried the result would be that in every county, and in every union in Ireland, with two exceptions, the clerk of the union would become the clerk of the district council, while in Antrim and Cork, the two exceptions, the assistant clerk, who had also been the sanitary officer, would become the clerk of the district council. He thought, therefore, it was an Amendment which did no harm, and certainly it prevented a very great injustice to assistant clerks in the two counties he had mentioned.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment proposed— Page 32, line 14, after the first 'clerk' insert and treasurer.'"—(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Agreed to.

Amendment proposed— Page 32, line 14, after the second 'clerk insert' and treasurer."'—(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Agreed to.

Amendment proposed— Page 32, line 17, after the first 'clerk insert 'or treasurer.'"—(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Agreed to.

Amendment proposed— Page 32, line 17, after the second clerk 'insert' or treasurer, and in the case of a clerk.'"—(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)

Agreed to.

Clause 57 added to the Bill.

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