MR. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthen, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether parish councils are entitled to have the custody of the inclosure maps and awards relating to the parish, and which have hitherto been in the custody of the vicar?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. W. H. LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyI think that under section 17 (8) of the Local Government Act, 1894, a parish council have power to give directions as to the custody in which inclosure awards confirmed under the Inclosure Acts and any other awards directed to be kept with the public books, writings, and other papers of the parish are to be deposited. If the persons having the present custody of the award, with the relative map, refuse to give effect to such directions there would apparently be a difference as to custody, which under the enactment referred to falls to be determined by the county council.