§ *SIR ALBERT ROLLIT, in moving an Address, praying Her Majesty to withhold her assent to the Draft Order in Council of the 13th day of March, 1900, for the establishment of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, said he thought the arrangement proposed by the right hon. Gentleman the President of the Local Government Board was in the circumstances satisfactory. But he found that the maps attached to these Orders were too small, and the result was that very 1380 expensive litigation had at times to be carried on as to liability for repair of sewers, roads, and the like.
§ MR. COHEN (Islington, E.)seconded the resolution.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to withhold Her Assent to the Draft Order in Council of the 13th day of March, 1900, for the establishment of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, the incorporation thereof, and for other purposes connected therewith, unless amendments are made therein (1) to substitute the words 'Town Clerk of the Borough' for the words 'Clerk of the County Council' throughout Clause 3, Sub-section (4), and to substitute the word 'Borough' for 'County' in the last line of such sub-section; (2) to enlarge the scale of the maps referred to in the Draft Note, or to attach an itinerary to such maps, so that the dotted line indicating the boundary may enable it to be ascertained by measurement or description on which side of the boundary sewers, gas mains, water mains, electric mains, and the like are situated, and to facilitate many other purposes connected with local government."—(Sir Albert Rollit.)
§ MR. CHAPLINsaid there were no maps made on a larger scale anywhere. He could not conceive any purpose for which these maps were not altogether sufficient.
§ MR. COHENthought they might be contented with what the right hon. Gentleman had said about the maps.
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Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
Adjourned at five minutes before One of the clock.