§ MR. ARCHDALE (Fermanagh, N.)On behalf of the hon. Member for Mid 1344 Armagh, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that in several towns in Ulster the collectors of the county council refuse to receive from ratepayers the sum separately mentioned in the poor rate receipts as due in respect of union charges without payment at the same time of the sums due on foot of county at large charges; and whether the action of the collector in this respect is in accordance with the regulations of the Irish Local Government Board.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe action of a poor rate collector in refusing to accept a part payment of the poor rate is correct. The rate due is one entire sum, although made up of various items of expense, and the collector can only issue one legal receipt for the full amount. He is expressly forbidden by Article 13, Subsection 3 of the County (Poor Rate Collectors) Order, 1899, to give any other receipt whatever.