§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ [Mr. GRANT LAWSOK (Yorkshire, N. R. Thirsk) in the Chair.]
§ Clause 1.
§ Drafting Amendments made.
§
Amendment proposed—
To insert after line 22 the words—
'(2) Expenses under this section may be recovered if not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds in the County Court, and if exceeding that sum in the High Court
'(3) An appeal may be taken from any order of a County Court under this section, and the enactments in the County Courts (Ireland) Acts, 1851 to 1898, relating to appeals in the ease of ordinary civil bills shall apply accordingly.
'(4) Proceedings for the recovery of any expenses under this section shall be commenced within twelve months of the time at which the damage was done, or where the damage is in consequence of any particular building contract or work extending over a long period shall be commenced not later than six months after the completion of the contract or work.
'(5) In the case of a road not being a main road any expenses recovered or composition paid under this section by or to a county council in respect thereof shall be credited in manner prescribed by the Local Government Board for Ireland to the rural district or rural districts in which is situated that part of the road in respect of which the expenses were recovered or the composition was paid, ana in the case of a main road one-half of such expenses or composition shall be go credited to the rural or urban district as the case may be.'"—(Mr. A tkinson.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
224§ Clause 1, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause 2.
§
Amendment proposed—
To leave out Clause 2."—(Mr. Atkinson.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§
Amendment proposed—
After Clause 1, to insert as a new clause, he words' The proviso to Section 4 of The Locomotives Act, 1861, is hereby repealed so far a it applies to Ireland, and in lieu thereof it is enactea as follows: Provided that the reguation of weight herein mentioned shall not extend to any waggon carrying only one block, plate, cable, roll, vessel of stone or metal, or ither single article being of greater weight han fourteen tons, but the fellies, tyres, or hoes of such wagon shall not be less than eight nches in breadth, and any damage arising from the user of any such waggon shall be deemed o be damage caused by excessive weight within the meaning of Section 1 of this Act.'"—(Mr. Atkinson.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be con-idered to-morrow.