§ (1) Where any powers and duties are transferred by this Part of this Act from one authority to another authority—
- (i) all property, whether real or personal (including easements and rights and things in action) held by or in trust for or vested in the first authority for the purpose or by virtue of those powers and duties, shall without any conveyance or assurance pass to and vest in the other authority subject to all debts and liabilities affecting the same; and
- (ii) the latter authority shall hold the property for the estate interest and purposes and subject to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions for and subject to which the property would have been held if this Act had not passed so far as the same are not modified by or in pursuance of this Act; and
- (iii) all debts and liabilities of the first authority incurred by virtue of those powers and duties shall become debts
§ and liabilities of the latter authority; and
§ (iv) in any proceedings relating to those powers and duties and pending at the time of the transfer to which the first authority is a party, the latter authority shall be substituted for the first authority, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of the substitution; and
§ (v) any reference to the first authority in any enactment, order, instrument, contract, or other document in relation to those powers or duties shall, so far as is necessary for the exercise of those powers or the discharge of those duties, be construed as a reference to the latter authority.
§ (2) The expression "authority" in this Section means the Congested Districts Board, the Department and the trustees of the Congested Districts Board.
§ Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes, 232: Noes, 46.
2219| Division No. 525.] | AYES. | [10.12 p.m. |
| Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) | Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Berridge, T. H. D. |
| Abraham, William (Rhondda) | Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Bethell, T. R. (Essex, Maldon) |
| Agar-Robartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Barnes, G. N. | Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine |
| Ambrose, Robert | Barran, Rowland Hirst | Boland, John |
| Armitage, R. | Barran, Sir John Nicholson | Bowerman, C. W. |
| Asquith, Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry | Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Brace, William |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Branch, James |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Beauchamp, E. | Brigg, John |
| Bright, J. A. | Hobart, Sir Robert | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) |
| Bredle, H. C. | Hodge, John | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) |
| Brooke, Stopford | Hogan, Michael | O'Malley, William |
| Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) | Horniman, Emslie John | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. |
| Bryce, J. Annan | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey | O'Shee, James John |
| Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Hudson, Walter | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Burke, E. Haviland- | Hyde, Clarendon G. | Partington, Oswald |
| Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Jackson, R. S. | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Jardine, Sir J. | Pearce, William (Limehouse) |
| Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight | Jenkins, J. | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. | Johnson, John (Gateshead) | Pickersgill, Edward Hare |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Pollard, Dr. G. H. |
| Cleland, J. W. | Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Clough, William | Jordan, Jeremiah | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) | Jowett, F. W. | Radford, G. H. |
| Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) | Joyce, Michael | Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) |
| Cooper, G. J. | Kavanagh, Walter M. | Reddy, M. |
| Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) | Keating, M. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Corbett, C. H. (Sutaex, E. Grinstead) | Kekewich, Sir George | Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) |
| Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Kelley, George D. | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Crean, Eugene | Kettle, Thomas Michael | Robson, Sir William Snowdon |
| Crooks, William | Kilbride, Denis | Roche, Augustine (Cork) |
| Crosfield, A. H. | Lambert, George | Roche, John (Galway, East) |
| Crossley, William J. | Lamont, Norman | Rose, Sir Charles Day |
| Cullinan, J. | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Rowlands, J. |
| Curran, Peter Francis | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) | Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Lehmann, R. C. | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) |
| Delany, William | Lewis, John Herbert | Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) |
| Devlin, Joseph | Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Dillon, John | Lundon, T. | Scarisbrick, Sir T. T. L. |
| Duffy, William J. | Lupton, Arnold | Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness) | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Sears, J. E. |
| Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Seddon, J. |
| Dunn, A. Edmund (Camborne) | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Shackleton, David James |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Maclean, Donald | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Ellbank, Master of | Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. | Sheehy, David |
| Esmonde, Sir Thomas | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
| Essex, R. W. | Macpherson, J. T. | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Esslemont, George Birnie | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) | Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) |
| Evans, Sir S. T. | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Steadman, W. C. |
| Everett, R. Lacey | M'Callum, John M. | Stewart, Halley (Greenock) |
| Farrell, James Patrick | M'Kean, John | Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) |
| Fenwick Charles | McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) |
| Ferens, T. R. | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) | Summerbell, T. |
| Ffrench, Peter | M'Mlcking, Major G. | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Field, William | Mallet, Charles E. | Thomas, Sir A, (Glamorgan, E.) |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston) | Thomasson, Franklin |
| Flynn, James Christopher | Marnham, F. J. | Thome, William (West Ham) |
| Gilhooly, James | Massie, J. | Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander |
| Gill, A. H. | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) |
| Ginnell, L. | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton) |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | Molteno, Percy Alport | Wardle, George J. |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Mooney, J. J. | Waring, Walter |
| Glover, Thomas | Morrell, Philip | Watt, Henry A. |
| Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Muldoon, John | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Gulland, John W. | Murnaghan, George | Whitehead, Rowland |
| Hancock, J. G. | Murphy, John (Kerry, E.) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Wilkie, Alexander |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-sh.) | Napier, T. B. | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
| Harrington, Timothy | Nicholls, George | Wilson, John (Durham, Mid) |
| Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.) | Nolan, Joseph | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Haslam, James (Derbyshire) | Norman, Sir Henry | Winfrey, R. |
| Hayden, John Patrick | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Wood, T. M'Kinnon |
| Hazleton, Richard | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) | Young, Samuel |
| Healy, Maurice (Cork) | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Healy, Timothy Michael | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | |
| Hemmerde, Edward George | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) | |
| Hendecson, Arthur (Durham) | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Norton and Mr. Fuller. |
| Henry, Charles S. | O'Dowd, John | |
| Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) | O'Grady, J. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Ashley, W. W. | Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Ferguson, R. C. Munro |
| Balcarres, Lord | Castlereagh, Viscount | Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Clark, George Smith | Fletcher, J. S. |
| Baring, Capt. Hon. G. (Winchester) | Clive, Percy Archer | Forster, Henry William |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. | Gordon, J. |
| Beach, Hon. Michael Hugh Hicks | Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Gretton, John |
| Butcher, Samuel Henry | Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Guinness, Hon. W. E. (B'y St. Edm'ds) |
| Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. | Craik, Sir Henry | Haddock, George B. |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Doughty, Sir George | Hamilton, Marquess of |
| Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Magnus, Sir Philip | Thomson, W. Mitchell- (Lanark) |
| Hill, Sir Clement | Moore, William | Tuke, Sir John Batty |
| Kerry, Earl of | Powell, Sir Francis Sharp | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Keswick, William | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) | |
| Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Sir A. Acland-Hood and Viscount Valentia. |
| Lonsdale, John Brownlee | Sloan, Thomas Henry | |
| Long, Rt. Hon. Walter (Dublin, S.) | Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, E.) | |
| MacCaw, Wm. J. MacGeagh | Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) |