§ Amendment made:
§
In page 25, line 11, at the end, add the words:
by a county council.
(7) In the case of a burgh not being a burgh to which the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, applies, the statutory provisions applicable to the burgh relating to the collection and recovery of rates, including, without prejudice to the said generality,
§ the provisions relating to preferences and to penalties in respect of the non-payment of rates by a prescribed date shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to the consolidated rate leviable by the town council of the burgh under this section."—[Sir John Gilmour.]
§ Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 167; Noes, 89.
| Cove, W. G. | Kirk wood, D. | Scurr, John |
| Crawfurd, H. E. | Lawrence, Susan | Shiels, Dr. Drummond |
| Day, Harry | Lawson, John James | Short, Ailred (Wednssbury) |
| Duncan, C. | Lee, F. | Sinclair, Major Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Dunnlco, H. | Lindley, F. W. | Sltch, Charles H. |
| Gardner, J. p. | Longbottom, A. W. | Smith, Rannle (Penistone) |
| Graham, Rt. Hon. Wm. (Edln., Cent.) | Lowth, T. | Stamford, T. W. |
| Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) | Lunn, William | Stephen, Campbell |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Aberavon) | Taylor, R. A. |
| Groves, T | Mackinder, W. | Thomas. Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Grundy, T. W. | March, S. | Thome, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Hall, F. (York., W.R., Normanton) | Maxton, James | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Shetland) | Mosley, Sir Oswald | Vlant, S. P. |
| Hardle, George D. | Oliver, George Harold | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Hayday, Arthur | Palin, John Henry | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Paling, W. | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hirst, G. H. | Parkinson, John Allen (Wigan) | Westwood, J. |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Pethick-awrence, F. W. | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfteld) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| Hutchison, Sir Robert (Montrose) | Potts, John S. | Windsor, Walter |
| Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Purcell, A. A. | Wright, W. |
| John, William (Rhondda, West) | Rltson, J. | |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Roberts, Rt. Hon. F. O. (W. Bromwlch) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Jones, W. N. (Carmarthen) | Runciman, Hilda (Cornwall, St. Ives) | Mr. T. Henderson and Mr. Whiteley. |
| Kennedy, T. | Scrymgeour, E. |