§ House in committee (according to Order).
§ Clause 6 (Grand Jury may, on Increase of Salary to County Surveyor, require that he shall not engage in private Practice).
VISCOUNT LIFFORDsuggested that the words "having his usual residence in such county," ought to be inserted.
§ THE EARL OF ST. GERMANSsaid, that he had consulted with his right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary on this point, and that it was not considered necessary to insert such a provision.
THE EARL OF BELMORE:I wish to call the attention of the noble Earl opposite (the Earl of St. Germans) to one point in this clause. The clause provides that in case a grand jury shall have decided to increase the salary of a country surveyor, they may stipulate that he shall not engage in any private professional practice. Now, with regard to private practice, I do not wish to say anything; but I think it very undesirable that a county surveyor should, as happened in case which came under my own notice, attach himself as engineer to a railway running through the county, and thus bring the duties which devolve on him, as relating to the public roads, to clash with other duties relating to the railway which crosses those roads.
§ THE EARL OF ST. GERMANS:If the noble Earl will look into the Bill he will find that the grand jury are enabled for the future to make any stipulation they may think necessary with the county surveyor.
§ THE EARL OF ST. GERMANSsaid, that the Bill provided that an increase or pay, of on the occasion of any future appointment of a county surveyor, the grand jury would be empowered to fix the amount of his salary and make any conditions with him they pleased.
VISCOUNT DUNGANNONwas under stood to say that he was able to state that county surveyors did largely engage in private professional practice, both in connection with railways and otherwise.
§ Amendments made; the Report thereof to be received on Tuesday next.
§ House adjourned at Half-past Eight o'clock till Monday next, Twelve o'clock.