§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ LOUD ACTONThis, my Lords, is a Bill for facilitating the prompt acquisition of sites for the erection of temporary hospitals in the event of an outbreak of cholera in Ireland, with due notice and provisions for compensation and as to distance. Similar Acts were passed in 1883 and 1885, and this one has passed through the other House without being opposed. It was limited to one year. I move that the Bill be now read a second time.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Lord Acton.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday, the 20th of April next.