§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL (Lord TWEEDMOUTH)moved that the Bill be read a second time. The Bill, he explained, was a very simple one designed to remove an inconvenience felt by the County Councils of Scotland by the late date at which the assessors made up the Roll and the County Valuation Roll. It was proposed by the Bill to make the date the 15th of March instead of the 15th of August, and by the alteration proposed the County Councils would be able to have the Roll before them at a convenient time to settle their assessments for the October meetings.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Tweedmouth.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.