§ (1.) A County Council (not being the council of a county borough) may order that any of the expenses incurred by them in the execution of their powers under this Act may be levied off any county district (with the consent of the council of such district) or parish (with the consent of the parish council, or when there is no parish council of a parish meeting) provided that in the opinion of the council such county district or parish is specially benefited by the works in respect of which those expenses have been incurred, and in that case those expenses shall be levied as expenses for special county purposes.
§ (2. Notice of any such order shall be given to the council of any district or parish off which the expenses are to be levied, and any such council may, if such works have not been executed at its request or with its consent, 135 appeal to Local Government Board, within a time to be fixed by the Board, against such levy, and the decision of that Board shall be final. In the case of a pariah not having a parish council notice under this section shall be given to the chairman of the parish meeting, and the chairman, if authorised by resolution of the parish meeting, may appeal on behalf of the parish in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the council of a parish having a parish council.
§ (3.) Except as above in this section mentioned, all expenses under this Act of a County Council (not being the council of a county borough) shall be defrayed and levied as expenses for general county purposes, and the expenses under this Act of the council of a county borough shall be defrayed out of the borough fund or borough rate.
§ THE EARL OF CAMPERDOWN moved to insert in Sub-section (1) after the words "parish meeting," the words "or off any part of a parish," with the object of enabling any property specially benefited by the improvements made to be rated if the County Council should see fit.
§ LORD THRINGsaid he had no objection to the Amendment.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (The EARL of DUDLEY)pointed out that, although the Amendment might be a just one, there existed no machinery in the Local Government Act by which the noble Lord's proposal could be carried out.
§ Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
§ LORD THRING moved, to leave out Sub-section (2) on the ground that it was considered unnecessary.
§ Amendment agreed to
§ Clause 3, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clause 6,—