§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (The Earl of HALSBURY)My Lords, I rise to "present a Petition from the Guardians of the Poor of the Wandsworth and Clapham Union, in the County of London, praying that the provisions of the Vaccination Acts may be amended, and that it may not be in the power of vaccination officers to institute proceedings under the Acts at the expense of the rates without first obtaining the sanction of the Guardians. The Petition is respectfully worded, and, though I entirely disagree with its object, 686 there is no reason why I should not present it to your Lordships.
§ Petition read, and ordered to lie on the Table.