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expediency of giving to one officer of the Sanitary
such large
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Board - the proposed Sanitary Commissioner
and arbitrary powers as the Bill contains. With an
ideal man,
whose successors at least could be assured,
a despotic system may be the most convenient,
otherwise it is certainly the worst. Your petitioners
urge that all important discretionary matters whereof
time would permit a reference to the Board may be so
referred, and that the functions of the Commissioner, if such an officer is to be appointed, may be
exercised under the control of the Board, and
restricted to points of detail and routine. Further, as
it is intended that the Commissioner shall be a medical
man, your petitioners submit that he should at any rate
be relieved from all such work as specially falls within the province of the civil engineer and architect"
Now, I want to ask your opinion: Werent you adverse to
the creation of the office of Sanitary Commissioner ?
Yes, I wan.
A.
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Had you anything to do with the drafting of that Bill
the present Ordinance ?
A.
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
Yes, I was consulted once or twice in the matter. It
was not drafted by me. It was drafted by the Director
of Public Works, the M. 0. H. and Professor Simpson,
and I was consulted on several occasions.
As a result of this Petition I have just alluded to,ibuim,
did not the Government withdraw that Bill, and
substitute another therefor ↑
A.
I know that the Bill was withdrawn, yes.
Q.
It was withdrawn ?
A.
Yes.
The Chairman:-
There is one question arising out of that. I
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