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Municipal Council can be decided when the final stages

have been reached in the drafting of the requisite legislationa (*) Punations of the ineriainal Council (paragraph 31).

I agree with the recommendations in paragraphs 31 and 32 of Sir Mark Young's despatch Na, 143 regarding the

functions to be discharged by the tunicipal Council, but I am of the opinion that certain matters such as Town Planning, Education and Social Welfare, although falling

within the defined functions of the Hunicipal Council. must continue to be subject to general policy control by

the Central Government, Much care will need to be exergised

in defining the exact functions and responsibilities to be undertaken by the Municipal Council: in particular the expression "public Works" is very wide and will need aloser

definitions

(r) Appointment of a commission to report on the measures PROSESSIY for the delegation of functions to the wmnicipal

sary Council (paragraph 33) I agree thét a Comission should be

appointed under the Comisioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, to institute and conduct an enquiry and to report on the measures necessary to effect the delegation of fumatioma to the Kunicipal Council. I further agree with sir Kerk young's view that the appointment of the Comission should be deferred until the kunicipal Council has been constituted and Councillors have bean elected and appointed, so that the Commission may include

Counaillors amongst its members.

I would sugest that the Comission should be asked to report, inter alia, on the steps to be taken to avoid wasteful ́duplication of services in the administratia of the

Colony's urban and rural areas.

1 should wish to be consulted on the Comission's

recommendations before any decisäl

are taken

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