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powers of the Select Committees in that respect and practically do away with the necessity for

Committee.

th

Permanent

Section & deals with failures to comply with the order of such Com-

mittees.

Section 6 provides for the appoint.

an Assistant Secretary.

ment of.

Assistant Sanitary superintendent.

Sr. Alfred G. Wive,

Acting attorney General.

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Enclosure 3.

543

Extract from the report of proceedings

of the Legislative Council held on

the 23rd May 1875.

THE SANITARY COMMITTEES ORDİNANTE. The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENESAL-I beg to bove the first reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to make provisions for the furtheranca of the more effectual enforcement of sanitary Measures."

The CotoNtat: SECREfiY-1 second that. Bill read the first time.

The standing orders were suspended. The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL-IN moving the second reading of this Bill, I havd only this to ftate; that, diller section 12 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, Select Committees may be appointed, Bat they have powers to act only be tween the meetings of the Sanitary Board. This is a Bill which empowers the Sanitary Board to appoint Select Coutmittees which will have general powers at any time, and now that the Permanent Committee has been cut down. I think it is most desirable that these Committees should be ap pointed to carry out sanitary measures. It will be seen that the Sanitary Board dan delegate its powers to Select Committees, and there are panal- tież provided for any breach of the Ordinance.

The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKH-T have the honour to second the second reading of this Bill, and in doing so I bag to make a few remarks, The work which devolves on the Sanitary Board has greatly increased during recsut years, and it is practically impossible it can be carried ou in a systematic and expeditious way if all mattere must be brought before the Board. The object of the Bill is therefore to enable the Board from time to time to appoint Committees amongst which the ordinary routine work of the Board may be divided. Thess Committees may consist of two members and not less than one mem- ber and one excutive officer, who can easily arrange to meet and conduct the Business when a full meeting of the Board would not only be donecessary but under many circumstances absolutely impossible. The absence last year of any such provisions as afe in this Bill becessitated the Coinbil to pass a special Ordinance to authorise the acts of a Permanent Com- mittee appointed to deal with the outbreak Bf babonio plague. Had this Ordinance beed then in force these exceptional measures would not have been necessary, for the Board bould then have appointed three or four of its members to do the work. That the Permanent Committee did very excellent work we all very well know, and fulfilled its functions ably, but it is unfortunate in some ways that the Committee to all intents and purposes acted independently of the Board as a whole, and I may state that, as far as I am aware, neither the Board nor the Government bas yet received a fill and complete report of the work performed by that Committee. Under this Ordinance the Committees will be responsible to the Board, the work will be done by the tisual executive officers of the Board, and full and complete records will be kept in the offices of the Board of all work done. If there is any further explanation that members would like I shall be glad to make it when we go into Committee. With these few remarks I beg to second the second readlog of the Bill.

Bill read the second and third time and passed.

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