The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-16 00:00:00

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METROPOLITAN DOLED OP WORKS.
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The usual meeting of the board was held yester-
day ; Mr. J. TawArrna is the chair.
On • report being brought up from the Building Act and
General Purposes Committee, recommending that several
officers who bad been temporarily employed in the engineers'
and superintending architects' departments be trausferred
to the staff and receive permanent appointments,
The cuataxas, in mower to ao inquir► from Mr. Roche,
said that if clerks were temporarily required in the engineers
department, it was left to the chief engineer to select •
person qualified for that temporary appointment, and if he
was fuuud to be • meritorious ()Meer, it was considered
right that he should be placed in the position which should
result in the aavitatage which ought to be derived from one
office to another. The engineer asked that a temporary
Officer should be appointed, awl that being so it was left to
him to name • person whom he deemed to be fully qualified
for the duties.

Kr. Moons and several other gentlemen demurred to the
system carried out, but after oonsiderable diseemlie the re-
commendation of the committee was carried by a large
majority.
A report was brought up from the committee on the Gas
Acts, which stated that in consequence of a communication
received by the clerk of the hoard from the Monie-office,
he had attended there and seen Mr. Clive, the Underlecro-
tary of Bt.ite, who mentioned to him that during the paring
of the bill through parliament on representations made by
the City Itemeinbraooer, the question had been referred to
the law officers of the crown, and they had given it Si their
upinima that the words of the bill excluded the City of Lon-
de. from its operation. Under those circumstances the
committee recommended that the resolution of the 16th of
November, ordered to be laid before the City authorities, do
remain in abeyance until further orders are received from
the board respecting it.
Mr. ECIILT moved that the report be approved, and
urged that it would be unwise on the part of that board to
place itself in antegoomn with the government. It was
quite clear that a mistake had been committed, and it
would be well for them to emit until the commencement of
the somas to see what steps the government would take for
the purpose of rectifying the error. It would also be un-
wise to oppose the qty of London, as it was his desire to
cultivate friendly fueling" with them when be could do so
without sacrifice of feeling or expenditure of mosey.
Mr. Law seconded the motion.
Mr. butx.us moved the following amendment ;—" That
the Sole of Gas Act, 1858, vests the administration of its
previsions in the justices of the peace sa well in cities as in
counties; that the Aineodmeut Act of 1861 transfers all
powers conferred on the justices, so far as relates to the
metropolis, as deriud by the Metropolis Local Management
Act, to this board, without excepting any portiuu of its
use front their jurisdiction ; that it has been the intention
of the legislature to entrust the execution of duties affecting
the whole metropolis to this board, u evinced by the pro•
visions made fur its equal representation. That the
Attorueptleueral has given he opinion that neither the
Commissiouers of Sewers nor the justices of the City of
London have power to perform any functions connected with
the Sale of Gas Acts ; that this board, therefore, resolves
that it will take the necessary steps for carrying out the
provisions of the Sale of Cu Acts within the City ; that a
communicatioa be addressed to the justices, acquainting
them with ouch resolution, mid inquiriug whether they are
prepared to transfer the apparatus in their possession to
this bead, and on what terms ; that it be referred to the
.gascouTittee to give practical effect to the foregoing rem-

This subject led to a very long discussion, but eventually
the amendment, with a modification of the second clause.,
was adopted, that modification consisting of a declerstios
that the legislature bed entrusted the baud with the exe-
cution of duties afro:tail the whole metropolis, and that it
be referred to a committee to apportion the various die.
them. The motion was carried bee majority of 16 to 9.
Some routine matters were disposed ar, sad the beard
adjourned.