Note 374:3 — Chapter XX

By the Borough Funds Act of 1872 the expense of promoting a private bill cannot be incurred by a local authority unless sanctioned by a meeting of the rate-payers. Glen, "Law of Public Health," 12 Ed., 483, 967-68. But this does not apply to matters for which provisional orders can be obtained. Ibid., 970; cf. Rep. of Com. on Priv. Business, Com. Papers, 1902, VII., 321, Qs. 2242, 2290-92, 2329-31. By the Borough Funds Act, 1903, no such sanction is required for opposing a private bill.