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ponsible for the provision, enlargement, maintenance, manage- 

 ment and visitation of, and other deahngs with all asylums 

 within their County for pauper lunatics ; also the establishment 

 and maintenance of, and the contribution to Eeformatory and 

 Industrial Schools within their area. On them will fall the 

 drawing up of the tables of fees to be taken by and the costs to 

 be allowed to any Inspector, Analyst, or person holding any ofSce 

 in the County other than that of the Clerk of the Peace or the 

 Clerks of the Justices, also the appointment, removal, and deter- 

 mination of salaries of any officers where remuneration is paid 

 out of the county rate with the above exceptions. They will 

 control the salaries of Coroners, regulate the fees, allowances, 

 and disbursements to be paid by each Coroner ; divide the county 

 into Coroner's districts, assign the districts, and elect Coroners. 

 In them will be vested the division of the county into polling 

 districts for the purposes of parliamentary elections, the appoint- 

 ment of places of election, the places of holding courts for the 

 revision of the lists of voters, and the costs of, and other matters 

 to be done for the registration of parliamentary voters. In their 

 hands will be placed the execution of the Acts relating to con- 

 tagious diseases of animals, to destructive insects (Colorado or 

 other beetles), to fish conservancy, to wild birds, to weights and 

 measures, and to gas meters, also to any matters arising under 

 payment of damages during a riot. They will register the rules 

 under which Literary and Scientific Societies become exempt 

 from payment of rates — oh blessed state ! who will say now after 

 this that our members have no interest in this question ? Also 

 all charitable gifts, and record and confirm the rules of loan 

 societies — the lamb and the lion here lie down together. The 

 County Council will have power to i^urchase or take over on 

 terms to be agreed upon — existing bridges — not dedicated to the 

 public, but used by them by special permission, or upon payment 

 of toll — and to maintain, repair, or improve any bridges so pur- 

 chased and taken over. They will also have transferred to them 

 the licensing of houses or places for the public performance of 

 stage plays and the execution as Local Authority of the Explosive 

 Act, 1885, dealing with the manufacture, keeping, sale, transport, 

 and importation of explosives, and including the granting of 

 licenses and the registration of premises for the above purposes. 

 Every main road within the area covered by the Lancashire 

 County Council, together with the bridges in connection therewith, 

 will be vested in the council, who by themselves or by means of 

 Urban Authorities will repair and maintain, or widen and improve 

 the same. They will also have the same powers as a Highway 

 Board for preventing and removing obstructions, and for asserting 

 the right of the public to the use and enjoyment of roadside 

 wastes. The County Council may also, should they think fit, 



