5, 6 and 7 of No. 2 Bill, House of Commons, should be incorporated in 

 the Government Bill, by this, owners of ancient monuments would be 

 compelled to give two months' notice to the Commissioners of Works of an 

 intention to destroy or alter a monument. Such consent was not to be 

 unreasonably withheld, and, where the owner neglected to repair, the Com- 

 missioners might assume guardianship. 



Mr. W. Paley Baildon, F.S.A. (Yorkshire), said that, at the request of 

 several antiquarian friends, he had looked carefully into the three bills and 

 had accordingly drafted amendments that he thought would effect improve- 

 ment. One was that the Clause exempting from the Bill such buildings 

 as were in use as dwelling houses should not be construed to exclude 

 ancient remains, which, though attached to such dwelling houses, were 

 themselves not so used. He instanced the remains of Amberley Castle, 

 Sussex, with which a farm-house was connected. Another addition would 

 give power to the Commissioners to appoint temporary inspectors for 

 particular purposes. It was obvious that it might often be some considerable 

 time before the Inspector-General could visit a monument in connection 

 with which immediate action was necessary. He objected to the expression 

 used in the Act, "artistic interest," which was of the vaguest character, 

 and might well be interpreted to include ivy. The Act prescribed penalties 

 for injury to monuments that had been scheduled, and he suggested some 

 useful additions to these clauses that would protect buildings pending the 

 completion of formalities. He would like to see a declaration that the 

 destruction of ivy was not an offence under the Act. 



On the suggestion of the Revd. F. W. Weaver, F.S.A. (Somerset), Major 

 Freer accepted the suggestion that the County Council, in whose jurisdiction 

 a scheduled monument lay, should nominate a representative on the Ancient 

 Monuments Board, such representative not necessarily being a County 

 Councillor. 



Mr. Albany F. Major stated that as Secretary for the Earthworks Com- 

 mittee, he had given evidence before the Joint Committee, who were very 

 ready to welcome the assistance of antiquaries, and were sympathetic upon 

 the question of compensation, a matter which had been raised by Mr. 

 R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A. (Sussex). 



The Hon. Secretary stated that he had himself suggested compensation 

 in an article which, upon the Law relating to the preservation of Ancient 

 Monuments, appeared in The Antiquary for the year 1995. 



Mr. Aymer Vallance, F.S.A. (Kent), strongly advocated, the inclusion of 

 churches in the Act, and was supported by Mr. P. Johnston, F.S.A. (Surrey), 

 who alluded to what was being done abroad. 



Mr. Nigel Bond (Dorset) pointed out that Churches were under the Act in 

 the same position as dwelling-houses, both being excluded when still in use ; 

 the attempt to include them would be fatal to any chance of passing the Act. 



Mr. Phillimore mentioned that Churches were protected by the necessity 

 pf obtaining faculties, 



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