25 30 tural alterations for such period not being less than five years from that time as they may think fit; and (ii) in making any bye-laws for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (b) of this section a council shall have regard to the need for reasonable facilities for the supply of petroleum in or near the part of their area to which the bye-laws apply; (2) Any part of the area of a council to which bye-laws or a draft of any bye-laws made under this section apply shall be distinctly marked and shown on plans to be signed by and deposited with the clerk of the council making the bye-laws, and 35 the said plans shall be at all reasonable times thereafter open for the inspection of the public without charge; (3) No bye-laws made under this section shall come into force until comfirmed by the Secretary of State, 40 and before submitting any such bye-laws to the Secretary of State the council by whom the bye-laws were made shall, in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of State, publish a draft thereof, together with notice of the place where the plans 45 marked in accordance with the provisions of this section may be inspected and of the intention of the council to apply for the confirmation of the bye-laws; (4) The Secretary of State may confirm any byelaws submitted to him under this section, with or 50 without any modifications, and any bye-laws so confirmed by the Secretary of State shall be published by the council by whom the bye-laws were made in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct. 55 (5) Bye-laws made under this section by the council of any county shall not have effect within any borough within the county. (6) In the event of a contravention of any bye-law made under this section the person contravening the 60 bye-law, and the occupier of any premises in respect of which the contravention occurs, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty 65 pounds for each day on which the contravention occurs or continues. (7) In this Act the expression 'petroleum filling station' means any premises or place used or intended to be used by way of trade or for purposes of gain for the supply of petroleum for motor vehicles and includes any building, advertisement, pump, or other 70 apparatus in or used in connection with any such premises; and the expression amenities,' in relation to any place, includes any view of or from that place. (8) Any expenses incurred by a county council under this section shall be defrayed as part of their 75 expenses for general county purposes (Captain Austin Hudson). Question, "That the Clause be read a second time,”put, and agreed to. Amendment proposed, in line 22, to leave out the word "five" in order to insert the word "two "-(Captain Austin Hudson),--instead thereof.-Question put, "That the word 'five' stand part of the proposed new Clause." -The Committee divided: Proposed word there inserted. Clause, as amended, added to the Bill. Schedule 1. Amendments made, in page 7, line 17, at the end by inserting the words: Section 15 In proviso 1, after the words "shall not," there shall be inserted the words "except in the case of an offence involving a fine for every day on which the offence occurs or continues"; and proviso 6 shall cease to have effect; and in page 7, line 38, column 2, at the end by inserting the words" and at the end of the said Part I. there shall be inserted the words 'In this Schedule "I.W.G." means the denominations of standards approved by Order in Council made under The Weights and Measures Act, 1878, and dated the twenty-third day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, known as the Imperial Wire Gauge'"-(Lieut.-Colonel Vivian Henderson). Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 2. Amendment made, in page 9, line 30, column 3, at the end, by inserting the words:- "In section 15, proviso 6"-(Lieut.-Colonel Sir Vivian Henderson). Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Ordered To Report the Bill, as amended, to the House. Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE Post Office (Sites) Bill TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 28th March, 1928. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. 1928. Price 9d. net, ORDER OF REFERENCE. [Tuesday, 6th March, 1928]:-Post Office (Sites) Bill,read a second time : Bill committed to a Select Committee of Seven Members, Four to be nominated by the House and Three by the Committee of Selection. Ordered, That all Petitions against the Bill, presented Three clear days before the meeting of the Committee, be referred to the Committee; that the Petitioners praying to be heard by themselves, their Counsel, or Agents, be heard against the Bill, and Counsel heard in support of the Bill. Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, documents, and records. Ordered, That Three be the quorum.-(Sir William MitchellThomson.) [Tuesday, 13th March, 1928]:-Post Office (Sites) Bill,Mr. Ammon, Mr. Briant, Captain Fraser, and Mr. Ramsden nominated Members of the Select Committee on the Post Office (Sites) Bill.-(Sir George Hennessy.) Committee of Selection :--[Tuesday, 13th March, 1928]:Select Committee on the Post Office (Sites) Bill,-Sir Gerald Hohler, Mr. March, and Mr. Foot Mitchell are nominated Members of the Committee. [Friday, 23rd March, 1928]:-Post Office (Sites) Bill,Petition of the Yorkshire Penny Bank, Limited, against; referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 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