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Y GYMRAEG YN Y CYNGHORAU SIROL.

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Y GYMRAEG YN Y CYNGHORAU SIROL. BYDD y pwnc uchod yn rhwym o gael sylw neillduol yn nghyfarfod nesaf Cy- nghor Sirol Meirion, yr hwn a gynelir yn y Bala ddydd Iau, Chwefror 28ain, gan fod y cwestiwn o gyfreithlondeh arferiad y Gymraeg wedi cael ei godi yn y cyfarfod diweddaf vn Uolgellau. Yr ydym yn ar. graffu barn Sir Richard Webster,y Twrnai cyffredinol ar y mater, mewn, atebiad i fynegiad o'r achos a anfonwyd gan Mr Pope ar ol Cyfarfod Dolgellau. Dyma ydyw yn fyr,-fod yn lhaid cario allan weithrediadau y Cynghor ar y cyfan, ac ysgrifenu y cofnodion yn y Saesoneg, ac nad ydyw cadw y cofnodion yn yr iaith Gymraeg yn gyfreithlon. Anfonodd Mr Pope gylchlythyr yn cyn- wys copi o'r isod at aelodaa Cynghor Meirion ar y 14eg o'r mis hwn; a sylwa er fod y ddeddf, yn hen er amser Harri yr Wythfed, ei bod wedi cael sylw y senedd a'i chadaruhau yn 1887, ac hefyd ei fod yn barnu nad ydyw y ddeddf fel y mae yn cau allan yr arferiad o'r Gymraeg yn achlysurol gan y Cynghorwyr, ac na wnai unrhyw gadeirydd sydd yn gwybod am y teimlad sycld yu. bodoli yn Nghymru bet- rusD caniatau i umhyw un siarad yn Gym- raeg, ond gofalu fod ei araeth yn cael ei hegluro i'r aelodau hyny nad ydynt yu deall Cymraeg. CASE. A claim is influentially made that all proceed- ings in County Councils in Wales should be iu the Welsh language. This is not limited to occasional speech in debate in Welsh, but extends to a claim that all minutes, resolutions and orders should be reoo del in the Welsh language. The possible difficulties which might arls3 if such minutes or resolutions or orders required review either by the Local Government Board or by any of our Courts of Law are obviows. Mr Pope, Provisional Chairman of the County of Merioneth, ilesires advice as to the legality of such a claim. The County Council of Merion- eth consists of 42 Councillors and 14 Aldermen, of whom probably six can only speak English, three can only speak Welsh, and the remainder, being the great majority, fjpoak both Englia h and Welsh fluently, but prefer to speak Welsh as the language of their da;ly life. There is little doubt that, if legal, that majority will sanction thA claim put forward. The same is true of almost all the Walsh Counties. Attention is respectfully directed to Statutes 25 Hen VIII. o. 26 s. 20. 4 Geo. II c. 26 ss. 1 and 2. 6 Geo. II. c. ]4 ss. 3 et seq. Local Government Act, an. 3, 28 and 78. Advice is desired,- 1. Whether under theBe or any other St! tutes or by Common Law, proceedings in County Councils are required to be in English. 2. Whether the admioistrative business of Quarter Sessions, which it is assumed must conduct its proceedings in English, is so far separable from judicial business that its transfer to County Councils with the obligations of so. 28 and 78 of Looki Government Act, does not c rry with it the obligation to tr 'na"ct it in English. 3. Whether the claim put forw-rd to keep records of minutes and other resolutions or orders can be admitted as legal. OPINION. 1 & 2. The questions raised in this case cannot be regarded as free from difficulty, but upon the whole I am of opinion that the proceedings in County Councils must be carried on and recorded in the English language. The Act 27 Henry VIII c. 26, s. 20, as amended by 50 and 51 Vict. c. 55 is in force. The great part of the business to be performed by the County Conncil was previously performed by the Justices in Quarter Sessions assembled and inlmy opinion the section of the Act of Henry VIII above referred to make it necessary that that business should be transacted by the Justices prior to the Act, in English, and the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888, transferring such business of the County Council have not removed the obligation. 3. The claim to keep records of Counties and other resolutions or orders in the Welsh language cannot in my judgment be admitted as legal. {Signed) RICHARD E. WEBSTER, 2, Pump Court, Temple, E.G. ASXH FEBRUARY, 1889.

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