The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown.

  • Bernard, William Cecil.
Date:
1891
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Credit: The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part IV. Supplemental. In addition to those sections which have already been mentioned, there are several of a general character referring to various matters. They relate to the— Letting of houses to the working classes [s. 75]. Keeping and auditing of accounts [s. 80]. Appointing of committees [s. 81]. Application of money received by the local authority for the sale of land previously acquired under this Act [s. 82]. Service of notices, &c, upon a local authority [s. 87]. Voting of members of the local authority personally interested [s. 88]. Punishment of offences and recovery of fines [s. 90]. The powers of the Act are to be cumulative [s. 91]. Parts Y. and YI. do not require any detailed treat- ment, as they merely relate to the application of the Act to Scotland and Ireland respectively. Part YII. repeals the whole of the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Acts, 1875 to 1885, the Artizans' Dwellings Acts, 1868 to 1885, and the Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Acts, 1851 to 1885, with the necessary savings and temporary provisions. The policy and general scope of the Act is well sum- marized in the following extract from a memorandum w. c