The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".

  • Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE WORKING CLASSES DWELLINGS ACT, 1890. 53 & 54 Vict. c. 16. An Act to facilitate Gifts of Land for Bwcllings for the Working Classes in Populous Places. [25 July, ].890.] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : Section 1. Parts I. and II. of the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Exemp- Act, 1888, and section sixteen of the Act of the session held in the tion from seventh and eighth years of Her present Majesty, chapter ninety- 51 & 52 seven, intituled An Act for the more effectual application of chari- p^'^^'j^'^f table donations and bequests in Ireland, shall not apj^ly to any j'^ assurance, by deed or will, of land, or of personal estate to be laid out 8 Vict. c. in land, for the purpose of providing dwelUngs for the working classes 97. s. 16. of in any populous place. S^^*, .^-^ •' ^ ^ working Provided as follows :— dwellings. (i.) The quantity of land which may be assured by wiU under this section shall not exceed five acres ; and (ii.) The deed or will containing the assurance must, within six months, in the case of a deed after the execution thereof, or in the case of a will after the probate thereof, be enrolled in the books of the Charity Commissioners, if the land is situate in England or Wales, and the deed containing the assurance must, within six months after the execution thereof, be registered in the oflBce for registering deeds in the city of Dublin, if the land is situate in Ireland. For the purposes of this Act, the expression populous place means the administrative county of London, any municij^al borough, any urban sanitary district, and any other place having a dense popu- lation of an urban character.