Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1897]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. 1857. ^ 143. The accounts of every local authority under this Act shall be-made up and audited as part of and in the same manner and A.udit. subject to the same provisions as the other accounts of such local authority. PART VIII. Acquisition of Lands. Power to 144. A local authority may for any of the purposes of acquire lands. Part II., Part III., and Part VL of this Act in terms of the Lands Clauses Acts, and whether by agreement or otherwise, purchase any lands within or without their district, and may by agreement take on lease, sell or exchange any lands within or without their district; they may also buy up any water-mill, dam, or weir, which interferes with the proper drainage of or supply of water to their district. They may also, with the sanction of the Board, sell or let any surplus land, and shall apply the proceeds in such manner, whether to the reduction of debt or otherwise, as the Board shall direct, ReguiatioiiR 145. The following regulations shall be observed with respect to as to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement by purchase's Iccal authorities for the purposes herein-before mentioned:— land, &c. (1-) The local authority before applying to the Board for an order empowering them to put in force the powers of the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement shall— publish once at least in each of two consecutive weeks in some newspaper circulated in the district or some part of the district where the land is proposed to be taken, an advertisement describing shortly the purpose for which it is proposed to be taken, naming a place where a plan of the proposed works and of the lands which may be taken and a book of reference to such plan may be seen at all reasonable hours, and stating the quantity of land they require ; and shall further serve a notice in manner herein-after mentioned on every owner or reputed owner, lessee or reputed lessee, and occupier of such land, defining in each case the particular land intended to be taken, and requiring an answer, stating whether the person so served assents, dissents, or is neuter in respect of taking such land ; such notice to be served by delivery of the same personally to the j^erson on whom it is required to be served, or, if such person is absent abroad, to his agent; or by leaving the same at the usual or last known place of abode of such person as aforesaid; or by forwarding the same by post in a registered letter addressed to the usual or last known place of abode of such person. Every such plan shall be drawn on a scale of not less than four inches to a mile, and the book of reference shall contain the names