The Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict., cap. 55). The Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict., cap. 75). The Canal Boats Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict., cap. 60) : and other statutes relating to the public health the text of the Queen's printers' editions preceded by a complete index to the same / by Frederic Stratton.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
1886
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Credit: The Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict., cap. 55). The Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict., cap. 75). The Canal Boats Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict., cap. 60) : and other statutes relating to the public health the text of the Queen's printers' editions preceded by a complete index to the same / by Frederic Stratton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MEMBERS AND OFFICERS) ACT, 1885. 48 & 49 Vict., Chapter 53. An Act to amend the Public Health Act, 1875, with respect to the Members and Officers of Local Authorities. [6th August, 1885.] 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 : Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885, and shall be construed as one with the Public Health Act, 1875, in this Act called the principal Act. Amendment of Section 198 of the Public Health Act, 1676. 2. Notwithstanding anything in the hundred and ninety-third section of the principal Act, or any similar restrictions in any local Act, to the contrary, it shall not be unlawful for any officer or servant appointed or employed under the principal Act or local Act by the local authority to be concerned or interested in any contract with the local authority made with such consent or approval as is herein-after mentioned for the sale, purchase, leasing, or hiring of any lands, rooms, or offices, or to be concerned or interested in any contract with the local authority as a shareholder in any joint stock company, and no officer or servant of a local authority shall be incapable of holding any office or of being employed under the principal Act or local Act, or be liable to any penalty by reason only of his having been concerned or interested either before or after the passing of this Act in any such contract as aforesaid. No such contract as aforesaid shall be made after the passing of this Act, or approved if made before the passing of this Act, for the sale, pur-