The boroughs of the metropolis : a handbook to local administration in London under the London Government Act, 1899 / by Albert Bassett Hopkins.

  • Hopkins, Albert Bassett, 1848-
Date:
1900
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Credit: The boroughs of the metropolis : a handbook to local administration in London under the London Government Act, 1899 / by Albert Bassett Hopkins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enter upon such building or structure with a sufficient number of workmen and to demolish or alter such building or structure, or any part thereof, so far as the same shall have been adjudged to be in contravention of this Act or any bye-law under this Act, and to do whatever other acts may be necessary for such purpose, and to remove the materials to some convenient place, and, if in their discretion they think fit, sell the same in such manner as they may think fit, and all expenses incurred by the council in demolishing or altering such building or structure or any part thereof, and in doing such other acts as aforesaid, or the balance of such expenses after deducting the proceeds of sale of the aforesaid materials (if the council thinks fit to sell the same), may be recovered from the person committing the offence aforesaid in a summary manner. If the proceeds of such sale shall be more than sufficient to defray such expenses, the council shall restore the surplus of such proceeds, after deducting the amount of all such expenses, to the owner of the building or structure on demand. (5) Pilmg., Stockmg, and Storing of Timber. [See London Government Act, 1899, Schedule II., Part II.] London Building Act, 1894, sect. 197. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to erect or place a pile, stack, or store of cut or uncut timber, lathwood, firewood, casks or barrels, whether on or above the ground, nearer to> a street than the buildings forming the general line of buildings therein except in a position wherein such a pile, stack, or store stood on the first day of January, 1894. (2) It shall not be lawful for any person tO' pile, stack, or store cut or uncut timber, lathwood, firewood, casks or barrels in the same yard or ground or in any part of the same premises with any furnace, except in the following cases: — {a) Where the furnace is enclosed in a building or chamber constructed of fire-resisting materials; or if) where there is a distance of not less than ten feet between the furnace and the pile, stack, or store of timber, lathwood, firewood, casks or barrels. (3) No pile, stack, or store of timber, lathwood, firewood, casks or barrels shall exceed sixty feet in height from the level of the ground.