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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    II. Proceedings of the Local Government Board.^ Local Government Act, 1888 (51 and 52 Viet., c. 41), sect. 87, Government Act, 1888 (51 and 52 Viet., c. 41), sect. 87, subs. (i). Where the Local Government Board are authorised by this Act^ to make any inquiry, to determine any difference, to make or confirm any order, to frame any scheme, or to give any consent, sanction, or approval to any matter, or otherwise to act under this Act,^ they may cause to be made a local inquiry, and in that case, and also in a case where they are required by this Act to cause to be made a local inquiry,^ sections two hundred and ninety-three to two hundred and ninety-six, both inclusive, of the Public Health Act, 1875,® shall apply as if they were herein re-enacted, and in terms made appli- cable to this Act.i Subs. (5).—Where the Board cause any local inquiry to be held under this Act, the costs incurred in relation to such inquiry, including the salary of any inspector or officer of the Board engaged in such inquiry, not exceeding three guineas a day, shall be paid by the councils and other authorities con- cerned in such inquiry, or by such of ^them and in such Compare note {e) to Sect. 28, p. 132. 5 Sect. 26 of the present Act (p. 126), which confers powers on the Local Government Board as to alterations of wards, does not make a local inquiry obligatory on the Board ; but such inquiry is obligatory in cases coming under Sect. 54 of the L. G. A., 1888 (which include alterations of areas of borough councils) ; and under Sect. 57, subs. (3), of the same Act, alteration of parish boundaries, etc., see Appendix H., p. 280. ^ Sections 293 to 296 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 and 39 Viet., c- 55) . 293. The Local Government Board may, from time to time, cause to be made such inquiries as are directed by this Act, and such inquiries as they see fit in relation to any matters concerning the public health in any place, or any matters with respect to which their sanction, approval, or consent is required by this Act. 294. The Local Government Board may make orders as to the costs of inquiries or proceedings instituted by, or of appeals to, the said Board under this Act, and as to the parties by whom, or the rates out of which such costs shall be borne ; and every such order may be made a rule of one of the superior courts of law on the application of any person named therein. 295. All orders made by the Local Government Board in pursuance of this Act shall be binding and conclusive in respect of the matteis to which they refer, and shall be published in such manner as that Board may direct. 296. Inspectors of the Local Government Board shall, for the purposes of any inquiry directed by the Board, have, in relation to witnesses and their examination, the production of papers and accounts, and the inspection of places and matters required to be inspected, similar powers to those which Poor-law inspectors have under the Acts relating to the relief of the poor for the purposes of those Acts. [As to these powers, see note (c) to Sect. 15 of the present Act, p. loi.]