Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded.
Date:
1908
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    B.-THE LOCAL ADTHORITIES. (d)—Einancial Arrangements. (Recommendations XL.-XLVII.) 4. That the Board of Control should next transmit them to the Local Government Board for report in regard to all questions as they arise con- nected with the survey of land, engineering, building and sanitation, for consideration and report in regard to the proposed cost, and for their opinion as to whether a loan to meet this cost would fall within the conditions of the Local Government Act of 1888, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and whether, subject to public inquiry, they are prepared to sanction the loan. 5. That on the receipt of the report of the Local Government Board, and of the information above mentioned, the whole matter be further con- sidered by the Secretary of State, the Board of Control, and the repre- sentative of the Local Government Board, and, if desired, by representatives of the Local Authority. 6. That it be laid down clearly in the Act that plans, etc., shall not be approved which involve unreasonable expenditure. 7. That thereafter the approval of the plans, etc., be notified to the Local Authority by the Secretary of State, and the Local Authority then apply to the Local Government Board for a loan. 8. That the Secretary of State, on the report of the Board of Control, shall have power to prohibit the use of any parts of buildings for purposes other than those which were approved by him or which shall be deemed unsanitary or unsuitable. Note.—The present statutory provisions as to “plans,” etc., are as follows :— Lunacy Act, 1890, Section 254 (2);— (2.) Plans and contracts agreed upon bj’a visiting committee shall not be carried into effect until approved by a Secretary of State. Lunacy Act, 1891, Section 16 :— 16.—In sub-section two of section two hundred and fifty-four of the principal Act, theie shall be added after the word “ contract.s ” the words “for the purchase of lands and buildings and for the erection, restoration, and enlargement of buildings.” Lunacy Act, 1890, Section 272:— Approval of Secretary of State. 272.—For the purj)Ose of procuring the approval of a Secretary of State to any agreement. Mode of obtaining contract, or plan requiring approval under this Act, the agreement, contract, or plan, with an approval of estimate of the probable cost of carrying it into effect, shall be submitted to the Commissioners, and Secretary of State, to the Secretaiy of State, and the Commissioners shall make such inquiries as they think fit, and shall report thereon to tbe Secretary of State, who may approve the agreement, contract, or plan, with or without modification, or may refuse his approval. Lunacy Act, 1890, Section 274 :— Borrowing Powers. 274.—(1.) For the purpose of paying any money payable under this Act, or for repaying any I’ower to borrow, moneys borrowed under this Act or any former Act, authorising borrowing for purposes of asylum accommodation, the local authority may with the consent of the Local Government Board, and subject gj ^ 52 Viet. c. 41. to the provisions of tbe Local Government Act, 1888, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, „ according as tbe same respectively are applicable to the local authority, borrow on the security of the 4o « 40 vie .. . county or borough fund, and of any revenue of the local authority, or on either such fund or revenues or on any ] art oif the revenues, such money as the local authority requires. (2.) The Public Works Loan Commissioners may, if they see fit, make any loan for the purposes of this Act to the local authority upon the security of any fund or revenues applicable to the purposes of this .Act. Recommendation XLV. That the Board of Control have power to hold a public local inquiry in public Local regard to any plan, scheme or proposal which has been submitted to them for Inquiries hy the care of mentally defective persons. Boaid of ontro ,