The municipal and sanitary engineer's handbook / by H. Percy Boulnois.
- Boulnois, H. Percy (Henry Percy)
- Date:
- 1898
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The municipal and sanitary engineer's handbook / by H. Percy Boulnois. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![them for the purposes of disposal of sewage, it appears as if this money can be borrowed without applying to the Local Government Board for their sanction. Although the Author understands that this reading of the clause is not acknowledged by them, it is held to be the correct reading by eminent legal authorities. The power to borrow money granted to local authorities under the Public Health Act, 1875, has undoubtedly given a considerable stimulus to the execution of important sanitary works which could not be carried out if they had to be paid for out of the current rates. It is also a fair and equitable arrangement that permanent works should be paid for by those that reap the benefit of them, and it is now so arranged that the money borrowed is repaid within a certain speci- fied time by equal annual payments, in order that the rate- payer of the present shall not be unduly taxed for the benefit of posterity. .. No regular or fixed times have been settled by the Local Government Board over which they will allow the repayment of loans to be spread ; but it appears that the duration of the proposed works somewhat guides the length of time allowed, as will appear from the following list, which has been prepared by the Author with such information as he could gather together:— Cemeteries. 1. Land 30 to 50 years; 2. Buildings— | {a) Chapels, r 30 years {b) Caretakers' Lodges ' 3. Laying out and planting .. , 20 ,, Fire Appliances. 1. Fire engines— ] {a) Steam, \ 10 years {b) Manual ' 2. Fire escapes 10 >»](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20412721_0479.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
