Under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, the Metropolitan Board are constituted the Local Authority for those parts of the Metropolis which the Board are authorised to light; but as the Act has not at present been adopted in the Metropolis, it has not been thought necessary to include it in the present Edition. The arrangement of the work has been subjected to certain alterations. The chief Acts of 1855 and 1862, with the minor amending Acts, together with Building Acts relating to the Metropolis and Acts dealing with working men's dwellings, are placed first in chronological order, followed by the Metropolitan Board of Works (Loans) Act, 1869, and the Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act, 1861. This latter Act expires on the 5th of July, 1889, and it may be regarded as certain that the duties, at least in their present form, will not be renewed. In the Appendix will be found the various Acts under which the Metropolitan Board have power to act as the Local Authority, and these are arranged, as far as may be, chronologically under their various headings. The Notes throughout the work have been revised, and in many cases re-written, all recent decisions being carefully noted down to date. The Editor has also endeavoured to make this section of the work more generally useful by very largely adding to the number of references of the reports of cases. The thanks of the Editor are due to Mr. H. B. Poland and Mr. F. Mead, who have kindly advised him on certain points, and more especially to Mr. Alexander Macmorran, whose admirable Edition of "The Public Health Act, 1875," has been of considerable service to him, and from which he has, with permission, borrowed one or two valuable notes. 11, KING'S BENCH WALK, TEMPLE, E.C. May, 1888. L. G. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120 Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1855, 48 & 49 Metropolis Management (Battersea and Westminster) Act, 1887, Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Vestries and other Boards Act, 1866, 29 Vict. c. 31 Metropolitan Building Amendment Act, 1861, 24 & 25 Vict. Metropolis Management, &c., Act, 1882, 45 Vict. c. 14 Artizans, &c., Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict. Artizans, &c., Dwellings Act, 1868, 31 & 32 Vict. c. 130 Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1868, Amendment Act, Artizans Dwellings Act, 1882, 45 & 46 Vict. c. 54 Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. c. 72 385 Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act, 1861, 24 & 25 Vict. Metropolitan Board of Works (Loans) Act, 1869, 32 & 33 Vict. Diseases Prevention Act, 1855, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 116 Nuisances Removal Act Amendment Act, 1863, 26 & 27 Vict. c. 117 Sanitary Act, 1866, 29 & 30 Vict. c. 90 Sanitary Act, 1868, 31 & 32 Vict. c. 115 ... Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, 37 & 38 Vict. c. 89 Metropolis Water Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 84 Metropolis Water Act, 1871, 34 & 35 Vict. c. 113 Sales of Gas Act, 1859, 22 & 23 Vict. c. 66 Metropolis Gas Act, 1860, 23 & 24 Vict. c. 125... Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, 1865, 28 & 29 Vict. c. 90 Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866, 29 & 30 Vict. c. 122 Metropolitan Commons Act, 1878, 41 & 42 Vict. c. 71 Gardens in Towns Protection Act, 1863, 26 Vict. c. 13 Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1877, 40 & 41 Vict. c. 35 Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881, 44 & 45 Vict. c. 34 Open Spaces Act, 1887, 50 & 51 Vict. c. 32 Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, 41 & 42 ... ... ... Petroleum Act, 1879, 42 & 43 Vict. c. 47 Explosives Act, 1875, 38 Vict. c. 17 ... ... ... ... ... Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict. c. 63... ... c. 67 Destructive Insects Act, 1877, 40 & 41 Vict. c. 68 Infant Life Protection Act, 1872, 35 & 36 Vict. c. 38 ... Metropolitan Subways Act, 1868, 31 & 32 Vict. c. 80... General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817, 57 Geo. 3, c. 29 |