Interpretation.

14. In this Act the expression "Urban Authority" means an Urban Sanitary Authority under the Public Health Acts, and the expression "District" means an Urban Sanitary District under those Acts.

Application of Act to Ireland.

15. In the application of this Act to Ireland the following provisions shall have effect :

41 and 42 Vict., c. 52.

(1) The expression "Public Health Acts" shall include the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and the Acts amending the same; (2) The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, shall be substituted for the Public Health Act, 1875, and in particular a reference to Sections 175 to 178 of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be taken to be a reference to Sections 202 to 204 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and a reference to Sections 182 to 186 of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be taken to be a reference to Sections 219 to 223 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and a reference to Sections 233, 234, and 236 to 239, both inclusive, of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be taken to be a reference to Sections 237, 238, and 240 to 243, both inclusive, respectively, of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and a reference to Sections 242 and 243 of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be taken to be a reference to Section 246 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878;

(3) The Local Government Board for Ireland shall be substituted for the Local Government Board;

(4) A reference to a place of abode in England shall be construed to be a reference to a place of abode in Ireland.

SCHOOLS FOR SCIENCE AND ART ACT, 1891.
54 AND 55 VICT. CAP. 61.

An Act to facilitate the transfer of Schools for Science and Art to Local
Authorities.

[5th August, 1891.]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Transfer of School for Science and Art or Literary or Scientific Institution to Local Authority.

17 and 18 Vict., c. 112; 52 and 53 Vict., c. 76; 33 and 34 Vict., c. 75. 1. (1.) The managers for any school for Science and Art, or for Science, or for Art, or of any institution to which the Literary and Scientific

Institutions Act, 1854, applies, may make an arrangement with any Local Authority within the meaning of the Technical Instruction Act, 1889, for transferring the school or institution to that Authority, and the Local Authority may assent to any such arrangement and give effect thereto, subject to the provisions of that Act.

(2.) The provisions of Section 23 of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, with respect to arrangements for the transfer of schools, shall apply in the case of arrangements for the transfer of schools or institutions in pursuance of this section, with this modification, that for the purposes of transfers to a Local Authority references to the School Board shall be construed as references to the Local Authority and references to the Education Department as references to the Department of Science and Art, and references to a school shall, in the case of an institution not being a school, be construed as references to the institution.

(3.) In this section the expression "managers" includes all persons who have the management of any school or institution, whether the legal interest in the site and buildings of the school or institution is or is not vested in them.

Short Title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Schools for Science and Art Act, 1891.

APPENDIX.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1893.

56 VICT., CAP. 11.

An Act to amend the Public Libraries Act, 1892.

9th June, 1893.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1893, and shall be construed as one with the Public Libraries Act, 1892 (in this Act referred to as the principal Act), and these two Acts may be together cited as the Public Libraries Acts, 1892 and 1893.

Modification as to Adoption, &c., in Urban Districts.

2. (1) Where a Library District is an Urban District (a). (i.) The principal Act may, subject to the conditions contained in the second Section of that Act, be adopted, and the limitation of the maximum rate to be levied for the purposes of that Act may within the limits fixed by that Act be fixed, raised, or removed, by a resolution of the Urban Authority under this Act:

(ii.) The consent of the Urban Authority given by a resolution of that

Authority under this Act shall be substituted in an Urban District for the consent of the voters in any case when the consent of the voters is required under the principal Act.

(2) Section three of the principal Act is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to an Urban District.

Provision as to a Resolution of an Urban Authority for the Adoption, &c., of the principal Act.

3. (1) A resolution under this Act shall be passed at a meeting of the Urban Authority, and one month at least before the meeting special notice of the meeting and of the intention to propose the resolution shall be given to every member of the Authority, and the notice shall be deemed to have been duly given to a member of it, if it is either—

(a) given in the mode in which notices to attend meetings of the Authority are usually given; or

(b) where there is no such mode, then signed by the Clerk of the Authority, and delivered to the member or left at his usual or last-known place of abode in England, or forwarded by post in a prepaid letter, addressed to the member at his usual or last-known place of abode in England.

(2) The resolution shall be published by advertisement in some one or more newspapers circulating within the District of the Authority, and by causing notice thereof to be affixed to the principal doors of every church and chapel in the place to which notices are usually fixed, and otherwise in such manner as the Authority think sufficient for giving notice thereof to all persons interested, and shall come into operation at a time not less than one month after the first publication of the advertisement of the resolution as the Authority may by the resolution fix.

(3) A copy of the resolution shall be sent to the Local Government Board.

(4) A copy of the advertisement shall be conclusive evidence of the resolution having been passed, unless the contrary be shown; and no objection to the effect of the resolution, on the ground that notice of the intention to propose the same was not duly given, or on the ground that the resolution was not sufficiently published, shall be made after three months from the date of the first advertisement.

Power to two or more Library Authorities to Combine.

4. (1) Where the principal Act is adopted for two or more neighbouring Urban Districts, the Library Authorities of those Districts may by agreement combine for any period for carrying the Act into execution; and the expenses of carrying the Act into execution shall be defrayed by such Authorities in such proportions as may be agreed on by them.

(2) For the purposes of the Act a joint committee may be formed, the members whereof shall be appointed by the several combining Authorities in such proportions as may be agreed on, but need not be members of any of the combining Authorities. Any such committee shall have such of the powers of a Library Authority under the principal Act, except the power of borrowing money, as the combining Authorities may agree to confer upon them.

(3) Where any of the combining Authorities are Improvement Commissioners or a Local Board the provisions of the principal Act with respect to accounts and audit shall apply to such committee as if they were a Local Board who were a Library Authority under the Act.

NOTE.

(a) See Sect. 27 of Act of 1892, p. 38.