Published Annually as early as possible after September. Demy 8vo. Cloth. Price 10/ LAW AND LEGISLATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER. By W. H. DUMSDAY, of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. CONTAINING PART I.-The Public General Acts of the session, fully annotated and explained, and the Official Orders, Regulations, Circulars, and other information relating thereto. PART II.-Digest of Cases in the Courts decided and reported in the year. PART III.-Miscellaneous Orders, Regulations, Circulars, and other official information issued in the year. PART IV.-Table of Public Bills in Parliament during the year affecting local authorities which did not become law, with information as to their subject matter and progress. The volume for 1899 (first year) deals with the following Statutes: Army (Annual) Act, 1899. Baths and Washhouses Act, 1899. Board of Education Act, 1899. Commons Act, 1899. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act, 1899. Elementary Education (Defective Epileptic Children) Act, 1899. and Elementary Education (School Attendance) Expiring Laws Continuation Act, 1899. The volume for 1900 deals with the following Statutes: The volume for 1901 deals with the following Statutes : HADDEN, BEST & Co., 5, West Harding Street, London, E.C., Please send me the following volumes of "LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW AND LEGISLATION," by W. H. Dumsday, viz. : : The volumn for 1899. The volumn for 1900. The volumn for 1901. and charge same to Signed Order Form for next year (1902). MESSRS. HADDEN, BEST & Co. 5, WEST HARDIng Street, Fetter Lane, E.C. GENTLEMEN, As soon as it is ready, please send me _copies of "LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW AND LEGISLATION," by W. H. Dumsday, for 1902, and charge same to As soon as it is ready please send me annually (or until you receive instructions to the contrary) copies of "LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW AND LEGISLATION, by W. H. Dumsday, commencing with the volume for 1902, and charge same to Signed Auth LAW AND LEGISLATION For the Year ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1901. CONTAINING: THE STATUTES OF THE SESSION ANNOTATED AND EXPLAINED; DIGEST OF ALL CASES DECIDED IN THE COURTS; AND THE CIRCULARS, ORDERS, Author of "HADDEN'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTS, 1894-97" (4th Edition), LONDON: HADDEN, BEST & Co., 5, WEST HARDING STREET, FETTER LANE, E.C., 1901. PREFACE. The present volume is on the same lines as the previous ones. Of the Acts annotated herein, the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which not only consolidates but `materially amends the law on the subject, will demand careful attention from borough and district councils. At the time of going to press the promised circular on the Act had not been issued from the Home Office.' November, 1901. W. H. D. PREFACE TO FIRST ANNUAL VOLUME. New legislation and the reported decisions of the Courts, continually render the most comprehensive text books on local government out of date and deficient in some particulars. Until the gap is filled by new works or editions or by some other means, members and officers of local authorities necessarily experience difficulty in keeping in touch with the law and in grappling with the problems which invariably press for solution when changes take place in the law relating to local government. It is true that legislation of a novel character when of sufficient importance is generally followed at no great length of time by explanatory treatises, but this is seldom so in the case of less important statutes. These may not be dealt with at all, or even if they amend previous Acts, may often have to wait a somewhat prolonged period before their provisions are incorporated in new editions of standard works. The results of cases decided in the Courts since the publication of any particular text book can only be gathered by a close search in digests and various current reports dealing with every branch of the law which are not in every instance readily accessible. Busy men have long felt the need of a handy year book which would meet their difficulty and practically form a supplement bringing up to date all other text books. The present work, which is intended to be the first of a series to be issued at the close of each parliamentary and legal year, has been prepared for the express purpose of bringing together in a convenient. form the legislation and cases of the year which affect the powers and duties of county, borough, district and parish councils, and boards of guardians. The text of the Acts of the year is fully annotated and explained, and so much of any previous legislation is reprinted as may See first note to Act, page 18, post. 704895 |