hand, the material to be turned over dry before the water App. III. is added. Pt. II. The walls to be carried up regularly and in parallel (Oct. 13, frames of equal height, and the surface of the concrete 1891. ) filled in the frame to be left rough and uneven to form a key for the next frame of concrete. The thicknesses of concrete walls to be equal at the least to the thicknesses for walls to be constructed of brickwork prescribed by the 12th section of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855,and the first schedule referred to therein.' Such portions of concrete party-walls and chimneystacks as are carried above the roofs of buildings to be rendered externally with Portland cement. 4. DUTIES OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS. It shall be the duty of each district surveyor, on receiving notice of the commencement of any house, building, or other erection, or of any alteration or addition, or on his becoming aware that any house, building, or other erection, or any alteration or addition is being proceeded with, to see that the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws are duly observed (except in cases where the London County Council may have dispensed with the observance thereof), and to see that the terms and conditions upon which any dispensation may have been granted, are complied with. 5. FEES TO BE PAID TO DISTRICT SURVEYORS. The district surveyor shall in respect of the erection of any house or other building be entitled to receive the sum of five shillings, the same to be taken and deemed to be a fee due to such district surveyor in respect of the duties imposed upon him by the Metropolis Management and Building Acts Amendment Act, 1878, and these byelaws; 2 such fees to be payable in the manner and at the time prescribed by section 51 of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855.3 The district surveyor shall also, in every case where in respect of any breach of these byelaws, or of the above Act of Parliament, an application 1 See now sect. 53 of the Act of 1894, ante, p. 115, and the first schedule to that Act, ante, p. 305. 2 See now sect. 164 of the Act of 1894, ante, p. 249, and the note on P. 457, ante. See now sect. 157 of the Act of 1894, ante, p. 245. App. III. Pt. II. Byelaws. (Oct. 13, 1891.) shall have been made by him to a justice, and an order made thereon, be in like manner entitled to receive the sum of ten shillings in addition to the before mentioned fee of five shillings. There shall be paid to the district surveyor, in respect of his supervision of any building constructed wholly or in part with concrete walls, a fee one-half more in amount than the fee to which he would be entitled under the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, for a new building or addition. No additional fee is, however, to be charged in respect of any alteration to a concrete building. 6. DEPOSIT OF PLANS AND SECTIONS. On notice being given to a district surveyor of the intended erection, re-erection, alteration of, or addition to a public building, or a building to which section 56 of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, applies, it shall be the duty of the person giving such notice to deposit plans and sections of such erection, re-erection, alteration or addition with the district surveyor. Such plans and sections shall be of sufficient detail to show the construction. if On notice being given to the district surveyor of the intended erection or alteration of or addition to any house, building, or other erection, other than a public building, or one to which section 56 of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, applies, the district surveyor may, he think fit so to do, by notice in writing, require the person giving such notice to produce a plan or plans and sections of any such house, building, or other erection, or of the intended alterations or additions thereto, for his inspection. 7. PENALTIES AND DISPENSATION. In case of any breach of any of the provisions contained in these bye-laws, the offender shall be liable for each breach to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and in each case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for each day after notice of such offence from the London County Council or the district surveyor. In any case in which the Council think it expedient, they may dispense with the observance of any of the foregoing bye-laws, or any part thereof, upon such terms and conditions as they may think proper, and in case of II.] Description and Quality of Substances for Plastering 489 the non-observance of any terms and conditions upon App. III. which the Council may have dispensed with the obser- Pt. II. vance of any of the foregoing bye-laws, then such pro- (Oct. 13. Byelaws. ceedings may be taken, and such liabilities shall be 1891.) incurred, as if the same had been enacted by such bye-laws. The Seal of the London County Council was hereto affixed on the 13th day of October, 1891. H. DE LA HOOKE, Clerk of the Council. I hereby confirm the foregoing bye-laws. HENRY MATTHEWS, Seal of the London One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. WHITEHALL, 19th October, 1891. BYE-LAWS MADE BY THE COUNCIL UNDER SECTION 31 OF THE (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1890.1 COUNCIL 1. DESCRIPTION AND QUALITY OF THE SUBSTANCES OF WHICH PLASTERING IS TO BE MADE. All laths used for plastering shall be sound laths free from sap, but iron or other incombustible laths, wire netting or other suitable material to the satisfaction of the district surveyor may be used. Plastering or coarse stuff shall be composed of lime and sand in the proportion of 1 of lime to 3 of sand, mixed with water and hair, but Portland cement, Keene's cement, Parian cement, Martin's cement, Selenitic cement, or other approved cement or plaster of Paris, may also be used for plastering. The lime to be used must be freshly burned lime. The sand to be used must be clean, sharp sand, free from loam or earthy matter. The hair to be used must be good and sound, and free from grease or dirt; 1 lb. of hair to be used to every 3 cubic feet of coarse stuff. Fibrous material to the satisfaction of the district surveyor may be used instead of hair, and ground brick or furnace slag to the This section is repealed by sect. 215 of the Act of 1894, ante, p. 302; but by sect. 216, ante, p. 303, the above bye-laws are continued in force. See also sect. 164, ante, p. 249. App. III. Pt. II. Byelaws. (Oct. 13, 1891.) satisfaction of the district surveyor may be used instead of sand. The setting coat shall be composed of lime or cement mixed with clean washed sand or of cement only. Clear water only is to be used in mixing the material. The Portland cement to be used must weigh not less than 90 lbs. to the imperial bushel. Fibrous slab or other slab plastering of sufficient thickness and securely fixed, may be used on ceilings, partitions, and walls to the satisfaction of the district surveyor. 2. AS TO THE MODE IN WHICH AND THE MATERIALS WITH WHICH ANY EXCAVATION OUTSIDE THE SITE OF A BUILDING IS TO BE FILLED up. Any excavation made within a line drawn outside the site of a house, building, or other erection, and at an uniform distance therefrom of 3 feet, shall not be filled up otherwise than with the natural soil or with brick or dry rubbish or other suitable material to be approved by the district surveyor, not consisting of, nor impregnated or mixed with any fæcal, animal or vegetable matter, or with dust or slop or other refuse, and shall be properly rammed. 3. DUTIES OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS. It shall be the duty of each district surveyor on receiving notice of the commencement of any house, building, or other erection, or on his becoming aware that any house, building, or other erection is being proceeded with, or that any excavation is being made within a line drawn outside the site of a house, building or other erection and within 3 feet therefrom, to see that the plastering is of the description and quality prescribed by, and that any excavation be filled up with the material and in the manner specified in the foregoing byelaws. 4. FEES TO BE PAID TO DISTRICT SURVEYORS. There shall be paid to the district surveyor in respect of his supervision of the plastering of any house, building, or other erection, and in respect of the filling in of any excavation made outside the site of any house, building, or other erection, and within a distance of 3 feet therefrom an inclusive fee of five shillings, such fee to be payable in the manner and at the time specified in section 51 of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855. 5. PENALTIES. In case of any breach of the provisions contained in these bye-laws, the offender shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and, in each case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for each day after notice of such offence from the London County Council or the district surveyor. The Seal of the London County Council was hereto affixed on the 13th day of October, 1891. H. DE LA HOOKE, Seal of the London Clerk of the Council. HENRY MATTHEWS. I hereby confirm the foregoing bye-laws. One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. App. III. THE METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1878.' Regulations made by the Council on the 9th of February, 1892, with respect to the requirements for the protection from fire of theatres, houses, rooms, and other places of public resort within the Administrative County of London. These regulations shall, unless otherwise specified, Limits of apply to all theatres, houses, rooms, or other places of regulations. public resort within the Administrative County of London, to be kept open for the public performance These regulations were made under sect. 12 of the Act of 1878, which section is not repealed by the Act of 1894, and will be found set out in Appendix I., ante, p. 378. See also sects. 78 and 80 of the latter Act, ante, pp. 150 and 152, with regard to the construction of ' public buildings,' which term includes by virtue of the definition in sect. 5 (27), ante, p. 24, theatres and other places of public resort. |