into such inn, though admitting persons to night shelters at a charge of one penny a head per night is not a letting of a part of the house. (Colelough v. Edwards, 57 J. P. 772.)

Any person letting for hire, or showing for the purpose of letting any house or part of a house, who falsely denies that within six weeks previously there has been resident a person suffering from any dangerous, infectious disorder, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to:

(a) A penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or

(b) To imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding one month.

L. Hospitals.

Any L. A. may provide hospitals or temporary places for the reception of the sick of their district, and for that purpose may :

1. Themselves build such hospitals or places of reception.

2. Contract for the use of any hospital or part of a hospital or place of reception.

3. Agree with any person having the management of any hospital for the reception of the sick on payment of an annual, or other sum, as may be agreed on.

4. Two or more L. A.'s may combine in providing a common hospital.

NOTE. The Act only enables the L. A.'s to provide such hospitals, and does not require them to do so; accordingly, if they so construct a hospital for infectious diseases as to create a nuisance the statute will be no defence to an action, nor will it hinder an injunction from issuing against them. Expenses incurred for maintaining a

patient (not being a pauper) are deemed to be a debt due from such patient to the L. A., and may be recovered from him at any time within six months after his discharge from such hospital.

M. Prevention of Epidemic Diseases.

Whenever any part of England appears to be threatened with, or is affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, the L. G. B. may make, and from time to time alter and revoke regulations for all or any of the following purposes :

1. For the speedy interment of the dead; and

2. For house-to-house visitation; and

3. For the provision of medical aid and accommodation, for the promotion of cleansing, ventilation, and disinfection, and for guarding against the spread of disease.

The L. A. and their officers shall have power to enter on any premises or vessel for the purpose of executing or superintending the execution of any regulation so issued by the L. G. B., and no warrant or previous demand is necessary.

Any person who:

1. Wilfully violates any regulation, or

2. Wilfully obstructs any person acting under the authority of any such regulation;

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

N. Mortuaries.

Any L. A. may, and if required by the L. G. B. shall, provide and fit up a proper place for the reception of dead bodies before interment; and may make bye-laws with respect to the management and charges for the use of the

same; they may also provide for the decent and economical interment at charges to be fixed by such bye-laws of any dead body which may be received into a mortuary.

PART 4.

Highways and Streets.- Vide model bye-laws, pp. 141–153.

All streets within any urban district, which are repairable by the inhabitants at large, and all materials thereof, and all buildings, implements and other things provided for the purpose thereof, shall vest in and be under the control of the U. A.

The U. A. shall cause all such streets to be levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, altered and repaired as occasion may require. Any U. A. may purchase premises for the widening, or otherwise improving any street, or with the sanction of the L. G. B. for the purpose of making any new street.

Every U. A. may make bye-laws with respect to :—

1. The level, width and construction of new streets, and the provisions for the sewerage thereof;

2. The structure of walls, foundations, roofs, and chimneys of new buildings for securing stability and the prevention of fires, and for purposes of health;

3. The sufficiency of the space about buildings to secure a free circulation of air;

4. The drainage of buildings, all privies in connection

therewith, and to the closing of buildings or parts thereof unfit for human habitation, and to the prohibition of their use for such habitation.

NOTE." There are two ways in which a street may come into existence where there was no street before."

1. A person may take a grass field and build continuous lines of houses, so as to form what is commonly known as a street, or

2. Where there is an existing highway, and people build houses along the sides of that highway so that, without any intention of laying out a new street, the street grows, so to say, of itself. Per Jessel, M. R., in Robinson v. Barton Eccles Local Board, 21 Ch. D. 632.

The provisions of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to the following matters:

1. Naming the streets, and numbering the houses, and 2. Improving the line of the streets and removing obstructions, and

3. Ruinous or dangerous buildings, and

4. Precautions during the construction and repair of the sewers, streets and houses,

shall, for the purpose of regulating such matters in urban districts, be incorporated with this Act.

Any U. A. may contract with any person for the supply of gas, or other means of lighting the streets, markets and public buildings in their district, and may provide such lamps and lamp-posts as they may think necessary for lighting the same.

Public Pleasure Grounds.

Any U. A. may provide places for public recreation, and may support or contribute to the support of any public walks or pleasure grounds provided by any person whomsoever.

Markets and Slaughter-houses.

Vide model bye-laws, pages 132-138.

Any U. A. may, if they think fit, provide slaughterhouses, and they shall make bye-laws with respect to the management and charges for the use of any slaughterhouses so provided.

The owner or occupier must have affixed to his premises a notice with the words, "Licensed Slaughter-house or "Registered Slaughter-house," as the case may be.

PART 5.

General Provisions.

Bye-Laws.

All bye-laws made by any L. A. shall be under their common seal: and any bye-law may be altered or repealed by a subsequent bye-law: provided that no such bye-law shall be of any effect if repugnant

P.

1. To the laws of England.

2. To the provisions of the Act.

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