c. 76. 35 & 36 Vict. by the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872, or the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872, whether such place does or does not form part of the mine within the meaning of those Acts. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 77. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 104.- An Act further to regulate the The whole Act. employment of children in The Factory Act, 1856 An Act to place the employment 30 & 31 Vict. c. 103. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 146. The Workshop Regulation Act, 33 & 34 Vict. c. 62. The whole Act. The whole Act. The whole Act. The following words (so far as unrepealed) in section nineteen, "not already under the operation "of any general Act for the "regulation of factories or bake"houses." The whole Act. The whole Act. 34 & 35 Vict. C. 19. Session and Chapter. Title of Act. Extent of Repeal. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 104. The Factory and Workshop Act, The whole Act. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 79. - The Elementary Education Act, Section eight and the following An Act to amend the Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1869. BE [27th May 1878.] E 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: 1. This Act may be cited as the Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1878, Short title. and shall be construed as one with the Adulteration of Seeds Act, 32 & 33 Vict. 1869, and together with that Act may be cited as the Adulteration c. 112. of Seeds Acts, 1869 and 1878. c. 112. s. 2. 2. From and after the passing of this Act, section 2 of the Amendment of Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1869, shall be read as if, instead of the 32 & 33 Vict. words "The term 'to dye seeds' means to give to seeds by any process of colouring, dyeing, sulphur smoking, or other artificial "means the appearance of seeds of another kind," there were "therein inserted the words "The term 'to dye seeds means to apply to seeds any process of colouring, dyeing, or sulphur smoking." CHAPTER 18. An Act to grant Money for the purpose of Loans by the WHEREAS by the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, and other 38 & 39 Viet. Acts, the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorised c. 89. to make loans for the purposes therein mentioned, and it is expe Short title. Grant of 6,000,000l. for loans during the period ending the 30th dient to grant the money herein-after mentioned for the purpose of such loans: Be it therefore 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: 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Works Loans Act, 1878. PART I. Public Works Loan Commissioners. 2. For the purpose of loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole six million pounds may be issued out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, or the growing produce thereof, in manner provided by the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, during the period ending on the 38 & 39 Vict. thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. or on any earlier day at which a further Act authorising the issue of money for the purpose of the said loans comes into operation. June 1879. c. 89. Composition of debt due from the Epping rural sanitary authority. c. 90. The Treasury may, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided by the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, borrow the said sum or any part thereof. 3. Whereas, in pursuance of the Sanitary Act, 1866, and the Acts amending the same, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, being satisfied that the sewer authority for the special drainage district of Epping, in the county of Essex, had made default 29 & 30 Vict. in providing their district with sufficient sewers and a supply of water, appointed a person to provide the same by means of certain works of drainage and water supply, and directed that the expenses of such works should be paid by the said authority, and certified that loans were required for the purpose of defraying those expenses, and charged the local rate with the repayment of the principal and interest due in respect of the said loans, and the Public Works Loan Commissioners advanced the amount of such loans : 29 & 30 Vict. c. 90. And whereas the loans so advanced amount in the whole to a debt of eleven thousand nine hundred pounds, repayable by yearly instalments, with interest at five per cent. per annum : And whereas the powers, property, and liabilities of the said sewer authority have become vested in and imposed on the rural sanitary authority of the Epping union: And whereas the said sewer authority and rural sanitary authority refused to pay any sum in respect of the instalments or interest of the said debt, and alleged that the said works of drainage and water supply were useless: And whereas the powers and duties vested in or imposed on one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State by the Sanitary Act, 1866, and the Acts amending the same, were transferred to and 34 & 35 Vict. imposed on the Local Government Board by the Local Government And whereas Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, C.B., being requested by the Local Government Board to report as to the said works of drainage and water supply, and their value to the district, having regard to the insufficiency of the water supply which has been obtained, and other matters, reported that in certain events the present waterworks would become most valuable to the Epping rural sanitary authority, but that, having regard to the difficulties of the case, and to the works of drainage remaining to be done, it appeared to him that the justice of the case would be met if the rural sanitary authority were charged with about one fourth of the cost of the works of water supply and two thirds of the cost of the drainage works, that is to say, five thousand pounds: And whereas the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury by a letter dated the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, offered the rural sanitary authority of the Epping union as a compromise to remit so much of the said debt as was in excess of the said sum of five thousand pounds: And whereas such offer, when communicated by the Local Government Board to the rural sanitary authority, was rejected by that authority, and legal proceedings were taken by the Public Works Loan Commissioners to compel that authority to pay the instalments of and interest on part of the said debt, and the High Court of Justice ordered the said authority to pay the same: And whereas the rural sanitary authority subsequently requested the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to renew the offer of the above-mentioned compromise on the ground that the sums required to be levied to repay the debt would be very oppressive if not ruinous to the ratepayers, and that the works were to a great extent useless, and the said Commissioners offered the same compromise on condition that the rural sanitary authority should, in addition to the said sum of five thousand pounds, pay interest thereon at the rate of four per cent. per annum from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and such further sum as might be necessary to cover the expenses entailed upon the Public Works Loan Commissioners by the refusal to accept the former offer: And whereas the said interest and expenses amount to six hundred and twenty pounds, making a total of five thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have further agreed to permit the total sum of five thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, with interest at four per cent. per annum from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, to be paid by twenty equal annual instalments, the first instalment to be paid on the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight: And whereas it is expedient to authorise the Public Works Loan Commissioners and the rural sanitary authority to carry into effect the said compromise: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The rural sanitary authority of Epping union, in the county of Essex, shall pay to the Public Works Loan Commissioners the sum of five thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, with interest thereon at four per cent. per annum from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and shall pay the same sum and interest by twenty annual instalments of four hundred and thirteen pounds ten shillings and sevenpence, such instalments to be paid on the thirty-first day of December in the c. 55. year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and in each succeeding year up to and including the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and the said rural sanitary authority shall pay the said instalments out of any moneys or rates out of which they are authorised to defray special expenses incurred by them in relation to the said special drainage district under the 38 & 39 Vict. Public Health Act, 1875, and shall from time to time raise such sums and issue precepts for such contributions as may be required for the purpose, and the overseers to whom those precepts are issued shall comply therewith, either by paying the amount out of the funds in their hands applicable to special expenses in relation to the said special drainage district, or by levying on the said district such rates as may be necessary for the purpose, and the precepts so issued and any rate levied to meet the same shall for all purposes be deemed to be issued and levied in respect of special expenses incurred by the said rural sanitary authority in relation to the said district, and may be enforced accordingly, and the payment of the said yearly instalments of four hundred and thirteen pounds ten shillings and sevenpence shall be enforceable by the Public Works Loan Commissioners in the same manner in all respects as if the said rural sanitary authority had executed a legal mortgage to the Public Works Loan Commissioners of the rates of the said special drainage district for securing the repayment of the said sum of five thousand six hundred and twenty pounds, with interest at the rate aforesaid, by the instalments herein-before mentioned, and after the commencement of this Act the said debt of eleven thousand nine hundred pounds, with all interest due thereon, shall be extinguished. Amendment of c. 89. s. 36 as to examination into proper application of loan advanced 4. Whereas by section thirty-six of the Public Works Loans 38 & 39 Vict. Act, 1875, the Local Government Board are required to satisfy themselves that any loan advanced by the Public Works Loan Commissioners on the security of a rate is applied to the purpose for which it is advanced, and are authorised to appoint any officer to conduct on their behalf such examination as they may think necessary with a view to ascertaining that the loan has been so applied, and it is expedient to make further provision with respect to the powers of the Local Government Board for the purposes the said section: Be it therefore enacted as follows: on rates. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 89. of Where upon any examination made in pursuance of section thirtysix of the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, with reference to a loan advanced by the Public Works Loan Commissioners for any purpose on the security of a rate, it appears to the Local Government Board that any sum, being the whole or part of the money raised by the loan, has not been applied for the said purpose, the Local Government Board may order that sum to be, within the time named in the order, applied either for the said purpose or towards the repayment to the Public Works Loan Commissioners of the principal of the loan, or partly in one of such ways and partly in the other, and further, if it appears to them that the sum, or any part thereof, has been applied for some purpose other than that for which it was advanced, may by the same or any other order direct a sum equal to the amount so misapplied to be raised within the time and out of the fund or rate named in the order and to be applied as directed by the above-mentioned order. |