Appendix No. 2. every Lodger whom you receive in your Common Lodging House while it is not so registered; and that on your applying to [here give 14 & 15 Vic. the Name and Address of the Person to keep the Register] he will register your Common Lodging House free of all Charge to you. Dated [&c. c. 34. ANNO DECIMO QUARTO & DECIMO QUINTO VICTORIE REGINE. CAP. XXXIV. AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LODGING HOUSES W [24th July 1851.] HEREAS it is desirable, for the Health, Comfort, and Welfare of the Inhabitants of Towns and populous Districts, to encourage the Establishment therein of well-ordered Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes: 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, I. That in citing this Act for any Purpose it shall be sufficient to short Title of use the Expression "The Labouring Classes' Lodging Houses Act, 1851." Act. adopted in cer II. That this Act may be adopted for any incorporated Borough in Act may be England regulated under an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign tain Boroughs of His late Majesty, to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Cor- and Parishes. porations, or any Charter granted in pursuance of the said Act, or any Act passed for the Amendment thereof, and also for any Place being the District of any Local Board of Health regulated under the Public Health Act, 1848, or any Act passed for the Amendment thereof, and also for any Place being the District within the Limits of any Act for the paving, lighting, watching, draining, or otherwise improving of such Place, (a.) and also, with the Approval of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for any Parish in England, having, according to the then last Census, a Population of not less than Ten thousand, or being a Parish in any such incorporated Borough, having, according to the then last Census, a Population of not less than Ten thousand, and also with the like Approval for each of several Parishes as by this Act in that Behalf provided. (a.) Cheltenham comes under this description. Appendix III. That in this Act the following Words and Expressions shall 14 & 15 Vic, have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be c. 34. something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; Interpretation that is to say, of Terms. 59 G. 3. c. 12. 1 and 2 W. 4. c. 60. "Parish" shall mean every Place maintaining its own Poor, and having a Vestry: "Borough" shall mean City, Borough, Port, Cinque Port, or Town "District" shall mean any Place being the District of such a Local "Overseers" shall mean also any Persons authorized and required "Vestry" shall mean the Inhabitants of the Parish lawfully assembled in Vestry, or for any of the Purposes for which Vestries are holden, except in those Parishes in which there is a Select Vestry elected under an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, or elected under an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of Vestries, and for the Appointment of Auditors of Accounts, in certain Parishes of England and Wales, or elected under the Provisions of any Local Act of Parliament for the Government of any Parish by Vestries, in which Parishes it shall mean such Select Vestry, and shall also mean any Body of Persons, by whatever Name distinguished, acting, by virtue of any Act of Parliament, Prescription, Custom, or otherwise, as or instead of a Vestry or Select Vestry: "Board" shall mean, as regards the District of such a Local Board of Health, such Local Board of Health for the Time being in Office and acting as such Local Board of Health, and, as regards the District within the Limits of such an Improvement Act, the Commissioners, Trustees, or other Body of Persons by whatever Name distinguished for the Time being in Office and acting in the Execution of such Act: "Commissioners" shall mean the Commissioners appointed in accordance with this Act for any Parish, and for the Time being in Office and acting as such Commissioners: Appendix No. 2. "Clerk" shall mean, as regards an incorporated Borough, the Town Clerk of such Borough, and, as regards a District, the Clerk of the 14 & 15 Vic. Board of such District, and, as regards a Parish, the Clerk appointed pursuant to this Act by the Commissioners: "Justice" shall mean Justice of the Peace for the County, Riding, Division, Liberty, Borough, District, Parish, or Place where the Matter requiring the Cognizance of Justices shall arise: 66 Improvement Rates" shall mean the Rates, Tolls, Rents, Income, and other Monies whatsoever which under the Provisions of any such Improvement Act shall be applicable for the general Purposes of such Act: “Lands” shall mean Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of whatsoever Nature or Tenure : if they Words importing the Masculine Gender shall include the Feminine: Words of the Plural Number shall include the Singular, and Words of the Singular Number shall include the Plural. IV. That the Council of any such Borough as aforesaid may, think fit, determine that this Act shall be adopted for such Borough, and then and in such Case such of the Provisions of this Act as are applicable in that Behalf shall thenceforth take effect and come into operation in such Borough, and this Act shall be carried into execution in such Borough, in accordance with such Provisions and the Laws for the Time being in force relating to the Municipal Corporation of such Borough. any c. 34. Council of any visions they think fit. Expenses of carrying this Act into execu tion in a Borough shall be charged upon the Bo Income arising to be carried to the same. V. That the Expenses of carrying this Act into execution in such Borough in which the Council shall have resolved to adopt this Act, for their Borough shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Borough Fund, and for that Purpose the Council may levy with and as Part of rough Fund, and the Borough Rate, or by a separate Rate to be assessed, levied, paid, and recovered in like Manner and with the like Powers and Remedies in all respects as the Borough Rate, such Sums of Money as shall be from Time to Time necessary for defraying such Expenses, and shall apply the same accordingly, as if the Expense of carrying this Act into execution were an Expense necessarily incurred in carrying into effect the Provisions of the said Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty; and the Income arising from the Lodging Houses in any Borough shall be paid to the Credit of the Borough Fund thereof; and the Council shall keep distinct Accounts of their Receipts, Payments, Credits, and Liabilities with reference to the Execution of this Act, to be called "The Lodging Houses Account." Any Local Board a of Health may visions of this VI. That the Board of any such District, being the District of Local Board of Health, may, if they think fit, determine that this Act shall be adopted for such District, and then and in such Case such of adopt the Pro Act if they think fit. Appendix No. 2, 14 & 15 Vic. c. 34. On Requisition of Ratepayers pone Proceed ings till after next Day for Election of Members of Board. the Provisions of this Act as are applicable in that Behalf shall thenceforth take effect and come into operation in such District, and this Act shall be carried into execution in such District, in accordance with such Provisions and the Laws for the Time being in force relating to such Board. VII. Provided always, That the Board shall give not less than Board to post- Twenty-eight nor more than Forty-two Days public Notice of their Intention to take into consideration the Propriety of adopting this Act, and of the Time and Place for holding the Meeting at which they will take it into consideration; and if there be presented to the Board at that meeting a Memorial in Writing, signed by not less than One Tenth in Value of the Persons liable to be rated to a General District Rate made by the Board, and requesting the Board to postpone such Consideration until after the then next yearly Day for the Election of Members of the Board, then and in such Case such Consideration shall be postponed until after that Day, and shall be entered on as soon after that Day as the Board think fit. Expenses of carrying this Act into execution by Local Board of Health shall be charged on the District Fund, and Income arising to be carried to the same. Any Improvement Board may adopt the Pro visions of this fit. VIII. That the Expenses of carrying this Act into execution in any such District, being the District of a Local Board of Health in which the Board shall have resolved to adopt this Act for their District, shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Monies from Time to Time carried to the Credit of the District Fund Account of such District, and for that Purpose the Board may levy with and as part of the General District Rate of such District, or by a separate Rate to be assessed, levied, paid, and recovered in like Manner and with the like Powers and Remedies in all respects as the General Rate of such District, such Sums of Money as shall be from Time to Time necessary for defraying such Expenses, and shall apply the same accordingly as if the Expense of carrying this Act into execution were an Expense necessarily incurred in carrying into effect the Provisions of the Public Health Act, 1848; and the Income arising from the Lodging Houses in any such District shall be paid to the Credit of the District Fund Account thereof; and the Board shall keep distinct Accounts of their Receipts, Payments, Credits, and Liabilities with reference to the Execution of this Act, to be called "The Lodging Houses Account.” IX. That the Board of any such District, (a.) being the Place within the Limits of any Act for the paving, lighting, watching, draining, or Act if they think otherwise improving of such Place, may,, if they think fit, determine that this Act shall be adopted for such District, and then and in such Case such of the Provisions of this Act as are applicable in that Behalf shall thenceforth take effect and come into operation in such District, and this Act shall be carried into execution in such District in accordance with such Provisions and the Laws for the Time being in force relating to such Board. (a.) Applicable to Cheltenham. Appendix No. 2. 14&15 Vict. c. 34. of Ratepayers pone Proceedings Day for Election X. Provided always, That the Board shall give not less than Twentyeight Days nor more than Forty-two Days public Notice of their Intention to take into consideration the Propriety of adopting this Act, and of the Time and Place for holding the Meeting at which they will On Requisition take it into consideration; and if there be presented to the Board at Board to post. that Meeting a Memorial in Writing, signed by not less than One Tenth till after next in Value of the Persons liable to be rated to an Improvement Rate made by the Board, and requesting the Board to postpone such Consideration until after the then next yearly or other Day for the Election or Appointment of Members of the Board, then and in such Case such Consideration shall be postponed until after that Day, and shall be entered on as soon after that Day as the Board think fit. of Members of Board. Board not elected Consent of Rate obtained XI. Provided always, That in any Case in which the major Part in If Majority of Number of the Members of the Board of any such District are elected by Ratepayers, or appointed in any Manner other than by or with the Concurrence payers to be of the Persons liable to be rated to Improvement Rates made by the Board shall not determine that this Act shall be adopted for the District, except with the Sanction of the major Part in Value of the Persons so liable present at a Meeting specially convened for the Purpose by the Board, by not less than Twenty-eight Days nor more than Forty-two Days public Notice of the Intention of holding such Meeting, and of the Time and Place for holding the same; and such Meeting shall be held at such convenient Place within the District, and at such convenient Time, as the Board think fit; and the Procedure thereat shall be regulated by the Board. rying this Act Commissioners on General Rate, and in be carried to the XII. That the Expenses of carrying this Act into exccution in any Expenses of earsuch District, being the Place within the Limits of any such Improve-into execution ment Act in which the Board shall have resolved to adopt this Act for by Improvement their District, shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Improve- shall be charged ment Rate of such District, and for that Purpose the Board may levy Improvement with and as Part of such Improvement Rate, or by a separate Rate to come arising to be assessed, levied, paid, and recovered in like Manner and with the same. like Powers and Remedies in all respects as such Improvement Rate, such Sums of Money as shall be from Time to Time necessary for defraying such Expenses, and shall apply the same accordingly as if the Expenses of carrying this Act into execution were an Expense necessarily incurred in carrying into effect the general Provisions of such Improvement Act; and the Income arising from the Lodging Houses in any such District shall be paid to the Credit of the Improvement Rate thereof; and the Board shall keep distinct Accounts of their Receipts, Payments, Credits, and Liabilities with reference to the Execution of this Act, to be called “The Lodging Houses Account." XIII. That in every Case in which any such Improvement Act con- Auditing Actains Provisions for the auditing of Accounts thereunder, (a.) the provement Com (a) These provisions are contained in sec. 125, ante, page 169, et seq. counts of Im missioners with respect to Act. |