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GOVERNMENT LAW

(ENGLAND)

BY

HERBERT EMERSON SMITH

LL.B. (LOND.)

SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT;

DEPUTY TOWN CLERK, WIMBLEDON; FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS;

OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION

MEMBER

LONDON

SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.
PARKER STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2
BATH, MELBOURNE, TORONTO, NEW YORK

1923

FROM THE SAME PUBLISHERS

Municipal Book-keeping

By J. H. McCALL, F.S.A.A.

Borough Accountant, County Borough of Croydon; Fellow of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants.

In demy 8vo, cloth, 130 pp. 7s. 6d. net.

This book has been written specially for municipal book-keepers to help them in their daily work and to assist those studying for the examinations of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants and similar examining bodies.

Sinking Funds, Reserve Funds and
Depreciation

By J. H. BURTON, A.S.A.A.

Associate of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and

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This book deals with the subject from both the commercial and the municipal standpoints, while chapters of special value to students of Municipal Accountancy have been included at the end.

Municipal Organization
Procedure and Office Management

By MONTAGU H. COX, LL.B. (Lond.)

Barrister-at-Law of Gray's Inn, Deputy Clerk of the London
County Council.

With a Preface by SIR JAMES BIRD, J.P.

Clerk of the London County Council.

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 128 pp. 58. net.

The principal object of this work is to cover thoroughly the requirements of students preparing for examinations in Municipal Organization and Office Management. It provides an elementary treatment of the principles of organization as applied to Municipalities.

The Local Government of the United

Kingdom

By JOHN J. CLARKE, M.A., F.S.S.

In crown 8vo, cloth, 385 pp. 7s. 6d. net.

This book is intended to meet the requirements of the general reader and the Local Government administrator. It will also be of assistance to students preparing for the examinations of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accourtants, the National Association of Local Government Officers, and similar examining bodies.

Municipal Audit Programmes

By STANLEY WHITEHEAD, A.S.A.A., A.C.I.S., F.I.M.T.A.
In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 116 pp., 3s. 6d. net.

Intended for the use of members of the staffs of Finance Departments, and for students preparing for the examinations of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants.

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
AT THE PITMAN PRESS, BATH

DEDICATED

BY KIND

PERMISSION TO

ALFRED STEELE SHELDON, ESQ.

TOWN CLERK OF WIMBLEDON

He it was who first awakened in me
a desire to study law and to become
a member of the legal profession

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PREFACE

THERE are some excellent standard works on Municipal and Local Government law, e.g. Arnold's Law of Municipal Corporations, Glen's Public Health, Lumley's Public Health, Scholefield's Encyclopaedia of Local Government Law, but these are from their size and wealth of detailed information unsuitable for readers who are not in a general way familiar with the subject.

I am informed-and I believe it to be true-that a small book giving an outline of Local Government law would be acceptable to an ever-increasing number of citizens who are taking an interest in Local Government. This book is therefore offered as an introduction to the larger works on the subject. In truth it is difficult to state any new principles concerning the powers, duties, and obligations of local authorities, but the writer is hopeful that his method of treatment, and the practical hints he gives, will be acceptable to those associated with the work of civic bodies, and particularly to officers in the Local Government service who are preparing for examinations of the National Association of Local Government Officers, the Royal Sanitary Institute, the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants, and kindred institutions.

Quotations from authoritative sources have been freely inserted, and the writer is greatly indebted to those authors whose works are mentioned in this book. Students should not fail to peruse the Examination Notes in the appendix. H. E. S.

WIMBLEDON,
March, 1923.

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