in, or held in trust for, or would but for this Act have, on or after that day, belonged to, or been vested in, or held in trust for, such quarter sessions, clerk of the peace, justices, board, sanitary authority, or other authority: . . "Liabilities" includes liability to any proceeding for enforcing any duty or for punishing the breach of any duty, and includes all debts and liabilities to which any authority are or would but for this Act be liable or subject to, whether accrued due at the date of the transfer, or subsequently accruing, and includes any obligation to carry or apply any money to any sinking fund or to any particular purpose. "Powers, duties, and liabilities," includes all powers, duties, and liabilities conferred or imposed by or arising under any local and personal Act. The expression "adoptive Acts" means the Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846 to 1896, the Burial Acts, 1852 to 1885, and the Public Libraries Acts, 1892 and 1893: Short Titles.-The short and collective titles of these Acts are authorised by the Short Titles Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 14). The Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1846 to 1896.-These Acts are— The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 74); The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 61); The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1878 (41 Vict. c. 14); The Baths and Washhouses Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 30); The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 59). The Burial Acts, 1852 to 1885.-These Acts are The Burial Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 85); The Burial Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 134); The Burial Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 87); The Burial Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 128); The Burial Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 81); The Burial Act, 1859 (22 Vict. c. 1); The Burial Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 64); The Burial Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 100); The Burial Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 33); The Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 41); The Burial and Registration Acts (Doubts Removal) Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 2); The Burial Boards (Contested Elections) Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 21). Also the City of London Burial Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 35). The Public Libraries Acts, 1892 and 1893.-These Acts are-The Public Libraries Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 53), and The Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1893 (56 Vict. c. 11). Add the Libraries Offences Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 53). The expression "local Act" includes a provisional order confirmed by an Act, and the Act confirming the order; and the expression "enactment" includes a provision of any such order. Local Act. This definition follows that in sect. 75 (2), L. G. A., 1894. As to what is a local Act, see Reg. v. London County Council, (1893) L. R. 2 Q. B. 454; 63 L. J. Q. B. 4; 58 J. P. 21; 9 T. L. R. 601; Richards v. Easto, 15 L. J. Ex. 167; 15 M. & W. 251; Cock v. Gent, 13 L. J. Ex. 24; 12 M. & W. 234. "Includes."-Note generally that the word "includes " is wider than the word "means"; and the former expression means "shall have the following meanings in addition to the popular, or ordinary, meaning." See Mayor, &c. of Portsmouth v. Smith (1883), 13 Q. B. D. 184; 53 L. J. Q. B. 92. 35. Short title and repeal.]—(1.) This Act may be cited as the London Government Act, 1899. The citation of any Act, instrument, or document by reference to the short title is authorised by sect. 35, Interp. Act, 1889, and Short Titles Act, 1896. 35-(2.) As from the appointed day the enactments mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act shall be repealed to the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned. As to effect of repeal, see sect. 38 of the Interp. Act, 1889. The area consisting of the parishes of Mile End Old Town and St. George's-in-the-East and the districts of the Limehouse and Whitechapel Boards of Works including the Tower of London and the liberties thereof. The district of the Poplar Board of Works. The district of the Wandsworth Board of Works. The area consisting of the parishes of St. George the Martyr, Christchurch, Southwark, St. Saviour, Southwark, and Newington. The area consisting of the parishes of Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Horselydown, and St. Olave and St. Thomas, Southwark. The area of the parliamentary division of Holborn. The area consisting of the parliamentary divisions of East and Central Finsbury. The area of the parliamentary borough of Deptford. The area of the ancient parliamentary borough of Westminster, comprising the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, the parish of St. James, Westminster, the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the district of the Strand Board of Works, and including the Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, and the Liberty of the Rolls. The area consisting of the parish of Stoke Newington and of the urban district of South Hornsey, or so much thereof as may be incorporated with the county of London under this Act. (a) See Appendix B., p. 220, post. T. P |