London Government Act WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES EMBODYING THE INCORPORATED ENACTMENTS, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND INDEX. BY G. P. WARNER TERRY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, Vestry Clerk of St. Margaret, Westminster, (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Associate of the Surveyors' Institution), AND P. BARTLETT MORLE, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. LONDON: BUTTERWORTH & CO., 12, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR. PREFACE. THE method adopted in the London Government Act, 1899, of legislating by reference to previous enactments, renders the statute unintelligible without some guide; and in preparing this Edition the Authors have endeavoured to place in the hands of those interested in London Government a manual which may enable the provisions of the Act to be better understood, by showing under each section and sub-section the enactments applied, together with such explanatory notes as the difficulty of the subject appeared to require. TEMPLE, 16th August, 1899. G. P. W. T. P. B. M. 4. Transfer to borough councils of powers from vestries and 5. Transfer of powers from London County Council 6. Additional powers and duties of borough councils.... 11. Provisions as to overseers and collection of rates PAGE |