STATUTES. PAGE 18 & 19 Vict., c. 121.-The Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855 18 & 19 Vict., c. 116.-Diseases Prevention Act 91 118 122 - 125 23 & 24 Vict., c. 77.-An Act to Amend the Acts for the Removal of Nuisances and the Prevention of Diseases 125 - 132 26 & 27 Vict., c. 117.-The Nuisances Removal 29 & 30 Vict., c. 90.-The Sanitary Act, 1866 134 135 6 Geo. 4, c. 78.-An Act to Repeal the several Laws relating to Quarantine, and to make other Provision in lieu thereof > INTRODUCTION TO THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACTS. IT is proposed to consider in the following pages the provisions of "The Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855," (18 & 19 Vict. c. 121,) and the Acts to amend the same, (23 & 24 Vict. c. 77, and 29 & 30 Vict. cc. 41, 90). The 18 & 19 Vict. c. 121, is composed of a preamble, two introductory sections, and 44 enacting sections. The preamble declares the defectiveness of the provisions of "The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849;" the expediency of repealing them as far as relates to England; and the expediency of substituting other provisions more effectual for the objects of the recited Acts. The preamble of the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 77, declares that the provisions of the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 121, are defective, and that it is expedient that it should be amended. The first of the introductory sections to the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 121, repeals former Acts, and determines the effect of the repeal. The second of the intro B ductory sections defines the meanings of the words and expressions used in the Act. The 44 enacting sections are divided into three parts. The first part comprises sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; provides for the constitution of a local authority to execute the Act, and for the expenses of executing it; describes the nuisances that may be dealt with under the Act, and confers powers of entry for the purposes of the Act. The second part comprises sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, and provides for the removal of nuisances. The first twenty sections of the Act deal with private nuisances only, and the proceedings and costs incidental to their abatement. The Act then proceeds to deal with public nuisances: ditches near any highway (sec. 21); open ditches (22); allowing washings in the manufacture of gas to flow into streams (sec. 23); selling unwholesome meat (sec. 26); noxious trades (sec. 27). The third part treats of procedure under the Act, and comprises the fifteen sections, commencing with the 31st and ending with the 45th. The 46th section is the last, and provides for citing the Act as "The Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1855." The schedule contains eleven forms, marked, according to their order, by the first eleven letters of the alphabet. The 23 & 24 Vict. c. 77, amends both the Removal of Nuisances and the Diseases Prevention Acts. It repeals ss. 3, 6, 7, and 9, of the 18 & 19 Vict. c. 121; and declares what public bodies shall in future be the local authorities for executing the |