CHAPTER 3. An Act to relieve certain Occupiers of Dwelling-houses from being disqualified from the right of voting in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament by reason of their under-letting such Dwelling-houses for short terms. [25th February 1878.] 1867: HEREAS questions have arisen upon the occupation required Be it therefore 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, as follows: c. 102. 1. This Act shall be cited for all purposes as the House Occupiers Short title. Disqualification Removal Act, 1878. for certain 2. From and after the passing of this Act every man shall be Letting as entitled to be registered and to vote under the provisions of the furnished house said section, notwithstanding that during a part of the qualifying periods not to period not exceeding four months in the whole he shall by letting disqualify. or otherwise have permitted the qualifying premises to be occupied as a furnished house by some other person. CHAPTER 4. An Act to extend the hours of Polling at Parliamentary BE E 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, as follows: 1. At every election held after the passing of this Act to return Hours of a member or members to serve in Parliament for any of the polling in metropolitan boroughs named in the Schedule to this Act, the poll, if taken, boroughs. shall commence at eight o'clock in the forenoon and be kept open until eight o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. 2. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Metro- Short title. polis) Act, 1878. 31 & 32 Vict. c. 48. Short title. Letting as furnished house for certain periods not to disqualify. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 30. 33 & 34 Vict. CHAPTER 5. An Act to relieve certain Occupiers of Dwelling-houses Be it therefore 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, as follows: 1. This Act shall be cited for all purposes as the House Occupiers Disqualification Removal (Scotland) Act, 1878. 2. From and after the passing of this Act every man shall be entitled to be registered and to vote under the provisions of the said section, notwithstanding that during a part of the qualifying period not exceeding four months in the whole, he shall by letting or otherwise have permitted the qualifying premises to be occupied as a furnished house by some other person. WHEREAS CHAPTER 6. An Act to amend the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1875. [18th March 1878.] HEREAS by the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1875, it is provided that loans may not be made under the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Act, 1870, and the Glebe Loan (Ireland) 34 & 35 Vict. Amendment Act, 1871, after the thirty-first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and it is expedient that the time during which loans under the said Acts may be made should be extended for a further limited period: c. 112. c. 100. Short title. Extension of time for making loans. Be it therefore 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: 1. This Act may be cited as the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1878, and this Act and the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts, 1870 to 1875, may be cited together as the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Acts. 2. So much of the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1875, as limits to the thirty-first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight the time during which loans may be made under the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Act, 1870, and the Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1871, is hereby repealed, and loans may be made under the said Acts until, but not after, the thirty-first day of August which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty. CHAPTER 7. An Act to raise the sum of One million Pounds by Ex- Most Gracious Sovereign, WE E, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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, as follows: raise 1. Towards raising the supply granted to Her Majesty for the Treasury may service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one 1,000,000l. by thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, it shall be lawful for Exchequer the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, at any time or times bonds. not later than the said thirty-first day of March, to raise any sum or sums, not exceeding in the whole One million pounds, by the issue of Exchequer bonds in manner provided by the Exchequer 29 & 30 Vict. Bills and Bonds Act, 1866, so, however, that no Exchequer bond c. 25. shall be made out for any sum less than one hundred pounds. Every Exchequer bond issued in pursuance of this Act shall provide for the paying off of such bond at par at any period not exceeding three years nor less than twelve months from the date of such bond. 2. The interest on all Exchequer bonds issued in pursuance of Payment of this Act shall be charged upon and issued out of the Consolidated interest and Fund of the United Kingdom, or out of the growing produce principal. thereof. The principal money secured by every Exchequer bond issued in pursuance of this Act shall be repaid out of moneys provided by Parliament for the purpose. repayment of 3. All money raised in pursuance of this Act shall be paid into Payment of the Exchequer. money raised to Exchequer. 4. Section fifteen of the Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act, 1866, Extension of (which section relates to the forgery of Exchequer bills,) shall apply 29 & 30 Viet. to all Exchequer bonds issued in pursuance of this Act in like c. 25. as to manner as if it were herein enacted with the substitution of Exchequer bonds. forgery, &c., t bond for Exchequer bill. 5. This Act may be cited as the Exchequer Bonds Act, 1878, Short title. and the Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act, 1866, and this Act may be cited together as the Exchequer Bonds Acts, 1866 and 1878. 8 & 39 Vict. . 55. CHAPTER 8. An Act to enable Local Authorities to acquire and lay out land for Public Parks and Pleasure Grounds in Scotland. [18th March 1878.] WHEREAS it is desirable to assimilate the laws respecting the acquisition of land by local authorities for certain purposes otherwise than by agreement: And whereas the Public Health Act, 1875, and the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1875, contain 8 & 39 Vict. powers in this respect which may with great advantage be extended: . 49. Short title. Application of Be it therefore 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, as follows: Preliminary. 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Public Parks (Scotland) Act, 1878. 2. This Act shall apply only to Scotland, and the local authority shall be the local authority of any burgh under the Public Health ocal authority. (Scotland) Act, 1867. =cription of Local authori cies may pro Dublic recrea Public Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &c. 3. From and after the passing of this Act any local authority wide places of may purchase or take on lease, lay out, plant, improve, and maintain lands for the purpose of being used as parks, public walks, or pleasure grounds, and may support or contribute to the support of parks, public walks, or pleasure grounds provided by any person whomsoever. ion. Local autho rities may 4. Any local authority may make byelaws for the regulation of make byelaws. any such parks, public walks, or pleasure grounds, and may by such byelaws provide for the removal from such parks, public walks, or pleasure grounds of any person infringing any such byelaw by any officer of the local authority or constable. Power to purchase lands. Purchase of Lands. 5. Any local authority may, for the purposes and subject to the provisions of this Act, purchase or take on lease, sell, or exchange any lands, whether situated within or without their district. Any lands acquired by a local authority in pursuance of any powers in this Act contained, and not required for the purpose for which they were acquired, shall (unless the Secretary of State otherwise direct, and subject to the provision herein-after contained, in the case of lands taken compulsorily,) be sold at the best price that can be gotten for the same, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied towards discharge, by means of a sinking fund or otherwise, of any principal moneys which have been borrowed by such authority on the security or rate applicable by them for the general purposes of this Act, or if no such principal moneys are outstanding shall be carried to the account of any fund or rate of such local authority. Provided that where any lands acquired compulsorily under the powers of this Act are not required for the purpose for which they were acquired, it shall not be lawful for the local authority to sell them or any portion thereof in terms of this section, or to let them or any portion thereof for building purposes, until they shall first have offered to sell them or such portion thereof to the person or persons then entitled to the lands from which they were originally severed; and if any person entitled to such pre-emption shall within six weeks after an offer has been made to him in terms of this section intimate his desire to purchase any such lands, and such person and the local authority do not agree as to the price thereof, then such price shall be ascertained by arbitration in manner provided by the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Acts. 6. With respect to the purchase of lands by a local authority for Regulations as the purposes of this Act the following regulations shall be observed; to purchase of (that is to say,) (1.) The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Acts, to the extent herein-after mentioned, shall be incorporated with this Act: (2.) The local authority, before putting in force any of the powers of the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement, shall publish once at the least of each of three consecutive weeks in the month of October, in some local newspaper circulated in their district, an advertisement describing shortly the nature of the undertaking in respect of which the lands are proposed to be taken, naming a place where a plan of the proposed undertaking may be seen at all reasonable hours, and stating the quantity of lands that they require; and shall further serve a notice in the month of November on every owner or reputed owner, lessee or reputed lessee, and occupier of such lands, defining in each case the particular lands intended to be taken, and requiring an answer stating whether the person so served assents, dissents, or is neuter in respect of taking such lands: (3.) On compliance with the provisions of this section with respect to advertisements and notices, the local authority may, if they think fit, present a petition to the Secretary of State. The petition shall state the lands intended to be taken, and the purposes for which they are required, and the names of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of lands who have assented, dissented, or are neuter in respect of the taking such lands, or who have returned no answer to the notice; it shall pray that the local authority may, with reference to such lands, be allowed to put in force the powers of the said Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement, and such prayer shall be supported by such evidence as the Secretary of State may require: lands. |