taking care to introduce the several Acts relating to the subject matter, which have been passed down to the end of this last session, and such of the decisions of the courts of law which have been published before that date. The new statutes which have been passed since the former edition are of such length, that the Appendix, if the whole of it had been printed again, would have been swollen to an inconvenient length; and yet, as the statutes were specially applicable to the functions, duties, and powers of Local Boards, they could not have been properly omitted. I have, therefore, left out from this edition the Vaccination Act, with which, indeed, those Boards have no connection, and the Lands Clauses Act, which has now become a proper subject of legal study and comment of itself, to be specially consulted by the persons and authorities who may have occasion to use it, or be guided by it. In conclusion, I have to acknowledge the valuable assistance which I have received from Mr. Edmund Lumley, of the Middle Temple, in the preparation and publication of this work. W. G. LUMLEY. AUGUST, 1871. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. 34 & 35 VICT. CAP. 70. An Act for constituting a Local Government Board, and WHEREAS it is expedient to concentrate in one department of the Government as hereinafter provided the supervision of the laws relating to the public health, the relief of the poor, and local government: Be it enacted as follows:- : Preliminary. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Local Government Short title of Board Act, 1871." Establishment of Local Government Board. Act. ment of Local 2. A board shall be established, to be called "The Local EstablishGovernment Board," and from and after the establishment Government of such Board the Poor Law Board shall cease to exist, Board. And all powers and duties vested in or imposed on the Poor Law Board by the several Acts of Parliament relating to the relief of the poor and any other Acts, or vested in or imposed on one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State by the enactments in that behalf mentioned in the first part of the schedule annexed hereto, so far as such powers and duties relate to England, or vested in or imposed on Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council by the enactments in that behalf specified in the second part of the said schedule, shall be transferred to and imposed on the said Local Government Board, And except as otherwise provided by this Act, Shall be exercised and performed by such Board, in like manner and form, and subject to the same conditions, liabilities, and incidents respectively as such powers and duties might before the passing of this Act have been exercised and performed by the authorities in whom the same were then vested respectively, or as near thereto as circumstances admit. Constitution 3. The Local Government Board shall consist of a presiGovernment dent to be appointed by Her Majesty, and to hold office of Local Board. during the pleasure of Her Majesty, and of the following ex-officio members, that is to say, the Lord President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, all Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the time being, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Local Government Board shall be deemed to be established from and after the date of the first appointment of a president under this Act. The Local Government Board may appoint in writing such secretaries, assistant secretaries, inspectors, auditors, clerks, messengers, and other officers as the Board may, with the sanction of the Treasury, determine. No payment shall be made in respect of their duties under this Act to the ex-officio members of the Local Government Board, but there shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament to the president, secretaries, and other officers of the Board such salaries as the Treasury may from time to time determine: Provided that the appointment of any officer to a new office made by the Local Government Board in pursuance of this section shall be deemed to be temporary only until the salary of such office has been provided for by Parliament. one of the may sit in Parliament. 4. The president and one of the secretaries of the Local President and Government Board shall at the same time be capable of being secretaries elected to and of voting in the Commons House of Parliament, and the office of president shall be deemed to be an office included in Schedule H of the Representation of the People Act, 1867; in Schedule H of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868; and in Schedule E of the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act, 1868. and acts of 5. The Local Government Board may adopt an official Seal, style, seal, and describe themselves generally by the style and title Board. of "The Local Government Board," and save as hereinafter provided, any act to be done or instrument to be executed by or on behalf of the Local Government Board may be done or executed in the name of that Board by the president or by any member of the Local Government Board, or by a secretary or assistant secretary, if such secretary or assistant secretary is authorized to do or execute the same by any general order of the Local Government Board. A rule, order, or regulation made by the Local Government Board shall be valid if it is made under the seal of the Board, and signed by the president or one of the ex-officio Transfer of officers. Construction of Acts and members of the Board, and countersigned by a secretary or assistant secretary; And the production of such primâ facie evidence of any of the said rules, orders or regulations as is required by the Documentary Evidence Act, 1868 (a), with respect to the rules, orders, or regulations of the Poor Law Board, shall, until the contrary is shown, be a sufficient proof that any such rule, order, or regulation of the Local Government Board was duly made. 6. All officers, clerks, and other persons employed in or about the execution of the powers and duties by this Act transferred to the Local Government Board shall, from and after the establishment of the Local Government Board, be attached to and under the control of the Local Government Board. The officers, clerks, and persons so attached shall in other respects hold their offices and places upon the same terms and conditions, and shall have the same powers, privileges, and immunities with respect to the performance of their duties as if this Act had not passed. The Local Government Board may, by order, distribute the business to be performed under the Local Government Board amongst the several officers and persons transferred to the Board by this Act in such manner as the Local Government Board may think expedient. 7. In the construction of and for the purposes of any Act documents, of Parliament, contract, or other document passed, entered Local into, or made before the establishment of the Local Govern and power of Government (a) This is 31 & 32 Vict. c. 37; see s. 2, printed in the note to 11 & 12 Vict. c. 63, s. 5, post. |