THE

NEW SANITARY LAWS:

NAMELY, THE

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS, 1848 & 1858,

AND

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1858,

WITH

INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND INDEX:

And an Appendix,

CONTAINING VARIOUS STATUTES REFERRED TO THEREIN AND

INCORPORATED THEREWITH,

AS WELL AS THOSE WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN ENACTED.

Second Edition.

BY

W. G. LUMLEY, Esq., LL.M.,

One of Her Majesty's Counsel; and

EDMUND LUMLEY, Esq., B.A.,

Of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

London:

SHAW AND SONS, FETTER LANE,

Law Printers and Publishers.

LONDON: PRINTED BY SHAW AND SONS, FETTER LANE.

CONTENTS.

Preface to the Second Edition

The Local Government Act (34 & 35 Vict. c. 70)

Orders in Council as to Cholera

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vii

xvii

Local Boards to be Surveyors of Highways

- 175

Power of Appeal to the General Board of Health 178

- 178

In Places without

Appeal against Adoption of Act

General Provisions in relation to Adoption

Schedules containing Forms

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1858

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1858

Interpretation, Application, and General Provi-

sions

As to Adoption of the Act and Constitution of

Local Boards-

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In Boroughs and Places with

defined Boundaries

- 233

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- 233

- 241

- 243

- 246

- 215

223

227

The Audit of their Accounts

Provisions for Legal Proceedings and Restrictions

Provisions as to the Purchase of Land

Incorporation of the Lands Clauses Consolidation

Act, 1845

Reports of the Local Board

Regulations for provisional Orders of the Secretary

of State

Special Enactments relating to Oxford and Cam-

- 307

- 315

- 327

327

332

333

bridge

Schedule of Forms

- 339

- 341

APPENDIX.

The Statutes relating to

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES (26th August,