to be entered in a Book.

Office for holding their Meetings and transacting their Business, and may agree for and pay a reasonable Rent for such Office.

Minutes of Pro- XIII. And be it enacted, That all Orders and Proceedings of ccedings of the Commissioners shall be entered in Books to be kept by them Commissioners for that Purpose, and shall be signed by the Commissioners, or any Two of them; and all such Orders and Proceedings so entered and purporting to be so signed, shall be deemed to be original Orders and Proceedings; and such Books may be produced and read as Evidence of all such Orders and Proceedings, upon any Appeal, Trial, Information, or other Proceeding, civil or criminal, and in any Court of Law or Equity whatsoever.

Commissioners to keep Accounts, which shall be open to Inspection.

Penalty for refusing to allow Inspection.

Auditors to be appointed yearly, who shall examine the Accounts, &c.

Expences of executing Act in any Parish to be paid out of the Poor's Rate.

Overseers to

levy, as Part of the Poor's Rate,

such Sums as Vestry shall

deem necessary to pay Expences.

XIV. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall provide and keep Books in which shall be entered true and regular Accounts of all Sums of Money received and paid for or on account of the Purposes of this Act in the Parish, and of all Liabilities incurred by them for such Purposes, and of the several Purposes for which such Sums of Money shall have been paid and such Liabilities shall have been incurred; and such Books shall at all reasonable Times be open to the Examination of every Commissioner, Churchwarden, Overseer, and Rate-payer, without Fee or Reward, and they respectively may take Copies of or Extracts from such Books or any Part thereof, without paying for the same; and in case the Commissioners, or any of them, or any of their Officers or Servants having the Custody of the said Books, being thereunto reasonably requested, shall refuse to permit or shall not permit any Churchwarden, Overseer, or Rate-payer to examine the same, or take any such Copy or Extract, every Commissioner, Officer, or Servant so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

XV. And be it enacted, That the Vestry shall yearly appoint Two Persons, not being Commissioners, to be Auditors of the Accounts of the Commissioners, and at such Time in the Month of March in every Year after the Adoption of this Act for the Parish as the Vestry shall appoint the Commissioners shall produce to the Auditors their Accounts, with sufficient Vouchers for all Monies received and paid, and the Auditors shall examine such Accounts and Vouchers, and report thereon to the Vestry.

XVI. And be it enacted, That the Expences of carrying this Act into execution in any Parish not within any such incorporated Borough to such Amount as shall be from Time to Time sanctioned by the Vestry shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Monies to be raised or applicable for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish.

XVII. And be it enacted, That for defraying the Expences which shall have been or shall be incurred in carrying this Act into execution in the Parish the Vestry may and shall from Time to Time order the Overseers to levy with and as Part of the Rate for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish such Sums as the Vestry shall deem necessary, and the Amount thereof shall accordingly be assessed, levied, paid, and recovered in like Manner, and with the like Powers and Remedies in all respects, as such Rate, and shall be paid by the Overseers, according to the Order of the Vestry, to such Person as shall be appointed by the Commissioners to receive the same, and his Receipt shall be a sufficient

Discharge

Discharge to the Overseers for the same, and shall be allowed accordingly in passing their Accounts.

Baths, &c. in

XVIII. And be it enacted, That the Money raised for defraying Monies raised, the Expences of carrying this Act into execution, and the Income and the Income arising from the Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places arising from in the Parish, shall be applied by the Commissioners in or toward the Parish, to defraying the Expences of carrying this Act into execution in the be applied toParish; and whenever, after Repayment of all Monies borrowed wards defraying for the Purpose of carrying this Act into execution in the Parish, Expences. and the Interest thereof, and after satisfying all the Liabilities of the Commissioners with reference to the Execution of this Act in the Parish, and providing such a Balance as shall be deemed by the Commissioners sufficient to meet their probable Liabilities during the then next Year, there shall be at the Time of holding the Meeting of the Vestry at which the yearly Report of the Auditors shall be produced any surplus Money at the Disposal of the Commissioners, they shall pay the same to the Overseers in aid of the Rate for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish.

XIX. And be it enacted, That the Vestries of any Two or more Vestries of Two neighbouring Parishes which shall have respectively adopted this or more Pa Act may concur in carrying this Act into execution in such rishes may conParishes in such Manner not inconsistent with the Provisions this Act into cur in carrying of this Act, and for such Time, as they shall mutually agree; execution, suband for that Purpose it may, with the Approval of such Secretary ject to the Apof State, be agreed on between such Vestries that any public proval of SecreBaths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places shall be erected tary of State. and made in any One of such Parishes, to be vested in the Commissioners thereof, and that the Expences of carrying this Act into execution with reference to the same shall be borne by such Parishes in such Proportions as such Vestries shall mutually agree, and the Proportion for each of such Parishes of such Expences shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the Monies to be raised for the Relief of the Poor of the same respective Parish accordingly; and, according and subject to the Terms which shall have been so agreed on, the Commissioners appointed for each of such Parishes shall, in the Management of the said Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places, form One Body of Commissioners, and shall act accordingly in the Execution of this Act, and the Accounts and Vouchers of such Commissioners shall be examined and reported on by the Auditors of each of such Parishes; and the surplus Money at the Disposal as aforesaid of such Commissioners shall be paid to the Overseers of such Parishes respectively in the same Proportions as those in which such Parishes shall be liable to such Expences.

XX. And for the more easy Execution of the Purposes of this Incorporation Act, be it enacted, That the Commissioners of every such Parish of Commis. shall be a Body Corporate, with perpetual Succession, which shall sioners. not be deemed to be interrupted by any partial or total Vacancy from Time to Time in their Office, by the Name of "The Commissioners for public Baths and Wash-houses in the Parish of ) in the County of ( )," and by that Name may sue and be sued in all Courts, and before all Justices and others, and may have and use a Common Seal, and

(

by

by that Name may take, hold, and convey any Lands vested in them for the Purposes of this Act.

XXI. And be it enacted, That for carrying this Act into execution in any Borough or Parish respectively, the Council, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Commissioners, with the Sanction of the Vestry, and also with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may from Time to Time borrow at Interest, on the Security of a Mortgage, as the Case may be, of the Borough Fund, or of the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish, the Money which may be by them respectively required, and shall apply the Monies so borrowed accordingly.

XXII. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners for carrying into execution an Act passed in the Second Session of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to a limited Amount for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for the like Purposes, may from Time to Time make to the Council of any such Borough, or Commissioners of any such Parish respectively, for the Purposes of this Act, any Loan under the Provisions of the recited Act or the several Acts therein recited or referred to, upon Security of the Borough Fund, or the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish, as the Case may be.

XXIII. And be it enacted, That the Provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, with respect to the borrowing of Money by any Company on Mortgage, and the Provisions of the same Act with respect to the Accountability of the Officers of the Company, and the Provisions of the same Act with respect to the making of Bye Laws, subject to the Provision herein-after contained, and the Provisions of the same Act with respect to the Recovery of Damages not specially provided for, and Penalties, so far as such Provisions may respectively be applicable to the Purposes of this Act, shall be respectively incorporated with this Act; and the Expressions in such Provisions applicable to the Company and the Directors shall apply as regards a Borough to the Council, and as regards a Parish to the Commissioners; and all Deeds and Writings which under such Provisions are required or directed to be made or executed under the Common Seal of the Company shall in the Application of such Provisions to this Act be deemed to be required or directed to be made or executed as regards a Borough under the Common Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, and as regards a Parish under the Common Seal of the Commissioners; and so much of such Provisions as are applicable to the "Secretary of the Company" shall apply to the Clerk; and in such of the said Provisions as relate to the Inspection of Accounts as regards a Borough the Burgesses, and as regards a Parish the Rate-payers, shall have the Privileges of Shareholders.

XXIV. And be it enacted, That in any such Borough the Council, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may from Time to Time appropriate for the Purposes of

Commissioners

this Act in the Borough any Lands vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, of the Treasury, and Burgesses; and in any such Parish the Commissioners appointed Lands vested in under this Act, with the Approval of the Vestry and of the Guar- the Mayor, &c. dians of the Poor of the Parish (if any), and of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, may from Time to Time proval of Vesmay, with Apappropriate for the Purposes of this Act in the Parish any Lands try, &c., approvested in such Guardians, or in the Churchwardens, or in the priate Lands,&c. Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish, or in any Feoffees, or contract for Trustees, or others, for the general Benefit of the Parish; and in Purchase of the any such Parish the Commissioners, with the Approval of the Vestry, and in any such Borough the Council, may from Time to Time contract for the purchasing or renting of any Lands necessary for the Purposes of this Act, and the Property therein shall be vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses in the Case of a Borough, or in the Commissioners in the Case of a Parish.

same.

XXV. And be it enacted, That the Council and Commissioners Councils and respectively may from Time to Time, on any Lands so appropriated, Commissioners purchased, or rented, or contracted so to be respectively, erect any may erect, &c. Buildings suitable for public Baths and Wash-houses, and as to and Washpublic Baths such Wash-houses either with or without open Drying Grounds, houses and open and make any open Bathing Places, and convert any Buildings Bathing Places. into public Baths and Wash-houses, and may from Time to Time alter, enlarge, repair, and improve the same respectively, and fit up, furnish, and supply the same respectively with all requisite Furniture, Fittings, and Conveniences.

Contracts for the Purposes of this Act.

XXVI. And be it enacted, That the Council and Commissioners Councils and respectively may from Time to Time enter into any Contract with Commissioners any Persons or Companies for building and making, and for alter- may enter into ing, enlarging, repairing, and improving, such public Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places, and for supplying the same respectively with Water, and for lighting the same respectively, and for fitting up the same respectively, and for furnishing any Materials and Things, and for executing and doing any other Works and Things necessary for the Purposes of this Act; which Contracts respectively shall specify the several Works and Things to be executed, furnished, and done, and the Prices to be paid for the same, and the Times when the Works and Things are to be executed, furnished, and done, and the Penalties to be suffered in Cases of Nonperformance; and all such Contracts, or true Copies thereof, shall be entered in Books to be kept for that Purpose: No Contract Provided always, that no Contract above the Value or Sum of One above 100l. to hundred Pounds shall be entered into by the Council or the Com- be entered into missioners, for the Purposes of this Act, unless previous to the without Notice. making thereof Fourteen Days Notice shall be given in One or more of the public Newspapers published in the County in which the Borough or Parish shall be situated, expressing the Intention of entering into such Contract, in order that any Person willing to undertake the same may make Proposals for that Purpose, to be offered to the Council or Commissioners at a certain Time and Place in such Notice to be mentioned, but it shall not be incumbent on the Council or Commissioners to contract with the Person offering the lowest Price.

XXVII. And be it enacted, That the Council of any such Council and Borough, and the Commissioners, with the Approval of the Vestry Commissioners

of may purchase

&c.

existing Baths, of any such Parish, may, if they shall think fit, contract for the Purchase or Lease of any Baths and Wash-houses already or hereafter to be built and provided in any such Borough or Parish, and appropriate the same to the Purposes of this Act, with such Additions or Alterations as they shall respectively deem necessary; and the Trustees of any public Baths and Wash-houses which have been already or may hereafter be built or provided in any such Borough or Parish by private Subscriptions or otherwise may, with the Consent of the Council of any such Borough, or with the Consent of the Commissioners, and Approval of the Vestry of any such Parish, and with the Consent of a Majority of the Committee or other Persons by whom they were appointed Trustees, sell or lease the said Baths and Wash-houses to the said Council or Commissioners respectively, or make over to them the Management of such Baths and Wash-houses; and in all such Cases the Baths and Wash-houses so purchased or leased, or of which the Management has been so made over, shall be deemed to be within the Provisions of this Act as fully as if they had been built or provided by the said Council or Commissioners; and the Property therein shall be vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses in the Case of a Borough, or in the Commissioners in the Case of a Parish.

Power to Water and Gas Com

Water and Gas to Baths, &c.

XXVIII. And be it enacted. That any Commissioners of Waterworks, Trustees of Waterworks, Water Companies, Canal Companies to supply panies, Gas Companies, and other Corporations, Bodies, and Persons having the Management of any Waterworks, Canals, Reservoirs, Wells, Springs, and Streams of Water, and Gas Works respectively, may in their Discretion grant and furnish Supplies of Water or Gas for such public Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places either without Charge or on such other favourable Terms as they shall think fit.

Councillors and Commissioners not to be personally liable.

Persons may

appeal against

Orders of

XXIX. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall render any Member of the Council of any Borough, or any Commissioner, personally, or any of their Lands, Goods, Chattels, or Monies (other than such Lands, Goods, Chattels, or Monies as may be vested in or under the Management or Control of the Council or Commissioners respectively in pursuance of this Act), liable to the Payment of any Sum of Money as or by way of Compensation or Satisfaction for or in respect of any thing done or suffered in due pursuance of this Act.

XXX. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall feel aggrieved by any Bye Law, Order, Direction, or Appointment of or by the Council or Commissioners shall have the like Power of Councils and Commissioners. Appeal to the General Quarter Sessions as under the Provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, incorporated with this Act, he might have if feeling aggrieved by any Determination of any Justice with respect to any Penalty.

Council, &c. empowered to make Sale and Exchange of Lands, with Consent.

XXXI. And be it enacted, That the Council, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Commissioners appointed under this Act, with the Approval of the Vestry, and of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury respectively, may from Time to Time make Sale and dispose of any Lands vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, or in the Commissioners respectively for the Purposes of this Act, and apply the Proceeds in or towards the Purchase of other Lands better