Action for polluting streams with sewage, 94, 95, 107, 109, 110
by common informers, time within which it must be brought, 66
against Local Board, form of notice of, 476

against surveyor for non-repair of highways, 166

Acton provisional order, 773

Acts of disqualified members of Local Board, saving as to, 36
Addressing voting-papers, how to be performed, 46

Adjoining districts, when they may unite, 11, 24; execution of works in,
148; cleansing of watercourses in, 148

places, execution of works in, 538

Admission to public libraries and museums to be free, 371
Adoption of Public Health Act, 7

of Local Government Act, 11; poll for, 15; by parish in a high-
way district, 16; not exhausted by one adoption, but may be exercised
from time to time, 21; by lesser place included in a greater, 13; by
places not having defined boundaries, 17; partial adoption of, 20;
notice of adoption, 23; publication of, 23; appeal against, 24; objec
tions as to validity of, 24; costs. in relation to adoption, 24; return as
to, 7

in an ecclesiastical district, 12, 18

of Free Public Libraries Act in boroughs, 367; in Improve-
ment Act districts, 369

of Public Baths and Wash-Houses Acts in boroughs, 252; in
Local Board of Health districts, 252; in a borough comprising part
of a parish, 12

Adulteration of food, 548; of medicines, 548

Advertisement of audits, 439

Agent of candidate may accompany deliverer of voting-papers, 51
Agreement between landlord and tenant not to be affected by Acts,

400

Agreements for water supply, 246

Agriculture, drainage of land for purposes of, 116, 245

Aldershott, constitution of Local Board of, 53; provisional order, 755

Alehouse, a place of public resort, 343

Alfreton provisional order, 753

Alien, disqualification of, as member of Local Board, 29

Alkali works, nuisances arising from, 507; registration of, 507; inspection
of, 507; condensation of the muriatic acid arising from, 507

Aller Moor, drainage scheme in, 120

Alley, meaning of, 293

Animal charcoal, furnaces for making, 324

keeping of, so as to be injurious to public health, 152
kept so as to be a nuisance, 502; remedy, 522

Annual meetings of Local Boards, 60

reports of Local Government Board to Parliament, 4; of Local
Boards, 62

report of medical officer appointed by Privy Council, 585

returns as to highways, 199

value, meaning of term, 29, 31; general district rates to be assessed
on, 383; how to be ascertained, 384, 385; evidence of, 386
Appeal against adoption of Local Government Act, 24; time within which
the petition may be presented, 25; against rates when amended, 393;
against disallowances in accounts, 441; to Local Government Board
in respect of private improvement expenses, 405; to Quarter Sessions,
472

does not lie against order for abatement of nuisance, 523; against
order prohibiting occupation of house unfit for habitation, 524;
against order for execution of structural works, 525; against assess-
ment by local authority, 537

in respect of proceedings for carrying on noxious trades, 550; to
be made to Quarter Sessions, 472; notice of, 472; the hearing, 560;
costs, 561; on case stated to superior Court, 561

against allowances by auditor, 439, 441

from decision of Court, no bar to granting an injunction upon same
point, 95

against bye-laws under Public Baths and Wash-Houses Acts,
255; against constitution of special drainage district formed by sewer
authority, 568; against highway rates, 419; in Oxford, 424

under Nuisances Removal Acts, jurisdiction of justices, 560; costs
of appellants, 561

Appeals against rates, 421; form of notice and grounds of, 421
qualification of justices as to, 560

to Local Government Board, costs of, 5

Appearance of Local Boards before justices, 474; of nuisance authorities
before justices, 516; of sewer authorities in legal proceedings, 565
Application of surplus income arising from burial-grounds, 355

of General Acts to Local Boards constituted under Local Acts, 5
of Public Health Act to districts, 7; of Local Government
Act, 11; of penalties, 470, 558; of money arising from sale of noxious
matters, 520

of Sewage Utilization Act, to what districts, 563

Appointment of analysts, 548

of officers by Local Government Board, 4; of persons to
assist at election of members of Local Board, 43; of chairman of
Local Board, 61; of officers, 63; need not be under the seal of
the Local Board, 63, 486; when district contains population less than
3000, must be made within two months after the election of the Local
Board, 63; receiver of rates, 430

of committee by local authority, 497; of officer of health, 586

Appointment of inspectors of nuisances, 498; under Local Boards, 63, 499;
in the metropolis, 499

Apportionment of expenses of paving private streets, 171, 174; of repair-
ing street, form of, 171; must be signed by the actual surveyor, 172;
of rates between outgoing and incoming tenants, 382; of expenses
incurred in respect of two or more parts of districts, 383; of expenses,
when to be binding, 487; of rent-charges, 404

Apprehension of officer failing to account, 67

Appropriation of lands for purposes of baths and wash-houses, 255
of surface water, 245

Approval of General Board of Health dispensed with, 2; to be given by
Local Government Board, 3

of Local boards, how to be given, 61

of surveyor of Local Board to new roads, how far binding on

Local Board, 180

Aqueducts, use and construction of, 84; for public supply of water, 231
Arable land, rating of, 388

Arbitration, disputes as to amount of compensation to be settled by, 100;
reference to, of works prohibited to be done by Local Boards without
consent, 114; effect of it, 114; as to substituted sewers, etc., 116;
questions how to be referred to, 460; matters which may be referred
to, 464; questions as to damages, 453, 454

Arbitrator, decision of, binding both as to law and facts, 464
Arbitrators, conduct of, 464

Arches over canals, etc., construction of, by Local Boards, 203
Arrangement with creditors disqualifies from acting as member of town
council, 34

Artesian wells, description of, 82; reference to, 242

Artificial disinfectants, 160

Artisans' and labourers' dwellings, local authorities for, 292; interpretation
of terms of Act, 293; appointment of officer of health, 294; his report
on premises, 294; householders may report on premises unfit for
habitation, 294; duties of local authority on receipt of reports, 295;
appeal against order of local authority, 295; by owner, 296; owner to
signify assent to execution of necessary works, 297; appearance
of
local authority in proceedings, 297; jurisdiction of justices under, 297;
service of notice on owner, 297; to execute works in specification,
298; how in case of default, 298; when works to be executed by local
authority, 298; cost of works to be a charge on premises, 298; demo-
lition of premises, 298; power to owner to take down premises instead
of improving them, 299; determination of tenancies, 299; application
to justices where one owner out of several included in order neglects
to comply, 299; grant of charging order on premises on completion of
works, 300; form of, 300; charges recoverable as rent-charges, 301;
registry of order, 301; assignment of charge, 301; form of, 302;
expenses of local authority, 302; borrowing powers of, 302; service
of notice on, 302; penalties under Act, 302

Ashford provisional order, 759

Ashby-de-la-Zouch provisional orders, 753, 754

Ashes, what are not, 151

boxes for temporary deposit of, 150

Ashpits, cleansing of, 151; examination of, by surveyor, 154; to be pro-
vided for new houses, 160; bye-laws as to, 151; when a nuisance, 502
Ashton-under-Lyne provisional order, 771

Asses, bye-laws for licensing and regulating hire of, 351, 484
Assessment, limitation in amount of, 536, 537

meaning of term, 537

of railway to general district rates, 10

of railway and sidings, etc., to district rate, 391

of unoccupied houses, 382; of parts of districts or streets,

382; of general district rates, 385

of premises to defray cost of sewers, 541

Committee, appointment of, in Oxford, 424; duties of, 424;

their expenses, 425

Attendance of ratepayers at audit, 439

Attorney, employment of, by Local Boards, 64

· -General, consent of, to action for penalties, 35, 51, 470

Auction, sale of noxious matters removed from premises by, 520

Audit of accounts, 438; of Improvement Commissioners, 439; notice to
be given, 439; as to highways, 202; relating to burial grounds, 355,
444

under Public Baths and Wash-Houses Act, 254; under
Labouring Classes Dwellings Act, 280

Auditor, his remuneration, 440; his personal expenses, etc., 440; power
of, to compel production of books, etc., 444; his report on the accounts
audited, 444

Auditor's certificate, finality of, unless appealed against, 444

Authentication of documents by Local Boards, 61

of orders of Local Government Board, 580, 581

Authority of Local Board, how to be expressed, 485

of Nuisances Removal Committee, 498

Avoidance of constitution of district, if no election of Local Board take
place within time limited, 41

Avon, draining into the river, 135

Award for costs generally is good, without ascertaining the amount, 463

Bakehouse Regulation Act, 361; interpretation of terms, 361; penalties
for acting in contravention of, 361

definition of, 361; ventilation of, 362; limitation of hours for
employment, in, 361; cleansing of, 362; sleeping places in, 362; in-
spection of, 362

excluded from provisions of Factory Acts and Workshop
Regulation Act, 361

Balances of lighting rate in overseers' hands should be paid over to Local
Board, 191

Banbury, amount of rates to be levied in, limited, 386; provisional orders,
754, 756, 764

Bangor provisional orders, 754, 763

Bankrupt, disqualification of, as member of Local Board, 33; recovery of
rate from, 397

Barnard Castle provisional order, 753

Barnsley, limitation of rates in, 386; provisional orders, 754, 756

Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission, memorandum of, on use

of disinfectants, 158

Barton provisional order, 772
Basford provisional order, 758

Bath provisional order, 771

Bathing in reservoirs, etc., penalty, 248; regulations as to, on the sea-
shore, 262

-machines on sea-shore, license must be obtained from owner of
shore, to their being placed there, 262

places (open), provision of, under Public Baths and Wash-Houses
Act, 256; bye-laws as to, 259

Baths, supply of water to, 246

and wash-houses, establishment of public, in boroughs, 252; in
Local Board of Health Districts, 252; powers, etc., of Local Board,
253; sale of, 258

for the labouring classes, number of, to be provided, 260; charges
for, 260; for higher classes, 260

Batley provisional order, 785

Battle provisional order, 756

Beacons exempt from rates, 392

Bear-baiting, prohibition as to places for, 344

Bedding used by sick in common lodging-house, disinfection or destruc-
tion of, 270; place for disinfection of, 530; transmission of, to such
place, 592; penalty for selling when infected, 592
Bedford (Lancashire) provisional order, 765

provisional orders, 758, 764

Beggars in common lodging-houses, reports as to, 270
Bequests of land for public museums exempt from Mortmain Act, 371
for public parks exempt from Mortmain Act, 193

Berwick-upon-Tweed provisional orders, 753, 758

Beverley provisional order, 753

Bideford provisional order, 765, 770

Bills in Parliament, defraying cost of promoting, out of rates, 374, 375
Binsey, election of members of Oxford Local Board for parish of, 56;
production of ratebooks for, 57; penalty for refusing to do so, 57
Birmingham, consumption of smoke in, 329

Bishop Auckland provisional orders, 754

Blackpool, provisional order relating to, 771

Blackstone, Mr. Justice, definition of nuisance by, 504

Blood-boiler, prohibition as to trade of, 320

-boiling, causing noxious effluvia, proceedings in such case, 549

Board of Health, transfer of powers of general, to Local Government
Board, 580

Boards of Health, incorporation of, 434

Boats, bye-laws for licensing and regulating hire of, 351, 484