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Bridge authority
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Thames
constructed under the authority of Parliament and belonging to any body corporate established under such authority, and no bridge over the river Thames or the river Kennet belonging to or vested in any county council or municipal
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Ferry
v. Att.-Gen., 1904 AC 490. The owner if he lose his traffic by the competition of a railway bridge can get no compensation under the Lands Clauses Act, Hopkins v. Great Northern Railway Co., (1877) 2 QBD … to the duties of common ferrymen, see 1 Shower, 140. As to the acquisition of ferries by local authorities, see the (English) Ferries (Acquisition by Local Authorities) Act, 1919. It includes a bridge of boats, pontoons or
Highways
county bridges), carriage ways, cartways, horseways, bridleways, footways, cause-ways churchways and pavements. They exist either by prescription, by authority of Acts of Parliament, or by dedication to the use of the public; and see the Rights of … also defined by the Highway Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50), s. 5, 'All roads, bridges (not being county bridges), carriage ways, cartways, horseways, bridleways, footways, cause-ways churchways and pavements. They exist either by
Bulk
local authority authorized by any general or special Act to undertake or contract for the lighting of streets, bridges, or public places, to be used for the purposes of lighting streets, bridges, and public places.
Toll
of money paid for use of something esp. The consideration paid to use a public road, highway, or bridge 2. A charge for a long call distance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. [fr. tol, Sax. And Dut.; … 1933, s. 40] The expression 'toll' normally means a definite payment exacted by the State or the local authority; by virtue of sovereignty or lordship, or in return for protection; more especially, for permission to pass somewhere,
County Councils
the People Acts, and the qualification for being elected similar to that required for electionto office onany local authority. Ministers of religion are not disqulaified, and peers owing property in the county and persons registered as parliamentary … management of hospitals and rate-aided mental hospitals. (7) Education and maintenance of schools; (8) Management of roads and bridges; (9) Regulation of fees of inspectors and other officers; (10) Control of officrs paid out of the county
Metropolitan Police Magistrates
Act, 1848). The Metropolitan Police Courts are: Bow Street, Clerkenwell, Marylebone, Marlborough Street, Westminster, Old Street, Thames, Tower Bridge, Lambeth, Greenwich, Woolwich, North London, West London, South Western, West Ham, Willesden. See Metropolitan Police Act, 1829; (English) … act which may be legally done by more than one justice of the peace. there is also special jurisdiction to settle disputes about wages for labour on the Thames, to deal with cases of oppressive distraint for
Magna Carta
his land, as carts, and implements of husbandry. The 15th and 16th chapters relate to the making of bridges and defending of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The 17th chapter enacts that:-'No … It has, however, from time to time been necessary and expedient to give to justices and local magistrates jurisdiction to a limited extent in dealing with crimes and quasi criminal matters. This jurisdiction is of two kinds:-(1)
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