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District Parishes

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Local authority

Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name … Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for

Local Government

is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See these titles respectively, and COUNTY COUNCIL; DISTRICT

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Sanitary authority

means the borough, and 'parish' in relation to a common parish council acting for two or more grouped parishes means those parishes. As to Port Health Authorities, see QUARANTINE. … county, as respects certain matters, the county council, and as respects all other matters, the councils of county districts without prejudice to the exercise by a parish council of any powers conferred on such councils, and 'local'

Local Improvements

(23 & 24 Vict. c. 30), a majority of two-thirds of the rate payers of any parish or district may, by 'adopting' that Act rate their district in aid of certain public improvements (e.g., public walks, playgrounds, … Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 30), a majority of two-thirds of the rate payers of any parish or district may, by 'adopting' that Act rate their district in aid of certain public improvements (e.g., public

Libraries (Public)

authorised the establishment, at the expense of the ratepayers, of free public libraries in municipal boroughs, Improvement Act districts, and parishes, in England, by the vote of a majority of two-thirds of the inhabitants, taking by voting

London

entrusted by the Metropolitan Management Act, 1855, to the Metropolitan Board, the members of vestries representing parishes, and district boards representing combinations of parishes, which conducted its local government. The franchise and qualifications were, by the Local

Parish Council

24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 43-55), for every rural parish i.e., (every parish in a rural sanitary district) having a population of 300 or upwards, the county council having also power to group parishes under a

Petty-bag Office

Reynolds v. Monckton, (1841) 2 M&Rob 384. The New Parishes Act, 1856, s. 6, provides for pew-rents in district churches, but also that one half of the whole number of pews or sittings shall be free sittings;

Common

it as being too cumbrous and expensive in its procedure. The Act of 1899 enables urban and rural district councils to make regulations under the supervision of the Board of Agriculture. A district council may delegate its … the supervision of the Board of Agriculture. A district council may delegate its powers of management to a parish council, and a parish council may contribute to the expenses of management. Compensation, to be ascertained under the

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