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Five-mile Act
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Light Railway
1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 19), the powers of the Light Railway Commissioners were continued for five years and several amendments made in the Act of 1896. See also Part V. of the (English) Railways … the rails by any one pair o wheels, and the speed of trains is not to exceed twenty-five miles an hour, could and still can be authorized by the Board of Trade under s. 27 of the
Parish Council
three miles of it. The number of councillors is fixed by each county council within the limits of five and fifteen members. The term of office, which was by the Act of 1894 one year, was altered … among the parochial electors, or persons who have resided for twelve months in the parish or within three miles of it. The number of councillors is fixed by each county council within the limits of five and
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Emigrant runner
other than a licensed passage broker (see that title) or his clerk, who in any port or within five miles of it, for reward, solicits any intending emigrant on behalf of broker or owner or master of … than a licensed passage broker (see that title) or his clerk, who in any port or within five miles of it, for reward, solicits any intending emigrant on behalf of broker or owner or master of a … connected with the preparations or arrangements for a passage [(English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 347]. Like a passage broker, the emigrant runner requires a
Ship
shares; not more than sixty four persons may own a ship as part owners, and not more than five may be joint owners of a ship or shares therein, but a corporation may be registered as owner … or in, or about a ship in a port or harbour of England or Ireland, or within three miles of the coast thereof, to apply to a judge to order the detention of the ship, if owned … Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)]
Public meeting
Act, 1883, and in any other case shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, or to imprisonment not exceeding one month. (2) Any person who incites others to commit an offence … 21 QBD 191), there is no 'right of public meeting' known to English law. Political meetings within a mile of Westminster Hall during the session of Parliament are prohibited by the Seditious Meetings Act, 1817. As a
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