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Poor laws
ex-officio overseers, except in rural parishes, in which the churchwardens ceased to be overseers by virtue of the Local Government Act, 1894. Overseers of the Poor and Boards of Guardians were abolished (overseers from 1st April, 1927,
Weights and measures
and Measures Act, 1904, substitutes for the power of the Board of Trade to disapprove of regulations of local authorities an initiative power to that Board to make regulations as to verification and stamping of weights and
Municipal corporation
charters granted by the Crown. The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 76), passed after local inquiries by Royal Commissioners, completely reorganized the constitution of these corporations, and abrogated all charters so far, but
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Public health
by some twenty nine amending Acts which were repealed and consolidated by the Public Health Act, 1875 (the Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), repeals certain sections of this Act, re-enacting them
London
are abolished by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 94. The administrative 'county' of London was established by the Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40, and consists of the city of London and the various metropolitan parishes in
School
to send their children to a public elementary school. The duties of this Committee were transferred to the local education authorities by the Education Act, 1902. This Act was repealed by the Education Act, 1921, but the
Searches
in the acquisition of land sine registration under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, in the land or local registries of any incumbrance which is required to be registered under that Act is notice (q.v.) to the
Open space
Metropolitan Board of Works (succeeded by the London County Council, under s. 40, sub-s. 8, of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888) had power to acquire and to hold of the use of the public any open
Housing of the working classes
provided for in unrepeated portions of the Acts of 1930 and 1935. Very wide powers are conferred on local authorities over the ownership of land and housing properties, and populations within their districts, enabling those authorities to
Pension
after attaining 70 years of age to old age pensions although statutory conditions as to means, residence, or locality have not been fulfilled. The pension is 10s. per week where the yearly means do not exceed 26l.
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