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Snow. Nuisances arising from snow may be pre-vented by bye-laws of local authorities under s. 81 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, but, in case of conflict, a regulation under the London Traffic Act, 1924, s. 10, is to prevail over any bye-law. If any obstruction shall arise in any highway from accumulation of snow, the surveyor is required from time to time, and within twenty-four hours after notice thereof from any justice of the peace of the county in which the parish may be situate, to cause the same to be removed, by s. 26 of the (English) Highways Act, 1835: Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Highways.' Snow is included in the 'street refuse' which London sanitary authorities must, as far as reasonably practicable, remove from the street, by s. 86 of the (English) Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 50); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Public Health (Metropolis)'; but the fine up to 20l. was held to be the only liability o the authority if in default, Saunders v. Ho...
Middlesex Quarter Sessions
Middlesex Quarter Sessions. The are over which the Quarter Sessions for the County of Middlesex has jurisdiction is now much smaller than formerly, owing to the extension of the County of London, which has its own sessions (London Sessions). As a result, the Middlesex Sessions are no longer presided over by a paid judge and his assistant, but by an unpaid chairman and vice-chairman, as in other counties. Middlesex Sessions are held at the Guildhall, Westminster, and are not to be confused with London Sessions, which are presided over by a paid chairman and deputy-chairman, now held at the Sessions House....
Metropolis
Metropolis. The principal city, being the seat of government, in any kingdom; the Cities of London and Westminster and the parishes adjacent thereto; the County of London. See LONDON....
District Boards (UK)
District Boards (UK), in London, constituted by the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, for the management of the sanitary affairs of combinations of parishes not singly represented by vestries. Their powers are transferred to the metropolitan boroughs constituted under the (English) London Government Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14). [See also the (English) London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1934, (c. xl.)]...
Central Criminal Court
Central Criminal Court. This court was created by the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. , c. 36), for the trial of all cases of treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanours committed within the county of Middlesex, and in certain specified parts of the counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, all of which constitute one county for the purpose of the Act, and also commissions of goal delivery to deliver the goal of Newgate of the prisoners therein charged with any of the offences aforesaid. The Court consists of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and also of the Judges; and there are twelve sessions held in every year, at times fixed by four or more of the judges of the High Court, (English) (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 74). The 17th section of the Act authorizes the Court to try offences committed on the high seas; and the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 16) [see (English) Palmer's Act], authorizes the King's Bench Division of the High Court to orde...
Building Acts (English)
Building Acts (English). The Acts commonly so called apply only to the metropolis, and have been called the Metropolitan Building Acts. The Metropolitan Building Acts, 1855 and 1862 (which were public general Acts), and their amending enactments wee repealed and re-enacted with many amendments by the local and personal London Building Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. ccxiii.), and its amending Acts of 1898 and 1905. These in their turn are repealed by the London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.). see LONDON BUILDING ACT.The old Building Act, par excellence, the (English) Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), although otherwise partial and repealed, has two ss., 83 and 86, which are still in force and (it is submitted) of universal application. See as to s. 86, Ex parte Goreley, (1864) 4 De G. J. & S. 477, but compare Westminster Fire Office v. Glasgow Provident Society, (1888) 13 App Cas 167, per Lord Watson. s. 33 provides for the application of insuranc...
Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At p. 561, not to include a wall; but the definition depends on circumstances, and may include a reservoir, Moran v. Marsland, (1909) 1 KB 744. The London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new building' was defined in s. 23 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909) 2 KB 257. An advertisement hoarding is a building within a restrictive covenant, Nussey v. Provincial Bill Posting Co., (1909) 1 Ch 734; Stevens v. Willing & Co. Ltd., 1929 WN 53. See also Paddington Corporation v...
Balconies
Balconies [fr. bala khaneh, Pers., an upper chamber], small galleries of wood, iron or stone on the outside of houses. The erection of them is regulated in London by s. 73 of the London Building Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 213), and by the London Building Act, 1930 (21 Geo. 5, c. 158), s. 79, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Metropolis,' which directs that they must be of fireproof material....
Metropolis Management Act, 1855 (English)
Metropolis Management Act, 1855 (English) (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120), amended by subsequent Acts, of which the most important is that of 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 102), and to a great extent repealed by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (now repealed), the Local Government Act, 1894, the London Government Act, 1899, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 50). See LONDOND, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Metropolis.'...
Metropolitan Police Magistrates
Metropolitan Police Magistrates. There are 25 salaried Metropolitan Police Magistrates (maximum 27) appointed by the Crown to execute the duties of justices of the peace within the Metropolitan Police District. The qualification for this office is having practised as a barrister for at least seven years. Any such magistrate can do alone any 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 small rents, to order delivery to the owner of goods unlawfully detained up to 15l. value, and to give possession of deserted premises to landlords (see Ston's Justices' Manual). The senior metropolitan Magistrate is ex-officio a justice for Berkshire (Indictable Offences Act, 1848). The Metropolitan Police Courts are: Bow Street, Clerkenwell, Marylebone, Marlborough Street, Westminster, Old Street, Thames, Tower Bridge, Lambeth, Greenwich, Wool...
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