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Local board
of persons established by an order of the Local Government Board, upon a resolution of the owners and ratepayers of a rual district, for the purpose of administering the Public Health and (which see) within such district,
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Council
commonly called a town council, consists of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the ratepayers (women included), and the aldermen being elected by the councillors,the term of office of a councillor being three
Libraries (Public)
Libraries (Public). The (English) Public Libraries Acts, 1855-1890, 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
Lighting and Watching Act, 1833
Act which may be adopted in any parish by the votes of a majority of two-thirds of the ratepayers, and which, if adopted, regulates the lighting of the parish 'by gas, oil, or otherwise' (s. 45), and
Metropolitan Board of Works
Vict. c. 120, and elected by vestries and district boards, who in their turn were elected by the ratepayers. The powers, duties, and liabilities of the board were transferred to the London County Council by s. 40,
Technical Instruction
of any trade or industry or employment, might be provided by local authorities at the expense of the ratepayers; and by the repealed Technical Instruction Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 4), a local authority might
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