Parliamentary Papers, Volume 4

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Page 5 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 7 - ... such general report shall be laid before both houses of parliament within six weeks after the receipt of the same by such principal secretary of state, if parliament be sitting, or if parliament be not sitting then within six weeks after the next meeting thereof.
Page 14 - Rentcharge, or the Occupier of any Land used as Arable, Meadow, or Pasture Ground only, or as Woodlands, Market Gardens, or Nursery Grounds, and the Occupier of any Land covered with Water, or used only as a Canal or Towing-path for the same, or as a Railway constructed under the Powers of any Act of Parliament for public Conveyance, shall be assessed in respect of the same in the Proportion of One Fourth Part only of such net annual Value thereof...
Page 18 - ... in respect of the proceedings of which minutes have been so made shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened, and all resolutions passed thereat or proceedings had, to have been duly passed and had...
Page 15 - ... the Public Health Act 1848. This provided: That full Compensation shall be made out of the General or Special District Rates to be levied under this Act, to all Persons sustaining any Damage by reason of the Exercise of any of the Powers of this Act...
Page 19 - ... powers and privileges, and be liable to all such duties and responsibilities, as any constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his constablewick by virtue of the common law of this realm...
Page 31 - Act, any sums of money necessary for defraying any such costs, charges, and expenses ; and for the purpose of securing the repayment of any sums so borrowed, together with such interest as aforesaid, the...
Page 23 - Viet. c. 60, s. 1, it is enacted that " the owner of every dog shall be liable in damages for injury done to any cattle or sheep by his dog ; and it shall not be necessary for the party seeking such damages to show a previous mischievous propensity in such dog, or the owner's knowledge of such previous propensity, or that the injury was attributable to neglect on the part of such owner.
Page 19 - ... (4.) For the enforcement of the provisions of any such bye-laws every such officer shall be deemed to be a constable, and to have the same powers and privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as a constable duly appointed has and is subject to in his constablewick at common law or by statute.

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