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Disorderly
Houses.
33. Proceedings taken by the Council with respect to disorderly
houses resulted in the following convictions
being obtained, viz.:—For keeping a brothel and
living on the earnings of an immoral woman, three months'
imprisonment with hard labour; for keeping a brothel, three
months' imprisonment with hard labour; for permitting a house
to be used for habitual prostitution, fined £10 and £,2 2s. costs;
and for allowing a boy, 10 years of age, to be upon the premises,
fined £10, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment in
each case, to run consecutively.
Writing on
Pavements.
34. The following Bye-Law was made by the Council on the
8th March last, viz.:—
"No person shall deface the footway of any street by writing or other
marks."
PENALTY.
"Any person who shall offend against the foregoing Byelaw shall be
"liable for every such offence to a fine not exceeding Forty Shillings."
Quinquennial
valuation.
35. In accordance with the provisions of the Valuation
(Metropolis) Act, 1869, the new Valuation List
was duly made and deposited on the 31st May,
1910. The following is an extract from the report of the Rating
Committee on the final approval of the List by the Assessment
Committee:—
2—(a) We beg to report that the Union Assessment Committee have finally
approved the new Valuation List, which will (subject to appeals to
Quarter Sessions) come into operation on the 6th April, 1911. The
total rateable value shewn by the List is £2,126,163.

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