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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
"And whereas we, the Council, have taken such representation
into our consideration, and, being satisfied of the truth thereof,
and of the sufficiency of our resources, have passed a resolution to
the effect that the said area is an unhealthy area, and that an
improvement scheme ought to be made in respect of such area.
"And whereas it is necessary for the proper re-arrangement
of the area aforesaid that certain neighbouring lands should be
acquired by us the Council.
"And whereas the Council in pursuance of the powers conferred
upon them by section 3 of the 'Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1885,' have made arrangements with the Commissioners of
Her Majesty's Treasury for the purchase of a piece of land,
formerly part of the site of the Millbank Penitentiary, in the
Parish of St. John, Westminster, in the County of London, which
piece of land is shown upon the plan marked No. 27b, hereunto
annexed, and thereon surrounded by a red line, upon which land
it is proposed to erect buildings for the accommodation of 1,269
of the persons of the working class displaced by this scheme.
"Now therefore we, the Council, in furtherance of such resolution,
and in pursuance of the provisions of the ' Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890,' and the powers by the said Act
conferred upon us, do make the scheme following, that is to
say
"Improvement Area.
"The lands delineated and coloured red and blue on the plan
No. 27 to this scheme annexed, on which plan the lands referred
to in the before mentioned official representation are coloured red
and certain neighbouring lands are coloured blue, and all which
lands are situate in the Parishes of St. Clement Danes, St. Maryle-Strand,
St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and St. Martin-in-the-Fields
respectively, in the County of London, shall constitute the
improvement area to which the scheme refers.
"Acquisition of Lands.
The lands constituting the said improvement area or any of
them may, for the purposes of this scheme, be taken compulsorily.