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removed and destroyed under Sec. 47, Sub-Sec. 8 Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, at the request of the persons
exposing- them, or having them for sale : —
2 pads of Mackerel.
8 boxes of Plums.
I box of Tomatoes.
I case of Cod.
3 cases of Apples.
I case of Hake.
80 lbs. of Skate.
REVENUE ACT, 1903.
In 1890 Parliament passed the Customs and Inland Revenue
Act (33 Vict. Cap. 8), in which (Section 26, 2) they granted
exemption from inhabited house duty, for houses used solely
for providing separate dwellings at rents not exceeding seven
shillings and six-pence a week for each dwelling, provided that
a certificate is produced from the Medical Officer of Health
for the district in which the house is situated, to the effect that
the house is so constructed as to afford suitable accommodation
for each of the families or persons inhabiting it, with due
provision for their sanitary requirements. The Medical Officer
of Health must examine such premises on request for the
purpose of ascertaining whether such certificate can properly
be given. In 1891 Parliament extended the benefits of the Act,
and in 1903 the provisions were again extended and embodied
in a new Section (Revenue Act, 1903, Section 11), the previous
enactments being repealed except with regard to the mode of
obtaining the certificate. The exact words of the Section
are:—
11. (i.) Where a house, so far as it is used as a dwelling
house, is used for the sole purpose of providing separate
dwellings :—
(a) The value of any dwelling in the house which is
of an annual value below twenty pounds, shall be