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Hammersmith 1906

Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907

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(/) To grant licences for the erection of hoardings on the
public footways and for the right of advertising thereon;
(g) To examine and certify all certificates and accounts
relating to works under its control, and to submit the same to
the Finance Committee;
(h) To maintain the borough boundary marks, and to order
the erection of new ones where required;
(i) To report to the Council upon notices of application
respecting buildings received from the London County Council;
(j) To order the execution of works or the purchase of
materials, without the previous sanction of the Council, provided
that the estimated cost does not exceed £10;
(k) To prepare and submit to the Council plans for the
erection of any dwellings under Part III. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890.
Special Purposes Committee.
47. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To submit to the Council from time to time proposals for
the execution of any desirable street or other public improvements
in the borough;
(b) To consider such matters as are not specially assigned
to any other Standing Committee by these by-laws or by resolution
o the Council.
Confirmed at a meeting of the Council of the Metropolitan
Borough of Hammersmith, held on the 18th day of December,
1901.
The Borough Council has also made the following
by-laws under the provisions of the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1882, the Local Government Act,
1888, and the London Government Act, 1899:—
Noise from Organs connected with Shows, &c.
No person shall, in connection with any show, roundabout,
exhibition, or performance held or placed on any vacant ground
adjoining or near to a street, make or cause or permit or suffer to
be made, any loud or continuous noise by means of any organ or
other similar instrument to the annoyance or disturbance of
residents, and any person offending against this by-law shall, on
summary conviction, be liable for the first offence to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings, and for every subsequent offence to a
penalty not exceeding £5.
Noisy Hawking.
No person shall, for the purpose of hawking, selling, or
advertising any goods, call or shout in any street, so as to cause
annoyance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Any person
who shall offend against the foregoing by-law shall be liable, for
the first offence, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.