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(a) Four-fifths of that which in the opinion of the Local
Authority is the market value of the ownership; nor
(b) Two hundred and forty pounds; or in the case of a fee
simple or leasehold of not less than ninety-nine years unexpired at
the date of the purchase, three hundred pounds.
In the application of this act to London any Sanitary Authority
shall have the same powers as an Urban District Council, and the
expenses shall be paid out of the General rate, except in the City of
London where it shall be paid out of the Consolidated rate. The
Act provides among other things that the proprietor of the house
shall reside in it; that the house shall be kept insured; and that it
shall be kept in a good sanitary condition.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899.—This is an Act to
amend the law relating to the Sale of Food and Drugs.
Sec. 1 provides precautions against the importation of margarine,
margarine-cheese, adulterated or impoverished butter, milk
or cream, condensed separated or skimmed milk, or any adulterated
or impoverished food except in conspicuously marked packages or
receptacles.
Sec. 2 enables the Local Government Board and the Board of
Agriculture to procure for analysis samples of any articles of food,
but the local authority must pay the fee to the analyst.
Sec. 3 makes it compulsory on Local Authorities to appoint a
public analyst, and to enforce the powers under the Adulteration
Acts with which they are invested.
Sec. 4 gives power to the Board of Agriculture to make regulations
as to what is to be considered the normal constituents of milk,
butter and cheese.
Sec. 5 extends the provisions of the Margarine Act, 1887, to
margarine-cheese.
Sec. 6 makes provision for the branding or marking of packages
of margarine or margarine-cheese.
Sec. 7 enacts that manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in
margarine and margarine-cheese shall keep a register showing to
whom they send their goods.
Sec. 8 restricts the amount of butter that may be mixed with
margarine to ten per cent.