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New Acts and Orders of 1899.
With the exception of the London Government Act and the
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, the actual legislation of the past
year, so far as sanitary administration and local government
are concerned, has not been of far-reaching importance.
The following is a list of the Acts of the year 1899, which
either wholly or in part relate to local government and sanitary
administration:—
Local Government Act.
Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Bye-laws) Act.
Metropolis Water Act.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
Infectious Disease (Notification) Extension Act.
Small Dwellings Acquisition Act.
Baths and Wash-houses Act.
Commons Act.
Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act.
Parish Councillors (Tenure of Office) Act.
Tithe Rent-charge (Rates) Act.
Telegraph Act.
Expiring Laws Continuance Act.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899.
[62 & 63 Vict., Ch. 51.]
The following summary will indicate briefly the main
provisions of the new Act:—
Section 1 provides that if there is imported into the
United Kingdom any of the following articles, namely:—
(a) Margarine or margarine-cheese, except in packages
conspicuously marked "Margarine" or "Margarine
cheese," as the case may require; or
(b) adulterated or impoverished butter (other than
garine) or adulterated or impoverished milk or cream,
except in packages or cans conspicuously marked with
a name or description indicating that the butter or
milk or cream has been so treated; or