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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
XXV. Empty Houses.
The half-rating of empty houses (at the instigation
of Mr. Townsend) has from time to time,
exercised the minds of the Yestry, but upon the
question being reconsidered by the Finance Committee,
a Resolution was passed (Nov. 15th, 1892)
that it was not advisable to rate empty houses in
accordance with the provisions of section 123 of the
Paddington Local Act.
XXVI. Factory & Workshop Acts, 1878-1891.
Upon the recommendation of the Sanitary Committee
it was Resolved:– “That the Yestry do
cause Notices, in accordance with the request of the
Local Grovernment Board, to be served upon the
occupier of every factory and workshop in the
Parish (including any workshop conducted on the
system of not employing any child, young person,
or woman therein), and every contractor employed
by any such occupier in any of the businesses mentioned
in the schedule hereunder, to keep in the
form and with the particulars prescribed by the
Home Secretary, lists showing the names of all
persons directly employed by him or them, either as
workman or as contractor, in the said business outside
the factory or workshop, and the places where
they are employed, in order that such list may be