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6. Are the provisions of the 10th Geo. IV., c.
131, or any of them, applicable towards the making,
assessing, collecting, allowing and appealing
against rates in this Parish, or do these provisions
only refer to properties compounded ?
6. I cannot find any provisions of the 10th Geo,
IV., c. 131, which are now applicable, some of the
clauses appear to relate to landlords of furnished
lodgings, who did not compound; but as far as
I can see it leaves them in the same position as
they would be without the Act.
7. Can the landlord who lets his house to A,
who underlets to B, C, D and E, claim to have his
house rated in his (the landlord's) name ?
7. I am not aware of any section which enables
such a landlord as is reefrred to in the section to
be rated.
8. Can houses rated to the landlord under the
provisions in the 7th sec. of 30 and 31 Vic., c.
102, be compounded for in accordance with the
provisions of 10th Geo. IV. c. 131 ?
8 I am of opinion that houses rated to the landlords
under the provisions of the 7th section of the
30th and 31st Vic , c. 102, cannot be compounded
for in accordance with the provisions of the 10th
Geo. IV., c. 131.
9. Can the landlord and tenant make any legal
arrangement by which the landlord can be rated
for and pay the tenant's rates ? See 30 and 31st
Vic., c. 102, ss. 7 and 49.
9. I am of opinion that a landlord and tenant
cannot, by any arrangement between themselves,
prevent the tenant from being rated and from being
liable to the Parish for the rate; but they may
make any arrangement they please as to which
of them should pay the rate, provided the arrangement
be not made corruptly, contrary to the 49th
section.
10. Does the 7th sec. of 30 and 31st Vic., c.
102, affect the compounding for the paving, lighting,
and sewers rates as well as the poor rate ? See
sec. 161, 18 and 19 Vic., c. 120.
10. I am of opinion that the 7th section of the
30th and 31st Vic.c. 102, does not affect the compounding
for any rates except the poor rates.
Wherever paving, lighting and sewers rates could
have legally been compounded for before that Act,
I think they may still legally be compounded for.