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three years from the date of the agreement, to erect, cover in, and completely finish tit
for habitation, 74 private dwelling houses on the said piece of land in the positions
shewn on the plan before mentioned, 25 of which houses to be built and completed fit
for habitation on or before the 25th day of December, 1879; 25 more of such houses
on or before the 25th day of December, 1880, and the remainder on or before the 25th
day of December, 1881, but the Lessee to be at liberty by or before the last mentioned
time (if he shall think fit) to erect a Public House at one of the corners of the intended
new Road, in which case the number of private houses was to be reduced to 72.
Mr. Machin further entered into a Bond with two sureties in the penal sum of £1,000
for the due performance of his said agreement.
Canal Boats Act, 1877.
40th & 41st Vic. cap. 60.
The Vestry of this Parish were by an Order of the Local Government Board
dated 17th May, 1878 (made under the provisions of "An Act to provide for the
Registration and Regulation of Canal Boats used as dwellings"), appointed the
Registration Authority for the Grand Surrey Canal, and in December, 1878, they
accepted the offer of Dr. Browning, the Medical Officer of Health, to take the duty
of inspecting the Boats, &c., for Registration under the provisions of the said Act,
for twelve months gratuitously and appointed him- accordingly to that office. Two
Canal Boats only have been Registered in this parish since the Act came into
operation.
Baths and Wash Houses Acts.
At a Special Meeting of the Vestry of Rotherhithe held on the 30th of July,
1878, duly convened for the special purpose of determining whether the Act of the
Session held in the 9th and 10th years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, cap. 74, intituled "An Act to encourage the establishment of Public
Baths and Wash Houses," and the several Acts amending the same, should be
adopted tor the Parish of Rotherhithe, it was unanimously
RESOLAED that the Act of the Session held in the 9th and 10th years of
the Reign ot Her Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 74, intituled "An Act to encourage
the establishment ol Public Baths and Wash Houses,' and the several Acts amending
the same ought to be, and are hereby adopted for this Parish of Rotherhithe.
In September, 1878, the Vestry received the Local Government Board's formal
approval of the adoption of the Baths and Wash Houses Acts for this Parish.