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area. Notice of the scheme is to be served on every owner, lessee, and occupier of any part
of the area; then the local authority shall petition the Local Government Board for an order
sanctioning the scheme; upon such order being granted, the local authority may purchase
the area by agreement; any owner, however, may petition the Local Government Board
against the order within two months after such publication. Section 40 makes provisions for
the accommodation of persons of the working class displaced by the scheme. Section 41
provides for the amount of compensation being settled by arbitration. Sections 42, 43, and
44 deal with powers of borrowing by the local authority. Section 45 states that where
representation has been made by the Medical Officer of Health respecting any dwellinghouse
being unfit for human habitation the district authority shall forward to the County
Council of the county in which the dwelling-house or building is situate, a copy of such
representation, complaint, information, or closing order, and shall from time to time report
to the Council such particulars as the Council require respecting any proceedings taken by
the authority. Sections 46 to 52 deal with purely legal matters. The portion of part iii.
(sections 5G to 70) deals with the management of " Working Class Lodging-houses by a
local authority. Section 58 gives to the local authority power to purchase existing lodging
houses. Section 59 gives to the local authority power to erect lodging-houses. Section 61
states that the general management, regulation and control of lodging-houses may be vested
in a local authority. Section 62 gives a local authority power to make bye-laws for the
regulation of lodging-houses. Section 63 disqualifies tenants of such lodging-houses from
receiving parochial relief. Section 64 provides that when any lodging-house has been
established for seven years or upwards and is found to be unnecessary or too expensive it
may be sold. Sections 65, 66, 67, and 68 deal with powers of borrowing. Section 69 deals
with water supply to lodging-houses by a water company either "without charge, or on
such other favourable terms" as they think fit. Section 70 grants permission for any
officer of the local authority "to inspect at all times.''
Bad Smells from Main Sewers.
On the 6th of May my report contained the following remarks:—"It may be in the
recollection of some members of the Vestry that for a few days before and after your last
meeting an offensive effluvium was pervading certain streets, and penetrating into the houses.
The matter was referred to me for investigation and report. The peculiarity of the smell