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the Nuisances Removal Act, with respect to the seizure of diseased
and unwholesome meat. Both Acts invested the Local Authorities
with power to enforce the provisions thereof. The Board had
abstracts of the first mentioned Act printed and circulated among
the bakers and confectioners in the district; and the Medical Officer,
as will be seen on reference to his Report, made an inspection of the
Bakehouses, Slaughter-houses, &c., and sanitary measures resulted
therefrom in several instances.
During the present Session of Parliament the Board have presented
|petitions as under, viz.:—Opposing the Bill introduced by
the Home Secretary for the Amalgamation of the City Police with the
Metropolitan—Urging the Abolition of the Duty on Fire Insurances
—Opposing the Bill to alter the mode of collection of Land Tax,
Assessed Taxes, and Income Tax. Memorials also have been presented
to the Home Secretary, complaining of the employment of
the Police for the protection of pugilists; and to the Metropolitan
Board of Works in favour of the introduction of a Bill to provide for
superannuation allowances, in certain events, to Officers of Vestries
and District Boards.
The tenant of the "George" Public House, in Gravel Lane,
having erected a building or skittle-ground in front of his house
beyond the general line of frontage, in contravention of the 143rd
clause of the Metropolis Local Management Act, the Board, in
May last, pursuant to a Magistrate's order, pulled down such
building and removed the materials to the Stone-yard.
A list of Contracts; the names and addresses of the Members of
the Board, and other particulars, will bo found at the end.
Board Room, Emerson Street,
24th June, 1864.
HERBERT STURMY,
Clerk.