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persons as to the penalties to which they will be liable for
neglect.
Advertising
Rating Act.
The Advertising Stations (Rating) Act, to amend the
law with respect to rating places used for advertisements,
received the Royal Assent on the 12th August, 1889, and, so
far as its provisions refer to rating, the Overseers of the Poor
are the responsible authorities. Section 5, however, provides
(inter alia) that where a District Board of Works grants a
license for the temporary erection of any hoarding, gantry,
scaffold, or other structure upon or over any part of any public
highway, or upon or over any lands or hereditaments the
property of such Board, the Board may prohibit or may include
in such license, a condition or conditions sanctioning the affixing
of advertisements thereto upon payment of such sum as
the Board may determine. The Board, after careful consideration
of the provisions of the Act, resolved to sanction
advertisements of the kind referred to upon payment by the
licensees of fees according to the following scale or tariff of
charges, and has divided the streets within the district under
its jurisdiction, into first, second, and third class, for the
purpose in view, viz:—
Fikst Class. For each superficial yard of any
hoarding, gantry or scaffold,
per week 1½d.
Second Class.— Do. do 1d.
Third Class.— Do. do ½d.
Builders and others requiring licenses tor hoardings, &c.,
can ascertain to which class the streets belong on application
to the Surveyor of the Board.
London Sub
ways and
Overhead
Wires Bill
This Bill, promoted by the London County Council, had for
its objects to empower the Council to make subways under
streets for the laying of pipes, wires, &c.; to make use of
same and of existing subways in lieu of breaking up the surface
of streets, and to control and regulate the use of overhead
wires. The Board approved the provisions of the Bill; but,
owing to the opposition which it encountered, it did not receive
the sanction of the legislature.