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cheese is carried on. It is necessary, therefore, in order to
comply with such provision, for every trader carrying on
business of the kind as well as every manufacturer of margarine
or margarine cheese to register his place of business with the local
authority, the local authority for the Parishes of Christchurch
and St. Saviour being the District Board of Works. The Act
came into force on the 1st January, 1900.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL BYE-LAWS.
The County Council has issued bye-laws, dated the 11th
June, 1900, dealing with window-cleaning, painting, and flash
or search-lights. A fine not exceeding £5 is imposed upon
any person who, to the obstruction, annoyance or danger of
residents or passengers, orders or permits anyone to stand on
the sill of any window for the purpose of cleaning or painting
at a height of more than six feet from the level of the ground
without support sufficient to prevent the person from falling,
and a fine not exceeding 20s. for the person who stands on the
sill under the circumstances. The second part prohibits the
exhibition of any flash-light so as to be visible from any street
and to cause danger to the traffic. The expression "flash-light"
means and includes any light used for the purpose of illuminating,
etc., any word, letter, model, sign, device or
representation in the nature of an advertisement, etc., which
alters suddenly, either in intensity, colour or direction. Searchlights
are prohibited under the same conditions as flash-lights,
the term "search-light" meaning and including any light
exceeding 500-candle power, whether in one lamp or lantern, or
in a series of lamps or lanterns used together and projected as
one concentrated light, which alters either in intensity, colour
or direction.
The Council has also made and promulgated the following
bye-law:—
"No person shall, for the purpose of hawking, selling
or advertising any newspaper, call or shout in any street so
as to cause annoyance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood."
Any person offending against such bye-law is liable to a
penalty of 40s.
With a view to mitigating and putting a stop, if possible,
to the dangerous nuisance occasioned by persons throwing
bottles and broken glass on the public ways, the Board has
issued the following handbill :—