Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1897]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    52 & 53 Vict c. 50. A.D. 1897. prayed, or that such combination shall cease, or that such special drainage district or districts shall, as such, cease to exist; and the decision of the sheriff shall be binding, and shall be final, except where it is pronounced by a sheriff substitute, in which case it may be appealed to the sheriff*. (2.) The order of the sheriff shall determine all questions regarding the payment of any debt which may affect any district or special drainage district, and the right to impose, and the obligation to pay, any assessment affected by his determination,, and shall fix the date at which such determination shall take effect, and a copy of any order pronounced by the sheriff shall be forthwith published in one or more newspapers circulating in the district, or by the posting of handbills thioughout the district, and transmitted to the Board and to the county council. (3.) Where a district committee is the local authority, not- withstanding the provisions of section seventeen, sub-section two, sub-head (c) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, it shall not be competent to appeal to the county council against any resolution of the district committee under this section. (4.) Where a special drainage district has been formed, or may hereafter be formed under the provisions of this Act, the district committee of the district in which such special drainage district is or may be situated, or the county council where a county is not divided into districts, shall in their discretion have power to provide for the drainage of the highways and footpaths under their management and control within such special drainage district, or to pay or contribute out of the assessments raised under the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act, 1878, a proportion of the cost of providing and maintaining sewers sufficient for the drainage of sucfi liighways and footpaths. (5.) Nothing contained in this Act shall prejudice the provisions of sub-sections one and two of section eighty-one of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, as amended by section forty- four of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1894. 123. The making of works of distribution and service for the supply of sewage to lands for agricultural purposes shall be deemed an improvement of land authorised by the Improvement of Land Act, 1864, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly. 41 & 42 Vict c. 61. 57 & 58 Vict, c. 58. Works of distribution of sewage to be deemed a land im- provement. 27 & 28 Vict. Cll4. Supply of water for burghs. 55 & 66 Vict, c. 65. Water Supply. 124. With respect to burghs subject to the provisions of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, or having a local Act for police or other purposes nothing contained in this Act shall prejudice the provisions of any of the said Acts in regard to the provision of a supply of water for the domestic use of the inhabitants and for sanitary and other purposes. Provided that in the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, and in the Lands Clauses Acts, so far as incorporated therewith, or authorised thereby to be put in force the term land shall include water and any right or servitude to or over laud, or water. k