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 Animals.

430 Sect.

By

2.

Statute.

Provision of

wharves

etc.

Sheepdipping tanks.

Eeports to Board.

Expenses.

borough councils in boroughs with a population in 1881 of not less than 10,000, and elsewhere the county councils, except in the city of London, where the city corporation is the local authority. Moreover, the city corporation is the local authority so far as foreign animals are concerned for the whole county of London (a). Many important functions which the principal Act authorises the local authorities to perform have already been noted. They are further empowered to provide wharves and sheds for landing and keeping (or slaughtering) foreign and other animals, or carcases, fodder, and dang. Such wharves are " markets " within the Markets and Fairs Clauses Act, 1847, the provisions of which relating to building, maintaining and holding markets, erecting and managing slaughter-houses, weighing goods, levying tolls, and making bye-laws are incorporated with the principal Act (b). Periodical returns of tolls levied must be made to the Board (c). Compulsory powers are given to them to buy or rent land within or without their district on which to build wharves and sheds, and also for the burial of carcases (d). They may also provide, fit up, and maintain portable dipping tanks or, with the sanction of the Board, dipping places for sheep, and charge for the use of them. No dipping place may be used so as to injure the water in any stream or pond for drinking or other

purposes {e). Local authorities and their inspectors and officers must give the Board such notices and returns as the Board require (/). In case of their defaulting in their duties, the Board may exercise their functions at their expense (g).

929. The expenses

of

their respective local rates

local (li)



authorities

are

defrayed out of

and as the boroughs in England,

authority themselves to incur expenses, also conin the case of county boroughs) to the county rate, the expenses chargeable to the county rate must be fairly adjusted (i). When the amount of the local rate levied or required for the purpose of defraying such expenses exceeds or would exceed in any financial year sixpence in the pound, a local authority may borrow any money necessary for that purpose such borrowing is subject to the Local Loans Act, 1875, and the Public Works Loan Commissioners may, on the recommendation of the Local Government

which have tribute

Borrowing powers.

(except



Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Yict. c. 57), s. 3. Hid., s. 32. See title Mabkets and Fairs. All such sums are to be carried to a separate account, (c) lUd., s. 32 (6). and applied in payment of interest on money borrowed under the repealed Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1869—1893, or the Act of 1894 (see s. 32 (5)). {d) Act of 1894, s. 33 (1), (3), which applies s. 176 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Yict. c. 55), which itself incorporates the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts. See title Compulsory Purchase and Compensation. (e) Diseases of Animals Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 43), s. 3. (/) Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 57), s. 36.1 (a) (h)

{g) Ih'd., s. 34. {h) Ih'd., s. 40. (i)

Ihid.,

s.

41.

See

title

Bates and Eating.