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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

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a warrant to be issued under the common seal, directed
to the sheriff of the county, requiring him to summon
ajury, pursuant to the provisions of the Lands' Clauses
Consolidation Act, 180, for the purpose of ascertaining
the amount of compensation to be paid to Jane Hyslop,
for a public-house and yard situate on the north side of
Shaw's-brow, in the pettish of Liverpool, and numbered
290 oa the plan. and 'm the.book of reference thereto,
mentioned in the Liverpool Improvement Act, 1855."
The motion was seconded amid agreed to.

• The proceedings of :this committee contained the fel-
lowing recommendations

given for ado:

auisite notice be

Gas Act, 1859

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street • and Ai...vie-street be apiropriated as a site for
one *of the ROW bridewells ; a report of the Watch and
IlealthCommittees asto the registration andinspection of
common lodging-houses:; also,.a recommendation to rate
to- the lighting and fire police rates, those owners of
property whO have refused to compound for such rates.
Mr. ''CLINT moved the adoption of the first recom-
mendation, and said the bill for regulating the sale of
gas had been introduced by ,Lord Redesdale, giving the
lw per to county justices to deal with the, sale of gas.
The main object of the act was to do what formerly had been
done voluntarily in Liverpool--namely, to 'inspect gas
meters. The bill would come into operation on the
30th of August, 1860, after which time all gas meters
would require to lave the government stamp.' A period
of tea years was allowed for„the purpose ci° wearing
out the old meters. According to the act a month's
notice was required for its adoptieri, for ' which ho would
ask the council's permission. If it were not adopted
within six months, it would then be left in the hands of
the county justices._ _

In reply to Mr. llolme,
Mr. CLINT said th.: act would be earried out by much
the same machinery as the committee had in operation

at present

The recommendation was adopted.
Mr: JEFFERY said it would be gratifying to the mem-
bers of that council, that the
,course which they felt it
their duty to pursue, in reference to the supply of gas
to the town, had been adopted by the legislature
as a ' law to the 'United Kingdom. That council
appointed a committee for the.purpose of investigating
these meters, and to see that the measure which was
afforded to the public was a correct, measure, by which
they were charged. There' was, however, no' measure
by which the meters could be tested or set, but by the
very able and talented assistance of Mr. Alfred King ;
they did obtain such a standard of measure, but at a
serious cost
,to. the council. That, standard of measure
had substantially been adopted and embodied in this
bill. He thought this matter oy.ght not .to be per-
mitted to pass without the public., being made
aware
that c

the land

that it was due t

1 that

the want, and that which the
had been adopted by the im
thought it was only fair that

that fact. (Hear, hear.)
The recommendation was cm.
Mr. CLINT then moved the
recommendation. _

The motion being second
carried.

Mr. JEFF

that th,

the registration. and inspee
houses should be deferred till n
had only come into, tl
Vious .day, and they had not hae
Mr. KITCHEN seconded the
Mr. DOVER objected, on t

steps taken in

,d become :the law of

Ltive ; they

st felt

~._a municipality

penal parliament:. Ile
otice should. be called to

.doption of the next

by Mr. Johnson, was

of comwoo

.0 report
of the members the pre-

consider it

that the

of the servants of the Heal
impugned, and, after investi
body of men, a verdict had bee
and the council, he thought, si
claration of that verdict for a
The. motion was carried. ~
On the motion of Mr. Clint,
tion was adopted, and the gene
confirmed.

iaracters

1 Coinmittc

pallial

n given in their favour ;

Lould not adjourn the de-

fourth recommenda-
roceedings were then

HEALTH COM

dings of the 11

comprising a recommendation
Jones,- Mr. R. W. Watkins, MI
Francis Jinks, and. Mr. W.
treasurer's office, at a. salary (
four of them. in accordance wit
in August last, and the .fifth
recommendation to rate to tli

ment rates

On ih,

Lion of Mr,

of the 1