The municipal and sanitary engineer's handbook / by H. Percy Boulnois.

  • Boulnois, H. Percy (Henry Percy)
Date:
1898
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Credit: The municipal and sanitary engineer's handbook / by H. Percy Boulnois. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    money or other recompense as to such Authority may seem proper (38 & 39 Vict c. 55, s. 174). In reading the numerous foot-notes that follow the above clauses in Glen's ' Law of Public Health and Local Govern- ment/ it will be seen that contracts with corporations have been held to be very different from ordinary ones between individuals or companies. All contracts should be by deed under the seal of the corporation, or there is no safety or security for anyone dealing with such a body on any other footing, and this ap- plies also in respect of any variation or alteration in a contract which has been made. I strongly advise all town surveyors to carefully read these foot-notes to which reference has been made, before making any contracts for his Council or Board. A committee of an urban authority has no power to enter into any contract (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55, s. 200). The Public Health Act, 1875, contained provision for vacating the office of any member of a local board who should be concerned in any bargain or contract entered into by such board, although this would not vitiate the contract (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55, Schedule H. rule 64). This provision is repealed by the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict, c. 73, s. 89), by sec. 46 whereof a person is disqualified as a member of a parish or district council (other than a borough) or of a board of guardians if he is concerned in any bargain or contract entered into with the Council or Board or parti- cipates in the profit of any such bargain or contract or of any work done under the authority of the Council or Board. * Officers and servants of the local authority may not be con- cerned or interested in any bargain or contract made with such authority for any of the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55, s. I93).t * See also the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50, s. 12), by which a person is disqualified from being a councillor if he has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner any share or interest in any contract or employ- ment with, by, or on behalf of the council, subject to certain specified exceptions. t See also Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict, c. 53, s. 2).