Housing of The Working Classes Act, 1890

Adoption of Part III. of Act by town commissioners of small towns in Ireland.

99. [3] —(1) In a town not being an urban sanitary district Part III. of this Act may be adopted by any town commissioners for the time being existing for the paving, lighting, or cleansing of that town under any Public Act of Parliament or any charter, and the Act when adopted shall be carried into execution by such town commissioners, and for that purpose they shall be deemed to be a local authority within the meaning of the said part.

(2) Such commissioners shall give not less than twenty-eight nor more than forty-two days public notice of their intention to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the said part of this Act, and of the time and place for holding the meeting when they will take it into consideration.

(3) If at that meeting there is presented to the commissioners a memorial in writing signed by not less that one-tenth in value of the persons liable to be rated to rates made by such commissioners requesting them to postpone the said consideration for a period of one year, then the consideration shall be so postponed, and shall be entered upon as soon after the expiration of the year as the commissioners think fit.

(4) If the said part of this Act is adopted, the local rate shall be any rate which the commissioners have power to impose for the purpose of paving, lighting, cleansing, or otherwise improving the town, and such rate may, with the approval of the Treasury, [1] be increased for the purpose.

(5) The net income arising from any lodging-houses or dwellings provided by the commissioners in pursuance of the said part of this Act, after the payment of all outgoings, including the interest and instalments of principal of any loan, shall be paid to the town commissioners fund, or otherwise in aid of the rates which have been applied to the payment of the expenses.

[3 Explained by 59 &60 Vict. c. 11, s. 1, and extended to adoptions by town commissioners of Part II. of Act, 8 Edw. 7. c. 61, s. 13.]

[1 “Local Government Board for Ireland” substituted for “Treasury” by 63 &64 Vict. c. 63, s. 9.]