majority of the owners and ratepayers in any part of a district are desirous that the part be separated from the district, or where the local board wish to take land compulsorily, or to borrow more than one year’s assessable value of their district, they may petition to the Secretary of State, who may therefore direct local enquiry, and on such enquiry prepare a provisional order, to be confirmed by a public and general Act of Parliament. Petitioners against such orders may be heard before select committees, as in the case of private bills. But when the order provides for incorporation with a district of any place as herein described, the consent of the local board and of the place which it is proposed to incorporate must be obtained before any steps can be taken for confirmation of the provisional order. The local board will, also, within their district, be the local authority for the execution of the Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, the Burial Acts, and the Common Lodging Houses Acts. – By order of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
(Signed) T. Taylor.
(Digests of the Hastings Commissioners’ local Act and the St. Leonards Commissioners’ local Act will be found in vol. 1 “Local History”.)
Miscellaneous
Under the superintendence of F. North, Esq., on the 8th of April, an excavation was made on the West Hill in front of the Castle for the discovery of coins or other antiquities, but only one ancient coin was found, the date etc. not being then revealed.
A beautiful specimen of the Hoopoe – a bird common in Egypt, but a great rarity in England – was shot at Hastings on the 8th of May.
Mr. W. M. Eldridge obtained a license for the “New England Tavern”, St. Leonards, for Mr. Porter of Stepney; and on April 3rd, the license of the Tivoli Tavern was transferred from J.W. Smith to James Barnett.
For legalising marriage with a deceased wife’s sister, a petition to Parliament was presented by P.F. Robertson.
The license of the Globe Inn was transferred from J.G. Beaton to J. W. Mitchell.
The Castle Club had its annual excursion – this time to Hawkhurst – on the 30th of June and dined at the Queens Hotel
