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Published: 2016-12-24

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 9781334759659

Excerpt from The Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer, Vol. 48: July 2 to December 31, 1915 The letting by the Shoreditch Borough Council of their public baths, in which they had pre viously installed an operating box, for the pur poses of a cinematograph entertainment gave rise recently to an action in which some interest-ing questions as to the powers of local authorities under the Baths and \vashhouses Acts were intro duced. The action was brought by the Attorney General at the relation of the Hoxton Cinema, Limited. And a declaration was claimed that in so letting the baths the borough council were acting beyond their powers. Recognising that swimming baths 'as such are practically not required during the winter months. The Act provides that during that period they may be used as empty build ings for any purpose of healthful recreation or exercise. The Court of Appeal, in granting the declaration asked for, rested their decision largely upon the ground that, having installed an opera ting box, which is a solid cement structure, the borough council could not be said to have let the bath as an empty building. Other ques tions arising out of restrictions which the Act imposes on the use of baths for purposes of music or dancing were discussed, but the point as to whether or no a cinematograph entertainment is within the meaning of the words healthful recreation or exercise, as used in the Act, does not appear to have been directly determined. In considering this question, it must be remembered that the cinematograph was not invented until long after the Act was passed, and that it cannot therefore have been directly within the contempla tion of the Legislature. The real question raised by the case, however, is as to whether the restrictions imposed by the Act are not rather out of date, and whether, in View of the loss at which these establishments are almost invariably run. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.