Author: Local Government Board
Title: Housing (Ireland) Act 1919
Description: London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919. Cloth. A very scarce printing of this 1919 Housing Act in Ireland, relating to the housing of the working class and the government's acquisition of social housing. A very scarce printing of the Irish Local Government Board's 1919 Housing Act, an act to 'amend the enactments relating to the Housing of the Working Classes and the acquisition of Small Dwellings in Ireland&apos.The act specified numbers and statures of housing to be provided by the local authority, quantities of land to be acquired, the average number of houses per acre, and the time frame in which this scheme is to take affect.From the library of the Law family.Hugh Law, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1881 to 1883, was largely responsible for the drafting of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870. During the passage of the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 was noted for his conciliatory approach and willingness to accept Opposition amendments. His second son, also named Hugh Law, was an Irish nationalist politician who left government the year prior to the passing of this Act. In a full cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with a light mark to head of front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd ink notation to the text, and further former owner's notes to recto of a number of pages that do not bear text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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