The Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 ( 29 & 30 Vict. c. 122) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed local authorities within the area of the

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around

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, England to use income from

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to protect and maintain

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s in their areas. It was amended by the Metropolitan Commons Amendment Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 107). It is one of the

Metropolitan Commons Acts 1866 to 1878 Commons Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to commons. List Acts of the Parliament of England *The Commons Act 1236 ( 20 Hen. 3. c. 4) *The Commons Act 1285 ( 13 Edw. 1. c. 46) Acts of the Parliament ...

.The

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, section 2(1) and Schedule 2

References

*Halsbury's Statutes of England. (The Complete Statutes of England). Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1929. Volume 2. Page 567
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*The Statutes of Practical Utility. Arranged in Alphabetical and Chronological Order with Notes and Indexes. Being the Fifth Edition of "Chitty's Statutes". Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1894. Volume 5. Page
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to 212. *Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1866. Horace Cox. London. 1866. Page
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to 328. *A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1866. Page
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to 612. *Chambers, George F. A Digest of the Law Relating to Commons, and Open Spaces, Including Public Parks, and Recreation Grounds. Stevens and Sons. Shaw and Sons. London. 1877. Page
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to 39 and 59. *Mews, John. "Metropolitan Commons". A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce: Together with a Selection from Those of the Court of Chancery and Irish Courts, from 1756 to 1883 Inclusive. H Sweet. Stevens and Sons. W Maxwell and Son. London. 1884. Volume 2
297 and 298

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Metropolitan Commons Act 1866 (original text)
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