The Englishman At Home His Responsibilities And Privileges
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About thirty years ago, however, Parliament began to give some attention to common lands in the inter- ests of others than the landlords. The Commons Preservation Society was established in 1865, and, as a result of its work, and of the new and active interest of the House of Commons, a check was at once put on these enclosures. This check is still in action, as is evidenced by the fact that in Sep- tember, 1893, an Act was passed which placed all the land still unenclosed under the supervision... of the Hoard of Agriculture, a Department with a Cab- inet Minister at its head and directly responsible to Parliament. As the law now stands, a common can- not be enclosed by a landowner, or intrenched upon by a railway company, except by permission of the Hoard of Agriculture. The effect of this change, 3O2 THE ENGLISHMAN AT HOME. which was begun by the Copyholders' Act of 1887, will be to leave the Commons Preservation Society almost without a reason for existence; for he will be a daring landowner who will run the risk of liti- gating with a Government Department like the Board of Agriculture.
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