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184. Power to commissioners acting under 14 & 15 Vict.

c. 23, to make advances

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185. Form of mortgage.-Register of mortgages

186. Repayment of money borrowed at a time agreed upon.

-Interest on mortgages to be paid half-yearly.—As

to repayment of money borrowed when no time has

been agreed upon.-Interest to cease on expiration

of notice to pay off a mortgage debt

187. Power to borrow to pay off existing securities

188. Payment of principal and interest may be enforced by

the appointment of a receiver

189. Transfer of mortgages.-Register of transfers

190. Sinking fund to be formed for the paying off mort-

gages

191. Mode of paying off mortgages

Audit of Accounts.

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192. Accounts of metropolitan board, district boards, and

vestries to be balanced up to the end of each year

193. Auditor of accounts of metropolitan board to be ap-

pointed by secretary of state, and remunerated by

the board

194. Auditors to be elected annually by the district boards

195. As to the audit of accounts

196. Abstract of accounts to be made

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197. Accounts of other parochial boards to be audited by

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198. Annual reports by vestries and district boards

199. Vestry to make out and publish yearly a list of estates,

charities, and bequests, &c., with the application

thereof

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200. Annual report of metropolitan board of works

201. Reports, &c., of metropolitan board to be laid before

Parliament

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Byelaws.

202. Power to metropolitan board of works to make bye-

laws.-Penalty for breach of byelaws.-Power to

justices to remit penalties

203. Publication of byelaws.-Evidence of byelaws

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Provisions for Protection of Property and Works of

Metropolitan and District Boards and Vestries, and

preventing Obstruction in Execution of Works.

204. Buildings not to be made over sewers without consent

205. Penalty on persons sweeping dirt into sewers

206. Penalty for wilfully damaging, &c., lamps or other pro-

perty of vestries or district boards, or of the metro-

politan board

207. Persons carelessly or accidentally damaging lamps, &c.,

208. Penalty on interrupting workmen, &c., in execution of

duties

209. Penalty upon occupiers obstructing execution of works,

or not disclosing owner's name

210. Savings and provisions in local Acts applicable to com-

missioners of sewers to apply to metropolitan and

district boards and vestries

Appeals.

164

211. Power to appeal against orders and acts of vestries

and district boards in relation to construction of

works -

212. Metropolitan board to appoint a committee for hearing

appeals

Retiring Allowances to Officers of Commissioners of
Sewers, and Compensation to other Officers.

213. Power to grant retiring allowances to persons employed

under metropolitan commissioners of sewers -

214. Compensation to officers of paving board

Miscellaneous Clauses.

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215. Where two or more persons are to do any act or pay

any sum of money, vestry or district board may ap-

portion the same

216. Power to vestries and district boards to spread repay-
ment of expenses over a period not exceeding twenty
years -

217. Occupiers to pay expenses for which owners are liable,

and to be reimbursed out of the rent

218. Occupier not to be required to pay more than the

amount of rent owing by him

219. Agreements between landlord and tenant not to be

affected

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220. As to service of notices, &c., on metropolitan and

district boards and vestries

221. As to service of notices on owners and occupiers and

other persons

222. Authentication of documents

223. Proof of debts in bankruptcy, &c.

224. Tender of amends

225. Compensation, damage, and expenses, how to be ascer-

tained and recovered

226. Method of proceeding before justices in questions of

227. Penalties, &c., to be recovered as provided by 11 & 12

Vict. c. 43.

228. Damages to be made good in addition to penalty

229. Transient offenders

230. Proceedings not to be quashed for want of form

231. Parties allowed to appeal to quarter sessions, on giving

232. Court to make such order as they think reasonable

233. Penalties to be sued for within six months

234. Application of penalties -

Special Provisions and Savings.

235. Provisions for joint action of vestries, and elections

out of vestries under local Acts

236. Agreement between the London and North-western

railway company and certain paving commissioners

confirmed

237. Special provision as to powers of commissioners act-

ing under 5 & 6 Vict. c. xlviii. as to paving Ely

Place, &c.

238. Special provision as to parish of Woolwich

239. Special provisions as to enclosed gardens in squares,

&c.

240. Saving of powers and property of commissioners un-

der 14 & 15 Vict. c. 95

241. Saving of the rights of the commissioners of works 183

242. Saving of powers of city commissioners of sewers

over certain parts of parishes in Schedule (B.)

243. Saving rights of metropolitan sewage manure com-

pany, acting under 9 & 10 Vict. c. cccxcviii. and 10

& 11 Vict. c. cxxxviii.

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244. Saving rights of commissioners or trustees of turn-
pike roads

245. Saving for metropolitan police commissioners
246. Not to prejudice question as to whether Penge is part

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248. In case of eonflict with the provisions of this Act, pro-

visions of local Acts may be varied by order in coun-

cil, on petition of boards or vestries

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Power to extend Act to adjoining Parishes.

249. Act may be extended by order in council to parishes

adjoining the metropolis not having less than 750

Part I. Parishes each electing two members of the

metropolitan board of works

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Part II. Parishes each electing one member of the

metropolitan board of works

SCHEDULE (B.) Parishes united into Districts for the pur-

poses of the Act.

Part I. Districts each electing one member of the me-

tropolitan board of works

Part II. Districts united for electing one member of

the metropolitan board of works

Part III. Parish and district united for electing one

member of the metropolitan board of works

SCHEDULE (C.)

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Places subject to special provision, &c., s. 175, et seq. -

1. Church rates where made in open vestry before passing

of the Act 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, to continue to be so

made

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Section

2. Nothing in this Act or in 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, to affect

ecclesiastical districts

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3. Other powers of vestries and like meetings declared to

have been transferred to vestries under Act 18 & 19

Vict. c. 120, except powers transferred to district boards 214

4. Occupiers may claim to be rated

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5. Compositions not to be disturbed, and landlord's lia-

bility not to be affected -

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6. Right of occupier so claiming to vote in clections

7. Payment of church rates not necessary as a qualifica-

tion

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8. Rental to be determined by column headed "rateable

value"

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9. Regulation of meetings of vestries constituted by 18 &

19 Vict. c. 120

10. Section 144 of 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, declared to extend

to authorize applications to parliament for providing

parks, &c.

11. District boards and vestries empowered to take ground
to be maintained as an open space or pleasure ground

12. Recited Act and this Act to be as one

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ACT 21 & 22 VICT. c. 104.

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Preamble

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1. The metropolitan board of works to commence sewer-

age works as soon as may be

2. Metropolitan board may construct works on the shores

and bed of the Thames

3. Powers of taking land to apply for the purpose of deo-

dorizing works

4. Metropolitan board of works may (before 1865) raise

the sum of three millions by bonds or debentures

5. Power to raise money for repayment of principal monies

6. The treasury may guarantee payment of monies bor-

7. Sécurities transferable by delivery

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8. Money borrowed under this Act to be applied only to

works under this Act

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9. Appointment of inspecting engineers

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10. Metropolitan board of works to levy a rate of 3d. in the

17. on the property in the metropolis

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11. Such rate to be called "the Metropolis Main Drainage

Rate"

12. All parts of the metropolis to be deemed to be equally

benefited

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