An outline of the law of sewers affecting the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.

  • Smith, W. Wyke.
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: An outline of the law of sewers affecting the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jHetvopolttan To the Right Honorable and Honorable the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. The following Outline is respectfully presented by Tlieir faithful humble Servant, London, January, 1849. W. WYKE SMITH. An Outline of the Law of Sewers affecting the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. As there will necessarily be amongst the new Commissioners many membeiswho will have had but little previous acquaintance with the functions they will be called on to exercise; and as the law of Sewers has lately undergone great alteration, it ha.-> appeared to the author that he may render some service in giving a very brief summarj of the Law of Sewers affecting the Metropolitan Districts. The law may be chiefly said to consist of the provisions of the Statute passed at the end of the last Session, cap. 112; but as there are other Statutes in force, it may be con¬ venient to avoid in this paper any reference to Statutes or Provisions in any technical words, but to make a statement in popular language, in the shape of an outline of the substance of the law in force at this moment. In details, and as a guide to the lau Statute, valuable assistance will be found in the Analytical Digest ot the Metropolitan Sewers Act, prepared with great accuracy by Mr. Hertslet, the Clerk, and printed lor the use of the Commission. We will endeavour to arrange each subject under its proper head:—hirst, as to the Constitution constitution of the Commission. The Commission is issued lor the districts formerly sjon known as the Tower Hamlets,—St. Catherine’s,—Poplar and Blackwall,—Holborn and Sec. 1* Pinsbury,—Westminster and part of Middlesex,—Surrey and Kent,—andKegent s Street and Regent’s Park districts. The Commission is to endure for two years. The Commis¬ sioners require no qualification. In addition to the Commissioners appointed by the Commission there are to be five other persons—viz. the Lord Mayor ol London and coimnisSion- four persons to be selected from the Court of Aldermen or the Common Council. These er?. five Commissioners, however, are only to act when matters regarding Sewers and Drainage Works and subjects connected with the City are to be dealt with. The disqualifications of the Commissioners are—Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Composi- D^qualilka. tion with Creditors, or being concerned in any work or contract relating to the Cornmis- sec. 6. sion, except where a Commissioner may be a member of a Joint-Stock Company. As to the City Commissioners, there is the additional disqualification of ceasing to be Membei s of the Municipal body from which they were elected—the penalty for acting after dis¬ qualification is £50 for each offence. * These numbers refer to the Metropolitan Sewers Act, 11th and 12th \ ictoria, cap. 112.