Effra Sewer. Commences at the boundary between the parishes of St. Mary Lambeth and roydon, in Westow-hill-road, immediately opposite to the convent of "Our Lady," and discharges into the river Thames at Vauxhall creek, on the south side of the Phoenix Gasworks, and near to Vauxhall-bridge. Effra Sewer (Upper Norwood Branch). Commences in Westow-hill-road on the boundary between the parishes of Lambeth and Croydon, at about 200 feet west of the Crystal Palace Hotel, and proceeds northward along the boundary between the parishes of St. Mary Lambeth and St. Giles Camberwell, and joins the main sewer at a point about 230 feet west of Croxted-lane. Duffield and Battle Bridge Sewers. These sewers drain the most densely inhabited portions of the south side. The inlets for flushing purposes are at Kennington, Vauxhall, Lambeth Church, and Stangate. The outlets are by the following sluices, viz., the Arnold and Dover sluices near Waterloo-bridge; Pudding-mill, near Blackfriars-bridge; the Boar's Head, Welsh Troopers, Black Lion, and Bear sluices, near Southwark-bridge; the Bridge-yard, Battle-bridge; and Green-bank, in St. Olave Southwark; Freeman's-lane, St. John Jerusalem; and Great St. John in Horsleydown; and the Salisbury and Duffield sluices, in Bermondsey. Limekiln Sluice. Drains the open fields of part of the parish of Rotherhithe, and proceeds along Swan-lane, and discharges into the river Thames at about 300 feet east of the Thames Tunnel. Globe Stairs Sewer. Drains the northern basin of the Commercial Dock Company, and extends along the eastern side of St. Paul's Church, Rotherhithe, and part of Rotherhithe-street, and discharges into the river Thames at Globe-stairs. Sewer at Durand's Wharf (Rotherhithe). Commences to the south-east of Bull-head Dock, Rotherhithe, and pursues an easterly course by Rotherhithe and Lower-Queen-street, and discharges into the river Thames at a "10 footway," opposite to Cowlane. Rotherhithe Pier Sewer. Commences in Trinity-street, at a point about 400 feet south of Cowlane, and proceeds along Trinity-street, and discharges into the river Thames at Rotherhithe Boat Pier. Earl Sewer (Main Line). Commences in Cold Harbour-lane, at a point about 1100 feet north-east of its junction with Loughborough-road, and proceeds along High-street, Camberwell, Camberwell-road, Boundary-lane, and eastward along the boundaries of several parishes, and discharges into the river Thames on the boundary between the counties of Surrey and Kent, near to the Royal Dockyard, Deptford. Earl Sewer (Wyndham Road Branch). Commences on the east side of Kennington-park, and proceeds along Newrow, and southward on the east of Thomas-street, eastward along Wyndhamroad, and joins the main sewer at a point about 100 feet south of Southampton-street, Camberwell. 18 & 19 VicT. C. 120. 18 & 19 VICT. C. 129. Earl Sewer (White Post Lane Branch). Commences in Victoria-road, at the junction with Choumert-place and Cutthroat-lane, near Peckham-rye, and proceeds along Victoria-road, Hanover-street, Rye-lane, High-street, Meeting-house-lare, Halfway-houselane, and White-post-lane, and joins the main sewer at the junction of the parishes of Rotherhithe, St. Paul's Deptford, and St. Giles Camberwell. Royal Dock Yard Sewer. Commences on the east of Black Horse-bridge, and extends eastward on the south side of the Mast-pond, and discharges into the river Thames opposite to the Royal Victualling Yard. Ravensbourne and Sydenham Sewer. Commences at Bell-green, and extends along and by Catsford-hill-read, Lewisham, and Bromley-road, Silver-street, Loam-pit-vale, and Mill-lane, and discharges into Deptford creek at Parish-wharf, near Kingsford-mill. Ravensbourne and Lee Green Sewer. Commences in the Eltham-road, about 300 feet east of Lee-green, and proceeds along Lee-road, Lewisham-road, Bath-place, Egerton-road, and North Pole-lane, to a pumping station, where it discharges into Deptford creek, at a point about 400 feet north of the London and Greenwich Railway. Horseferry Road (Greenwich). Commences in Caroline-street and Roan street, and proceeds along Union and Bridge streets, and discharges into the river Thames at Horseferry. Mortgage, number () SCHEDULE (E.) Form of Mortgage of Rates. By virtue of an act passed in the year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [here insert the title of this act], the metropolitan board of works, or the board of works for the district of or the vestry of the parish of (as the case may be), in consideration of the sum of paid to by A.B. of for the purposes of the said act, do grant and assign unto the said A.B. his executors, administrators, and assigns, all [here describe the monies or rates to be mortgaged], to hold to the said A.B., his executors, administrators, and assigns, from the day of the date hereof until the said sum of with interest at the rate of day of day of per centum per annum for the same, shall be fully paid and satisfied; and it is hereby declared that the said principal sum shall be repaid on the and that in the meantime the interest thereof shall be paid on the day of and the in every year. In witness whereof the metropolitan board of works, or the said district board, or the said vestry (as the case may be), have hereunto set their seal, this one thousand eight hundred and day of SCHEDULE (F.) Form of Transfer of Mortgage. I A.B. of in consideration of the sum of pounds paid to me by C.D. of do hereby transfer to the said C.D. his executors, administrators, and assigns, a certain mortgage, number bearing day of and made by the metropolitan board of works, or the vestry of the parish and interest [or, if such transfer be date the or the board of works for the district of of for securing the sum of by indorsement on the mo tgage, insert, instead of the words after "assigas," c. 120. the within security], and all my property, right, and interest in and to the 18 & 19 VICT. money thereby secured, and in and to the monies thereby assigned. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this one thousand eight hundred and day of A.B. (L.S.) 18 & 19 VICT. c. 121. An Act to consolidate and amend the Nuisances Removal and 18 & 19 VICT. Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849 (a). [14th August, 1855.] C. 121. 12 & 13 Vict. c. 111. WHEREAS the provisions of "The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- 11 & 12 Vict. vention Act, 1848," amended by "The Nuisances Removal and Diseases c. 123. Prevention Amendment Act, 1849," are defective, and it is expedient to repeal the said acts as far as relates to England, and to substitute other provisions more effectual in that behalf: be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons. in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: repealed as I. From and after the passing of this act, the said acts are by this Recited acts section repealed, as far as relates to England: provided always, that all far as relates proceedings commenced or taken under the said acts, and not yet com- to England, pleted, may be proceeded with under the said acts; and all contracts or except as to works undertaken by virtue of the said acts shall continue and be as proceedings effectual as if the said acts had not been repealed. commenced. tion of cer used in this act. II. In this act the following words and expressions have the meanings by Interpretathis section hereinafter assigned to them, unless such meanings be repug tain terms nant to or inconsistent with the context; (that is to say,) the word "place includes any city, borough, district under the Public Health Act, parish, township, or hamlet, or part of any such city, borough, district, town, parish, township, or hamlet; the word "guardians" includes the directors, wardens, overseers, governors, or other like officers having the management of the poor for any parish or place where the matter or any part of the matter requiring the cognizance of any such officer arises; the word "borough," and the expressions " 'mayor, aldermen, and burgesses," "council," and "borough fund," have respectively the same meaning as in the acts for the regulation of municipal corporations, and shall also respectively mean, include, and apply to any royal borough, royal town, or other town having a warden, high bailiff, borough reeve, or other chief officer, and burgesses or inhabitants, however designated, associated with him in the government or management thereof, or any town or place having a governing body therein in the nature of a corporation or otherwise, and to the chief officers and governing bodies of such boroughs, towns, and places, and to the funds and property under the management of or at the disposal of such chief officers and governing bodies; the expression "Improvement Act" means an act for regulating and managing the police of, and for draining, cleansing, paving, lighting, watching, and improving a place, and an act for any of those purposes; the word "owner" includes any person receiving the rents of the property in respect of which that word is used from the occupier of such property on his own account, or as trustee or agent for any other person, or as receiver or sequestrator ap pointed by the Court of Chancery or under any order thereof, or who would receive the same if such property were let to a tenant; the word premises" extends to all messuages, lands, or tenements, whether open or inclosed, whether built on or not, and whether public or private; the word (a) See "Removal of Nuisances," p. 51. C. 121. 18 & 19 VICT. “parish" includes every township or place separately maintaining its poor, or separately maintaining its own highways; the expression "quarter sessions" means the court of general or quarter sessions of the peace for a county, riding, or division of a county, city, or borough; the word “person," and words applying to any person or individual apply to and include corporations, whether aggregate or sole; and the expression "two justices" shall, in addition to its ordinary signification, mean one stipendiary or police magistrate acting in any police court for the district. PART L. Constitution of local And with respect to the constitution of the local authority for the execution of this act, the expenses of its execution, the description of nuisances authority, that may be dealt with under it, and the powers of entry for the purposes expenses of the act, be it enacted thus: description of nui III. The following bodies shall respectively be the local authority to sances, and execute this act in the districts hereunder stated in England: powers of entry. The local authority to ez.cule this act in places as herein stated. As to filling up vacancies. Power to local autho In any place within which the Public Health Act is or shall be in force, the local board of health: In any other place wherein a council exists or shall exist, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses by the council, except in the city of London and the liberties thereof, where the local authority shall be the commissioners of sewers for the time being; and except in the city of Oxford and borough of Cambridge, where the local authority shall be the commissioners acting in execution of the Local Improvement Acts in force respectively in the said city and borough: In any place in which there is no local board of health or council, a d In any place within which there is no such local board of health wor In any place wherein there is no such local board of health, council, body In any place in which there is no such local board of health, council, bo ly of trustees, or commissioners, nor highway board, nor committee appointed as aforesaid, nor board of inspectors for lighting and watching, the guardians and overseers of the poor and the surveyors of the highways in and for such place(a). IV. On any vacancy in such nuisances removal committee arising from death, change of residence or otherwise, notice shall be given by the committee to the churchwardens, who shall forthwith summon a meeting of the vestry, and fill up such vacancy by election; and until such vacancy is filled up the remaining members of the committee may act in all respects as if their number was complete. V. The local authority may appoint any committee of their own body to (a) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 77, s. 1 post. receive notices, take proceedings, and in all or certain specified respects 18 & 19 VICT. execute this act, whereof two shall be a quorum; and such local authority, C. 121. or their committee, may, in each particular case, by order in writing under rity to the hand of the chairman of such body or committee, empower any officer or appoint person to make complaints and take proceedings on their behalf. committees. VI. In extra-parochial places not comprised within the jurisdiction of As to the any of the local authorities aforesaid, and having a population of not less execution of than two hundred persons, the local authority for the execution of this act this act in shall be a nuisances removal committee, elected annually by the householders within the extra-parochial place; The first election of such committee shall take place at a meeting of such householders summoned for that purpose by the churchwardens of the adjacent place having the largest common boundary with such extraparochial place; and Subsequent elections shall be held annually on some day in Easter week at Extra-parochial places not so comprised as aforesaid, and having a VII. All charges and expenses incurred by the local authority in exe. cuting this act, and not recovered, as by this act provided, may be defrayed as follows; to wit, Out of general district rates, where the local authority is a local board of health; Out of the borough fund or borough rate, where the local authority is the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses by the council, or if there be an Improvement Act for the borough administered by the council, then out of rates levied thereunder applicable to the purposes of such improvement act; or in the city of London and the liberties thereof, any rates or funds administered by the commissioners of sewers for the said city and liberties: Provided always, that in the city of Oxford and borough of Cambridge such expenses shall be deemed annual charges and expenses of cleansing the stree's of the said city and borough respectively, and shall be so payable; Out of the rates levied for purposes of improvement under any improvement act, where the local authority is a body of trustees or commissioners acting in execution of the powers of such an act; Out of highway rates, or any fund applicable in aid or in lieu thereof, Out of the rates for lighting and watching, where the local authority is a (a) An extra parochial place having no population was held to be within this section (R. v. Gee, 28 L. J., Q. B. 298). extra-parochial places. As to defraying expenses of executing this act. |