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APPENDIX No. 7.
FULHAM DISTRICT.
NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS, BUILDERS, &c.
CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS.
The Board of Works for the Fulham District hereby give notice to
Landowners, Builders, and others whom it may concern, that the
following rules and regulations have been made for the information
and guidance of the public in relation to the construction of Sewers by
persons other than the said Board within the parishes of Fulham and
Hammersmith forming the district under the control of the said Board.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
(Pursuant to provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Acts.)
I. That before any person or persons shall construct, make or branch any sewer,
for the purposes of draining any land, Road, Street, place or premises,
within the aforesaid parishes of Fulham or Hammersmith, into any
sewer within the said District,—such person or persons shall obtain
the consent (in writing) of the aforesaid District Board.
II. That in applying for such consent as aforesaid, the person or persons making
such application must obtain and fill-up a form to be furnished by the
Board, and send with such application three copies (3) of a plan of the
land. road, street, place, or premises in which it is proposed to construct
a sewer, drawn upon tracing linen to a scale of 88 feet to an inch ; and
there shall be shown upon such plan the position, course and dimensions
of the proposed sewer, with a section and cross-section thereof, together
with such other information as from time to time may be required by
the Board.
III. That having obtained such written consent to the construction of a sewer,
no abandonment, extension, contraction, or alteration of such sewer shall
be made without the previous sanction and approval in writing of the
aforesaid District Board.
IV. That in case any sewer, sanctioned or approved as aforesaid, be not
structed or executed within twelve calendar months from the date of
sanction or approval, the works for the construction of such sewer shall
not be executed without a fresh permission being applied for and obtained
in manner hereinbefore provided by rules I and II.
V. In case any person, without the consent of the District Board, make or branch,
or cause to be made or branched, any sewer or drain, or make any
opening into any of the sewers within the said District, or if any
person make or branch, or cause to be made or branched, any sewers