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business and proceedings at its meetings, in the following terms:—
"Any person not being a Member of the Board of Works for
the Greenwich District, who shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct, or who shall interfere with, or interrupt, the
business or proceedings of the said Board, and who
shall not withdraw when called upon by the Chairman to
do so, shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty
not exceeding forty shillings,"
and such Bye-law having been confirmed, was submitted to, and
approved by, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
The Board having considered a letter from the District
Engineer of the London County Council, in which he stated that
the Main Drainage Committee of the Council had instructed the
Council's Engineer to consider and report as to the most suitable
outlet that could be formed to act as a storm relief to the
Southern Outfall at times of heavy rainfall, he (the Engineer)
had come to the decision after carefully considering the matter,
that a sewer ought to be constructed in Park Row, Greenwich,
from the Outfall Sewer, Trafalgar Road, to the river Thames,
which sewer he considered would, without doubt, act as a
great relief to the Main Outlet Sewer at times of heavy
rainfall or a disablement of the engines and pumps at
Crossness; and further stated that before getting out working
drawings, estimate, &c., the Engineer would be glad of the cooperation
of this Board, not to the extent of a contribution towards
the cost, but to assist in removing any local objections to the
proposal; the Clerk was instructed to inform the London County
Council that this Board had the gravest objection to such a
proposal to discharge more sewage, coming from other parts of