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Works Committee.
46. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To superintend, under the control of the Council, the
construction of sewers and house drains, paving, road-making,
drinking fountains, cattle troughs and urinals, the laying out and
construction of new streets, the naming of streets and the
numbering of houses, and all other work of a similar kind over
which the Council has any control;
(b) To maintain all open spaces and trees belonging to or
under the control of the Council, and to control the lopping of
trees which overhang the public roads or footpaths;
(c) To discharge the duties devolving upon the Council in
pursuance of the London Overhead Wires Act, 1891, and the
by-laws made thereunder;
(d) To consider and report to the Council upon all questions
of encroachments, projections, and obstructions, as provided by
the General Paving (Metropolis) Act, 1817, the Metropolis
Management Acts or the London Building Act, 1894, and to see
that none of the highways or streets be diverted or closed, and
that proper hoardings and fences be constructed where necessary;
(e) To consider and report to the Council upon all questions
of wooden structures, sky signs and the stacking of timber, as
provided by the London Building Act, 1894 (London Government
Act, 1899, Schedule 2);
(f) To grant licences for the erection of hoardings on the
public footways and for the right of advertising thereon;
(g) To examine and certify all certificates and accounts
relating to works under its control, and to submit the same to
the Finance Committee;
(h) To maintain the borough boundary marks, and to order
the erection of new ones where required;
(i) To report to the Council upon notices of application
respecting buildings received from the London County Council;
(i) To order the execution of works or the purchase of
materials, without the previous sanction of the Council, provided
that the estimated cost does not exceed £10;