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(h) To consider reports of the Medical Officer of Health, of
the Public Analyst, of the Sanitary Inspectors, and of the Borough
Surveyor so far as regards defective house and combined drainage,
and to give directions thereon;
(i) To examine and certify all accounts relating to works
under its control, and to submit the same to the Finance
Committee;
(j) To control the sanitary staif and to report to the Council
thereon as may be necessary.
Rating and Valuation Committee.
45. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To superintend all matters connected with the making
levying and collection of rates;
(b) To examine the Collectors' accounts, and from time to
time to check them with the receipts and rate books;
(c) To carry out, under the control of the Council, the duties
devolving upon it as Overseers under the Valuation (Metropolis)
Act, 1869.
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);