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Board, and also by notice, in writing, may require that any such building
shall not be commenced until the then next general meeting of such Vestry
or District Board, so that such meeting be held within 15 days after such
notice of an intention to build.
11.—That section 77 be extended to drains made into any Sewer of any
other size than that directed by the Board, and not merely to such as are of
a larger size.
12.—That section 80 be extended to Sewers built, or to be built, under
similar circumstances, since the 1st January, 1856.
13.—That section 92 be expressly extended to any expenses of Yestries,
such as salaries, &c.
14.—That surplus lands at the sides of roads be specially vested in
Vestries and District Boards, in addition to the general transfer of property,
under section 96.
15.—That sections 99 and 100 be extended to courts, &c., whether
thoroughfares or not; and that the words " public place" in such sections
mean any place where any person has a right to go, whether for passing
on elsewhere, or to attend any dwelling in such place, or for any other
purpose.
16.—That section 105 be extended to any general repairs of any private
roads, or numbers of roads forming an estate or building plot, and that the
words " new streets" mean any road not dedicated and taken by the Vestry
or District Board.
17.—That the following words in the 106th section be omitted, "unless
such notice in writing be also given to all persons interested in such
street or."
18.—That Vestries and District Boards may require main pipes to be
laid in any part of any roads, whether at the sides, in the footways, or
otherwise, as they may direct; some Gas Companies having contended that
such power is not given under section 110.
19.—That, in addition to the power given by section 111, Vestries and
District Boards may have the alternative power of reinstating the roads
and charging the expense incurred, as in case of drainage works under
section 81, and others.
20.—That the licenses for slaughter-houses, which are now necessary
under the 30th section of the Metropolitan Market Act, 1851, in places
within the Metropolitan Police District, as originally constituted and defined
by the Act of the 10th Geo. IV., cap. 44, should be required throughout
the Metropolitan area, and the notices of applications for such licenses be
given to Vestries and District Boards as required under section 131, with
reference to the slaughter-houses now within the Market Act.
21.—That nothing contained in the 150tli section shall be held to qualify
the powers contained in the 69th section, for making sewers through any
land, &c., on payment of compensation for the damage done thereby.
22.—That section 154 be extended to surplus land at the sides of roads.
23.—That in all cases where any work is done specially for the benefit
of any particular locality, under section 159, the Vestry or Board may
make a rate, by way of improvement rate, without the intervention of
Overseers.
24.—That any precepts issued under section 161 may be made for any