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the Works Committee of the Court, and afterwards to the General
Committee, their minutes being simply laid on the table of the
Court.
It is also quite possible that the petitions up to a certain date may
have been dealt with by the various Surveyors and Engineers, and no
entry made in the minutes of the Court or General Committee. The
petitions it will be found at the bottom are signed and certified by the
various Engineers or Surveyors by the word " regular."
I append an extract from the Works Committee's Minutes of
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, under date 17th September,
1849:—
"Read a report as follows: 'Metropolitan Sewers: Report to
the Works Committee upon the necessity of issuing a public
notice to all persons before laying down drains to apply to the
Commissioners of Sewers.'
"I beg leave to report that in our efforts to see a proper system
of house drainage carried out we find that a great many are
putting in drains without the sanction of the officers of the
Commission, and constructing them in a very defective manner,
which not only prevents the general adoption of a proper system,
but likewise interferes with our subsequent proposed plans of
operation. I therefore beg to recommend that advertisements
be issued informing the public that it is contrary to the order of
this Court to lay down any drain without first obtaining the
sanction of the Surveyor to the Commissioners.
12th Sept., 1849.
(Signed) J, L. Hale, Asst. Surveyor
"Resolved:—That advertisements be issued in accordance
with the suggestion of the Assistant Surveyor."