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It is as well to mention that the papers bound into various volumes
have a tab. at the beginning of each set of papers relating to the
respective meeting of the Court or Committee, but in some instances
the tabs, through age or wear and tear, are absent, so that a searcher
has to go through all the papers. It will also be found that an
agenda of the business is found as a rule at the beginning of each
set of papers. In the case of the meeting of the 14th December,
1848, the following is an extract :
" Metropolitan Sewers.
" Agenda, 14th December, 1848.
" 2. Clerk of Accounts to report as contributions for sewers,
drains and flaps.
Ditto ditto for cleansing cesspools, etc."
The minutes of the First Commission it will be found are printed,
and those for each division of the Metropolis are printed separately,
although the minutes of all the divisions are bound together and
signed in writing by the Clerk.
Turning to the minute book of the First Commission, the following
is an exact copy of the minute of the Court, held 14th Dec., 1848 :—
" sewers, At a Court of Sewers, holden at the Sewers Office,
tower Greek Street, on Thursday, the 14th day of December,
hamlets. 1848, before the
Hon. Frederick Byng (in the Chair),
Edward Chadwick, Esq.,
John Leslie, Esq.,
W. J. Broderip, Esq.,
Dr. Southwood Smith,
Richard Lambert Jones, Esq.,
John Bullar, Esq.,
Rev. Wra. Stone,