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and to make such orders thereon as the Committee may deem expedient.
13. To deal with all matters relating to the lighting of the
Borough.
14. To carry out all proceedings devolving upon the Council
under the provisions of the London Building Act, 1894, and Acts
amending the same.
15. To carry out the provisions of the Overhead Wires Act, 1891,
and the regulations made thereunder.
16. To consider notices received from Government Departments,
gas, water, electric lighting and other companies for opening trenches,
or otherwise interfering with or crossing the public way, and to make
such orders thereon as the Committee may deem expedient.
New Streets Committee.
1. To consider applications received for the adoption and paving
of streets under the provisions of the Metropolis Management Acts,
and reports of the Council's Officers as to the desirability of paving
and adopting new streets, and to make recommendations thereon to
the Council.
2. To consider reports of the Council's Officers and communications
received with respect to the condition of streets which have not
been adopted by the Council, and to make recommendations to the
Council as to the desirability of repairing such streets, under the provisions
of Section 3 of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act,
1890.
3. To consider reports and communications with respect to flagg
ing footways at the cost of the owners of property abutting on the
street, under the provisions of the Metropolis Management Act, 1862,
Amendment Act, 1890.
4. To settle estimates and apportionments of the cost of paving
new streets, of repairing streets, and of flagging footways; to supervise
the collection of sums charged under such apportionments; to make
orders with respect to the payment of such charges by instalments; and
to order such proceedings to be taken as the Committee may consider
necessary to enforce payment of such charges, provided that the Committee
shall not have power to take legal proceedings other than before
a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.