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tions of the Council, and were in conflict slightly with others. The
Council has therefore amended its regulations in the matter, and
all orders with respect to drainage are now made subject to the new
Bye-laws and Regulations.
Aye-Laws
as to
deposit of
Drainage Plans.
94.—Under the provisions of the Metropolis Management Acts
Amendment (Bye-laws) Act, 1899, the London
County Council is empowered to make Bye-laws
requiring persons about to construct, re-construct,
or alter drains in connection with buildings to
deposit with the Sanitary Authority plans, sections, and particulars
thereof. The County Council has accordingly drafted
bye-laws on the subject, and asked for the observations of
the Metropolitan Borough Councils thereon. Upon an examination
of the draft bye-laws it appeared to the Council
that the details of the requirements were in some instances cumbersome
and unnecessary and would cause unreasonable expense, not
only to the Borough Councils but to the public. The Council was
of opinion that all the necessities of the case would be met if the
bye-laws provided that, with the notice required by the Metropolis
Management Act to be given to the Sanitary Authority of intended
laying of drains, there shall be deposited a plan and particulars as
at present required by the Council's drainage regulations; and that,
with the view of preventing the creation of combined drainage in
future without the knowledge or consent of the Sanitary Authority,
the bye-laws should provide that in the case of addition to or partial
re-construction of a drainage system a plan of the whole of the
premises within the curtilage shall be deposited. The opinion of
the Council on the subject was communicated to the County Council.
The proposed bye-laws have not yet been made.
Timber yards.
95.—The attention of the Council has been called by the Building
A.ct Committee of the London County Council to
he dangerous proximity in case of fire of dwellinghouses
surrounding timber yards with timber stacked to a considerable
height against the boundary walls, and the views of the
Council were invited as to the necessity for further legislation for
the purpose of preventing timber merchants and builders from
storing timber on the roofs of buildings and against the walls of
their yards where such walls are adjacent to houses. The Council