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The Committee's report was adopted by your Vestry
(January 8th, 1886), and, subsequently, a further joint report by
the Committee and the Works, &c., Committee, "as to the best
means to be adopted for carrying out the recommendations "
contained in the Law Committee's report. The said reports
were communicated to the several Vestries and District Boards,
and met with considerable approval. They were also forwarded
to the Metropolitan Board of Works with a request that action
might be taken to obtain amendment of the law in certain
respects. The Board, however, "while fully recognizing the
importance of the suggestions contained in the ably-prepared
documents," "regretted that, in view of the wide range of
subjects which are sought to be dealt with," it was not prepared
to " proceed to legislation in the direction indicated."
THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND BYE-LAWS.
In the report above adverted to, I drew attention to
the powers of the Board under section 202 of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1885, to make Bye-laws for the guidance
of the Vestry with respect to house drainage; and, under
section 138, with respect to the construction of sewers, adding
that they had not exercised these powers. The Law and
Parliamentary Committee, commenting upon my observations
in their Special Report, expressed the opinion that the
said powers might be exercised with advantage, and recommended
that the attention of the members representing
Kensington at the Board be called to the subject, with a view to
their advising the Board to exercise the powers conferred by
the Act. I further drew attention to the fact that under
section 202 (d) the Board had power to make Bye-laws for
"works of cleansing and of removing and disposing of refuse,"
which 1 thought might ''cover the removal of refuse from
houses and other premises," and so enable the Sanitary
Authority to deal with the difficult subject of the removal of