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abate the nuisance immediately, and recover the costs from the
appellant, whose interests, however, are safe-guarded in the event
of the appeal proving successful.
Committee of Sanitary Authority.—Section 39 enables the
Sanitary Authority to appoint a Committee with power to serve
and receive notices, take proceedings, and empower an officer to
make complaints and take proceedings in their behalf, and
otherwise execute the Act.
Authorities.—Section 36 empowers the County Council to
institute proceedings, and do any act which the Sanitary Authority
might have instituted or done, on it being proved to their satisfaction
that the Authority have made default in doing their duty
under the Act, or the "London Health Acts;" the Council being
entitled to recover from the defaulting Authority all expenses
incurred. Section 37 enables the Local Government Board, upon
complaint by the County Council of default by the Sanitary
Authority, to take more stringent measures, and in case of
continuing default, to appoint the County Council to perform the
neglected duty ; and for that purpose to have all the powers of the
defaulting Authority, and to recover the costs and expenses
incurred from the said Authority, and to have the power of levying
the amount by a rate, and, with the sanction of the Local
Government Board, to raise a loan, if necessary.
The recommendation I made to your Vestry with regard to
this important measure was
That steps be taken to secure the introduction of clauses—
(1) To confer on the Sanitary Authority concurrent power to enforce
certain of the Water Regulations made under the Water Act, 1871 ;
particularly Nos. 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 25.
(2) To prevent the cutting-off of the water supply of houses.
(3) To give concurrent power to enforce the Regulations of the County
Council in respect of Slaughter-houses and Cow-houses.
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