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The following resolutions were passed at the Conference,
and are included in the Memorial:—
District
Surveyors.
(a) "That in the opinion of this Conference,
it is expedient that the regulation and
supervision of buildings under the Building Acts
should be vested in the Local Authorities, and that
the resolution arrived at by the Conference held in
Chelsea in June, 1890, in favour of the office and
functions of the District Surveyors being transferred
to such Authorities, should be given effect to by an
amendment of the existing law, due regard being had
to the interests of the present District Surveyors."
Appeals.
(b) "That the Conference are of opinion
that where an appeal is provided under the
Building Acts the same should, in the first instance, be
made to the London County Council, but that a further
appeal should also be provided to the Tribunal of
Arbitration, mentioned in clause 85 of the Consolidation
Bill."
Encroachments
on Highways.
(c) "That in the opinion of this Conference,
it is imperative, in view of the interpretation
which has been placed upon the 26th section of the
Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, by the decision of the
Divisional Court in the case of Fortescue v. the Vestry
of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, that such section
should be amended, so that the encroachment of shop
fronts or other projections on the public way may be
effectually prevented."