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Sub-Section 2.—Provides that if the Vestry "claim to retain"
the maintenance, etc., of a main road; or of any road that may hereafter
become a main road, the Vestry "shall be entitled" to do so; and the
County Council shall contribute "towards the costs of the maintenance,"
etc.
Sub-Section 4.—Provides that the County Council "may contract
"with" the local authority for the maintenance, etc., of the main roads,
and that the local authority "shall undertake the same" for a payment
to be agreed upon.
Sub-Section 5.—Provides that no payment shall be made by the
County Council for maintenance, etc., of a road, unless it is maintained
etc., to the satisfaction of the County Council or of their Surveyor,
Sub-Section 6.—Provides for the ownership and right of access
to the sewers in main roads.
Sub-Section 7.—Provides that the declaration of a road to be a
main road shall not take effect until the road is placed in proper repair
to the satisfaction of the Council.
Sub-Section 8.—Gives power to the Council to compel the local
authority to repair, etc., main roads which are paid for by the Council.
Sub-Sections 3, part of 4, and 9.—Provide for the settlement of
differences as to the amount to be paid for maintenance arising under
Sub-Sections 2, 4 and 8, by either party referring to the arbitration of
the Local Government Board.
Sub-Section 10.—Is a very important clause, and authorises the
County Council, "if they think lit, to contribute towards the costs of
the maintenance, repair, enlargement, and improvement of any highway
or public footpath in the County although the same is not a main road.''
Sub-Section 11.—Provides for the lighting of main roads by the
existing local authority.
Sub-Section 12.—Provides for power to break up roads for sewerage
and other purposes, etc., by existing authorities, and for making
good same to the satisfaction of the County Council.
It will be seen by reference to the definitions that as there are no
dis-turnpiked Roads in this Parish, the number of Main Roads will
depend on the view taken by the Council of the Roads which the Vestry
may ask the Council to declare Main Roads. The first step should
therefore be, to ask the Council to declare the thoroughfares submitted
to them for their consideration to be Main Roads, of course supporting
such application with particulars and reasons for it.
From Sub-Section 1, it would appear that if the Council take the
Main Roads, the whole cost will come out of the County Fund; but, from
Sub-Section 2, if the Vestry claim to maintain them, the Council will
only contribute " towards" the cost of maintenance.
By Sub-Section 4, the Council may contract with the Vestry for the
maintenance of Main Roads; and it would seem the general intention of