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may be used, in such proportions, if there be more
than one such owner, as may be settled by the
Surveyor of the Local Authority, or in case of
dispute, by the London County Council.
Any such expenses may be recovered summarily
in the same manner as the expenses of making and
paving new streets are authorised to be recovered
under the Metropolis Management Acts.
There is, however, but little chance of the Bill
becoming law during the coming session, and meanwhile
the Vestry will have to face considerable expenditure
in re-laying defective combined drains, as there is a large
number of houses in Fulham which are drained by a
combined operation, without such combination having been
ordered by the Vestry; consequently these drains are sewers
within the meaning of the Metropolis Management Acts,
and repairable by the Vestry.