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the subject of the maintenance of the new roads to be formed under their new Bill
now before Parliament, and that he had received the following letter from Mr. Griffin :—
"Referring to our several conversations on the subject of the new roads to be
made under the provisions of the Bill, I am willing to agree, on the part of
my Company, that on the Bill becoming an Act, and when and after the roads
are completed under the powers of the Act, the extra cost of repairs of such
roads for a period of 18 months after the roads shall have been so
completed, viz., the difference between what it would cost to repair the roads
in the ordinary way and the actual cost of repairs of the said roads, to be
borne by the Dock Company, the amount, if any, to be settled by the
Surveyor for the Parish Authorities and the Engineer of the Dock Company,
and failing their being able to arrive at a settlement, then to be left to the
decision of an Umpire, to be agreed upon between the said Surveyor and the
said Engineer."
The matter was referred to a Committee for consideration and report, and on the 19th
June the Committee reported to the Yestry that a resolution had already been passed by the
Yestry to adhere to their former resolution in the matter, viz., that the Company should
maintain the roads for three years from the opening of such roads, which resolution they
recommended should be rescinded, and the terms of the Dock Company agreed to.
This having been Resolved upon by the Yestry, the following Notice of Motion was
then given by Mr. Stuart:—
"I hereby give notice that, at the next meeting of the Vestry, I shall move that
so much of the resolution passed by the Yestry on the 20th day of February,
1894, to the effect that the Surrey Commercial Dock Company be required to
maintain in good repair for three years from the date of opening to traffic, the
new roads to be constructed under the powers of their Bill now before
Parliament, and also the resolution passed on the 3rd April, 1894, confirming
and adhering to the said resolution, be rescinded."
Dated this 19th June, 1894. (Signed) R. L. STUART.
The above was duly moved at the following meeting of the Yestry on the 3rd July,
1894, and carried by the requisite majority, and it was Resolved accordingly.
The Bill became an Act on the 3rd July, 1894.