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Spring Gardens, S.W.
29th May, 1895.
Sir,
The Parliamentary Committee of the Council have before them an instruction to
prepare a public Bill for the amendment of the definition of the words sewer
and drain in the Metropolis Management Act in the way desired by the local
authorities. A Bill has been drafted and laid before the Committee, but it has
been suggested that the desired end might be obtained in another way, viz., by
adding after the last words "district board" in section 250 of the Local
Management Act, 1855, the words "or constructed at the expense of the owner
without such order." The Parliamentary Committee are desirous of ascertaining
the views of the local authorities upon this suggestion, and I am directed to
request you to be good enough to let me hear from you on the subject at your
early convenience.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
H. DE LA HOOKE,
Clerk of the Council.
To the Clerk to the Vestry of Rotherhithe.
On the llth July, 1895, the Conference met for the third time, and the following
Resolutions were passed:—
"That in the opinion of this Conference the suggestion contained in the letter
of the London County Council under date 29th May, 1895, does not meet with
the requirements of the local authorities of the Metropolis with reference to
the proposed amendment of the law as regards Combined Drainage, inasmuch
as it would be impossible in many cases to prove that a combined drain had
been constructed at the expense of the owner."
"That having regard to the fact that the draft Bill prepared by the London
County Council had not been communicated to the local authorities, this
meeting do now adjourn until some other suitable time, and that in the meantime
the Secretary be instructed to supply the delegates with copies of the
drft."