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and asking this Vestry to make a similar representation to the Council, and also to
request its representative to support the measure when introduced into Parliament.
Resolved.—That this Vestry take similar action.
The following is a copy of a Bill which was ultimately brought in by Col. Hughes,
and which is in accordance with the views of the Conference:—
Metropolitan Sewers and Drains Bill.
MEMORANDUM.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, under which the Vestries and District Boards of the
Metropolis have to act, does not contain any definition of the word "drain," and the old definition
in the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, is found to be defective and has led to conflicting
decisions; this Bill, the result of a Conference of the Local Authorities, is to remedy the
defect.
A
BILL
to
Amend the Metropolis Management Acts with respect to Sewers and Drains.
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. In the construction of the Metropolis Management Acts, 1855 to 1890, and the
Acts amending the same, the word 'drain' shall be deemed to apply to and include any drains of
and used for the drainage of one building only or premises within the same curtilage, and made
merely for the purpose of communicating with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or
with a eewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different
persons is conveyed, and shall also include any drain for draining any group or block of houses by
a combined operation pursuant to the order or direction or with the sanction or approval of the