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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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shall they break up or disturb any road, streets or place under the
control or jarisdiction of the Rotherhithe Vestry, until they shall have
given twenty-one days' notice in writing of their intention to commence
the same, specifying the nature of the work to be done and the street
intended to be broken up and disturbed, to the Surveyor of the
Rotherhithe Vestry, and left for him at hit office, plant. elevations,
sections and other necessary particulars of the construction of such
(c)—The Company shall repay to the Rotherhithe Vestry the coat of any extra
lamps, including the expense of lighting and maintaining the same,
which may, in the opinion of the Rotherhithe Vestry, be reasonably
necessary for lighting any road or street crossed by such widenings after
the completion thereof, and the Company shall save harmless the
Rotherhithe Vestry against all and every expense to be occasioned
thereby, and such work shall be done to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Surveyor of the Rotherhithe Vestry, at the cost, charges and
expenses, in all respects, of the Company.
(d)—If any dispute or difference of opinion shall arise between the Company
and the Rotherhithe Vestry, touching the reasonableness of any
of the requirements of any Surveyor acting lor the Rotherhithe
Vestry, such dispute or difference of opinion shall be referred to the
arbitration of an Enginser to be appointed by the Board of Trade, in
manner provided by the Railway Companies' Arbitration Art, 1859.
(c)—That the Company adhere to Clams 9a contained in their Act of 1896,
before referred to.
The Committee also reported receipt of a letter from the Chief Engineer, London County
Council, asking to be Informed whether the Vestry objected to the Bill or any part thereof,
and if as, to explains precisely the nature of their objections, and state what provisions they
dressed neccessary for the protection of the public interest to their charge.
Resolved-upon the recommendtion of the Committe-That the Clerk be interested to
write standing the Vestry purpose to object to the scheme, and the nature of the objections.