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Company, whether in the execution of the works, the preparation or
examination of plans or designs, or superintendence or otherwise, to he
paid to the Board by the Company on demand.
6. The Company not to affix or exhibit, or authorise or permit the
affixing or exhibition of any placard or advertisement to or upon the
outside of any wall or other part of the railways and works by the Act
authorised within the Metropolis, so as to be visible from the street,
except such as shall be approved by the Clerk of the Board in writing,
or as relate to the Company's railway, and their train, steamboat, or
other service.
7. Any dispute or difference of opinion between the Company and
the Board, touching the reasonableness of the requirements of any
surveyor acting for the Board, to be referred to the arbitration of an
engineer to be appointed by the Board of Trade.
8. Except as expressly enacted in the Act, nothing therein contained
to extend, or be deemed or construed to extend, prejudice, diminish,
alter, or take away any of the rights, powers, authorities, or privileges
vested in the Board.
An objectionable Clause in the Bill, empowering the Promoters to
take such parts only of the Lands, Buildings, &c., in the District
as might suit their convenience, contrary to the provisions of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, was, in consequence of
this Board's opposition thereto, withdrawn.
The Bill in its amended form has passed the House of Commons,
and is now before the Lords.
The South London Tramways Act, 1881, authorising various
extensions of Tramways in South London (referred to in this
Board's last Annual Report) has become Law, having received the
Royal Assent on the 11th August, 1881. The works authorised by
the Act which affect the St. Saviour's District are numbered 55,
56, 57, and 58, in the Parliamentary Plans and Books of Reference.
Nos. 55 and 56 will pass along the Southwark Bridge Road,
converge into a single line at Southwark Street, and terminate at a
point chains to the north of Sumner Street. Nos. 57 and 58
will commence by a junction with the first-named, pass along the
eastern portion of Southwark Street, converge into a single line
near Red Cross Street, and terminate at a point chains eastward
Street
Tramways.