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St. Saviour's District Board of Works.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD
FOR THE YEAR 1884-85,
BY
THE CLERK, SURVEYOR, MEDICAL OFFICER,
AND ANALYST;
Also Account in Abstract of Sums received and expended by
the Board during the same period.
Printed in accordance with Section 198 of the Metropolis Local
Management Act, (18 and 19 Vict., cap. 120,) and ordered to be
circulated among the Inhabitants of the District.
London (City)
and
Southwark
Subway.
At the date of publication of the last Annual Report of this
Board, the London (City) and Southwark Subway Bill had, notwithstanding
the opposition of various local authorities, passed
through Committee of the House of Commons, who reported that
the preamble had been proved and gave their sanction to the
undertaking, subject to the insertion of clauses requiring a fuller
description of the proposed Subway and mode of working the
traffic; the certification of the line as a tramway by the Board of
Trade before being opened for traffic; the impoundment of the
deposit money as security for the completion of the work; the
restoration, at the expense of the promoters, of the roadways to be
disturbed, and other provisions for the protection of the public
through the local authorities. The 33rd Section, enabling the
promoters to stop up streets, either temporarily or permanently,
had been withdrawn with their consent, but the 34th Section
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