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Rhodes, have been chosen by the ratepayers as Councillo???
for West Southwark, the Parliamentary Division in which
the District is situate, and the Board can always rely upon
the courtesy of those gentlemen, in the event of any matter
of local importance coming before the Council.
The transfer of the duties of the Metropolitan Board
Works to the County Council has notgreatly affected the
status or position of the District Vestries, whose
duties are for the most part separate from and independent ???
any central authority; but the provisions contained in the
following Sections of the Act are important, and demand the
careful consideration of the local authorities.
Section XI.—Sub-section Enacts that every road in ???
County which is for the time being a main road within
the meaning of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment)
Act, 1878, shall be vested in the County Council
for the purposes of maintenance, repair, improvement,???
enlargement, and other dealing with such road.
Sub-scction 2.—Provides that the local authority may,
within 12 months, claim to retain the powers and duties
of maintaining and repairing any main road, and
thereupon shall be entitled to retain the same, and for
the purpose of the maintenance, &c., shall have the»
same powers and be subject to the same duties as if
such road were an ordinary road vested in the local
authority. It also provides that the County Council
shall make to such authority an annual payment
towards the cost of such maintenance and repair.
Sub-section 3.—The amount of payment to be such annual
sum as may be agreed on, or determined by arbitration
of the Local Government Board.
Sub-section 4.—The County Council and local authority
may contract for the maintenance, repair, improvement,
enlargement, &c., of any main road; and, if the
County Council so requires, the local authority shall
undertake the same, subject to arbitration.
Sub-section 5.—No payment shall be made to a local