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the amount of the rent owing by him. The Bill also provided
that the Company contravening the Act shall be liable
to a penalty of £5 per day during which the water shall
remain cut off. to be paid to the person aggrieved.
The Vestry presented a Petition in favour of this Bill,
and it eventually became law.
Metropolis Management Act Amendment Bill.—
By this Bill it was proposed that after the passing of the
Act no street shall be laid out without the consent of the
Vestry or District Board of the District, or, on appeal, of
the Metropolitan Board of Works, over land where the
sub-soil has been removed, and also that it shall not be
lawful to excavate such sub-soil from land over which it is
proposed to form any street, and the Vestry or District
Board, in giving their consent, may impose such conditions
as they may think fit.
Penalties are imposed not exceeding £5 for the offence,
and 20s. for every day during which the offence is continued.
It also proposed that mains or pipes shall not be laid
in new streets without the approval of the Vestry or District
Board, and that plans and sections, showing the depth
below the surface at which, and the position and course
in which, such mains or pipes are proposed to be laid,
shall be submitted to the local authority for its approval
subject to appeal to the Metropolitan Board of Works,
under a penalty of £5 for the offence, and 20s. per day.
The Yestry presented a Petition in favour of the Bill,
and proposed a resolution that the Borough and County
Members be requested to support same, and they were