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Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1854 (Amendment
of Section 133.—The Vestry agreed with a
letter they received from the Vestry of Kensington
as to the desirability of amending Section 133 of
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,
whereby Local Authorities shall in future be entitled
to be recouped the whole of the local rates
instead of only the Poor Rate in respect of any
property acquired by railway or other companies
until the new works come into rating, and they
asked the Hon. W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring to
direct the attention of the Government to the
necessity of passing a measure to amend the
section.
Storm Flooding—In September the Vestry
appointed Messrs. Brunjes and Beard to a
Conference to be held at the Paddington Town
Hall on the question of storm flooding, and the
following is the resolution then passed, with which
the Vestry agreed:—
That this Conference, comprising representatives of the
leading Parishes on the North side of the Thames, hereby
places on record its surprise, that, notwithstanding the
strong expression of opinion by the Main Drainage Committee
of the London County Council and its responsible
officers, and the repeated representations of Vestries and
District Boards to the effect that the existing sewer accommodation
of the Metropolis was entirely inadequate to cany
out the work required of it—that no attempt should have
been made to abate the intolerable evil complained of; and,
further, that this Conference urges upon the Council the
absolute necessity of their at once carrying out such works
as may be necessary to remedy the above-mentioned state
of things.
Expenses of Paving Streets.—The Vestry have
had before them the following important judgment
in reference to the above subject:—