Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Sewers : with minutes of evidence, and an appendix.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Metropolis Sewers.
- Date:
- [1834]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report from Select Committee on Metropolis Sewers : with minutes of evidence, and an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Branch Sewers not to communicate with Sewers built by individuals with¬ out their consent. New works in public roads. Applications by Paving Boards. Altering, &o. Standing Orders. Clerks. Orders to be printed. 26 July 1833. See Addenda (B.) See Addenda (B.) 52] V APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM intended sewer shall commence, and the depth of such sewer from the surface of the land at its termination in any existing sewer, and that the petitioner, or his agent, do attend the meeting of the Commissioners at which the petition shall be taken into consideration. Ordered, That all persons applying for leave to construct branch sewers or private drains, to communicate with any public sewTer within the jurisdiction of this commission, which shall have been built at the expense of any other person or persons, be required to produce to the Commissioners a certificate, in writing, of the consent of the party who shall have built such sewer, to the intended communication, previous to the application for such branch sewers or drains being granted. Ordered, That no new works be executed in any of the public roads during the winter months, except in cases of absolute necessity; and that the inspectors be directed, in all cases where it may be necessary to break up the public roads, to give previous notice thereof to the surveyor of the roads. Ordered, That every application to the Commissioners of Sewers for new sewer-grates be made in writing, and signed by the Commissioners or Trustees, or other persons having the control of the pavement, or by any three or more of them; or, if ordered by them at any public board, that a copy of such order be signed , by the clerk to such public board, as purporting to be a true copy of such order. Ordered, That whenever it shall be deemed necessary to repeal or alter any of the standing orders of the Court, or enact any new ones, a motion to that effect be made at one court, and decided upon at the next court. Ordered, That the clerks do allow all persons rated to, and who shall have paid the sewers’ rate assessments, under this commission, to inspect the minute-book of the pro¬ ceedings of the Court.. O # t Ordered, That the foregoing Standing Orders be printed, and a copy sent to each Commissioner. ADDENDA to the Standing Orders. (A.) As to Appointment of an Inspector and Superintendents of the Works. The Court having taken into consideration the several duties of the surveyors and inspectors, as at present established, Resolved, in lieu of there being one inspector for each division, that one inspector be appointed for both divisions, to perform the duties hereinafter specified, at a yearly salary of 150/.; and that a superintendent of the works be appointed for each division, under the regulations hereto subjoined, to be as weekly servants, at wages not exceeding 36 s. per week each. MMMUWmi w ■ xrf-yy tm vxickicti (B.) Duty of the Inspector. To lay down, on the plans and maps now in the Commissioners’ office, all the additional squares, streets, places, buildings, improvements and alterations that have taken place since the time of the formation of such plans and maps; and to correct and keep the same in a progressive stale of improvement, accordingly as alterations may occur, or the build¬ ing of streets and places may advance. To assist the surveyors, when so directed by the Commissioners through their clerks, in taking the levels of any projected improvement in the sewage, in either division. . That whenever the superintendents of the works are engaged in the superintendence of the building of any sewer, the inspector shall then perform their duties, either in one or both divisions. To assist 'the surveyors, when directed by the Commissioners, through their clerks, in the inspection and examination of any sewer or other works, previous to a report being made by the surveyors; and which report is to be signed by the surveyors and inspectors,, previous to the same being made to any court or committee upon the subject of such works. To survey, previously to each monthly meeting of the Commisioners for general pur¬ poses, the stale of all such sewers as shall have been arched over, and have had boundary inclosures placed at the ends of the arches, and report if any encroachment or alteration has occurred. To attend the surveyors in their annual survey of the River Fleet Sewer. To attend daily at the Commissioners’ office during office hours, and at other times, as may be required (except when engaged in any survey or inspection which he may'be required to make), and to perform all such other business, and to be subject to any regu¬ lations as the Commissioners shall from time to time direct. To reside within such distance from the office as may be approved by the Commis¬ sioners. -4 *](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30459205_0252.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
