Metropolis Management Act 1855

LXXX Vestry or District Board may order a Contribution towards Construction of Sewers in certain Cases.

Where any Sewer in any of the Parishes mentioned in either of the Schedules (A.) and (B.) to this Act, into which any Drain shall be made or branched, has been built since the Third Day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and before the Commencement of this Act, at the Expense of any Person or Body other than any Commissioners of Sewers, the Vestry or District Board in whom such Sewer is vested may order such Sum as they may deem just to be paid and contributed by the Owner of the House to which such Drain belongs towards the Expense of the Construction of such Sewer, which Sum shall, on the Receipt thereof by such Vestry or Board, be paid over to the Person or Body aforesaid, and such Vestry or Board may, if they see fit, order and accept Payment of such Sum, with Interest after a Rate not exceeding Five Pounds for the Hundred by the Year, by Instalments within any Period pot exceeding Twenty Years.