Metropolis Management Act 1855

CCXVWhere Two or more Persons are to do any Act or pay any Sum of Money, Vestry or District Board may apportion the same.

Where, under the Authority of this Act, Two or more Persons are or may be directed by any Vestry or District Board to do or join in doing any Act, or to pay or join in paying any Sum of Money, Costs, or Expenses, or where any Vestry or District Board are authorized or think proper to permit Two or more Persons to join together in doing any Act, or paying any Sum of Money, Costs, or (Expenses, it shall be lawful for the Vestry or District Board to apportion the Matter to be done, or the Sum of Money, Costs, or Expenses to be paid, between such Persons, in such Manner as the Vestry or Board consider just and reasonable.