CLXXSums to be assessed upon the City and other Parts of the Metropolis by Metropolitan Board for defraying Expenses.
The Metropolitan Board of Works shall from Time to Time ascertain and assess upon the City of London and the other Parts of the Metropolis the Sums which in their Judgment ought to be charged upon the said City and such other Parts respectively for defraying the Expenses of the said Board in the Execution of this Act, having regard to the annual Value of the Property in the several Parts of the Metropolis, and having regard, in the Case of Expenditure on Works of Drainage, to the Benefit derived from such Expenditure by the several Parts of the Metropolis affected thereby; and any such Sum may be so assessed wholly or in part in respect of Expenses already incurred or of Expenses to be thereafter incurred; and for the Purposes of such Assessment the annual Value of the Property in such several Parts shall be estimated according to the Estimate or Basis on which the County Rate is assessed, or, where there is no such County Rate, according to a like Estimate.