Highway Act 1835

XVI District Surveyor to have Power, &c. of Surveyor, except in levying Rate. Salary of District Surveyor how to be paid.

And be it further enacted, That such' District Surveyor when so appointed shall for all the Purposes of this Act, except the making, assessing, and levying the Rate in and by this Act authorized to be made, assessed, and levied, have, as far as the same are applicable, the same Powers, and be subject and liable to the same Duties, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as any Surveyor elected under the Provisions of this Act is invested with and liable to, and shall have the laying out and Application of all the Funds raised and levied under the Authority of this Act: Provided nevertheless, that such District Surveyor shall not expend any Monies levied in any one of the said united Parishes except for the Use and Benefit of the Parish in which it is so levied, unless with the Consent of the Inhabitants of such Parish in Vestry assembled, for the Purpose of carrying on Repairs or beneficial Improvements under the Provisions of this Act for the common Benefit of the said united Parishes ; and such District Surveyor shall annually receive from each of the Parishes composing his District respectively such Salary as shall have been agreed upon by the several Parishes in manner aforesaid, which Salary shall be paid to such District Surveyor by the Surveyor of the Highways, out of the Money raised in each of such Parishes under the Authority of this Act; and in case of Nonpayment thereof, the same shall be recoverable from the Surveyors of the Highways of such Parishes, to and for his own Use, in the same Manner as any Forfeiture is recoverable under this Act.