Highway Act 1835

XXVIII Surveyor may inspect Rate Book, and obtain Copies or Extracts.

And in order to enable the Surveyor to form a proper Judgment of any Rate to be made in pursuance of this Act, be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Surveyor, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, at all reasonable Times, to inspect, or by Writing signed by him to grant Authority to any Person appointed by him to inspect, any of the Rates made towards the Relief of the Poor of the Parish of which he is Surveyor, or the Books wherein the Assessments thereto shall be entered, without Fee or Reward; and the Surveyor, or Person by him authorized as aforesaid, shall be allowed to make a Copy of such Rate or Books, or to take any Extracts therefrom ; and if any Person in whose Custody or Power any of the said Hates or Books shall be shall, when thereunto required in manner aforesaid, refuse or neglect to produce the same to the Surveyor, or Person so by him authorized as aforesaid, as the Case may be, or to allow such Copy or Extract to be made or taken, at all reasonable Hours in the Daytime, he shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds.