7. The Name and Residence of the Owner of every 28 & 29 Vict., Locomotive shall be affixed thereto in a conspicuous Cap. 83. Manner. If it is not so affixed the Owner shall, on summary Conviction, be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Name and Two Pounds. *** 9. For the Purposes of this Act, the County Surveyor of each County in Ireland shall be deemed to be the Conservator of all the Roads in the County of which he is Surveyor, made or repaired by Grand Jury Presentment; and it shall not be lawful to use any Locomotive, other than those specially authorized by this Act, on any such Road in any County in Ireland, without the Consent in Writing of the County Surveyor thereof, approved of by One or more Justices sitting at Petty Sessions; and all Compensation for Damage done by any Locomotive to any Bridge, Gullet, or Arch, or any of the Walls, Buttresses, or Supports thereof, on any such Road in any County in Ireland, shall be recoverable in the Name of the County Surveyor thereof, for and on behalf of the County, from the Party liable to pay the same, such Compensation, if not exceeding Ten Pounds, to be recovered in a summary Way by Summons at Petty Sessions, and if over Ten Pounds to be recovered by Process in the Civil Bill Court. 10. Every Penalty imposed by the Provisions of this Act shall, in Ireland, be recoverable before a Justice or Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions, subject and according to the Provisions of "The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851," and any Act amending the same, and shall be applied according to the Provisions of "The Fines (Ireland) Act, 1851," and any Act amending the same. 11. Nothing in this Act contained shall repeal, alter, or in any way affect the Provisions of the Forty-first Section of "The Thames Embankment Act, 1862." Residence of 13. This Act may be cited as "The Locomotives Short Title. Act, 1865"; and "The Locomotives Act, 1861,” (a), and this Act, shall be construed together as One Act. (a) The "Locomotive Act, 1861." See s. 14 thereof, p. 159. 28 & 29 Vict., Cap. 90. Short Title Definition of METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE 28 & 29 Vict., Cap. 90. An Act for the Establish- [Preamble and introductory words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1893.] 1. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as the "Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, 1865." 2. For the Purposes of this Act the "Metropolis " Metropolis" shall mean the City of London and all other Parishes and Places for the Time being within the Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works (a): Duty of Transfer to Board (a) of Parishes as to *** * 4. * The Duty of extinguishing Fires and protecting Life and Property in case of Fire shall within the Metropolis be deemed for the Purposes of this Act to be entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works (a); and with a view to the Performance of that Duty it shall be lawful for them to provide and maintain an efficient Force of Firemen, and to furnish them with all such Fire Engines, Horses, Accoutrements, Tools, and Implements. as may be necessary for the complete Equipment of the Force, or conducive to the efficient Performance of their Duties. [Words omitted from s. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893.] *** 32. All the Powers now exercised by any Local Body or Officer within the Metropolis as respects Fireplugs shall henceforth be exercised by the Board (a), and the Board (a) shall be entitled to receive Copies or Extracts of all Plans kept by any Water Company under the (a) Now London County Council. See Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40 (8), p. 362. Provision of the Act of the Session of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-four; and every such Water Company shall provide at the Expense of the Board (a) in any Mains or Pipes within the Metropolis Plugs for the Supply of Water in case of Fire at such Places, of such Dimensions, and in such Form as the Board (a) may require, and the Fire Brigade shall be at liberty to make such Use thereof as they may deem necessary for the Purpose of extinguishing any Fire; and every such Company shall deposit Keys of all their Fireplugs at such Places as may be appointed by the Board (a), and the Board (a) may put up on any House or Building a public Notice in some conspicuous Place in each Street in which a Fireplug is situated, showing its Situation. 28 & 29 Vict., Cap. 90. (a) Metropolitan Board of Works (now London County Council.) See s. 4 and note (a) thereto. 31 & 32 Vict., Cap. 80. Short Title. Interpretation of Terms. METROPOLITAN SUBWAYS 31 & 32 Vict., Cap. 8o. An Act to make Pro- Whereas Subways have been constructed or are proposed to be constructed in the new Streets and Roadways which the Metropolitan Board of Works (a), in this Act called "the Board," are by virtue of the several Acts set forth in the Schedule to this Act authorized to make within the Metropolis: And whereas, in order to prevent Inconvenience to the Public by the frequent breaking up of the said Streets and Roadways, it is expedient to enable the Board (a) to require Companies or Persons intending or required to place Water, Gas, and other Pipes in the said Streets and Roadways to lay the same in the Subways upon proper Terms and Conditions; and it is also expedient to make other Provision respecting the Use of Subways in the Metropolis: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Metropolitan Subways Act, 1868." 2. In this Act the Term "Subway "" means an arched Passage or covered Way under the Surface of a Street constructed for the Reception of Gas, Water, and other Pipes; the Term Street has the same Meaning as it has in "The Metropolis Management Act, 1855," and shall include any Roadway on any Embankment or Land reclaimed from the River Thames or connected therewith; the Term "Pipe" includes Gas Pipe, Water Pipe, Tube for Telegraph Wires or other Tube, and any Apparatus connected with a Pipe or Tube; the Ex (a) Metropolitan Board of Works (now London County Council.) See Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40 (8), p. 362. Cap. 80. pression "the Metropolis" means the Metropolis as de- 31 & 32 Vict., fined by "The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1862." 3. This Act shall apply only to the several Subways Extent of Act. under any Street constructed under the Powers of the respective Acts set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed. Pipes. Power for Board (a) to require Com 4. Where any Company, Body, or Person is desirous As to new of laying or may be required to lay any Pipe under the Surface of any Street under which there is a Subway to which this Act applies, and the Board (a), by Notice served on such Company, Body, or Person, requires them or him to lay the same in the Subway, then, notwithstanding anything in any Special or General Act of Parliament contained, it shall not be lawful for such Company, Body, or Person to lay the same under the Surface of the Street otherwise than in the Subway, or after the Service of such Notice to open or break up the Street for that Purpose. panies, &c. to use Subways. 5. If any Company, Body, or Person lays a Pipe or Remedies opens or breaks up a Street in any respect in contravenagainst Comtion of the foregoing Provision, they or he shall for every violating panies, &c. such Offence (without Prejudice to any other Remedy or foregoing Proceeding against them or him) be liable to a Penalty not Provisions. exceeding Twenty Pounds; and the Board (whether having the Control or Management of the Surface and Soil of the Street or not), if they think fit, may remove the Pipe so laid, and may fill in the Ground and make good the Surface and Pavement of the Street so opened or broken up, and the Expenses incurred by the Board (a) in so doing shall be repaid, on Demand, to the Board (a) by such Company, Body, or Person, and in default of Payment may be recovered as a Penalty is under this Act recoverable. 6. Where the Board (a) has before or after the passing of this Act constructed a Subway under any Street to which this Act applies, and a Pipe has been laid under the Surface of the Street otherwise than in the Subway, the Board (a) may, by Notice served on the Company, Body, or Person to whom such Pipe belongs, require them. or him to remove the same into the Subway, and the Cost of such Removal shall be defrayed by the Board (a); and if any Difference arise as to the reasonable Amount of such Cost, the same shall be settled by an Arbitrator to be appointed by the Board of Trade on the Application of (a) Metropolitan Board of Works (now London County Council.) See Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40 (8), p. 362. As to existing Pipes in Streets in which there is a Subway. |