The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

IHE MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

By the new law " highway districts" may be
formed, and proper attention paid to the manage-
ment of highways
for the public benefit. Any five
or moresticeo
of a county may in writing require
ip
the clerk of the peace to send a notice that at the
sessions to
he holden a proposal would be made to
divide the
county or some part into a highway dis-
trict, sed that notices be sent to the overseers and.
ure
hwardens of every parish mentioned therein
eh
that the proposal may be entertained, and a provi-
sional order made, dividing their county into dis-
tricts ; such order is not to be valid unless it is con-
firmed by a trial order of the justices, at some sub-
sequent court of general or quarter sessions. When
it is proposed that only a part of a county is to be
divided into a highway district not less than
two of the five justices making such proposal
are to be resident within the district. On the second
meeting the provisional order may be quashed or
confirmed. The provisional order is to set forth the
parishes to be united, the names of the district, and.
the number of way-wardens to be elected for each
The provisional and final orders are to be
in the newspapers. No part is to be in-
cluded in any highway district formed in pursuance
oapfdatvrhieserhtsed
act within the limit of a borough, without the
consent of the council ; and, secondly, of the vestry
of the parish which, or part of which, is proposed to
be included. A highway board is to be constituted
in each highway district, consisting of the way-war-
dens elected in the several places within the district,
and the board is to be a body corporate. The con-
sequence of forming a district is, that at and after
the first meeting, all property is to vest in the board,
and which property is to be held for the benefit of
the place for which it was held previously to the
formation of the district. Each board has the power
of appointing its officers, and payment of the same.
The manner in which roads out of repair are to be
put in order is distinctly stated by the new law.
Where a complaint is made to any justice of the
peace that a highway is out of repair, two sum-
monses are to be issued, and an order made on the
subject. Among the formal provisions to carry out
the act is one exempting surgeons from the payment
of tolls when employed in their duties. The new
act proceeds to explain the application of the other
highway acts :—" And to relieve the ratepayers,
certain boroughs may adopt parish roads and high-
ways, and be relieved from the great expense of
the roads and highways." Further, it is permitted
to district highway boards to allow landowners to
erect fences without incurring any liability to re,
pair the highways. The law on highways in Eng-
land has now been amended. The present act is
of the
not to apply to any place within the limits
Metropolis Local Management Act, nor to any
place maintained by soy- local act, but to other
places in England.—Observer.

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