Metropolis Management Act 1855

CCXXXVIII Special Provision as to Parish of Woolwich.

Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained to the contrary, the Provisions of this Act shall extend and apply to the Parish of Woolwich only to the Extent and in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,)

• A Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works shall be from Time to Time elected by the Local Board of Health of Woolwich, at a Meeting of such Board, as by this Act directed with respect to the Vestry of each of the Parishes mentioned in the said Schedule (A.):

The said Metropolitan Board shall have and perform, within and in relation to the said Parish, all the Powers and Duties vested in them under this Act, in like Manner as within and in relation to other Parishes mentioned in the said Schedule (A.), save that the said Local Board shall be subject to all Orders of the said Metropolitan Board in relation to Sewerage and otherwise, and to all Precepts requiring Payment of Money, in all respects as the Vestries of other Parishes in the said Schedule (A.) are subject to the same, in lieu of the Vestry of the said Parish; and all Sums required to be paid by such Precepts shall be defrayed out of any Moneys carried to the District Fund Account, or by means of a General District Rate to be levied off the whole of the Parish of Woolwich, or such Part thereof as may be specified in the Precept of the said Metropolitan Board.