f main roads. It declared that thereafter not only the
half but the whole cost of maintenance should be borne by the county.
Provision is made for the control of main roads in urban districts
being retained by the urban district council. In urban districts where
such control has not been claimed, and in rural districts, the county
council may either maintain the main roads themselves or allow or
require the district councils to do so. The county council must in any
case make a payment towards the costs incurred by the district
council, and if any difference arises as to the amount of it, it has
to be settled by the Local Government Board. In Lancashire the cost of
main roads falls upon the hundred, as distinguished from the county at
large, special provision being made to that effect. Special provision
has also been made for the highways in the Isle of Wight and in South
Wales, where the roads were formerly regulated by special acts, and
not by the ordinary Highway Acts.

Rivers pollution prevention.

The county council have the same power as a sanitary authority to
enforce the provisions of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts in
relation to so much of any stream as passes through or by any part of
their county. Under these acts a sanitary authority is authorized to
take proceedings to restrain interference with the due flow of a
stream or the pollution of its waters by throwing into it the solid
refuse of any manufactory or quarry, or any rubbish or cinders, or any
other waste or any putrid solid matter. They may also take proceedings
in respect of the pollution of a stream by any solid or liquid sewage
matter. They have the same powers with respect to manufacturing and
mining pollutions, subject to certain restrictions, one of which is
that proceedings are not to be taken without the consent of the Local
Government Board. The county council may not only themselves institute
proceedings under the acts, but they may contribute to the costs of
any prosecution under the acts instituted by any other county or
district council. The Local Government Board is further empowered by
provisional order to constitute a joint-committee representing all the
administrative counties through or by which a river passes, and confer
on such committee all or any of the powers of a sanitary authority
under the acts.

Parliamentary and legal costs.

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