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Letterpress form on blue paper with manuscript insertions. 16.25 x 12.75 inches. Folded document, later folded in four at right angle to original fold. Cover title on front fold. Some fraying along centre line fold and browning of later fold edges. Two small edge tears, not affecting legibility, otherwise fine condition and clearly legible manuscript entries. White horse on red stamp, inscribed Gordon Ward, M.D., F.S.A. on front blank side. The annual account of the Deal Surveyors of Highways, which by the Act of 1849, quoted on the form, was required to be submitted to the Secretary of State (presumably the Home Secretary of the time, Lord Palmerston). This particular copy of the form would have been the one that was retained locally. By the 1835 Highway Act, surveyors of highways had the duty of the upkeep and repair of parish roads. By clause 44 of the Act the surveyors had to submit their yearly accounts to special sessions of the local justices of the peace, who were responsible for the execution of the provisions of the Act. The repair work required to the roads was now funded directly from the rates, although the form still makes provision for work to be performed directly in lieu of rates, an obsolescent concept since the 1835 Act. This Statement shows the rates to be the only source of income of £160/8s/11d, while the main heads of expenditure are manual and team labour and the cost of materials. The £24/5s/0d paid to the Commissioners of Pavement presumably relates to the provision of pedestrian pavements in the town centre. At the same sessions a schedule of the state of repair of the roads was also submitted by the surveyors (according to clause 45 of the Act) and it supplies further details of the work carried out. This particular version of the form, lists the penalties liable for non-compliance of the surveyors duty to submit their accounts, at its foot. Of the two, James Dowers and Vincent Cornwell, it is possible that the latter is the person of that name listed as boot and shoemaker of Lower Street in the 1858 Directory. The parish still had a liability for contributions towards the repair of turnpike roads within its boundaries but in this particular year, the Dover to Sandwich Trust has not required any such payment. A scarce example of the financial statement for Deal parish highways, required by law to be submitted to the local justices and to the government in Whitehall. KENT ROADS KENT EAST KENT COAST ROADS 19TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS EPHEMERA KENT Foote, The General or Principal Highway Act, 1862. Melville, Directory of Kent, 1868. Seller Inventory # 20367
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Title: STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE ON ...
Publisher: Settled by William Foote, Esq., for the Law Times Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand, London.
Publication Date: 1854
