# Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, Section 166: Limitation of expenditure for house drains, &c.


Without the written consent of the owner of any such house or building, the commissioners shall not be empowered to expend during any term of six successive years more in the whole than one year’s rackrent thereof in constructing or laying any such pipe or drain, or in providing any such privy, cesspool, or ashpit.
And with respect to the manner of making rates authorized by this or the special Act, be it enacted as follows:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/166 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-166
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