Commissions of Sewers Act 1708
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Commissions of Sewers Act 1708
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The Commissions of Sewers Act 1708, sometimes called the Commissioners of Sewers Act 1708, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It concerned the duties of boards of commissioners with responsibility for the maintenance of sea banks and other defences, which protected low-lying areas from inundation by the sea, and the removal of obstructions in streams and rivers caused by mills, weirs and gates. The word sewer had a much broader meaning than in modern usage, and referred generally to
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