Streets, &c., not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons controlling them
11 Streets, &c., not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons controlling them
No street, bridge, sewer, drain, or tunnel shall, except in the cases of emergency mentioned in section ten, be opened or broken up except under the superintendence of the persons having the control or management thereof, or of their officer, and according to a plan approved by those persons or their officer, or in case of any difference respecting the plan, then according to a plan determined by a magistrate or two other justices.
The magistrate or justices may, on the application of the persons having the control or management of any such sewer or drain, or their officer, require the undertakers to make such temporary or other works as he or they may think necessary for guarding against any interruption of the drainage during the execution of any works which interfere with any such sewer or drain.
If the persons having such control or management, and their officer, fail to attend at the time fixed for the opening of any such street, bridge, sewer, drain, or tunnel, after having had notice in accordance with section ten or do not propose any plan for the breaking up or opening, or refuse or neglect to superintend the operation, the undertakers may perform the work specified in their notice without the superintendence of any such persons or their officer.
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