Extracts from local government acts Acts include: the highway; mainroads; stopping up and diversion of higways;The Highway Act 1835; Town & Country Planning Act 1947; Discontinuance of repair of unnecessary highways; Remedies in case of neglect to repair a highway; Extraordinary traffic; Building lines; Streets; Private Streets; The Private Street Works Act 1892; Trees in streets; Sewerage and drainage; Private swers, drains and cesspools; nuisances; smoke nuisances; offensive trades; rivers pollution prevention acts; Factories Act 1937; New Towns Act 1946; Water Act 1945 1835-1947