commissioners of sewers

commissioners of sewers
Members of a sewer commission in a city having such a commission separate from a street commission; a one-time temporary tribunal in England having jurisdiction over repairs of sea banks and sea walls, the cleansing of rivers, public streams, ditches and other conduits by which any waters are carried off. This jurisdiction was limited to the particular county or district specified in the appointment of the body. 3 Bl Comm 73.

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