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Constant supply of water to be kept for domestic use of all inhabitants entitled to demand a supply.
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35. The undertakers shall provide and keep in the pipes to be laid down by them a supply of pure and wholesome water, sufficient for the domestic use of all the inhabitants of the town or district within the limits of the special Act, who, as herein-after provided, shall be entitled to demand a supply, and shall be willing to pay water rate for the same; and such supply shall be constantly laid on at such a pressure as will make the water reach the top story of the highest houses within the said limits, unless it be provided by the special Act that the water to be supplied by the undertakers need not be constantly laid on under pressure; and the undertakers shall cause pipes to be laid down and water to be brought to every part of the town or district within the limits of the special Act whereunto they shall be required by so many owners or occupiers of houses in that part of the town or district as that the aggregate amount of water rate payable by them annually, at the rates specified in the special Act, shall be not less that one tenth part of the expence of providing and laying down such pipes; provided that no such requisition shall be binding on the undertakers, unless such owners or occupiers shall severally execute an agreement binding themselves to take such supply of water for three successive years at least
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