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Undertakers subject to provisions of this and the special Act, may execute the works herein named.
Undertakers to make compensation for damages.
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12. Subject to the provisions and restrictions in this and the special Act, and any Act incorporated therewith, the undertakers may execute any of the following works for constructing the waterworks; (that is to say,)
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They may enter upon any lands and other places described on the said plans and in the said books of reference, and take levels of the same, and set out such parts thereof as they shall think necessary, and dig and break up the soil of such lands, and trench and sough the same, and remove or use all earth, stone, mines, minerals, trees, or other things dug or gotten out of the same:
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They may from time to time sink such wells or shafts, and make, maintain, alter, or discontinue such reservoirs, waterworks, cisterns, tanks, aqueducts, drains, cuts, sluices, pipes, culverts, engines, and other works, and erect such buildings, upon the lands and streams authorised to be taken by them, as they shall think proper, for supplying the inhabitants of the town or district within the prescribed limits with water:
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They may from time to time divert and impound the water from the streams mentioned for that purpose in the special Act, or the said plans or books of reference, and alter the course of any such streams, not being navigable, and also take such waters as may be found in and under or on the lands to be taken for constructing the works:
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Provided always, that in the exercise of the said powers the undertakers shall do as little damage as can be, and in all cases where it can be done shall provide other watering places, drains, and channels, for the use of adjoining lands, in place of any such as shall be taken away or interrupted by them, and shall make full compensation to all parties interested for all damage sustained by them through the exercise of such powers.
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