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Penalty for neglect, &c. to fix, &c. fire-plugs, or to furnish supply of water.
Pipes to be laid by the undertakers.
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43. If, except when prevented as aforesaid, the undertakers neglect or refuse to fix, maintain, or repair such fire-plugs, or to furnish to the town commissioners a sufficient supply of water for the public purposes aforesaid, upon such terms as shall have been agreed on or settled as aforesaid, or if, except as aforesaid, they neglect to keep their pipes charged under such pressure as aforesaid, or neglect or refuse to furnish to any owner or occupier entitled under this or the special Act to receive a supply of water during any part of the time for which the rates for such supply have been paid or tendered, they shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds, and shall also forfeit to the town commissioners, and to every person having paid or tendered the rate, the sum of forty shillings for every day during which such refusal or neglect shall continue after notice in writing shall have been given to the undertakers of the want of supply.
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