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Undertakers to lay down communication pipes, on request of occupier and with consent of owners.
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44. The undertakers shall, upon the request of the owner of any dwelling house in any street in which pipes shall have been laid down by them, the annual value of which house shall not exceed ten pounds, or upon request of the occupier, with the consent in writing of the owner, or reputed owner, of any such house, or of the agent of such owner, and upon payment or tender of the proportion of water rate in respect of such house by this or the special Act, made payable in advance, lay down communication pipes and other necessary works for the supply of such house with water for domestic or other purposes, and shall keep the same in repair, and thereupon the occupier of such house shall be entitled to have a sufficient supply of water for his domestic purposes from the undertakers; and the undertakers may charge for such pipes and works, in addition to the water rate, such reasonable annual rent as shall be agreed upon, or, in case of dispute, as shall be settled by such inspector as aforesaid, when appointed, and in the meantime as shall in England or Ireland be settled by two justices, and in Scotland by the sheriff; and such rent shall be chargeable on and recoverable from the occupier, or, in his default, from the owner of such house, at the same times and in the same manner as water rates; and such pipes and other works shall not be subject to distress or to the landlord’s hypothec for rent, nor to be taken in execution under any process of a court of law or equity, or under any fiat or sequestration in bankruptcy, against such occupier or against such owner, unless he shall have become the proprietor of the said pipes and works under the provisions herein-after contained.
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