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Incorporation Clause.
Commissioners may provide sufficient Supplies of Water, and may erect Waterworks, &c.
In case of Waterworks constructed by Commissioners, the Water may be kept constantly under Pressure.
Commissioners not to construct Waterworks, &c. if any Waterworks Company within the Town be able and willing to supply Water upon Terms.
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LII. The One hundred and twenty-fourth Clause of “The Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847,” shall be incorporated with and form Part of this Act, and the Commissioners may provide the Town from within or without the Boundaries of such Town with such a Supply of Water as may be proper and sufficient for the Purposes of this Act, and for private Use to the Extent required by this Act; and for those Purposes or any of them the Commissioners may from Time to Time contract with any Person whomsoever, or with any Company, or purchase, take upon Lease, hire, construct, lay down, and maintain such Waterworks, and do and execute all such Works, Matters, and Things as shall be necessary and proper, including the opening of Roads and Streets from Time to Time, for the Purpose of laying down, altering, or repairing Water Pipes therein; and the Commissioners may provide and keep a Supply of pure and wholesome Water, and may lay on at such Pressure as will carry the same to the Top Story of the highest Dwelling House within the Town: Provided always, that before constructing or laying down any Waterworks under the Powers of this Act within any Limits in respect of which any Waterworks Company shall have been established, the Commissioners shall give Notice in Writing to every such Waterworks Company, or private Owner or Owners of such Waterworks, stating the Purposes for and the Extent to which Water is required by the Commissioners; and it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners to construct or lay down any Waterworks within such Limits so long as any such Company, or Owner or Owners as aforesaid, shall lay on Water proper and sufficient for all reasonable Purposes for which it is required by the Commissioners; and in case any Difference shall arise as to whether the Water which any such Company, or Owner or Owners as aforesaid, are willing to supply is proper and sufficient for the Purposes for which it is required, or whether the Purposes for which it is required are reasonable, the same shall be settled on an Appeal in manner aforesaid (but without any Recognizance) by either Party to the Assistant Barrister, whose Decision shall be final: Provided always, that it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners to take or use any Water, Cistern, Pump, Well, Conduit, or Waterwork without having obtained the Consent in Writing of the Owner or Owners thereof.
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