ACCOUNTS. See further INSPECTION. (of gas and water companies) to be sent annually to clerk of the peace in England, 43, 261. in metropolis. See METROPOLIS. (of gas company) form of, 45, 46, 76-81. to be made up annually and sent to local authority, 70. board of trade may alter form of, ib. of metropolis water companies, 305. under Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 475. of companies, directors to cause to be kept, 570. to deliver to auditors, 568. officer to render, when required, 568. failure of, ib. refusal of, 569. separate accounts of debenture stock, 595. ACETATE OF LEAD, testing by, 75. ACT. See also SPECIAL ACT. enacting part of, explained by preamble, 530. when to be construed as directory, ib. acts repealed by Public Health Act, 1875..464 et seq. private, when repealed by subsequent public or private act, 237. ACTIONS, for arrears of interest on debenture stock, 594. for calls on shares, 540. declaration in, ib. against executors, ib. matters to be proved in, 541. for negligence against gas companies, 19, n., 30, n. water companies, 190 et seq., 219 et seq., against water companies, for injury to mines or for nuisance, 229. notice of, when local authority entitled to, 409. under Sale of Gas Act, 95. costs, 96. discontinuance of, ib. evidence in, 95. limitation of, ib. tender of amends in, 96. not to abate owing to change of name of company, 596. ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION, power to purchase lands for, 607. ADDITIONAL CAPITAL, raising of, under Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870..355. See further CAPITAL OF COMPANIES and AUCTION CLAUSES. ADDRESS BOOK OF SHAREHOLDERS, 534. ADJOINING DISTRICTS. See also UNITED DISTRICT. provisions of Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, as to- gas and water supply to, ib. board of trade rules as to, 384. ADJOINING DISTRICTS-continued. provisions of Public Health Act, 1875— power of local authority to supply water to authority of, 433. what is, ib. power to execute works in, and to combine for execution of works, 451, communication with sewers of, 439. provisions of Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 1876..473, 487. ADJOURNMENT, of general meetings of companies, 556. ADJUDICATION OF PENALTIES. ADOPTION See PENALTY. of Sale of Gas Act by town council, &c., 84. ADVANCES, to meet debentures falling due, 599. ADVERTISEMENT, under Gas and Water Works Facilities Acts of application for provisional orders, 356, 368, 373. proofs of compliance required by, 388. under Public Health Act, 1875 as to construction of reservoirs, 423. as to works without district, 426. as to purchase of lands, 442. as to proposed provisional order, 452. under Municipal Corporations (Borough Funds) Act of notices required by that act, 521 of notices under Companies Clauses Acts, 576. AFFIDAVIT, proof of compliance with Facilities Acts may be by, 388. AGREEMENT, for acquiring lands under Facilities Act, 1870..361, 384. joint, of two or more companies to furnish gas and water supply, taking of land otherwise than by, 607 et seq. See further PRO- ALLOTMENT OF SHARES, when constituting shareholder, 534. ALTERATION, of forms of account by board of trade under Gasworks Clauses Act, 1871..70. on plans deposited. See PLANS. of time for compulsory use of stamped meters, 97. of sewers. See SEWERS. of index of meters. See METERS. of district, under Metropolis Gas Act, 1860..105. AMALGAMATION. See also UNITED DISTRICT and ADJOINING DISTRICTS. of undertakers to supply adjoining districts, 355. rights of dissentient shareholders as to, 533. of burghs under Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 1876..473. AMENDS, TENDER OF, provisions of Gas Works Clauses Act, 1847..48. ANIMALS, Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847..262. Companies Clauses Act, 1845, as to,576, Public Health Act, 1875..410. washing of, or throwing into company's water, 247. under Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 1876..477. for testing gas, 74. See also METROPOLIS. APPEAL, against decision of justices inflicting penalties, 50. meter inspectors, 93. to quarter sessions, under Sale of Gas Act, 1859..ib. costs of, 94. in Scotland to circuit court of justiciary under Sale of Gas for provisional order under Facilities Acts, 356, 368, 382. of penalties under Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845..580. Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..51. in metropolitan police district, 57, 264. to parliament by gas and water companies, 10-12. for further powers by companies, 553, n. of monies deposited under Lands Clauses Act. See BANK. APPOINTMENT, of arbitrator. See ARBITRATION. of umpire. See ARBITRATION. of committee of directors, 564. of directors by special act, 560. not necessary to be proved in action for calls, 541. of inspectors under Sale of Gas Act, 83. See INSPECTORS OF METERS. of receiver upon application of mortgagees, 59, 550. of gas examiner, 69, 109, 131, 153. of gas referees, 129, 151. of surveyor under Lands Clauses Act. See SURVEYOR. AQUEDUCT, power to construct, 218. fouling water in, 247, 248. when water not to be brought to metropolis in open, 282. ARBITRATION, as to price to be paid for gas to public lamps, 68. gas companies and local authorities, 68. under Metropolis Water Acts, 307. powers of Public Health Act, 1875, as to, 404-406, 421. in case of works not within saving clauses of Public Health Act, effect of, 461. as to alteration of sewers injuriously affecting supply of water, 462. under Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845..573. Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845..613-621, 664, 678. not to be void for want of form, 621. after determination of surveyor, in case of absent parties, 634. in the case of common lands, 665. costs in such case, 634. interest in lands omitted to be purchased, 675. costs of, how to be borne, 575, 619, 634. taxation of, by master of superior courts, 693. ARBITRATOR, appointment of, 68, 405, 573, 615. when costs in discretion of, 406, 575, 619. See Costs. Companies Clauses Act, 1845..573. Lands Clauses Act, 1845..615. declaration of, 405, 618. failure of, to make award, 405, 617. power to call for books, &c., 406, 618. refusal to act, vacancy, &c., 405, 574, 617. neglect to appoint umpire, 405, 574, 617. sole, when matters referred to, 404, 573, 615. See further ARBITRATION. recovery of, 594. of gas rent not to be paid by incoming tenant, 72. of dividend. See FROFITS OF GAS COMPANY and PROFITS OF WATER COMPANY. See RECEIVER and JUDICIAL FACTOR. ASSESSMENT, of gasworks, 37-40. under Sale of Gas Act in Scotland, 86. of waterworks, 253-259. for purposes of Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867..509 et seq. basis of, under Public Health Act, 1875..427-430. of private improvement rate, 406. of general district rate, 429. ASSIGNMENT OF SHARES IN COMPANIES, 536. AUCTION CLAUSES, in gas bills. See INTRODUCTION, xlv. Standing Orders as to, ib. in Gaslight and Coke Company Act, 1876. .145 et seq. powers of, ib. qualification of, 567. report of, 568. special report of, 568. to continue in office until new appointment, 567. of accounts of metropolis water companies, 306. AUGMENTATION OF CAPITAL, by conversion of borrowed money, 550. by provisional order under Facilities Acts, 354. See further CAPITAL OF COMPANY and AUCTION CLAUSES. AUTHORITY. See further LOCAL AUTHORITIES. local, definition of, in Facilities Act, 1870..354. road, definition of, in Facilities Act, 1870, ib. AVERAGE, meter indication, 67. of observations in testing gas, 75. AWARD. See ARBITRATION. not to be vacated for want of form, 621. See further WANT OF FORM. deposit of money in, before entry on lands, 652. when offices closed, 655. payment of compensation money into, 634, 640, 642, 651, 652, 661, 662, 665-669, 671. BATHING, in reservoir, 247. See also FOULING WATER. BATHS (PRIVATE), penalty for allowing, to be out of repair, 272. See further, Chapter on WASTE AND MISUSE OF WATER, p. 312. |