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COPIES-continued.

of proceedings of directors, 565, 566.

of special act to be kept at principal office of company and
deposited with clerk of peace in England, 52, 265, 582.
sheriff clerk in Scotland, ib.
penalty for default, ib.

to be inspected, and copies or extracts taken, ib.

penalty for refusal, ib.

See also PLANS; UNDERGROUND WORKS.

COPYHOLD LANDS,

apportionment of rent of, 661.
enfranchisement of, 660.

enrolment of conveyance of, ib.

CORONER. See JURY.

CORPORATION,

aggregate, its incidents, 7.

where a corporation "dwells," 9.

service of notice on, to treat for lands, 612. See further NOTICE.

opposition to private bills by, 11.

promotion of private bills by, ib.

injunction against expenditure of public funds by, ib.

vote of, at meetings of companies, 556.

elections of local boards, &c., 9.

Municipal Corporation (Borough Funds) Act, 519.

CORPORATION, MUNICIPAL. See MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
not to sell lands without consent of treasury, 607.

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of arbitration between local authorities and water company, 421.
under Public Health Act, 1875..406.

under Companies Clauses Act, 1845..575.

recovery of, 577.

under Lands Clauses Act, 1845..619, 634, 693.

recovery of, 681.

of assessing compensation to absent owners, 633, 634.

of conveyances under Lands Clauses Act, 649.

taxation of, 650.

of gas examiner, 71.

in action under Sale of Gas Act, 96.

cases of money deposited, 647.

of inquiry before jury under Lands Clauses Act, 1845..629.

particulars of, 630.

payment of, ib.

taxation of, ib., 693.

of litigation as to interests in lands omitted to be purchased, 676.
of obtaining provisional orders under Public Health Act, 1875,

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under Gas and Water Works

Facilities Acts, 1870 and 1873,
360, 371.

of proceedings for recovery of gas and meter rent, 73.

water rates, 252, 275.

under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 347, 349.
of inquiries by local government board, 424, 451.

of promoting or opposing bills in parliament, 11, 454.

Municipal Corporation (Borough Funds) Act, 519 et seq.

COUNTERFEITING METER STAMPS,

penalty for, 89.

COUNTIES,

unions of parts of, under Sale of Gas Act, 86.

clerks of peace of, to take charge of documents. See CLERK OF
THE PEACE.

COUNTY,

interpretation of term, 13, 187, 531, 602.

COUNTY COURT,

jurisdiction under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..347.
appeal from, 348.

CROWN,

saving rights of, under Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..53.
CUSTOMS,

saving rights of, under Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..53.

CUTTING OFF SUPPLY,

for non-payment of gas rents,

entry in buildings for, 24, 65, 66.

expenses of, 73.

notice of, 25.

injuring meters, altering index, &c., 72.

provisions of Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 1876..490.
cutting off supply of water,

for not providing and keeping in repair cisterns, &c., 245.
for refusing admission to company's surveyor, 246.

for non-payment of water rates, 252.

for breach of provisions of special act as to nuisance, &c., 273.
for contravention of provisions of Metropolis Water Acts, 288.

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to be made good in addition to penalty, in what cases, 27, 49, 580.
when, may be levied by distress, 580. See more fully DISTRESS.
recovery of, under Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,

580.

Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..49.

Railways Clauses Act, 1845, ib.

penalty for, to works of local authority, 458.
compensation for, done by local authority, ib.

DEBENTURE STOCK,

application of money raised by, 595.

creation of, 592.

meeting as to, 592.

issue of, to extinguish powers of borrowing, 595, 596.

interest on, to be primary charge, 593.

payment of arrears of, how to be enforced, ib.

not to affect mortgages of companies, 595.

not to give right to vote, ib.

power to issue, 598.

provisions as to, to apply to mortgage preference stock, 596.
restrictions as to rate of interest on, 598.

to be a charge on the undertaking, 593.
to have incidents of personal estate, ib.
separate accounts of, 595.

DEBENTURES. See DEBENTURE STOCK.
falling due, advances to pay, 599.

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by undertakers in default of conveyance, 644-646, 661, 665, 666,
668, 671.

DEEDS, of company, deposit of, as security for past debt, 596, n.
DEFAULT. See also PENALTY; CUTTING OFF SUPPLY and LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BOARD.

of appearance to summons to pay gas rent, 66.

of gas company as to meters, 65.

of local authorities in performance of any duties, 454.

recovery of expenses, 455-457.

in Scotland, 513, 514.

of witnesses, penalty for, 580, 626, 683.

of sheriff or jury, under Lands Clauses Act, 625.

DELAY,

of gas company in reinstating streets, 20. See BREAKING UP STREETS.
of water company in reinstating streets, 234, 249.

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of annual accounts of companies, 43, 70, 261. See also ACCOUNTS.
of special acts, 52, 265, 582.

in Scotland, ib.

penalty for default, ib.

of copies of models of gas holders, 83.

of stamps for stamping meters, ib.

of documents under Gas and Water Works Facilities Acts, 1870
and 1873..357, 365, 374, 379-382, 388.

board of trade rules, 375, 382.

of plans, &c. for provisional order, under Public Health Act, 1875,

453, n.; and see pp. 442-445.

of printed draft of provisional order, 365, 374, 382.

of title deeds of companies, 596, n.

of moneys in bank, under Lands Clauses Act. See BANK.

DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS,

appointment of, 563, 564.

DEVIATION. See LIMITS.

DIRECTORS,

acts of, not invalidated by informality of appointment, 566.
tainted with fraud not binding on company, 558.
appointment and rotation of, 560.

of committees by, 664.

bankers or treasurers of company may be, 560.
chairman of, 563.

deputy or occasional, 563, 564.

contracts by, with company, 558, 560.
death or resignation of, 561.

declaration of forfeiture of shares by, 541.

notice of, by, 542.

duration of office of, 560, 561

election of, and continuance in office of, 559.

entry of notes and minutes of proceedings in books of company, 565.
to be signed by chairman, ib.

existing, continued where there is no election, 559.

may set aside portion of profits for contingencies, 572.
meetings of, 563.

first, ib.

quorum at, ib.

when chairman absent, 564.

mortgage of shares of, 558.

must not allow new shares to themselves, 551, n.
number of, may be increased or diminished, 558.
prescribed, ib.

may require officers to make out accounts, 568.
indemnification of, for lawful acts done, 566.

when members of joint stock companies, effect of contract with,560.
notices may be served on any one of, 575.

not necessary to prove appointment of, in action for calls, 541.

not to be personally liable, 566.

oath of, that officer is about to abscond, 569, 570.

powers of, 561, 562.

qualification and disqualification of, 558, n., 559, 560

refusal of, to register transfer of shares, 537.

remuneration of, 562.

signatures of, 565, n.

spiritual persons cannot be, 560, n.

supply of occasional vacancy in office of, 561.

to appoint bookkeeper, 571.

to cause full accounts to be kept, 570. See ACCOUNTS.

to deliver balance sheet and accounts to auditors, 568.

to examine balance sheet, 570.

which is to be signed by chairman and produced to share-
holders, 571.

to prepare scheme before declaring dividends, ib.

trustees for company, 558, n.

when office becomes vacant, 560.

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DISABILITY-continued.

(parties under),

purchase-money amounting to 2007. to be deposited, 639.
application and investment thereof, 640.

where less than 2007...642.

restraint on purchase from, 607.

where contracts entered into with persons not absolutely en-
titled, 642.

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with consents by board of trade, under Gas and Water Works
Facilities Act, 1870..356

DISSENTIENT SHAREHOLDER,

not bound by amalgamation of companies, 533.

DISTRESS,

meters let to hire exempt from, 24, 65, 272. See METERS.
pipes laid by water companies, when exempt from, 242.

against goods of treasurer, under Companies Clauses Consolidation

how to be levied, 579, 682.

Act, 1845..577.

under Lands Clauses Act, 683.

under Railways Clauses Act, 94.

imprisonment in default of, 579.

not unlawful for want of form, 579, 683.

penalties may be levied by, 50, 263, 579, 683.

summary remedy by, against parties failing to account, 568.

recovery of rates by, 408.

DISTRICTS. See also ADJOINING DISTRICTS and UNITED DISTRICT.
definition of, in Facilities Act, 1870..354.

amalgamation of, under Facilities Act, 1870..355.

under Sale of Gas Act, 83, 84.

subdivision and re-allotment of, ib.

to be distinguished on meters by stamp, ib.

of gas companies in metropolis, 100, 103 et seq., 123, 143.
power of local authority to supply water to adjoining, 433.
in, as to gas and water supply. See LOCAL
AUTHORITIES.

works within and without, powers as to, 425, 426, 439.
union of, under Public Health Act, 1875..448 et seq.
DIVERSION OF WATER,

statutory powers of company for, 189 et seq., 218 et seq.
wrongful, of streams into company's reservoir, 196.
compensation for, 189 et seq., 218 et seq.

in streams, &c. taken by undertakers, penalty for, 221.
penalties under Public Health Act, 1875..433.

does not in general entitle to notice to treat, 611.

rights of, saved under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..350.
See also WATER RIGHTS and EASEMENTS.

DIVIDENDS. See further PROFITS and SLIDING SCALE.
back, may be paid out of reserve fund, 42, 260.

limited in metropolis to six years, 101.

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