LOCAL AUTHORITIES-continued. Powers of, with reference to Gas Supply-contd. provisions of Public Health Act, 1875: power to compel lighting of private streets, 403. notice, ib. performance of the work on noncompliance, ib. or private improvement rate, ib. contract for lighting streets, &c., 412. provide lamps, ib. where no company or person authorized to supply gas, they where limits of authorized company include part only of provisional order under Facilities Act, 1870, ib. local government board substituted for board of trade power for sale of undertaking of gas company to urban powers of rural districts, 413, n., 445, 446. Watching and Lighting Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 90) to be Powers of, with reference to Water Supply: to provide for watering streets, 414. urban and rural authorities may provide their district with, ib. may (with consent of local may contract for supply, ib. suggestions of local government board as to water supply, 416. restriction on construction of waterworks by local authority, 421. notice to water company requiring supply, ib. arbitration between water company and local authority, ib. construction of reservoirs, 423. when and what notices to be given, 423-425. power of carrying mains, 425. works within district, ib. compensation, 426. without district, ib. supply to be provided and kept, 427. as to pressure and constancy of supply, ib. power to charge water rates and rent, ib. incorporation of certain provisions of Waterworks Clauses Acts, 431. breaking up streets, ib. communication pipes, ib. waste and misuse of water, ib. guarding against fouling, ib. payment and recovery of water rates, ib. power to supply water by measure, 432. register of meter to be evidence, ib. penalty for injuring meters, ib. power to supply water to authority of adjoining district, 433. LOCAL AUTHORITIES-continued. Powers of, with reference to Water Supply-contd. urban and rural authorities-contd. powers of water company for supplying water to local purchase of waterworks from water company, ib. vesting of public cisterns, &c., in, 436. water for public baths or trading or manufacturing district fund, 428. general district rate, 429. sewage and disposal thereof, 438-440. purchase of lands, 441. provisional orders, 443. See PROVISIONAL ORDERS. rural authority may be invested with powers of urban differences in the powers of urban and rural authorities, 446. power of rural authority to form special drainage districts, 447. union of districts, 448. costs of inquiries by local government board, 451. provisional orders by local government board, 452. PROVISIONAL ORDERS. costs of, 454. See default of local authorities, proceedings thereupon, 454. See DEFAULT. entry on lands, 457. penalty for damaging works of, 458. compensation in case of damage by, by reason of exercise of saving clauses as to navigation and water rights, 459 et seq. arbitration as to, 460. effect of, 461. recovery of expenses of, from owners, 408. Provisions of Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..342 et seq. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, transfer to, of powers of board of trade as to metropolitan water supply, 282. powers of, with reference to Metropolis Water Acts, 282-286, 288, 293-306. when to appoint umpire in arbitrations, 404. powers under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..342 et seq. And see FOULING. suggestions of, as to water supply, 416 et seq. duties of, under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act. See FOULING. appeal to, under Public Health Act, 1875..411. substituted for board of trade under Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, for purposes of Public Health Act, 1875..412. consent of, to purchase of waterworks by local authorities, 415. inquiries by inspectors of, under Public Health Act, 1875..424. costs of, 424, 451. powers of, as to provisional orders under Public Health Act, 1875..442 et seq., 452 et seq. power to repeal or alter local acts, 453. to settle differences arising out of transfer of powers or property to local authority, 453, 454. powers of, on default of local authority in providing sewers, water, &c., or in discharge of other duties, 454. under Municipal Corporations (Borough Funds) Act, 523. LOCAL NEWSPAPER. See ADVERTISEMENT. LOCK, penalty for wilfully or carelessly injuring, &c., 246. LODGING HOUSES, supply of gas to, 22. rates for water supply to, under Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851..251. LONDON. See METROPOLIS. LUNATIC AND IDIOT SHAREHOLDERS, their votes in companies, 557. money payable to, 59, 640. MAGISTRATE. See JUSTICES and APPEAL. MAINS, undertakers to fix fire-plugs in, and in other pipes, 239. power to local authorities to carry water mains, 425. MAJORITY, of votes, proof of, at meetings of shareholders, 557. MAKERS OF METERS. See METERS. not to be inspectors, 86-87. MANDAMUS, to compel undertakers to issue warrant to summon jury to assess compensation, 611, 622-624. MANOR. See COMMON LANDS; COPYHOLD LANDS. MANUFACTORIES, notice to owners of, under Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, fire-plugs to be placed near, at request of owners, &c., 240. by local authorities, 436. provisions of Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..342 et seq. MAPS. See PLANS. required by Metropolis Act, 1860..113. deposit of, under Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870.. scale of, 382. of underground works, pipes, &c. See UNDERGROUND WORKS. proceedings at, to be entered in books signed by chairman, chairman at, and deputy chairman, 563, 564. occasional chairman, 564. committees of, ib. of local authorities under Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870..390. consent at, ib. certified copy of resolution at, ib. of shareholders, 553. general ordinary, ib. extraordinary, 554. chairman at, 555. votes of shareholders at, 556. quorum at, 555. business to be transacted at, 556. proxies at, 556, 557. majority of votes at, 557. proceedings at, to be entered in books of company, 565. MEMBERS, of local boards, shareholders or directors of gas and water companies as, 558. power of companies to vote for, 9. MEMORIALS, for provisional order, 365, 366. of deeds of transfer to be entered in register, 536. METERS (GAS), may be supplied on hire by gas company, 24. not to be subject to distress for rent, 24, 65. nor to be taken in execution, ib. mere chattels though affixed to consumer's premises, inspection of, by officers of company, 24. power to enter premises to inspect, &c., 24, 65. ACT OF 1871: use of, may be required by gas company, 63. obligation of company to supply meters, 64. not to be connected or disconnected without notice, ib. powers of Act of 1871 as to letting meters, ib. register of meters to be primâ facie evidence, 65. power to remove meter and fittings, ib. supply to public lamps to be by, 67. differences between gas company and local authorities, testing of gas, ib. And see that Title. penalties for injuring or altering index of meters, 72. Provisions of Sale of Gas Act, 1859: meaning of word, 82. increase or decrease of water in, ib. when correct to be stamped by inspector, ib. rules for testing by inspectors, 89. to be tested for soundness and leakage, ib. stamps, penalty for counterfeiting, ib. selling with forged stamp, penalty for, 89, 90. liability to indictment for, ib. consumer may use any stamped, ib. to be all stamped after 1869, ib. penalty for using after, without stamp, ib. not to be sold if unstamped, 91. contracts to be void if made with unstamped, ib. and upon conviction forfeited and destroyed, ib. copies of, how to be provided, ib. |