TREASURER OF COUNTY, duties of, under Sale of Gas Act, 1859..87. TREES, power to dig up, remove, &c. in constructing waterworks, 218. TRUSTS, company not bound to regard, 538. UMPIRE. See ARBITRATION. UNAVOIDABLE CAUSE OR ACCIDENT, excuses want of supply for domestic use or public purposes, 238. other than domestic purposes, 272. UNDERGROUND WORKS, PIPES, &c., map or plan of, to be made by undertakers, 224. and deposited with clerk of the peace, &c., 225.in metropolis, 113, 138, 286, 304, n., 309. notice of position of fire-plugs, 304. map required by Metropolis Gas Act, 1860..113. by Metropolis Water Acts, 286, 309. system of sewerage, 38 & 39 Vict. c. 55, s. 20. UNDERTAKERS, meaning of, in Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..10. in Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870..356. UNDERTAKING. See PROMOTERS. meaning of, in Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..10. in Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847..186. in Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870..355. in Companies Clauses Act, 1845.530. in Lands Clauses Act, 1845..601. 1873..367. transfer of gas or water, to local authorities, when act necessary, 10, n. UNION OF DISTRICTS. See UNITED DISTRICTS. UNIT OF MEASURE, under Sale of Gas Act, 1859..82. UNITED DISTRICT. TRICTS. See also AMALGAMATION and ADJOINING DIS under Sale of Gas Act, 1859..84. formation of, under Public Health Act, 1875..448 et seq. government of, under Public Health Act, 1875..449 et seq. UNIVERSITIES, supply of water to, by local authorities, 437. UNUSUAL DROUGHT, excuses want of supply for domestic use or public purposes, 238. URBAN AUTHORITY, extinguishing fires, 240, 241. other than domestic purposes, 272. in metropolis, 297. differences in powers of, and of rural authority, 446. See further LOCAL AUTHORITIES. VACANCY, in office of directors, 561. auditors, 567. VALUATION OF WORKS. See RATEABILITY. VALUE (ANNUAL), of gasworks, in questions of rateability, 37-41. of premises supplied with water, how ascertained, 249-251, 263. of waterworks, in questions of rateability, 253-259. under Public Health Act, 1875..427, 429 et seq. VALVES, penalty for wilfully or carelessly breaking, 246, 247. disrepair of, 273. See further the Chapter on WASTE AND MISUSE OF WATER. VENDOR OF SHARES. See SHAREHOLDER. VERDICT OF COMPENSATION JURY. See JURY. VERIFICATION OF METERS. See TESTING OF METERS. under Sale of Gas Act, 1859..82 et seq. VOTES. See also PROXY. of shareholder, 556. regulation as to proxies, ib. of joint shareholders, 557. of lunatics, minors, &c., ib. proof of majority, ib. poll, ib. See further RESOLUTION. WAGES, statement of, for purposes of assessment, 38. WANT OF FORM, what proceedings not to be vacated for, 50, 94, 409, 581, 621, 683, 684. in water of undertakers and fouling, 247. See FOULING. WASTE LANDS. See COMMON LANDS. WASTE OR MISUSE OF GAS, penalties for, 26-31, 72. evidence of, 72. existence of "artificial means," ib. discontinuance of supply, ib. WASTE OR MISUSE OF WATER, provisions of Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847, as to, 245. 1863, as to, 273. Public Health Act, 1875, as to, 431. incorporates powers as to, of Acts of 1847 and 1863, ib. penalty for neglect to provide cistern with ball and stop cock, 245. penalty for suffering cistern, &c. to be out of repair, ib. undertakers may themselves repair cistern, 246. power to their surveyor to enter houses, &c., ib. penalty for allowing other persons to take undertakers' water, ib. 1871, as to, 297, 298. regulations under this act, 313 et seq. General Police (Scotland) Act, 1862, as to, 499. Special provisions for preventing, 312–340. Metropolis Regulations, 313. Manchester Regulations, 313 n. Norwich Waterworks Act, 1859..316. Great Yarmouth Regulations, ib. Portsmouth Regulations, 327. Bury (Lancashire) Regulations, 335. WATCHING AND LIGHTING ACT, 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 90, when superseded by Public Health Act, 1875, 413. WATER, Gas and Water Works Facilities Acts. See PROVISIONAL ORDER. powers of local authorities as to supply of. See LOCAL AUTHORITIES. may require houses to be supplied with, 434. as to watering of streets, 414. supply of, to gas meters, 92. rights, saved by Public Health Act, 1875..458, 459, 461. when supply of, may be cut off. See CUTTING OFF SUPPLY. rates for. See WATER RATES. in reservoirs, danger from. See RESERVOIRS. waste or misuse of. See WASTE OR MISUSE OF WATER. Metropolis water supply. See METROPOLIS. compensation for taking or injuriously affecting, 190 et seq., et seq. wrongful taking of, by company, 196. 218 by persons not entitled to supply, 246, 274. damages for overflow of, 190 et seq. subterranean, 197, 208 et seq. WATER-continued. surface, 199. rights relating to, generally, ib. embanking rivers, &c., 207, 208. pollution or fouling of. See FOULING. constant supply of, when to be given, 235. in metropolis, 292 et seq. when owners and occupiers may demand supply of, from undertakers, 235, 245. from local authority, 427, n. when frost, unusual drought, &c. will excuse defective supply of, 238, 240, 241, 272, 297. for cleansing sewers and other public purposes, 238, 272, 436. supply of, for extinguishing fires, 240, 241, 303, 436. for domestic use, owner laying down communication penalty for suffering people not supplied, to take, 246, 274. supply of, for domestic use, what to include, 272. suggestions of local government board as to supply of, 416 et seq. undertakings, transfer of, to local authorities, when act necessary, 10, n. rights of impounding and diverting, saved under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..350. Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875..525 et seq. breach of contract by persons employed in supply of water, 525. 1863, as to, 275. Public Health Act, 1875, as to, 427, 431. by whom payable and how assessed, 249. when undertakers may impose, 249, 250, n. powers of undertakers under Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851..251. when several houses, &c. supplied with one pipe, ib. payable quarterly, ib. parties giving notice to discontinue use of water or removing, ib. owners where rent does not exceed 107. to pay, ib. tenants under leases, when to repay owner, 252. how to be recovered, 252, 275. by local authority, 431. costs of recovering, 252, 275. powers of local authorities to charge and recover, 427, 428, 431. agree on terms, 427. WATER RIGHTS, not "easements" and cannot be taken compulsorily by pro- saving of, by Public Health Act, 1875..458, 459, 461. rights of impounding and diverting water, saved by River Pollu- saving of various, under Limited Owners' Reservoirs, &c. Act, WATERWORKS, meaning of term, 186. in Public Health Act, 1875..427, n. powers to construct subject to provisions of Lands Clauses Con- power to do works necessary for constructing, 218. power to break up streets, sewers, &c., in order to construct, &c., profits of, limited by Act of 1847..253. rateability of, 253-259. powers of local authority to establish, purchase, &c., 415 et seq., power to sell to local authority, 435. when local authority may construct. See LOCAL AUTHORITIES. WATERWORKS CLAUSES ACT, 1847, mode of citing and incorporating, 188. WATERWORKS CLAUSES ACT, 1863. mode of citing and incorporating, ib. persons giving false evidence, liable to penalties of perjury, 50, to be examined before arbitrators, 406, 575, 618. compensation jury, 625. penalty on, for making default, 581, 626, 683. WORKING EXPENSES, statement of, for purposes of assessment, 38. WORKS, cesser of power to construct, under Facilities Act, 1870, in certain |