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PART II.

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SALE OF GAS ACT, 1859.

22 & 23 Vict., Cap. 66. An Act for regulating Measures used in Sales of Gas.

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[13th August 1859.] [Preamble and introductory words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1892.]

22 & 23 Vict., Cap. 66.

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I. In construing this Act the Word "Meter" shall Interpretation mean Gas Meter, and shall include every Kind of Machine used for measuring Gas; and the Word "Person" shall include Corporations.

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II. * * * The only legal Standard or Unit of Measure Fixing Unit for the Sale of Gas by Meter shall be the Cubic Foot of Measure. containing 62.321 Pounds Avoirdupois Weight of distilled or Rain Water weighed in Air at the Temperature of Sixty-two Degrees of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, the Barometer being at Thirty Inches, ***

Models of
Measures to be
fied under the
Direction of the
Treasury (b).

made and veri

[Words omitted repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1892.] III. [Models of Gasholders measuring the said Cubic Foot, and such Multiples and Decimal Parts thereof as the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury (b) shall judge expedient, to be made within Three Months after the passing of this Act. (c)] From Time to Time *** Models of such * * * Multiples and Decimal Parts of the said Cubic Foot as the Lord High Treasurer or the said Commissioners (b) shall from Time to Time think expedient, shall be carefully made, with proper Balances, Indices, and Apparatus, for testing the Measurement and Registration of Meters, and such Models shall be verified under the Direction of the Lord High Treasurer or the said Commissioners (b), and when so made and verified shall be de- Models to posited in the Office of the Comptroller General of the be deposited. Exchequer at Westminster (b); and Copies of the Models

(a) Short Title, The Sale of Gas Act, 1859." See Short Titles Act, 1896, s. 1.

(b) For Treasury and Comptroller General of the Exchequer, now read Board of Trade. See Weights and Measures Act, 1878, S. 33. p. 315. For saving as to models of gasholders hereunder, see same Act, s. 66, and for application of provisions of such Act and of the Weights and Measures Act, 1889, to the verification' and reverification of local standards, see last-named Act, s. 15, P. 364.

(c) The words in italics, as giving the effect of the amendment by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1892, are taken from the Second Revised Edition of the Statutes, Vol. 10, printed under the Authority of Her late Majesty's Stationery Office, 1895.

22 & 23 Vict., Cap. 66.

Copies of the Models of Gasholder to be provided by Order of General or Quarter Sessions (a) in England, and by Meetings of Justices in Scotland.

so from Time to Time deposited, verified as aforesaid, shall be sent to the Lord Mayor of London, and the Chief Magistrate of Edinburgh and Dublin, and to the Chief Magistrate of such other Cities and Boroughs, and to such other Places and Persons in Her Majesty's Dominions, as the said Lord High Treasurer or the aforesaid Commissioners (a) may from Time to Time direct; and the said Lord High Treasurer or the said Commissioners shall appoint a competent Person or Persons to design and make, subject to the Approval and by Direction of such Lord High Treasurer or the said Commissioners, Stamps of a uniform Design to be used for stamping Meters throughout the United Kingdom, with only such Varia tions of Numbers or Marks thereon as shall be sufficient to distinguish each Inspector's District.

IV. In England at some General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace (b) within Nine Months next after the passing of this Act the Justices of the Peace of every County, Riding, or Division, or County of a City or County of a Town, in General or Quarter Sessions assembled, and in such Boroughs as may adopt this Act, as herein-after provided, the Town Council at the Meeting next after such Adoption, and in Scotland the Justices of the Peace at a Meeting to be called for the Purpose by the Sheriff of each County, and the Magistrates of each Royal Burgh, within Nine Months after the passing of this Act, and so from Time to Time at any subsequent General or Quarter Sessions or Meeting so called, shall determine the Number of Copies of the said Models of Gasholders, with proper Balances, Indices, and Apparatus as aforesaid, which they shall deem requisite for the testing of Meters within their respective Jurisdictions, and shall direct that such Copies, verified and stamped at the Exchequer, together with such Number of Stamps for stamping Meters as they shall deem requisite, shall be provided for the Use of the same, and shall fix the Places at which such Copies

(a) See note (b), p. 125.

(b) As to bringing of Act into operation, see also Sale of Gas Act, 1860, s. 1, p. 155, and Sale of Gas (Scotland) Act, 1864, s. 1, p. 177. For transfer of administrative business to County Councils from Quarter Sessions, and from authorities of English boroughs with population under 10,000 at census of 1881, see Local Government Act, 1888, ss. 3 (xiii.), 39 (1) (d), pp. 361, 362, and Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, s. 11, p. 365; also, as regards the Metropolis, Metropolis Gas Act, 1861, s. 1, p. 160, and Local Government Act, 1888, s. 40. (8), p. 362. As to copies of models, see note (b) to s. 3.

Cap. 66.

Appointment

of Inspectors.

and Stamps shall be deposited, and shall appoint a suffi- 22 & 23 Vict., cient Number of Inspectors of Meters for the safe Custody of such Copies and Stamps, and for the Discharge of the other Duties herein-after mentioned, and shall allot to each Inspector a separate District, and from Time to Time, when necessary, shall subdivide and re-allot such Districts, and all such Districts shall be distinguished by the Number or Mark applied thereto on such Stamps, and they shall direct what reasonable Remuneration shall be paid to such Inspectors for the Discharge of such Duties as they shall have been ordered by such Justices or Town Council or Magistrates as aforesaid to perform, and they are hereby empowered to suspend or dismiss any Inspectors so appointed, or to appoint additional Inspectors as Occasion may require: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to compel any Town Council in England or Royal Burgh of Scotland, except such as are County Towns, wherein Gas is used, to provide Copies of the said Models and Stamps, or to appoint an Inspector or Inspectors for the Performance of the Duties prescribed by this Act; and that it shall be lawful for the Justices of the Peace in any County, and for the Magistrates of any Royal Burgh within such County, where they shall agree, to unite the whole or a Portion of the County with such Royal Burgh, and to appoint One Inspector therefor, and to provide at their joint Expense Copies of the said Models and Stamps to be used within such united Districts Provided always, that in every Borough in England where there is a Town Council, not being a Manufacturer or Seller of Gas, it shall be lawful for such Town Council within Six Months after the passing of this Act, after One Month's Notice duly given in the Manner in which Notices are usually published by such Town Council, to adopt this Act, if the Majority of the Members present at any Council Meeting at which the Subject is appointed to be considered shall so determine; and if no Resolution to that Effect shall be passed within such Time, then the Justices aforesaid, at their next practicable General or Quarter Sessions after the Expiration of such Six Months, shall in reference to any Borough not so adopting this Act carry this Act into effect; and in all Boroughs as aforesaid in which the Town Council is a Manufacturer or Seller of Gas, the Justices of such Boroughs shall have such and the like Powers of adopting and carrying into effect the Provisions of this Act within such Boroughs as by this Act are given to Town Councils not being Manufacturers or Sellers of Gas.

22 & 23 Vict., Cap. 66.

Models and
Copies of
Gasholders to
be provided

V. In Ireland the Town Council or Town Commissioners of every Borough and Town, such Town Council or Commissioners not being Manufacturers or Sellers of Gas, shall at a Meeting of the Town Council or Commissioners to be held within Nine Months after the passing of this Act, and so from Time to Time at any subsequent Meeting, determine the Number of Copies of the said Models of Gasholders, with proper Balances, Indices, TownCommis- and Apparatus as aforesaid, which they shall deem and Inspectors requisite for the testing of Meters within their Towns or

by Town

Councils,

sioners, &c.,

appointed.

Officers of the

Boroughs respectively, and shall direct that such Copies, verified and stamped at the Exchequer, together with such Number of Stamps for stamping Meters as they shall deem requisite, shall be provided for the Use of the same, and shall fix the Places at which such Copies and Stamps shall be deposited, and shall appoint a sufficient Number of Inspectors of Meters for the safe Custody of such Copies and Stamps, and for the Discharge of the other Duties herein-after mentioned, and shall allot to each Inspector a separate District, and from Time to Time, when necessary, shall subdivide and re-allot such Districts, and shall direct what reasonable Remuneration shall be paid to such Inspectors, and they are hereby empowered to suspend or dismiss any Inspector so appointed, or to appoint additional Inspectors from Time to Time as Occasion may require; and in all Boroughs and Towns in which the Town Council or Town Commissioners shall be Manufacturers or Sellers of Gas, the Justices of such Boroughs and the Grand Jury of the County in which such Boroughs or Towns not having a separate Commission of the Peace shall be situate respectively shall have such and the like Powers as by this Act are given to the Town Council and Town Commissioners not being Manufacturers or Sellers of Gas for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Act within such Boroughs and Towns: Provided always, that the Jurisdictions of such Town Council and Town Commissioners, Justices, and Grand Juries respectively shall extend to all Meters out of such Boroughs or Towns for measuring Gas manufactured at any Gasworks by which any such Borough or Town shall be supplied with Gas.

[As to bringing of Act into operation, see also Sale of Gas Act, 1860, s. 1, p. 155 For transfer of business of Grand Juries in Ireland to County Councils, see Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, s. 4 (1), p. 478. As to copies of models, see note (b) to s. 3.]

VI. The Copies of the said Models so directed by the Exchequer at said Justices, Magistrates, or Town Council to be verified and stamped at the Exchequer shall be compared with

Westminster.

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