PENALTY-continued. for illegally diverting water from streams, &c. authorized to be for breaking up streets, &c. without notice, &c., or delaying re- for neglect to lay pipes for supply of water for domestic use, for refusal, &c. to affix fireplugs or afford supply, 241. for removal of communication pipes without notice to company, for neglect to provide proper cistern with ball and stop cock, 245. for allowing other persons to take undertakers' water, 246, 274. for fouling water of undertakers, 247. See further FoULING. by gas-makers, 27, 28, 29, 33-37, 247, 248, on water company for refusing to produce books, vouchers, &c., for failure to keep or deposit special act, 52, 265, 583. for failing to obey order as to repair of reservoirs, 269. under Act of 1863, for waste by non-repair of pipes, &c., 273. for wrongful extension or alteration of supply for use of water without agreement, 274. under Public Health Act, 1875, for injuring meters, altering index, &c., 433. for obstructing execution of act, 457. for damaging works of local authority, 458. publication of particulars of, on boards, 49, 526, 571. summary recovery of, 49, 263, 407, 579. levy of, by distress, 50, 263, 579. on witnesses making default, 581, 626, 683. on promoters under Lands Clauses Act, 1845, for entry on lands Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876. See FOULING. PERCENTAGE, of error in gas meters, 88. PERJURY. See WITNESSES. PERSON, definitions of, 12, 186, 351. PERSONAL ESTATE, share in companies are, 533. debenture stock, 593. PERSONAL LIABILITY. See INDEMNIFICATION. PETITION, of gas ratepayers to quarter sessions as to profits and price, 42. PHOTOMETER, for testing illuminating power of gas, 74. PIPES (GAS). See also BREAKING UP STREETS. statutory powers of company as to, 14. interference of local authority or railway company with, 16. accidental injury to, ib. power of water company to examine, to detect fouling, 32, 248. PIPES (WATER), interference of local authority or railway company, &c. with, statutory powers of company as to, 218, 229. power of breaking up streets, &c. in order to lay, &c., 229. undertakers bound to keep supply in, 235. fireplugs to be affixed by undertakers to, 239. See FIREPLUGS. communication, when to be laid by undertakers, 241. bore of service pipes, 244. inhabitants, 243. of undertakers, penalty for wilfully breaking, &c. or wasting rates where one pipe supplies several houses, &c. 251. in several parishes, rateability of company, 253 et seq. penalty for wrongful extension or alteration of, by consumers, powers of local authorities to lay and maintain, 431. as to carrying water mains, 425. See further the Chapter on WASTE AND MISUSE OF WATER, p. 312. PLACE OF TRUST OR PROFIT, under company, cannot be held by director, 559. PLAN OF UNDERGROUND WORKS, PIPES, &c. See UNDER- PLANS, &c., deposit of, with a view to provisional order, 357, 365, 368, 379- errors and omissions in, &c., how corrected, 214. alterations of, authorized by parliament, 215. deposit and inspection of, &c., ib. copies of, to be evidence, 216. limits of deviation from, 217. before breaking up streets to lay pipes, 233. what is a sufficient plan, ib. to be made, when private streets required to be paved, sewered, See also MAP. POLL, at general meetings of companies, 557. POLLUTED WELLS, &c., power of local authority to close, 440. POLLUTION OF RIVERS PREVENTION ACT, 1876. See title POLLUTION OF WATER. See FOULING. POOR RATES—continued. books, inspection of, for purposes of assessment under Public undertakers bound under Lands Clauses Act to make good, 680. service of notices through, 410, 575, 681. POST OFFICE TELEGRAPH CLAUSES, 156. See INTRODUC- POWER OF ENTRY. See ENTRY. POWERS, of corporations aggregate, 7. under provisional order, provisions for cesser of, 361. to borrow, when extinguished by issue of debenture stock, 595, to raise residue of shares, &c. at discount, 599. of arbitrators. See ARBITRATOR. illuminating. See ILLUMINATING POWER. POWERS OF CONSTRUCTION. PREAMBLE, how far controls statute, 530. PRE-EMPTION, RIGHT OF, See CONSTRUCTION. of land, under Gasworks Clauses Act, 1861..58. as to lands acquired by local authorities, 441, n. PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS, payment of dividends to, 572. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS, as to provisional orders, to be settled before 25th March, 385. definition of, under Gasworks Clauses Act, 1871..57. "PRESCRIBED," meaning of, in Gasworks Clauses Acts, 10, 57. PRESSURE, Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847..185. Companies Clauses Act, 1845..530. of gas, 71. See INTRODUCTION, liii. in Metropolis. See METROPOLIS. in Scotland, 490. gauge for gas, 74. for testing meters, 89. provisions of Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, Amend- PRICE continued. of gas-continned. provisions of Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, of water, how depending on profits, 260. PRINTING, power of quarter sessions to reduce, ib. of draft provisional orders, 385. or writing of notices under Public Health Act, 1875..410. PRIORITY OF MORTGAGES, gives no preference under Companies Clauses Act, 546. PRIVATE ACT, when repealed by another private act, 237. a public act, ib. PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT RATES, expenses of lighting private streets by local authority, when con- provisions of Public Health Act, 1875, as to, 406. expenses of supplying houses with water, when to be considered, 434. PRIVATE LAND, not to be entered without agreement, 17, 57, 232, 650, 652, 656. opening or breaking up of, by companies, 17, 18, 232. See also local authority may compel lighting of, 403. when sewered, &c., local authority may declare highways, 404. PRIVY. See WATERCLOSET. PROCEEDINGS, not to be quashed for want of form, 50, 94, 409, 581, 621, 683, 684. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, form, &c. of gas company, 79. PROFITS OF GAS COMPANY, provisions of Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, as to, 37-43. rateability of gasworks, ib. if exceed limit, excess to form reserve fund, 41. reserve fund to meet extraordinary claims only, 42. when fund amounts to prescribed sum, interest to be applied, ib. if less than prescribed rate, reserve fund to supply deficiency, ib. if more than prescribed amount, rateable reduction, ib. petition to quarter sessions, ib. costs of groundless petition, 43. penalty on undertakers refusing to produce books, &c., ib. provisions of Companies Clauses Act as to contingency fund inap- in Metropolis- Act of 1860 incorporates Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..101. PROFITS OF WATER COMPANY, provisions of Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847, as to, 253. not to exceed ten per cent., ib. rateability of waterworks to poor and other rates, 253-259. reserved fund to meet extraordinary claims only, 260. when fund amounts to prescribed sum, interest to be applied, ib. ib. if more than prescribed amount, rateable reduction, ib. petition to quarter sessions, ib. costs of groundless petition, 261. penalty on undertakers refusing to produce books, &c., ib. provisions of Companies Clauses Act as to contingency fund inap- PROMOTION OF BILLS, by local authorities, &c., 11. PROOF, of compliance with provisions of Facilities Acts, 360, 385, 388. of majority after poll at general meetings, 557. PROOF OF COMPLIANCE, required by board of trade, 388. PROPRIETORSHIP OF SHARES, PROTECTION, to persons acting in pursuance of public acts. PROTECTION OF WATER. See FOULING. PROVISIONAL ORDER, authorizing gas and water undertakings, 356, 368. advertisements of intended application for, ib. See AMENDS, notices and deposit of documents by promoters, 356–368. powers of board of trade to determine on application, 358, 368. objections, ib. to make provisional order, 359, 368. form and contents of, 360, 369. costs of, 360, 371, 454. publication of, by advertisements, 360, 370. proof of, required by board of trade, 360, 388. confirmation of, by parliament, 360, 370, 443, 452. opposition to, 361, 453. incorporation of general acts in, 361. cesser of powers under, in what cases, ib. gas rents and water rents under, 362. company not exempt from provisions of general act, ib. other department may be substituted for board of trade, ib. Facilities Acts do not apply to metropolis, 362, 373. give compulsory powers for acquiring who are the local authority, 363, 367. rules issued by board of trade, 375–387. promoters desiring incorporation must register under Companies |