14 & 15 Vict., Cap. 91. Provisions of recited Act incorporated with this Act. Short Title. So offending shall forfeit and pay a Sum of not more than Five Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, for and in respect of every Day during which or any Part of which such Furnace or Annoyance shall be so used or continued. *** LVII. [All the Clauses, Provisions. Matters, and Things in the said recited Act contained, except such of them as are hereby varied, altered, or repealed, or as are repugnant to the Provisions in this Act contained, shall extend to this Act, and shall be in force in respect to the Objects and Purposes of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same Clauses, Provisions, Matters, and Things were re-enacted in this Act with reference to the Objects and Purposes thereof, and (a)] the said Act and this Act shall be, as to all Matters and Things whatsoever, except as aforesaid, read and construed together as One Act. *** LXII. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, and in legal Instruments, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The City of London Sewers Act, 1851.” (a) As to repeal of portion within brackets, so far as it relates to any clauses or provisions of the recited Act which are repealed by the City of London Sewers Act, 1897, see s. 4 and second schedule of the last-named Act, pp. 469, 470. 15 & 16 Vict., Cap. 84. METROPOLIS WATER ACT, 1852. 15 & 16 Vict., Cap. 84. An Act to make better [Preamble and introductory words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1892.] I. * * * It shall not be lawful for any Company supplying the Metropolis or any Part thereof with Water for domestic Use, *** to take any Water for such Purpose from any Part of the River Thames below Teddington Lock, or from any Part of any of the tributary Rivers or Streams of the River Thames below the highest Point where the Tide flows in such tributary Rivers and Streams respectively; *** [Words omitted from s. 1 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875.] Restriction as to Sources of Water to the Supply of Metropolis. within a limited Distance, to II. * ** Every Reservoir within a Distance in a Reservoirs straight Line from Saint Paul's Cathedral in the City of London of not more than Five Miles, in which Water for the Supply for domestic Use of the Metropolis or any be covered. Part thereof is stored or kept by any Company, shall be roofed in or otherwise covered over: Provided always, that this Provision shall not extend to any Reservoir the Water from which is subjected by the Company to efficient Filtration after it is discharged from such Reservoir, and before it is passed into the Mains or Pipes of the Company for Distribution, or to any Reservoir the whole of the Water from which is distributed through distinct Mains or Pipes for other than domestic Purposes, nor to any Reservoir whatever the Water stored in which shall be used exclusively for other than domestic Purposes. [Words omitted from s. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1875.] III. * * * No Water shall be brought or conducted within the Metropolis by any Company for the Purpose of domestic Use otherwise than through Pipes or through (a) Short Title, "The Metropolis Water Act, 1852." See s. 28. For extension to whole water area, and adaptation of this Act, see Metropolis Water Act, 1897, s. 3, P. 467. Water not to be brought within a limited Dis tance in open Aqueducts. 15 & 16 Vict., covered Aqueducts, unless the same shall be afterwards Cap. 84. filtered before Distribution. Every Com pany to filter [Words omitted from s. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1875.] IV. *** Every Company shall effectually filter all Water supplied by them within the Metropolis for domesplied by them tic Use, before the same shall pass into the Pipes for all Water sup for domestic Use. Company to give Notice to Board of Trade (a) before resorting to new Sources of Supply, who may thereupon appoint an Inspector to report. Inspector to give Notice to Companies of his Intention to visit new Sources. Board of Trade (a) to new Sources. Distribution, excepting any Water which may be pumped from Wells into a covered Reservoir or Aqueduct, without Exposure to the Atmosphere, and which shall not be afterwards mixed with unfiltered Water. [Words omitted from s. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1875.] V. Three Months before any Company shall resort to any new Source of Supply, such Company shall give Notice in Writing thereof to *** the Board of Trade (a), and thereupon, within One Month after Receipt of such Notice, the *** Board of Trade (a) shall, if they think fit, appoint a competent Person as an Inspector, who shall report with respect to any Sources then specially authorized by Parliament, whether the Directions of the Special Act have been complied with in reference thereto, and with respect to any new Sources not specially authorized by Parliament, whether the same are capable of supplying good and wholesome Water for domestic Purposes. [Words omitted from s. 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1892.] VI. The Inspector so appointed as aforesaid shall within Ten Days after such Appointment give Notice in Writing to the Company thereof, and of the Time at which he proposes to visit and inspect the said Sources, and thereupon, in order to enable him to make such Report as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said Inspector to enter the Lands wherein such Sources respectively are situate, and to examine and make Inquiry touching the Premises. VII. The Board of Trade (a) shall, within Twentyone Days after the Receipt from the said Inspector of his Report, send to such Company with respect to any such new Sources of Supply not specially authorized by Parlia ment a Certificate in Writing of their Approval or Disapproval thereof, and with respect to any such Sources as (a) Now Local Government Board. See re-enactment, by s. 343 of Public Health Act, 1875, p. 275, of s. 35 of Public Health Act, 1872 (35-6 V. c. 79), and extension of such re-enactment to London by Public Health (London) Act, 1891, s. 142. (5), p. 392. Cap. 84. shall then be specially authorized by Parliament a Notice 15 & 16 Vict., in Writing stating whether in the Judgment of the Board of Trade (a) the Directions of the Special Act have in reference thereto been complied with. VIII. After the Company shall have received a Certificate that the Board of Trade (a) disapproves of any such new Source of Supply not specially authorized by Parliament as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for the Company to use the said Source, and after Receipt of such Notice as aforesaid that in the Judgment of the Board of Trade (a) the Directions of the Special Act with reference to any Sources then specially authorized by Parliament have not been complied with, it shall not be lawful for the Company, before complying with such Directions with reference to such Source, to use the same. IX. If at any Time Complaint as to the Quantity or Quality of the Water supplied by any Company for domestic Use be made to the Board of Trade (a) by Memorial in Writing signed by not less than Twenty Inhabitant Householders paying Rents for and supplied with Water by the Company, it shall be lawful for the Board of Trade (a), at any Time within One Month after the Receipt of such Complaint, to appoint a competent Person to inquire into and concerning the Grounds of such Complaint, and to report to the Board of Trade thereon. If Board of Trade (a) disapprove, Com pany not to use new Source of On Complaint as to Quantity and Quality, Board of Trade (a) may appoint a Person to inquire and report. Powers of Person X. The Person so appointed as aforesaid shall, within Three Days after such Appointment, give Notice thereof in Writing to the Company, and after such Notice as afore- appointed. said he shall have Power to inspect and examine the Waterworks of the Company, and to inquire into and concerning the Grounds of such Complaint; and the Company and their Officers shall afford all reasonable Facilities for such Inspection, Examination, and Inquiry. XI. Any Person obstructing such Inspector in the due Penalty for Prosecution of such Inspection, Examination, or Inquiry, obstructing shall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds. Inspector. XII. If after Receipt of such Report it shall appear to the Board of Trade (a) that the said Complaint is well founded, the Board of Trade (a) shall give Notice thereof in Writing to the Company. XIII. After the Receipt of such Notice the Company shall and they are hereby required within a reasonable Time to remove the Grounds of such Complaint. (a) Now Local Government Board. See note (a), p. 106. If Complaint well founded, Notice to be Ground of 15 & 16 Vict., Cap. 84. Engines to consume their own Smoke. Provision for constant Supply of Water by every Company. Penalty for Non-compliance with the Provisions of the Act. Map of underground Works of the Companies to be made, and kept at principal Office of each Company, and be open to Inspection. XIV. Every Steam Engine, Furnace, or other Work in which Coals which produce Smoke during Combustion shall be consumed by any Company for the Purpose of the Waterworks shall be constructed on the most effectual Principle for consuming its own Smoke. XV. *** Provided that neither the Kent Waterworks Company *** shall be required to give such Supply at any Height exceeding One hundred and eighty Feet above Trinity High-water Mark, nor the East London Waterworks Company be required to give such Supply at any Height exceeding Forty Feet above the Level of the Pavement nearest the Point at which such Supply shall be required. [Words omitted from s. 15 repealed by Metropolis Water Act, 1871, s. 5, p. 238, so far as regards their operation within the limits of that Act, and for such limits see s. 4 thereof.] XVI. Any Company which shall violate, refuse, or neglect to comply with any of the Provisions herein-before contained shall forfeit to Her Majesty the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, and the further Sum of One hundred Pounds for every Month during which they shall continue to violate or to refuse or neglect to comply with the same after they shall have received Notice in Writing from the Board of Trade (a) to discontinue such Violation, Refusal, or Neglect as aforesaid. XVII. Every Company shall, within One Year after the passing of this Act, cause a Map to be made of the District within which any Mains or [District Mains (b)] shall have been laid down or formed by them on a Scale not less than Six Inches to a Mile, and shall cause to be marked thereon the Course and Situation of all existing Mains and [District Mains (b)], and shall, within Six Months from the making of any Alterations or Additions, cause the said Maps to be from Time to Time corrected, and such Additions made thereto as may show the Line and Situation of all such Mains and [District Mains (b)] as may be laid down or formed by them from Time to Time * * * (c); and such Map, or a Copy thereof, with the Date expressed thereon of the last Time when the same shall have been so corrected as aforesaid, shall be kept in the (a) Now Local Government Board. See note (a), p. 106. (b) For "district mains" now read "pipes," and every screwcock or apparatus for permitting or preventing the flow of water from mains into pipes to be marked on maps and alterations thereof. See Metropolis Water Act, 1871, s. 49, pp. 252, 253 (c) Words omitted repealed by Statute Law Revision Act, 1892. |