57 & 58 Vict., Cap. 187. be conveyed to the Conservators by deed and shall as from the date of such conveyance be absolutely extinguished to the intent that such water shall thereafter be allowed to flow into the Thames : And it shall be lawful for any of the metropolitan water companies to make contributions out of their capital or revenue for or in aid of the acquisition and extinguishment of any such right and for the Conservators to accept such contributions and contributions from any other person and to employ such contributions for or in aid of the acquisition and extinguishment of any such right. *** THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. Sums annually payable under this Act by Water Companies NOTE.-If the West Surrey Water Company in any year take from the Thames a quantity of water exceeding an average daily quantity of 500,000 gallons the amount of that Company's annual payment shall in that year and thereafter be 100l. if exceeding an average daily quantity of 1,000,000 gallons the amount aforesaid shall be 150l. and so on. THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE. Agreements under which Water Companies pay annual sums Parties to Agreements. The Governor and Company of Chelsea The same and the Conservators. The Company of Proprietors of Lambeth The Grand Junction Waterworks Com- The same and the Conservators. The Southwark and Vauxhall Water The same and the Conservators. 57 & 58 Vict., Cap. 187. 59 & 60 Vict., Cap. 36. Exemption of light loco motives from certain statutory provisions. LOCOMOTIVES ON HIGHWAYS 59 & 60 Vict., Cap. 36. [Introductory words.] An Act to amend the Law Use of Locomotives on [14th August 1896.] 1.—(1.) The enactments mentioned in the schedule to this Act, and any other enactment restricting the use of locomotives on highways and contained in any public general or local and personal Act in force at the passing of this Act, shall not apply to any vehicle propelled by mechanical power if it is under three tons in weight unladen, and is not used for the purpose of drawing more than one vehicle (such vehicle with its locomotive not to exceed in weight unladen four tons), and is so constructed that no smoke or visible vapour is emitted therefrom except from any temporary or accidental cause; and vehicles so exempted, whether locomotives or drawn by locomotives, are in this Act referred to as light locomotives. Provided that (a) (b) the council of any county or county borough shall have power to make byelaws preventing or restricting the use of such locomotives upon any bridge within their area, where such council are satisfied that such use would be attended with damage to the bridge or danger to the public: a light locomotive shall be deemed to be a carriage within the meaning of any Act of Parliament, whether public general or local, and of any rule, regulation, or byelaw, made under any Act of Parliament, and, if used as a carriage of any particular class, shall be deemed to be a carriage of that class, and the law relating to carriages of that class shall apply accordingly. (2.) In calculating for the purposes of this Act the weight of a vehicie unladen, the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators, used for the purpose of propulsion, shall not be included. (a) Short Title, the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896. See s. 12. 4. No light locomotive shall travel along a public 59 & 60 Vict., highway at a greater speed than fourteen miles an hour, or Cap. 36. than any less speed that may be prescribed by regulations Rate of speed. of the Local Government Board. 9. The requirements of subsection (4) of section Construction twenty-eight of the Highways and Locomotives Amend- of wheels of ment Act, 1878, may be from time to time varied by order of the Local Government Board. locomotives on roads. 10. In the application of this Act to Scotland a refer- Application to ence to the Secretary for Scotland shall be substituted for Scotland. a reference to the Local Government Board, a reference to the road authority of any county or burgh for a reference to the council of a county or county borough, and a reference to subsection (4) of section three of the Loco motives Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1878, for a reference 41 & 42 Vict. to subsection (4) of section twenty-eight of the Highways c. 58. and Locomotives Amendment Act, 1878. 11. In the application of this Act to Ireland a refer- Application to ence to the Local Government Board for Ireland shall be Ireland. substituted for a reference to the Local Government Board, and a reference to the council of a county shall be construed in an urban sanitary district under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, as a reference to the urban sanitary authority, and elsewhere as a reference to the grand jury. 41 & 42 Vict. c. 52. 12. This Act may be cited as the Locomotives on Short title and Highways Act, 1896, and shall come into operation on commencethe expiration of three months from the passing thereof. ment. SCHEDULE. (b) ENACTMENTS WHICH ARE NOT TO APPLY TO LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES. The Locomotives Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 83.) The Locomotives Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 58.) Part II of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878 (41 and 42 Vict. c. 77.) (b) (a) The Locomotive Act, 1861." See s. 14 thereof, p. 159. (b) The portions omitted do not relate to subjects herein dealt with. 59 & 60 Vict., Cap. 54. PUBLIC HEALTH (IRELAND) Local Government Board may invest rural powers of urban authority. 59 & 60 Vict., Cap. 54. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Public Health in Ireland. (a) [Introductory words ] [14th August 1896.] 1. The Local Government Board may, on the application of the sanitary authority of any rural district, or of persons rated to the relief of the poor, the assessment of authority with whose hereditaments amounts at the least to one tenth of the net rateable value of such district, or of any contributory place therein, by order to be published in the Dublin Gazette, or in such other manner as the Local Government Board may direct, declare any provisions of the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1890, in force in urban districts to be in force in such rural district or contributory place, and may invest such authority with all or any of the powers, rights, duties, capacities, liabilities, and obligations of an urban authority under those Acts; and such investment may be made either unconditionally or subject to any conditions to be specified by the Board as to the time, portion of the district, or manner, during at and in which such powers, rights, duties, liabilities, capacities, and obligations are to be exercised and attach: Provided that an order of the Local Government Board made on the application of persons rated to the relief of the poor in any contributory place shall not invest the rural authority with any new powers bevond the limits of such contributory place. Power to require water rates to be levied. *** 5.-(1.) Where a sanitary authority under the provisions of the principal Act supply water in any urban district or in any contributory place, and an application is made to them by any ten persons rated to the relief of the poor in such urban district, or by any five persons so rated in such contributory place, to charge water rates or water rents in respect of the water so suppiied, it shall be incumbent upon the authority to exercise the powers given (a) Short Title, the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896. See s. 35. By Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, s. 105, the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1896, are, as to Ireland, made subject to adaptations by Order in Council. |