An Act to Provide for the Paving, Gravelling, Lighting, and Watching Certain Footways and Carriageways in and Near Brompton Square: In the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex and to Provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the Said Square.Anonymous
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An Act to Provide for the Paving, Gravelling, Lighting, and Watching Certain Footways and Carriageways in and Near Brompton Square: In the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex and to Provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the Said Square.
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Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc.; Kensington (London, England)
XIII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Water which shall be
supplied by any Water Works Company, or Company established for the
Supply of Water, shall be contaminated or affected in any way whatsoever
by the Gas of the said Trustees, or of any Gas Light Company, or other
Person or Persons contracting to light or lighting with Gas the said
Square called _Brompton Square_, or any other Place or Places within the
Jurisdiction of this Act, then and in every such Case the said Trustees,
Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons so contracting to light or
lighting with Gas as aforesaid, shall, within Twenty-four Hours next
after Notice thereof in Writing, signed by any One of the Directors, or
by the Secretary or Chief Clerk for the Time being of any such Water
Works Company, and left at the usual Office or Place of transacting
Business of the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or
Persons contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, cause
Measures to be taken effectually to stop and prevent such Gas from
contaminating or affecting the Water of any such Water Works Company; and
in case the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons
contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, shall not, within
Twenty-four Hours next after each and every such Notice so left as
aforesaid, effectually remove the Cause of every such Complaint, and
prevent all and every such Contamination whereof Notice shall be given as
aforesaid, then and in every such Case the said Trustees, or such Gas
Light Company, or other Person or Persons contracting to light or
lighting with Gas as aforesaid, shall on each and every Complaint whereof
Notice shall be given as aforesaid forfeit and pay to the Secretary or
Chief Clerk of such Water Works Company, for the Use and Benefit of such
Company, the Sum of Ten Pounds for each and every Day during which the
Water supplied by any such Water Works Company shall be and remain
contaminated or affected by the Gas of the said Trustees, Gas Light
Company, or other Person or Persons contracting to light or lighting with
Gas as aforesaid; and every such Penalty or Forfeiture shall and may be
levied and recovered for the Use of such Water Works Company, in the same
Manner as any other Penalty or Forfeiture which shall be incurred under
the Provisions contained in this Act may be levied and recovered before a
Justice of the Peace, with Costs, to be assessed by such Justice.
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