XIV. And whereas it may be or become a Question upon such Complaint as aforesaid whether the said Water be contaminated or affected by the Gas of the Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons so contracting to light or lighting with Gas the said Square, or such other Place or Places as aforesaid; be it therefore enacted, That in every such Case it shall be lawful for any such Water Works Company at aforesaid to dig to and about, and to search and examine all or any of the Mains, Pipes, Conduits, and Apparatus of the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, for the Purpose of ascertaining whether such Contamination proceed or be occasioned by the Gas of the said Trustees, or of each Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons; and if it shall appear that the said Water has been contaminated or affected by any Escape of Gas, then and in every such Case the Costs and Expences of the said Digging, Search, and Examination, and of the Repair of the Pavement of the Street or Place which shall be taken up or disturbed, shall be borne and paid by the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons by whose Gas the said Water shall be so contaminated as aforesaid, which Costs and Expences shall be ascertained and determined (if necessary) by any Justice of the Peace, and may be levied and recovered in the same Manner as any Penalty or Forfeiture which shall be incurred under the Provisions contained in this Act may be recovered before a Justice of the Peace: Provided always, that if upon such Examination it shall appear that such Contamination has not arisen from any such Escape of Gas from any of the Mains, Pipes, or Conduits of the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, then and in every such Case the Water Works Company by whom or on whose Behalf such Examination and Search shall be made shall bear and pay all the Costs, Charges, and Expences of and incident to such Examination and Search, and shall also make good to the said Trustees, Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons so contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, any Loss, Injury, or Damage which may be occasioned to the Mains, Pipes, Conduits, or Apparatus of the said Trustees, Gas Light Company or other Person or Persons as aforesaid, in and by such Search and Examination, and also any Injury or Damage which may be done in or about any of the Footways or Carriageways which shall be broken up or disturbed in such Search or Examination; the Amount of such Injury, Loss, or Damage to be ascertained and determined, if necessary, by any such Justice of the Peace as aforesaid.