XVI. And be it further enacted, That if the said Trustees, or any Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons whomsoever 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, shall at any Time drain, carry, or convey, or cause or suffer to be drained, carried, or conveyed, or to run or flow, any Washings or other Liquid, or any other Matter or Thing whatsoever which shall arise or be made in or about the Prosecution of their Gas Works or the Manufacture of Gas, into the River _Thames_, or any other River, or into any Brook, Stream, Reservoir, Canal, Aqueduct, Waterway, Feeder, Pond, or Spring Head, or into any Drain, Sewer, or Ditch communicating with any of them, or shall do any Annoyance, Act, or Thing to the Water contained in any of them whereby such Water or any Part thereof shall or may be soiled, fouled, or corrupted, then and in every such Case the said Trustees or such 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, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds to any Person or Persons who shall sue for the same in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record at _Westminster_, by Action of Debt or on the Case, wherein no Essoign, Protection, or Wager of Law, and not more than One Imparlance, shall be allowed; Provided always, that no such Penalty or Forfeiture shall be recoverable, unless the same be sued for within Twelve Calendar Months next after such Annoyance, Injury, Damage, Act, or Thing shall have ceased: Provided also, that in addition to the said Penalty of Two hundred Pounds (and whether such Penalty shall or shall not be sued for or recovered), in case any Washings or other Liquid, or any other Matter or Thing whatsoever which shall arise or be made in or about the Prosecution of such Gas Works, or the Manufacture of Gas as aforesaid, shall be drained, conducted, or conveyed, or caused or suffered to run or flow into the said River _Thames_, Or any other River, or into any Brook, Stream, Reservoir, Canal, Aqueduct, Waterway, Feeder, Pond, or Spring Head, or into any Drain, Sewer, or Ditch, communicating with any of them, or if any such Annoyance, Act, or Thing shall be done or caused to be done as aforesaid, and Notice thereof in Writing shall be given by any Person or Persons whomsoever to the said Trustees, or to the 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, and if the said Trustees, or such Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons as last aforesaid, shall not, within Twenty-four Hours next after every such Notice as aforesaid, stop and prevent all such Washings or other Liquids, and all such other Substances and Things as