Higham Ferrars and Rushden Water Board Act 1902
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1902 c. xii |
| Year | 1902 |
CHAPTER
xii.
An
Act
to constitute
and
incorporate a Joint Water
A.D.
1902.
-
Board consisting
of
representatives from the Councils
of
the Borough
of
Higham Ferrers
and
the Urban
District
of
Rushden
and
to
vest
in
such Board the
powers
of
the
Higham
Ferrers Water Act 1900 and
for other purposes. [23rd June 1902.1
HEREAS
by the Higham Ferrers Water Act
1900
the
w
Higham Ferrers Water Company (herein-after referred to as
“the Company”) were empowered to acquire lands and to take
oertain maters and construct certain
waterworks
in the said Act
mentioned and
to
supply watter within the borough
of
Higham
Ferrers in the county
of
Northampton and (subject to the
provisions of section 41
of
the said Act herein-after referred to)
within certain parishes in the same county and were authorised
to
enter into and carry into effect agreements for the supply
of
water
in
bulk
beyond the Company’s limits of supply and other
powers
incidental
to
or
connected with the matters aforesaid were conferred
upon
the Company
:
And
whereas by section
41
of
the said Act it
was
provided inter
alia that the
Company
should not execute
any
works
or
supply
water
or
exercise any
of
the
powers
conferred
upon
them
by
the
said Act
(other
than
the
power
of
laying one
or
more trunk
mains
for
the
supply
of
places beyond those parishes) within the
parishes
of
Irthlingborough Wilby
Ecton
Doddington Earl’s
Barton
Wollaston and Irchester in the district of the Wellingborough Rural
District Council without the consent in writing
of
that council
under their common
sed
and
then
only
in the parish
or
parishes
specified
in
such written consent
and
by sections
42
and
43
of the
said Act the Company were authorised to supply water in bulk to
the urban district council of Rushden and to exercise within the
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35.1
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[Ch.
xii.1
Hiyhccm
Ferrem
aid
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7.)
Bourcl
Act,
1902.
A.D.
1902.
urban district
of
Rushden their powers
of
laying
maills
and
pips
as
if
such district were within the Company’s limits
of
supply
:
And whereas by section
72
of
the same act it
was
provided
that
all
costs
charges and expenses
of
and incidental
to
tlic prcparin:.
for
obtaining and
ptlssing
of
the said Act
or
otlrcrwise in relation
thereto should be paid by the Company
:
And whereas none
of
thc powers
of
the
said
Act
have
been
exercised and the Company have held
no
meeting
nor
have they
issucd any
of
tlieir
capital
or
acquired any land
or
constrilcted
any
waterworks
or
otherwisc carried the
powers
of
tlig
said
Act into
execution
or
paid the said costs charges ar,d expenses
:
And
whereas
tho
urban district council
OP
Rushden
are
the
owners
of
the waterworks from which tlie inhabitants
of
their
district are at present supplied but such supply
is
eiitirely
inadequate and there
is
no
public water supply in
the
borough
of
Higham Ferrers
ad
it
is
of
the highest importancc
to
thosc
places that. the powers granted
by
the said
Act
should
bc
carried
into effect
:
And whereas
it
is expedient that
a
Joint Board should be
constituted as in this Act provided consisting
of
representatives
from ihe councils
of
the borough
of
Higham Ferrers and the
urban district
of
Rushden
and
should
be
empowered
in
lieu
of
the Company to exercise the powers
of
acquiring
land
taking
waters constructing watermorks
and
other
powers
by
the
said
Act granted and should be authorised to supply water within
the
said borough and urban district and
to
pay
the said costs charges
and
expenses
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that
the
said Act should to the
extent in this
Act
mentioned be repealed
:
And whereas the property comprised
in
the existing water
undertaking
of
the urban district council
of
Rushden
coiisists
of
(A)
works
of
a
permanent nature provided out
of
borrowcd moneys
(B)
portable engines boilers pumps
and
other auxiliary
works
of
a
temporary nature provided out
of
moneys raised
by
rates
(c)
stock
in trade and other moveable chattels provided out
of
moneys
raised
by
rates and
(D)
outstanding rates debts
choses
in action securities
for
money and sums
of
money in hand
or
owing
to tlie said council
in connexion with the said undertaking
:
And whereas the urban district council of Rushden
for
the
purposes
of
their
water
undertaking have borrowed the iiioneys
mentioned
in
the schedule to this Act and
on
the first
day
of
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Highctm
Ferrers
and
RzLshden
Water
[Ch.
xii.]
Boafd
Act,
1902.
Decemlier
one
thoasaitd nine hundred and one certain
sums
remained
AD.
1902.
owinq in respect
of
such moneys
as
set out in the said schedule,:
And
whcreas
such
of
the said borrowed moneys
as
are
set out
in the first part
of
the said schedule were borrowed for the purpose
of
providiny
11
orks
of
a
perinanent oature
as
aforesaid ancl such
of
the
said borrowed
moneys
a8
are set out in tlie second part
of
the
said schedule were borrowed for
th.1
purpose of trial
or
experimental
works
which are
not
now of value and are not deemed to be
comprised within the said water undertaking
:
Aiid
wliereas
it
is csppdient that provision be made
as
in this
Act contained
for
the transfer
to
the Joint Board
of
the said works
of
a
permanent nnturr niid thc said stock in trade and other moveable
chattels and that thc urlmn district council
of
Rasliden
he
authorised
to
sell
thc
said
anxiliary
works and to deal with the procecds
of
sale
thereof
as
in this Act provided:
Bird
whereas it is espedicmt that the provisions in this Act
contained for
the
construction
of
further waterworks
and
the supply
of
watcr
by
the
tJoi~it
Board
should be sanctioned
:
Aiid
mliercas it is espcdient, that the Joint Board lie autlioriscd
to
borrow money ioi* tlic purposes
of
this Act
:
Ant1 whereas tlic objects aforesaid cannot be attained without
the
authorit,y
of
Parliament
:
And vhercas estimates have been prepared by the councils
of
tile
said borough and
tho
said
urban district for the purchase
of
land
for
and
tbc execution
cif
the
works authorised
by
the said Act and
by
this Act and such estimates amount
to
the
sums
of
thirty-seven
thousand
seven
huridred
and
ninety-eight pounds unci thirty-seven
thousand
eight huiidrcd and seventy-nine pounds respectively
:
And
whereas the works included in such estimates
are
permanent
works
within
the
meaning
of
section
234
of
the Public Health Act
1876
:
And whereas
an
absolute majority
of
the whole number of the
council
of
tlic
said borough and of tlie council of the said urban
district
at
meetings
of
those bodies respectively held on tlie twcnty-
eighth day
of
October
one
thousand nine hundred and one and the
thirtieth day
of
the same month and
year
after ten clear days'
notice
by
public advcrtisemcnt
of
such meetings respectively
and.
Gf
tlic purposes thereof
in
the Evening Telegraph being
a
local
newspaper p'nblished or circulating
in
the said borough and urban
district such notices
being
in
addition to the
ordinary
notices
required for summoning such meetings resolved that
it
was expedient
to
promote the Bill for this Act
:
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