Huddersfield Waterworks and Improvement Act 1876
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1876 c. c |
| Year | 1876 |
CHAPTER
c.
Ai1
Act to cii:~bIo
thc
Mayor,
Aldermen,
ancl
Thirgesses
of
*.D.
-c
1876.
t
tie
Ilorough
of
IIudtlers~cld
to nbaiidoii
the
eiilsrgeiiieiit
of
Wessciiclcii
ltcscri’oir,
and
to construct
n
new
Rcser-
voir in lieu thereof;
to
make
new Streets
nncl
Etreet
Inipuxeiiieiits
;
to extencl the limits
of
Gas
aiicl
Water
supply
;
aiid
to
iiiskc
further provision
for
the Improve-
ineiit and Goveriinieiit
of
the
Borough
;
aiicl
for
other
1)
urposes.
C13th
JU~Y
lS76.1
HEREAS
by
Royal Charter, dated the seventh day
of
July
Charier
dated
7th
one
thousancl eight hundred and sixty-eight, the inhabitants
Jllly
1868.
of tlic township
of
IIuddersfield
and
of
other adjoining
or
neigh-
bouring townships
and
districts in the west riding
of
the county
of
York
were incorporated
by
the name
of
the
mayor,
aldermen, and
Burgesses
of
the borough
of
Huddersfield (in this Act called tlie
Corporation)
:
And
diereas
previous
to
the incorporation
of
tlie said borough
(in this Act called the borough) thc said township
of
IIuddersfield
was
supplied with water
by
certain conliiiissioners
who
were
con-
stituted
by
Act
of
Parliament, aiid empowcred
to
construct, and did
construct, waterworks
for
that purpose
:
called the Water
Act
of
1869,)
tlie said waterworks wcrc trans-
ferred
to
ilie
Corporstiou, and tlicy
n-ere
a~itliorised to construct
additiounl waterworks, and
to
supply with
wat
cr
tlic
lloroiigh
and
neighbouriug placcs
in
the prishes
of
I-ILtdclcrsfield and
Almoncl-
bury, and (section ninety-two)
to
purchase the unclertaking
of
any
company or
body
established
to
sLtpply
water
in
the
borouglr
:
Fourth,
chnptcr ninety-four, intitwlcd
“
An Act
for
enlarging tlic
(’*
hC1’.
“
cmhankinent
of
cz
reservoir
in
tlic valley
of
Wessenden,
in tlie
And
whereas
by
the Hlnddcrsfield
Water
Act,
ISGD,
(in this Act
328.533
Kct.
c.
Cl.
And
~~4ierens
by
ail
Act
of
tlrc sixth
and
scwiitlr William
tlic
G
S:
7
IT.
4.
[Loccc~.-lOO.]
A
1
[Ch.
e.]
The
Hziclders&&i?
Wcctemoorks
nnd
[39
&
40
VICT.]
Improvenaent
Act,
1876.
A.D.
1876.
township
of
Marsden in the parish of Almondbury, in the
wcst
ri&ng
of
the county of
York,
and
for other
purposes,
(in this Act
called tlie Wesscndcu *4ct,) certain coniniissioncrs (in this Act
called the Wesscndcn Commissioners) mre incorporated
ancl
enipom7erecl
to
make
and
mintain
a
reservoir,
cslled
tlic
J3’rsseuclen
Reservoir, and
to
levy rates
on
persons occupying falls supplicd with
water
from
the Wessenden Brook and thc river Colne,
ancl
to
borrow money
on
the credit
of
those rates
:
And
whereas by the Huddersfield Waterworks Act,
187
1,
(in
this Act called the Water Act
of
1871,)
the liiuits within which
the Corporation werz authorised to
supply
water were extended,
and the Corporation were authorised to construct additional
rcscr-
voirs
and
works, ancl to take certain waters then flowing
into
the
Wessenden Brook,
and
in consideration thereof and
as
compensation
therefor were authorised and required
to
enlarge the Wessenclcn
Reservoir by raising the top water level thereof, and thenceforimrd
to
maintain that reservoir
so
enlarged,
FO
that the maters tlicrein
stored might be available
for
the purposes
of
the Wesscnden Act
:
And whereas it is expedient that the Corpration be authorised to
abandon the enlargemcnt
of
the Wesseiiclen Reservoir ancl ~~orks
coiinectetl with such enlargment, and in lieu thereof and in substi-
tution therefor to construct
a
new storage reservoir and
works
connected therewith, and
to
impound in that reservoir the additional
waters intended
to
have been impounded in thc said enlargement
of
the Wessenden Reservoir
:
hid
whereas
it
is
expedient that the Corpration be authorised
to
construct the new communication roads herein-after described, in
order
to
obtain better access to certain
of
their waterworks
:
And whereas by an indenture, dated the first clay
of
April one
thousand eight hundred
and
seventy-five, the undertaking, lands,
and property
of
the Berry Brow Water Supply Company (Limited),
who were supplying water within the borough, were transferred to
the Corporation,
and
it
is
expedient that
as
soon
as
the
debts
ancl
liabilities
(if
any)
of
that company have been paid
and
satisfied,
and their assets distributed, and their affairs
wound
up,
tlie said
company be dissolved
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the limits within mliicll the
Corporation may
SLL~~~Y
water be extended
:
And
whereas
it
is
expedient that the Corporation be authorised
to make tlie new streets, roads,
and
other improvements herein-after
described
:
And
whereas previous to the incorporation
of
the borough, part
thereof
was
under the
j
uriscliction
of
certain improvement commis-
v
34&
35
Vi&
c.
cxxiii.
2
[39
&
40
V1cr.I
The BuddersJield
TTc~terworks
ccizd
[Ch.
e.]
Improvement
Act,
1876.
sioners, acting under the powers of the Huddersfield Improveiiient
AD.
1876.
Act,
1848,
and other parts under the jurisdiction of local boards
:
And whereas by the Huddersfield Improvement Act,
18’71,
(in
34
35
Vict.
this Act called the Improvement Act
of
1871,)
the Huddersfield
Improvement Act,
1848,
wp repealed, and the enactments
in
force
relative
to
the improvement and government
of
the constituent
parts
of
the borough were consolidated, and the property
of
the said
improvement commissioners
and
local
boards were vested in the
Corporation
:
And whereas by the Improvement Act
of
1871
(section two
hundred
and
four)
power was given to the Corporation
on
the one
hand,
and
any
company or persons authorised to supply gas within
the borough
on
the other
hand,
to
enter into and carry into effect
agreements for the purchase by and sale
to
the Corporation
of
the
undertakings, works,
and
property
of
such company or persons, and
it mas by that Act provided that
on
completion
of
any such
purchase the Corporation might have and exercise all the powers
and authorities
of
such company or persons for or relating
to
the
manufacture and supply
of
gas
in
the borough
:
And whereas
a
large portion
of
the borough and certain neigh-
bouring townships
and
places were lighted with gas by the Hudders-
field Gas Company, under the powers
of
the Huddersfield Gas Act,
1861,
(in
this Act called the Gas Act of
1861,)
and certain other
parts of the borough were lighted with gas by the Mold Grecn Gas-
light Company, Limited, and the respective undertakings, lands,
and property
of
those companies were purchased by and transferred
to the Corporation, such purchase and transfer being effected
in
the
case
of
the Huddersfield Gas Company by an indenture dated the
fifteenth day
of
March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,
and
in
the case of the Mold Green Gaslight Company by
an
indenture dated the thirteenth day
of
March one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, and the Corporation
arc
now by means
of
those undertakings manufacturing and supplying gas within the
limits
of
the Gas Act
of
1861,
and
it
is expedient that as soon as the
debts and liabilities (if any)
of
those companies respectively have
been paid and satisfied, and their assets clistributecl and their affairs
wound up, those coiapanies be dissolved
:
And whereas the trade and population within and witliout the
borough and the demand
for
gas are greatly increasing,
and
it
is
expedient that the limits within which thc Corporation may supply
gas be extended and that they be authorised
to
extend their exist-
ing
ancl
construct additional
nrorks
on the lands
to
be
acquired for
those purposes under the powers
of
this Act
:
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c.
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