Omagh Urban District Gas Act 1902
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1902 c. cxlvii |
| Year | 1902 |
[2
EDW.
7.1
Omagh
G4an
Distiqict
Gas
Act,
1902.
[Ch.
cxlvii.]
CHAPTER
cxlvii.
An
Act to provide
for
the transfer
of
the undertaking
A.D.
1902.
-
of
the Omagh Gas Company to the Omagh Urban
District Council and to authorise that Council to supply
gas
and for other purposes.
[3lst
July 1902.1
HEREAS
the district
of
Omagh in the county
of
Tyrone
is an urban district within the meaning
of
the Local
and
is
under the management and
control
of
the Oniagh Urban District Council (in this Act called
‘(the Co,incil
”)
:
And whereas the Omagh Gas Company Limited was formed in
the year me thousand eight hundred and fifty-six for the
purpose
of
supplying with gas the township
of
Omagh now called the
urban district
of
Omagh and certain places in the neighbourhood
thereof and
by
the Omagh Gas Act
1901
(herein-after referred
to
as
‘(
the Act of
1901
”)
was
dissolved
and
tJhe Omagh
Gas
Company
(herein-after referred
to
as
“
the company
”)
was
incorporated
snd
the
gas
undertaking and property of the
lbi!
ed company waq vested
in the company aiid the company was authorised
to
supply gas
within tile limits
of
that Act
as
defined by section
4
thereof:
And whereas the authorised share capital
of
the company consists
of twenty-seven thousand pounds divided into twelve thousand
pounds
ordinary stock in the Act
of
1901
called
“
the original
capital” and fifteen thousand pounds in the Act
of
1901
called
(‘
the additional capital
”
:
Bnd
whereas the company have
no
mortgage debt
:
And whereas the company have erected gasworks
upon
the lands
described in t8he schedule
to
this Act or
some
portion tliereof and
are
now
supplying gas within the district
of
the Council and
parts
of
the parishes
of
Drumragh
and Cappagh adjoining thereto
:
And whereas by section
70
of
the Act
of
1901
power is reserved
to
the Council
of
purchasing the undertaking
of
the company as
[Price
1s.
3d.1
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1
[Ch.
cxlvii.]
Omcyh
U&m
Distiict
GUS
Act,
1902.
(2
EDW.
7.1
A.D.
1902.
--
Short title.
therein mentioned and they are desirous
of
obtaining
the
necessary
powers for that purpose
:
And whereas an absolute majority of the whole number
of
the
Council at
a
meeting held on ttie fourth day
of
November one
thousand nine hundred and one after ten clear days' notice by
public advertisement of such meeting and of the purpose thereof
in
the TJlster Herald a locai newspaper published and circulating in
the district
of
the Council such notice being in addition to the
ordinary noticcs required for summoning such meeting resolved
that the
expense
in rehtion
to
promoting
tlie
Bill for this Act
should be charged
on
the district fund
or
general district rate
9f
the disiaict
:
And whereas such resolution
was
published tmicc
in
the said
Ulster Herald
and
has received the approval
of
the Local
Government Board
f'or
Ireland
:
And
whereas tlie propriety
of
the promotion
of
the Bill for this
Act
was
confirmed
by
an absolute majority
of
the whole number
of
the Council
at
a
further special meeting Leld in pursuance
of
a
similar notice
on
the thirteenth day of January one thousand nine
hundred and
two
being not less than fourteen days aftcr the de1:osit
of
the Bill for this Aut
in
Parliament
:
And whereas the propriety
of
the promotion
of
tlic
Bill
for
this
Act was approved by
tl
speAal resolution
of
the persons qualified to
vote at an election of members
of
the Council passed at a meeting
summoned and held in conformity with tlie provisions
of
:
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament
:
May it therefore please
Your
Majest,? that it
may
be enacted and
be
it
enacted by the Icing's most Excellent Majesty by and
with
the advice and consent
of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
and
Commons in this present Parliament assembled and
by
tlie authority
of
the same as follows (that
is
to say)
1.
This
Act may be cited
as
the Omash Urban District Gas
Act
1902.
Incorpora-
2.
The following Acts and parts
of
Acts
(so
far
as
t,lie
same
are applicable for the purposes and are
not
inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act) are hereby incorporated with this Act
(namely)
:-
The Lands Clauses Acts (except the provisions
of
the
Lands
Claiises Consolidation Act
1845
relating
to
the purchase and
tion
of
Acts.
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