Tendring Hundred Water and Gas Act 1912
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5.] Tendring Hundred Water and Gas [Oh, xlv,]
Act, 1912.
CHAPTER xlv.
An Act to extend the limits of the Tendring Hundred
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1912
Waterworks Company for and to confer further powers
on the Company with reference to the supply of water
and gas to authorise the Company to construct additional
waterworks and for other purposes. [7th August 1912.]
T HEREAS by the Tendring Hundred Waterworks Act 1884
(in this Act called "the Act of 1884") the Tendring
Hundred Waterworks Company (in this Act called " the
Company") were incorporated and authorised to construct
waterworks for supplying the parishes and places in the county
of Essex therein mentioned with water:
And whereas by the Tendring Hundred Waterworks Act
1886 (in this Act called " the Act of 1886") and the Tendring
Hundred Waterworks Act 1901 (in this Act called " the Act of
1901") the limits for the supply of water by the Company
were extended and further powers were conferred upon the
Company with reference to tjtieir water undertaking:
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And whereas Avith a view to meeting the increased demand
for water within their limits of supply the Company have
constructed a pumping station near Manningtree and a service
tank near Erinton and it is expedient that the construction of
such pumping station and service tank be sanctioned and
confirmed :
And whereas the demand for water continues to increase
within the Company's limits of supply and in places adjacent
thereto and it is expedient with a view to enabling the Company
to meet such demand to extend their limits of supply and to
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1912. empower them to make and maintain additional waterworks and
that further powers be conferred upon the Company with
reference to their water iiniierfeking~"asJby this Act provided:
And whereas unclerCpbwers-conferred upon them in that
behalf by the Act of |B84-andf-the Act of 1886 the Company
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of 1878") and are supplying gas. within the limits for that
purpose defined by the Order of 1878;
And whereas it is expedient that the limits of the Company
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extended' and that further powers be
conferred upon the Company with reference to their gas under-
taking as by this Act provided:
And whereas by the Act of 1884 the Act of 1886 and the
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Act of 1901 the Company are authorised to raise one hundred
and .thirty thousand pounds* by the creation and issue of eight
thousand two. hundred class A shares and four thousand eight
hundred class B shares of ten pounds each and the whole
of such shares have been, issued and are fully-paid up and
the-Company have received by way of premium on* the issue
of such shares after deducting the expenses of. and incident
to.
such issue the sum of
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two hundred and forty-four pounds
or thereabouts.;
And whereas under the s§dd .Acts . the Company are
empowered to borrow sums amounting in the aggregate to
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-two thousand five hundred pounds and in exercise of
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such powers the Company have borrowed the sum of eighteen
thousand seven hundred pounds by the creation and issue of
debenture stock.but have not borrowed any money on mortgage:
And whereas it is expedient that the Company be authorised
tq raise further capital for the purposes of this Act and for the
general purposes of their water and' gas Undertakings:
And whereas plans' and. sections showing the lines situations
and levels of the waterworks by this Act sanctioned or authorised
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and plans of the
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lands by this Act authorised to be acquired
compulsorily and also a book of reference containing the'names
of the. owners and lessees or reputedu owners and lessees apd
of the occupiers ,ef the said" lands were duly -deposited with
the clerk of the..peace for the county of Essex and are herein-
after respectively1' referred io. as the deposited plans sections
and book of reference;
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Act, 1912.
And whereas the, purposes of this .Act cannot be effected A,J). 1912.
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without the authority of Parliament:
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May it therefore please Your- Majesty that it may be
enacted and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty
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by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled
and by the authority of the same as follows:—
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This Act may be cited as the Tendring Hundred Water Short title.
and Gas Act 1912.
2.
The following Acts and. parts of Acts (so far as the Incorpora-
same are applicable for the purposes of and are not inconsistent tlon of, . x
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with the provisions of this Act) are hereby incorporated with
this Act (namely) :"—
The Waterworks Clauses Acts 1847 and 1863 except the
words in section 44 of the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847
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t( with the consent in writing. of the owner or reputed
owner of any such house or of the agent of such
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Vhe Gasworks Clauses Acts 1847 and 1871 Provided that
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section 13 of the former Act shall be read as if the words
" or any premises " were inserted after the words
private building'5 and as if the words "Provided also
that' every such contract entered into by the Company
shall be alike in terms and amount under like circum-
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" stances to all consumers" were added at the end of
that section:'
The Lands Clauses Acts :
The provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation
Act 1845 with respect to.the following matters (that is
to say) :—
The distribution of the . capital of the Company
into shares ;:
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The transfer or transmission of shares;
The payment of subscriptions and the means of
enforcing the payment of calls;
The forfeiture of .shares for non-payment of calls;
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. The remedies of, creditors of the Company against
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