River Owenmore Drainage Act, 1926

Commissioners to prepare a draft scheme.

2.—(1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act the Commissioners shall prepare a draft scheme of arterial drainage for reducing flooding on the River Owenmore and its tributaries and for the carrying out of the works necessary therefor and of such other works subsidiary or incidental thereto as the Commissioners may think necessary or desirable.

(2) The draft scheme shall show either in the body thereof or by means of appropriate maps, drawings, plans, sections, and schedules annexed thereto the following matters, that is to say:—

(a) the rivers, streams, or waters proposed to be dealt with and the lands proposed to be drained or improved, and

(b) the works proposed to be executed, and

(c) the lands and premises proposed to be compulsorily acquired, the easements, water-rights, and other rights proposed to be compulsorily acquired, restricted, terminated, or otherwise interfered with, and the roads and bridges (whether public or private) proposed to be diverted, removed, or otherwise interfered with, and

(d) the rated occupiers of the several lands proposed to be drained or improved, the respective values of such several lands, and the probable amount by which such values would respectively be increased by the execution of the proposed works, and

(e) the reputed proprietors, owners, and rated or other occupiers of the several lands and premises, easements, water-rights, and other rights, private roads and bridges proposed to be compulsorily acquired, restricted, terminated or otherwise interfered with or affected, and an estimate of the compensation which would be payable to such proprietors, owners, and occupiers respectively on account of such compulsory acquisition, restriction, termination, interference, or affection, and

(f) the area to be constituted a separate drainage district on the completion of the proposed works, and

(g) an estimate of the cost of the execution of the proposed works and of the expenses generally of carrying out the proposals contained in the draft scheme.

(3) The expenses incurred by the Commissioners in preparing the draft scheme shall be part of the general expenses of carrying the scheme into execution and shall be paid accordingly.