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Increased Supply of Water.
Power to rate Mills and Factories for increased Supply of Water from Works for Drainage or Drainage and Navigation, with Assent of Owners of Mills and Factories possessing more than Half the working Water Power.
Increased Supply of Water.
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XXV. And be it enacted, That in all Cases of Drainage, or of making or improving any Navigation in connexion with any such Drainage, under the said recited Acts or this Act, in which it shall be found by the said Commissioners practicable to improve the working Water Power of any Mills or Factories situate within the District to be defined by the said Commissioners, and where the Proprietors of such Mills or Factories possessing more than One Half of the Value of the working Water Power of all such Mills or Factories which may derive Benefit from such Works shall signify their Assent in Writing to the Execution of the proposed Works, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to execute all such Works as may be necessary for the Improvement of such Water Power, and that all and every the Powers, Authorities, and Provisions in the said recited Acts given and contained for the Execution of any Works thereunder shall be held and deemed to be applicable to the Execution of the Works which the Commissioners may deem necessary for the Improvement of such Water Power, and for the Purpose of Contributions towards the executed in the District within which any such Mill or Factory may be situate; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, in and by the Award or any Instrument or Instruments under their Hands and Seals, to assess and rate all the Mills and Factories which in the Opinion of the said Commissioners are or shall be benefited by any of the Works executed within such District, and to fix and determine the Amount of such Rate or Contribution which shall be paid by the Proprietors of each such Mill or Factory for the Improvement which shall be so effected, and also to fix and determine the Proportion in which each such Mill or Factory shall in future be rated for the Maintenance of the Works within any such District, regard being had, in fixing such Assessment and Rate and Proportion of Rate respectively aforesaid, to the Degree of Benefit conferred upon each such Mill or Factory.
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