Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

Commissioners may contract for lighting Streets.

Price to be paid for Gas to be ascertained in case of Dispute.

LI. The Commissioners may contract for any Period not exceeding Three Years at any One Time with the Owners of any Gasworks, or with any other Person, for the Supply of such Gas or Oil, or other Means of lighting, and may provide such Lamps, Lamp Posts, and other Works as the Commissioners think necessary for lighting the Streets of the Town; and if the Commissioners and the Owners of any Gasworks authorized by Act of Parliament to supply Gas within the Town, and with whom the Commissioners shall be desirous of contracting, shall not agree as to the Price to be paid for such Supply, then such Price shall be settled by Arbitration, and for that Purpose the Clauses of “The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,” with respect to the Settlement of disputed Compensation by Arbitration, shall be incorporated with this Act

And with respect to the Supply of Water, be it enacted as follows: