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Reservoirs, and Supply of Water from other Works.
Rates may be imposed for Supply of Water from Reservoirs or other Works afforded after the Publication of the final Award.
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XXVI. ‘And whereas, after the Construction of any Reservoir, or the Execution of Works of Drainage, or Drainage and Navigation combined, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, and after the making and Publication of the final Award by the said first-recited Act directed to be made and published upon the Completion of any such Works it may be found that by means of the Construction of such Reservoir or Works a Supply of Water can or may be afforded for working any Mill or Factory, or for the Purpose of Navigation, Irrigation or the Warping of Lauds, or for the Supply of Towns, or for other Purposes, and it is just and right that all Persons deriving Benefit from such Supply of Water should pay for the same;’ be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, from Time to Time, in addition to the final Award before mentioned, and subject to the Provisions in said first-recited Act contained with reference to such final Award (so far as same may be applicable), to make such separate Award or Instrument, in Writing under their Hands and Seals, as they shall from Time to Time find necessary, and, having regard to the Benefit conferred by such Reservoir or Works, and to the Payment of a due and fair Proportion of the Expence of the Construction and Maintenance thereof, to assess for the Amount to be contributed, or to impose a Rate or Tax on any Mill, Factory, Navigation, Lands, or Property, or any Company, Person, or Party, which or who, after the Publication of such final Award as aforesaid, shall derive Benefit from the Supply of Water afforded by any such Reservoir or Embankment, or Works for Drainage, or for Drainage and Navigation combined, under the Provisions of said recited Acts or this Act; and the Sum or Sums of Money which shall be so assessed, rated, or taxed by any such subsequent Award or Instrument in Writing as aforesaid shall be charged and recovered in like Manner in every respect as any Sum or Sums assessed, rated, or taxed by any such final Award made as aforesaid is, are, or shall be charged or recoverable under the Provisions of the said recited Acts and this Act.
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