CIHM ICMH Microfiche Collection de Series microfiches (Monographs) (monographies) J Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiq ues Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes techniques et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which m»y significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. D Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur □ Covers damaged/ Couverture endommagee □ Covers restored and/or Uminated/ Couverture restauree et/ou pelliculie □ Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque I I Coloured maps/ D n n n Cartes geographiques tm couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Relie avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge interieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela etait possible, ces pages n'ont pas ete filmees. Additional comments:/ Commentaires supplementaires: This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est f ilme au taux de reduction indique ci-dessous. L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a eti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-etre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite. ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la mithode normale de f ilmage sont indiques ci-dessous. □ Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur □ Pages damaged/ Pages endommagees □ Pages restored and/or laminated/ Pages restaurees et/ou pellicultes □ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages decolorees. tachetees ou piquees □ Pages detached/ Pages detaehees HShowthrough/ Transparence □ Quality of print varies/ Qualite inegale de I'impression □ Continuous pagination/ Pagination continue □ Includes index(es)/ Comprend un (des) index Title on header taken from:/ Le titre de I'en-t^te provient: issue/ □ Title page of issue Page de titre de la □ Caption of issue/ Titre de depart de la □ Masthead/ Gene livraison livraison Generique (periodiques) de la livraison signifia "A SUIVRE", la aymbola V signifia "FIN". Laa cartas, planchas. tableaux, ate, oeuvant dtra filmis A das taux da reduction diffirants. Lorsqua la document est trop grand pour dtra reproduit an un seul cliche, il est filmd A partir de Tangle supirieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en baa. en prenant la nombre d'imagas n4cessaire. Lea diagrammes suivants iiiuatrant la mAthode. 2 3 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) Ui iiM m 3.2 am 3.6 4.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 A APPLIED IM/IGE 1653 Eost Main Street Rocliester. New York 14609 USA (716) 482 -G300 -Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fox II ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO. VICTORl^;i~~REGlN^. . Act to amend an Act intituled~^ M for the construction of Water WorJcs m the City of HamilUm. '' lieeiived Royal Assent, 19M May, I860. 3rt? Session, Gth Parliament, 1860. rrcambk. CAP. 204. ' n.n "" \ "'"'^ ""''^ °^ '^''««~'' «^- ^^*^r reut on all real and I '"" '" ™nt'oftr "T'"",' ^"^"^'^^ Reg„,ation«for the coUection and payment of yat«r rates and water rents. \ 'lTecX"""°"' """'^" ^"'^ «'^^^«- ^"^^""*y of —0 rs and Penalty for communicating with any pipe or main, or for obtaining or u«ne the water without consent of Commissioners. ^ Bathing, washing, &c or committing any nuisance whatever, or allowmg the I water of any smk, sewer or drain to run or be conv;yed mto Z oj srrs;r=r^^^ -' --'^' -> pro^^eedu^r^a:; '°'"*\nhl"f'':mT:r'"'''?''^^^ - --te of any pre- mises f.om selhng or disposing of, or allowing to be disposed of [n any way. or wa.sting, &c., the water suppUed, under pain of finTor im^^ sonment; nower also to r»cTni„*^ ♦!._ f'^ ' '""P" '!i :4gB»Sf>' 8. Net MTenue to be ipedally applied to payment of interest on debentures i. for construction of the works. 9. Auessed parties aggrieved may appeal to JVater Commissioners and to the JudjJ of the County Court. 10. Water Commissioners empowered to arrange with the Corporation, or will individuals, for the extension of pipes in suburbs or partially bu portions of the city; terms of arrangement, &c. 11. Authority to lay and charge for the pipe requisite for spaces between the line i the street and the wall of buildings. 12. Ser^ce pipe and all its fittings under control of Commissioners. Any dama done thereto by water tenants to be made good by them. 18. Water tenants to use taps approved of by Commissioners. 14. No liability attache(r to the Water Commissioners or the City CorporaUon fJ damages caused by breaking of service pipes, &c. Ac. 15. The officers of the Water Commissioners to have free access, under certain resti stridions, to premises supplied. 16. Unauthorized persons opening or domng, or obstructing any hydrant, stop-c. stop-cock or hydrant chamber, liable, on conviction, to fine, and, in( foult thereof, to imprisonment. * 17. hmda, machfaery, &c., fitc., of the Water Commissioners exempt lirom taxation, 18. The officers of the Water Commissioners, ex-offieio, to be Officers of the Peace. 19. Semi-Annual Reports to be presented to City Coundl within 80 days of half-year. 20. Commlarioners empowered to supply water beyond limits of city, and to witji raQways or manu&ctoriea. 21. Pnblio Act. debentures L and to the Juda lr\ tween the line i T CorporaUon fJ ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO VICTGEI^ RE.GIWi. CAP. 204. IAn Act to amend an Act intituled "An Anr fnr ih. lAssented to 19th May, 1816():J IWHEREAS the Water Commisaionera for the Citv of TT»Tn?Uw xL » JJi;^t;nEr^^^^^^^^^ ahaj in addition Authority to levy and raisTsucrrVeU "fotW ' J"^' ^Wl power and Vaterrentonallandainmikr fL,/i ^ .^ ^^^^ asaessment or hbich the water pipea mar saBs an J ^T^S?' 7' ^ " """^goov to ftf the owners or occupants of anfll, ^„i i . J *°® posaewion ^ffoysthe real property and other l£jf ^^^^^ («ave and <«oept W, in the opinL^^th' ComnSUne™ t "^l ^^7^ ^°T"y> *» Interest, at a rate not to exceS f3Z S„r ^''''" *° 1*^ <^« y^^ij Ihe saii Water Work- o«-fT„_„"^_P®'^ *^°*""» F' annum, on the 4rt rf ^iooe™ *aa have p„„, aK'^hSTC^rS, tlJ^^SH- or rates such owner or occupant, or both such owner and occupant, nhall pay, having due regard to the advantages derived by such owner and occupant, or conferred upon him or her or their property by the Water Works, and tlie locality in which the aaiuc is situated ; and so much of the said water rate or rent as shall be assessed or levied upon the real estate, shall become a continuing lien, unless paid, upon such real estate, any thinj.' in section ten of the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding ; and the Water Commissioners shall also have power and authority, from time to time, to fix the rate or rent to be paid for the use of the water by hydrants, firo plugs, public buildings, and street watering. 2% The Commissioners shall have full power, from time to time, to make and enforce all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations for the collection of the said water rate and water rent, and for fixing the time and times when, and the places where, the same shall bo payable, for allowing a dis count for pre-paymont; and, in case of default in payment, to enforce pay- ment by shutting off the water, or by suit at law before any Court of com- petent jurisdiction, or by distress and sale of the goods or property upon which such rates shall have beoqme a lien ; — provided that such distress and sale shall bo conducted in the same manner as sales arc now conducted for arrears of city taxes ; and provided further, that the attempt to collect such rates by any process hereinbefore mentioned, shall not in anyway invalidate the lien upon the said premises. 3. The Commissioners shall have power to employ collectors, assessors, and such other persona as in their opinion may be necessary to carry out the | object of this Act, and to specify the duties Of such persons so employed, and to fix their compensation ; and all such persons shall hold their offices! at the pleasure of the Commissioners, and shall give such security as the Commissioners shall from time to time require ; and such collectors and as- 1 sessors shall have as full power as the collectors and assessors in the cities of| Upper Canada do now possess and enjoy. 4, If any person or persons shall lay, or cause to be laid, any pipeorl main to communicate with any pipe or main of the said Water Works, or in I any way to obtain or use any water thereof, without the consent of the! Commissioners, he or they shall forfeit and pay to the Commissioners thel sum of one hundred dollars, and also a further sura of five dollars for eacJ day such pipe or main shall so remain ; which said sum, together with cost«| of suit in that behalf, may be recovered by civil action in any Court of Lai I in the Province, having civil jurisdiction to that amount. 6. If any person shall bathe or wash, or cleanse any cloth, wool, leather! skins, or animals, or place any nuisance or offensive thing in any of the re-l aervoirs, cisterns, ponds, sources or fountains, from which the water for said Water Works is obtained, — or shall convey or cast, throw or put anji filth, dirt, dead carcasses or other noisome or offensive things therein, otl cause, permit or suffer the water of any sink, sewer or drain to run or bel conveyed into the same, or cause any other thing to be done whereby till water therein maj be in any wise tainted, every such person shall, on conf viotion thereof bofore any Justice of the Peace, on the "oath of one credibW witness, be by such Justice adjudged and condemned to pay a penalty foil » I y tho Water luuch of tlic e real estate, to, any thing ng; and the rroin time to by Lydranta, -line, to make Ihc collection 10 and times lowing a dis- I enforce pay- ourt of com- ropcrty upon I distress and 3onductcd for collect such ray invalidate ors, assessors, carry out thel so employed, [ their offices Burity as the jctora and a*! a the cities of| ., any pipe oi Works, or in nsent of the issi oners the liars for each ler with costs Jourt of Law wool, leather ny of the re- water for ' V or put anj ;s therein, or to run orb« whereby th« shall, on con- one credib fee whom any pr«eji„g „,a, bo taken for enfoLment , W )Z It Al^^t ^'^y^r; «f .*° city, and the Chairman of the Finance CommUt.. lesLl^ Ve'wl'IJ^^ 'PP'-^ ■''"' ^"y^^^i^io" or assessment of the As- «ssor, to the Water Commissioners, and from that bndv in +»,« t i f k County Court in the same manner, and on taking tb^« f^"" ^e provided for on appeal in case of assessment for cify t^' ''''' "' iri)artinllv.K„ilf portior- of fV- 'l ' *'^° , ®^^?»sion ot pipes m suburbs It, on the cost of the said Dineawhon In,'^ J.«+i,„ ..- .. . 7, "V^Vpee apena,.,*oa.ho'e„3Uf4;;.api;,;Z?r^r;aSr„=^^^ or tho Commissioners, antl subject to their approval ; or tho CommiMionen may lay tho pipes, charging the said parties, in addition to tho usual wattrj rate, a yearly interest upon the cost of such extension, which interest, orf such portion as shall then bo duo, shall bo paid at tho same timo and col Icctod "11 tho same manner as the water rates. 11. In all cases whoro n vacant space intervenes betw .i tho lino of the street and tho wall of tho building into which tue water is to bo taken, tb« Commissioners aro empowered to lay tho service pipe across suah vacant space, and charge tho cost of the same to tho parties liable for tho water rate for the premises, such charge to be payable with the first payment of water rates, and to bo collected in tho same manner. ^ 12. Tho service pipe, from the lino of tho street to the interior face of the outer wall of the building supplied, together with all branches, coup Imgs, st«p-cocks, and apparatus placed thereon by tho Coniniissioners, shall be under their control ; and if any damage bo done to this portion of the flervice pipe or its fittings, eithci l-j' neglect or otherwise, the Commissionen may repair the same, and charge the expense to the premises ; the stor^ cock placed by the Commissioners inside of the wall of the building M not bo used by the water tenant except in case of accident, or for the m taction of tho building or tho pipes, and to prevent flooding of premises 13. All parties supplied with water by the Commissioners may be re- quired to place only such taps for tho drawing and shutting off tho water as shall be approved of by tho Commissioners. ' 14. Neither the Water Commissioners nor the Corporation of the Cit shall be liable for damages caused by the breaking of any service pipe oi attachment,or for any shutting off of the water to repair mains or tap the pipi provided notice be given of the intention to shut off the water, when t same is shut off more than six hours at any one time. 16. It shall be lawful for the officers of tho Water Commissioners, an, every person authorized by them for that purpose, to have free access, a proper hours of the day and upon reasonable notice given and request mad for that purpose, to all parts of every building in which water is dolivero and consumed. 16. If any person or persons, not being in the employment of the Wate Commissioners, or not being a member of tho Fire Brigade of the said Citj and duly authorized in that behalf, shall wilfully open or close any hydrant or obstruct the free access to any hydrant, stop-cock, stop-cock chamber o hydrant chamber, by placing on it any building material, rubbish or otherwia every such person shall, on conviction before any of Her Majesty's Justic of the Peace, forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not exceeding twen dollars, or, in default of payment, be liable to be imprisoned in the g of the county for a term not to exceed thirty days ; and each time the si hydrants are so interfered with, and each day said obstruction shall co tinue, shall be considered a separate offence. 17. Tho lands, buildings, machinery, reservoirs, pipes- and all other « and personal property connected with or belonging to^ the Water Co sioners, shall from henceforth be exempt from taxation. CommiMlonenI ;ho usual wakrl ich interest, or I tinm and coll thu line of th(l bo taken, tbel 38 suah vacant I for the water! rat payment of I nterior face A )ranchcs, coup-[ lissioners, ' ' portion of tbel Gommissionenl lises; the Bto[^| 1 building fthiUl or for the prol af premises. rs may be rc^l ; off the watol jnof the CitJ service pipecij )r tap the pi{i« iter, when thi I free access, al 1 request madj er is delivenl 18. Tho watchman and other officers of tho Water Commissionors «h«n .„ discharge of their duty, shall bo ar^fficio possessed of aU th^rwers aaS [wthontyofofficore of tho peace. ^ pywurs ana 19.. Notwithstanding any thing contained in tho said Act. tho Water Commissioners shall prepare a statement, of their affairs up to the thirtS d.y of Juno and he thirty-Orst day of December in each year and wch Utement shall withm thirty days /rom those respective date^e reni^S I to the Corporation of tho city. ' '^-"■'^ca 20. The Water Commissionors shall havo full po^er and authority to rapply any person or persons with water, although no. resident witl"n tho .gout of their agreements with such persons, as well within tho Town h»of Barton and Saltflcet as within tfe City'of IlamHtTnT and they may klw, from tnno to tii -e, mako and carry out any agreement ;hich they may |ta^expedient for tk supply of water to anyllJlway Compiny 'rm";^ 21. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act, t of the Wat< P the said Citjl e any hydrantf Ksk chamber ( sh or otherwis jesty's Justicf ceding twentj id in the goi 1 time the sal tion shall coil I nil other r6! ater Con "TMB8" 8TBAM PBBSB, HAMILtOH.