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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
agents, superintendants, and servants under them, as may be necessary
for executing the business of said company; and the
same to remove at pleasure; and to allow them, or any of them,
and also the president, such compensation for their services as
they shall deem right, and bonds with security, to take from any,
or either of said persons, if thought necessary, for the faithful
discharge of the duty. |
| Qualification. |
12. And be it enacted, That no person
shall be president or
director, who shall not at the time be a stockholder. |
| Transfers. |
13. And be it enacted, That the shares
of stock shall be transferable
on the books of said company only, according to such
rules as shall be established by the said president and directors. |
Authority to
to construct,
&c. |
14. And be it enacted, That said company
shall have full
power and authority to make and lay conduits or tunnels, for
the conveyance of said water, under and along the public highways,
streets, lanes, alleys and side pavements, or any of them,
of the county or town of Westminster, for the purpose of conveying
and distributing said water, and the said conduits or tunnels
from time to time, to renew and repair, leaving at the same
time a sufficient passage way for carriages, horses or foot passengers,
as the case may be, and forthwith restoring to their
former condition, all such highways, streets, lanes, alleys and
side pavements as may at any time be dug, opened, or take up. |
Reservoirs
and fountains. |
15. And be it enacted, That the said
company shall have
full power and authority to establish reservoirs and public
fountains in such parts of the said streets and squares of said
town, as they may think proper; and to grant to all persons
whomsoever, and to all bodies corporate and politic, the privilege
of using said water, to be introduced as aforesaid, in such
manner and upon such terms and conditions, and in such quantities
respectively as they shall think fit. |
| Works protected. |
16. And be it enacted, That if any
person shall wilfully pollute
the said water thus to be introduced, by throwing any dead
animals, or other impure substances into the same, or by swimming,
bathing or washing themselves, or by washing clothes, or
the skins of any dead animals or other impure things therein;
or by erecting any necessary, or other nuisance so near the said
water, as to pollute the same, the person or persons so offending,
shall forfeit and pay to the said company, a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars for every such offence, to be recovered
by warrant before any justice of the peace, of the county or
town of Westminster, to be issued against the person so offending
if a freeman, otherwise against the husband, father or master
of the person offending, as the case may be, who shall be
held answerable accordingly, and who shall be obliged to remove
said nuisance, or to pay the sum of ten dollars for every
day the same shall continue, to the use of said company, and to
be recovered by warrant as aforesaid. |
Increase of
capital. |
17. And be it enacted, That if it shall
be found that said capital
is not sufficient to obtain an adequate supply of water, the
said president and directors are, and shall be authorised to increase |
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