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CHAP. 52.
Corporation to
make by-laws, &c.
To hold real estate
for erection of the
necessary works,
&c.
Persons using wa-
ter and neglecting
to pay tax, to for-
feit treble the sum.
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moval, death or resignation; or to elect any additional member of
members, if in their judgment they may think proper so to do;
who, when so elected, shall have all the power and authority, and
stand in the same situation as the persons above named, and here-
by created a body corporate, have by this act.
3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have full
power and authority to make, by-laws rules and regulations, for
the well ordering and conducting of the business of the company, and
of their meetings, the time and place thereof, end to alter, change
and annul the same at their pleasure; and to impose fines and for-
feitures upon the members thereof for the violation of such by-laws,
and to collect such fines and forfeitures by warrant before a single
magistrate; and the said corporation may in their discretion, adopt
and make any device or bearing for their public seal, which, when
so made and devised, shall be affixed to all warrants and official
proceedings, and which, when so affixed, shall be conclusive evi-
dence of the authenticity of such proceedings, except in cases of
fraud or violence.
4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may purchase
and hold in fee simple, or otherwise, all such land and real estate
suitable for the erection of the necessary works and that may be
necessary in whole or in part for the proper accomplishment of their
undertaking, and for that purpose, may direct, from the usual
course, at such place or places as they shall think fit, the water
flowing from the spring near Port Tobacco, on Edward Pye's land,
commonly called The Mount Spring, on the said corporation's first
obtaining the consent of all prisons having any right or interest
in said stream of water so to be. diverted, or in the lands through
which such stream or streams may be intended to pass after being so
diverted; and the said corporation shall have full power and authority
to make and lay conduits or pipes for the conveyance of said water un-
der ground, and the said conduits or pipes, from time to time to renew
and repair, and for such purposes to dig, break up, and open at
their own expense, all or any part of the land through which the
said pipes are to pass; and shall have full power and authority to
establish and raise reservoirs or hydrants for the distribution of said
water in the public square of said town, or in such parts of the
streets as they may think proper, and to grant to all persons
whomsoever the privilege of using the said water so to be intro-
duced, in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, and in
such quantities respectively, as they shall think fit; and the said
waters so to be introduced and distributed, together with all reser-
voirs, hydrants, conduits, pipes, engines, building, or machines
whatsoever, to be by them made and used for the purpose of intro-
ducing, raising and distributing said water, to hold to them the
said corporation, and their successors for ever, as their sole and ex-
clusive property.
5. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons who may use
the said water so introduced as aforesaid, after being notified by
the secretary or such other officer of the corporation as they may
find it necessary to appoint, shall refuse or neglect, for one month
after such notification, to pay the tax or contribution imposed by
them, such person or persons so refusing, shall forfeit, and pay to
the said corporation treble the sum so required, to be recovered as
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