Wagga Wagga Gas Act of 1881 44 Vic (NSW)

Waaca Wacea Gas,

Preamble.

Authority to erect gasometers break up streets roads &ec.

An Act to enable William Wark and John Anderson Wark to construct Gas-works within the Borough and Suburbs of Wagga Wagga. [4th April, 1881.]

HEREAS it is expedient that the borough of Wagga Wagga and suburbs in the Colony of New South Wales should be supplied and lighted with gas And whereas William Wark and John Anderson Wark hereinafter designated the promoters desire to establish and carry out works for such purposes and other purposes incidental thereto in the said borough and suburbs And whereas the Municipal Council of the said borough have at the request of the said William Wark and John Anderson Wark and in consideration of the benefits to arise from the establishment and carrying out of such works consented to the vesting in the said William Wark and John Anderson Wark of all necessary powers and authorities so far as the rights and interests of the said Municipal Council are concerned Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows :—

1. The promoters are hereby fully authorized and empowered themselves or by their servants contractors agents workmen and others from time to time to make erect sink lay place fit maintain and repair such retorts gasometers meters receivers cisterns engines machines cuts drains sewers watercourses pipes reservoirs buildings and other works and devices of such construction and in such manner as the

'promoters shall think necessary or proper for the purpose of carrying

out the operations of the promoters in respect of and incidental to the making and supplying of gas in conformity with this Act and also for all such purposes to open and break up the soil and pavement of the several streets and bridges within the limits of the borough and suburbs aforesaid and to open and break up any sewers drains or tunnels within or under such streets and bridges and to erect posts pillars lamps lamp- irons and other apparatus in or upon the same streets and bridges or against any wall or walls erected on or adjoining to any of them and to dig and sink trenches and drains and to lay mains "and pipes and put stop- cocks siphons plugs or branches from 'such mains or pipes in under across or along such streets and bridges and also with such consent as hereinafter mentioned to do the like in under across or along any private roads ways lanes passages buildings and places and from