which such Portion of Land may become chargeable for or in respect of the Costs and Expences of the Works proposed to be executed under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act; and any such Person having such Interest, and making or having heretofore made such Deposit, or giving such Security as aforesaid, shall, for all the Purposes of the said recited Acts or this Act, be deemed the Proprietor of the Land in respect of which he shall have made such Deposit or given such Security; and such Lands shall thenceforth be and remain charged with and liable to the Sums payable in respect of the Costs and Expences of the Works, and the Maintenance and upholding of the same, in like Manner as the Lands of any Proprietor under the Provisions of the said recited Acts and this Act: Provided always, that any Person having such Interest, and making such Deposit or giving such Security as aforesaid, shall not be liable, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, to have the Rent of such Lands increased by any Order or Determination of the said Commissioners. XIV. And be it enacted, That in making the Declaration or final Award in and by the said recited Acts mentioned or required to be made with reference to any Works under the said recited Acts or this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to alter and vary such Declaration or final Award, and the Form and Matter thereof respectively, in the several Particulars, Matters, and Things as to which the Provisions of the said recited Acts are altered and varied by this Act, and to make the same conformable in all such Matters to the Provisions of this Act, any thing in the said recited Acts, or either of them, to the contrary notwithstanding. XV. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Persons to appeal to the Assistant Barrister against or in respect of any Declaration to be made by the said Commissioners under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, save only in respect of any Mill or Factory pursuant to the Provisions of the said first-recited Act, or as to any Assents to be given in respect of the Construction of any Reservoir, or the increased or more constant Supply of Water, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, and save also as to the Matter or Fact whether or not Assents of the Proprietors of the Extent of the Land to be drained or improved required under the Provisions of this Act shall have been given to the Execution of the proposed Works: Provided always, that no Appeal against any such Declaration in respect to any Mill or Factory shall stay the Execution of the Works proposed to be executed, except as regards the Execution of such Works or Alterations as may be proposed to be made in any such Mill or Factory, or the Works appertaining thereto. XVI. And be it enacted, That in all Cases where Notices are required to be given, or Maps, Plans, Sections, Schedules, Estimates, or other Matters and Things are required to be deposited, by the said Commissioners, for any limited Period, under the recited Acts or either of them, or this Act, (save as herein-after specially provided,) it shall not be necessary for the said Commissioners to give any longer Notice, or to deposit any such Maps, Plans, Plans, Sections, Schedules, Estimates, or other Matters or Things as aforesaid, for any longer Period than for Three Weeks from the Date of such Notice or Deposit, as the Case may be: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the said Commissioners to give Notice of paying off any Certificates of Loans issued under the said recited Acts, or either of them, within a shorter Period than that in and by the said secondly recited Act is provided in that Behalf. Preliminary Proceedings. Name to Dis tricts. XVII. And be it enacted, That it may be lawful for the said Commissioners Commissioners to affix a Name to each District within which it may affix a may be proposed to put the Powers of the said recited Act or this Act into operation, and by which Name such Districts shall for all and every the Purposes of the said recited Acts and this Act be thereafter known, called, and described. the final Notice, Acts. XVIII. And be it enacted, That no Error, Misdescription, Mis- Errors, Omisnomer, Mis-statement, or Omission in any of the Schedules, Maps, sions, Mis-statePlans, Sections, Estimates, Declarations or Memorandum of ments, or MisDeclaration, or Notices, by the said recited Acts or this Act nomers in Proceedings or required to be prepared, lodged, registered, or given by the said Documents preCommissioners, shall invalidate the same, or any of them, or any vious to and of the Proceedings under the said recited Acts or this Act; and inclusive of the from and after the Publication of the final Notice in and by the Publication of said first-recited Act or this Act directed to be given previously shall not invali to the Commencement of any Works by the said Commissioners date any of the no Error or Omission whatever in any of the Proceedings pre- Proceedings liminary to the issuing of such final Notice shall be deemed to under this Act affect or invalidate any such Proceedings, or the Powers and or the recited Authorities of the said Commissioners, or prevent them from proceeding with the Execution of the Works in their Opinion necessary, and for that Purpose effecting any Purchases, and doing all Matters and Things requisite for carrying fully into effect any such Works, or the Provisions of said recited Acts or this Act in relation thereto, nor to affect or invalidate any Award to be made by the said Commissioners in respect of any of the Lands drained or improved or affected by such Works, nor the Extent of Land or other Property to become liable for the Repayment of the Cost of the Works, and all Expences incidental thereto, nor any other Matter or Thing done or omitted to be done by the said Commissioners previously or subsequently to the publishing of such final Notice; and the Assent which shall have been received by the said Commissioners from any Proprietor of the Lands to be drained or improved shall be conclusive and binding upon such Proprietor of and all Persons interested in the Lands of such Proprietor in respect of which such Assent may have been given, and also upon and against the same Lands respectively; and it shall not be lawful for any Person whatever in any Manner to question or appeal against or in respect of any thing whatsoever done or omitted to be done by the said Commissioners under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act (save only by such Petition to the Court of Chancery or Exchequer as by the said first-recited Act is allowed in case of Appeals respecting Mills or Factories only), nor shall any Proceedings to be had or taken by or on behalf of the said Commissioners for the Purpose of the said recited Acts or this Act be removed or removable F 4 Reservoirs and Companies may be formed under this Act to pro- recited Acts and The Commissioners shall pay to Companies providing Funds the surplus In removable by Certiorari into any of Her Majesty's Courts of Record. XIX. And whereas the Construction of Reservoirs for the < Prevention of sudden Floods, and maintaining a constant Supply ' of Water for Mills, Factories, Navigation, Irrigation, or Warping ' of Lands, the Supply of Towns, and other such Purposes, and also the Construction or Improvement of Navigation in connexion with Drainage, under the Provisions of the said recited Act or this Act, may be promoted or encouraged by the per'manent Investment of the Money expended in the Construction of same, and by allowing the Parties investing their Money for such Purpose to receive and apply to their own Use the Profit, not exceeding Ten per Centum on the original Outlay, arising 'out of the Rates, Taxes, and Tolls to be levied by the said Com'missioners under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this 'Act: And whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parlia'ment holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of 'Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Regulation of Joint Stock Companies, and it is expedient to apply the Provisions of the said last-mentioned 'Act to the Formation of Joint Stock Companies for providing Funds to be permanently invested in, and receiving the Profits to arise from, the Construction of such Reservoirs, and the ⚫ Construction or Improvement of such Navigations as aforesaid, Iby the said Commissioners, under the Provisions of said lastrecited Acts or this Act;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful from Time to Time for any Number of Persons, with the Consent and Approbation in Writing of the said Commissioners, to form themselves into a Company for the Purpose of raising and providing Funds to be permanently invested, by or under the Control or Superintendence of the said Commissioners, in the Formation or Construction of any such Reservoir or Embankment for any of the Purposes aforesaid, or the making or improving any Navigation under the Provisions of said recited Acts or this Act; and every such Company shall be subject to the several Provisions and Regulations, so far as the same are applicable, contained in the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and shall and may, subject to the Terms and Provisions of the said Act, be incorporated and have a Common Seal, and sue or be sued by their registered Name, and possess and enjoy the Powers and Privileges in the said Act given, as and subject to the Regulations in the said Act respectively provided and mentioned: Provided always, that no Shareholder in any such Company shall be liable for or charged with the Payment of any Debt or Demand due by or from any such Company beyond the Extent of his Share in the Capital of such Company not then paid up. XX. And be it enacted, That when any Company of Persons as aforesaid formed for any of the Purposes aforesaid shall have provided and supplied to the said Commissioners Funds to defray the Costs and Expences of the making or constructing of any such Reservoir or Embankment, or the making or improving any ceeding 101. per. Cent. on orisuch Navigation, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or ginal Outlay. this Act, and when such Works shall have been completed, and come, not ex the the Costs and Expences thereof shall have been fully paid and satisfied to the said Commissioners, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are hereby required, after defraying the Cost of supporting, maintaining, and upholding the several Works of such Reservoir or Navigation, as the Case may be, which, under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act and this Act, the said Commissioners are authorized and required to maintain, support, and uphold, to pay to the Company, or authorized Officer thereof, which shall have provided such Funds, the whole of the surplus Income which shall arise out of the Assessment, Rates, Taxes, Tolls, or Rents imposed or to be imposed by the said Commissioners from Time to Time on account of the original Construction or the maintaining the Works of such Reservoirs or Navigations respectively: Provided always, that when the Amount of such surplus Income shall exceed Ten Pounds per Centum per Annum on the total Amount declared by the Award of the said Commissioners to have been expended in or about the Construction of such Reservoir or Works, the Amount of such Assessment, Rates, Taxes, or Tolls shall be so reduced by the said Commissioners that the Amount of such surplus Income arising therefrom shall not exceed Ten Pounds per Centum per Annum as aforesaid. Reservoirs and Reservoirs. Officers of Com XXI. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall so think fit, from Time to Time, or for any stated Time, to depute the duly authorized Commissioners Officers of any Company as aforesaid formed for providing Funds may authorize for the Construction of any Reservoir or Embankment under the pany formed Provisions of this Act to receive, collect, and recover the Assess- under this Act ment, Rate, or Tax imposed by the said Commissioners, either to receive and for or on account of the Cost of the Construction of such Reser- collect Rates and Taxes. voir or Embankment, or for or on account of the Cost and Expences of maintaining, supporting, and upholding the same respectively; and it shall be lawful for such Company as aforesaid, for the Purpose of collecting or recovering any such Assessment, Rate, or Tax, during the Time they shall be so authorized as aforesaid, to have, use, and exercise, subject to like Regulations, all the Powers, Authorities, and Privileges in and by the said first-recited Act vested in the said Commissioners for the Collection or Recovery of any such Assessment, Rate, or Tax as aforesaid. may purchase XXII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in case any Any Person Person, Party, or Company liable to pay any Rate or Tax for or liable to Rate on account of the Cost and Expences of the original Construction for original Cost of any such Reservoir or Embankment as aforesaid shall desire of Construction to be exempt from the future Payment thereof, by purchasing Exemption by from the said Commissioners the Portion of such Rate or Tax to paying Twenty which such Person, Party, or Company shall be liable, it shall and Times such may be lawful for the said Commissioners, upon receiving from Rate. such Person, Party, or Company a Sum of Money equal to Twenty Times the Amount of such Rate or Tax, by any Instrument in Writing under the Hands and Seals of the said Commissioners, to exempt such Person, Party, or Company, and the Mills, Lands, and Property of such Person, Party, or Company respectively, from any future Payment of or Charge for or in respect of such Rate Reservoirs. Rate or Tax; and the said Commissioners shall pay over to the Company formed under the Provisions of this Act, and which shall have provided Funds for the Construction of such Reservoir or Embankment as aforesaid, the Amount of Consideration Money for such Exemption so received from such Person, Party, or Company as aforesaid: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt any such Person, Party, or Company, or the Lands or Property thereof respectively, from any Payment of or Charge for or in respect of any Rate or Tax to be imposed, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, for the Maintenance and Support of all the Works of said Reservoir or Embankment and other Works which the Commissioners are by said first-recited Act required to maintain and support, with all Expences incidental thereto. Same Power XXIII. And whereas in and by the said first-recited Act the given for the 'said Commissioners are authorized and empowered to make Purchase of Reservoirs and Embankments for the Purpose of maintaining a Lands for the Formation of 'constant Supply of Water for Mills or Factories on any River Reservoirs as or Stream, or preventing sudden Floods therein, but for Want for all the other of sufficient Powers as to the Purchase of Lands and HereditaPurposes of re-ments necessary for such Purpose it has been found impracticable cited Acts and this Act. Power to rate all Parties deriving Benefit by Supply of Water from Reservoirs. 6 to carry into execution such Works, and it is expedient to supply such Powers;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to purchase and take any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments which they may consider necessary or proper to purchase for the Purpose of making such Reservoir or Embankment, and that all and every the Provisions, Powers, and Authorities in and by the said recited Acts or either of them, or this Act, contained or given for the Purpose of or relating to entering upon, occupying, using, or purchasing any Lands required for the Works for Drainage or Navigation, or for compensating any Parties or Person for any Injury done to any Lands in and by the said recited Acts or this Act authorized, or relating to the Purchase Money of Lands, or to any Matter or Thing concerning such Lands, shall extend and apply, and shall and may be used, exercised, and applied by the said Commissioners, with respect to any Lands which they may deem necessary to enter upon, use, occupy, or purchase for the Purpose of making any such Reservoir or Embankment as herein-before mentioned, or which may be injured by means of the Construction of any such Work, or by reason of the Exercise of the Powers aforesaid, any thing in the said first-recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding. XXIV. And whereas the Construction of such Reservoirs or 'Embankments will not only increase and maintain a constant 'Supply of Water for the Purpose of Mills and Factories, but may also afford or increase a Supply for the Purpose of Navigation, Irrigation, and Warping of Lands, the Supply of Towns, and for other Purposes; and it is expedient and just that all 'Parties and Persons deriving Benefit from the Construction of 'such Works shall contribute towards the Expence of constructing ' and maintaining the same in proportion to the Benefit conferred on the Property or Interest of each respectively;' be it therefore enacted, That in all Cases where the said Commissioners shall, under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, make or construct |