New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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| Private Act | 1875 No 5 |
| Date of assent | 21 October 1875 |
11 Corporation empowered to construct reservoirs and other works, and to pay for same out of moneys raised under the Waterworks Act
12 Subject to certain conditions, Corporation empowered to lay mains and pipes in suburbs, and to have same rating powers over suburbs as over city
13 Repeal of 3rd section of The Dunedin Waterworks Act Amendment Act 1871, and substitution of other provisions in lieu thereof
An Act to enable the Corporation of the City of Dunedin to take divert and impound the whole of the Water flowing into and in the Stream called The Water of Leith, and all or any of the Tributaries thereof, for the purpose of increasing the Supply of Water for the Inhabitants of the said City, and for the purpose of supplying the Inhabitants of the Suburbs of the said City with Water, and for other purposes in connection with the said objects.
WHEREAS it is expedient to enable the Corporation of the City of Dunedin to take divert and impound the whole of the water flowing into and in the stream called The Water of Leith, and all or any of the tributaries thereof (giving due compensation to riparian proprietors as hereinafter mentioned), for the purpose of increasing the supply of water for the use of the inhabitants of the said city, and also for the purpose of enabling the said Corporation to supply the inhabitants of the suburbs of the said city with water, and for the last-mentioned purpose to empower the said Corporation to extend and lay mains and pipes from the present waterworks of the said Corporation into the suburbs of the said city, and to levy such rates upon the inhabitants of the said suburbs as hereinafter mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that the said Corporation should be empowered to acquire the freehold and possession of the lands hereinafter mentioned for the purpose of using the same as a catchwater or gathering ground, giving to the respective owners thereof due compensation, to be ascertained in manner hereinafter mentioned: And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend certain clauses in the Acts incorporated with The Dunedin Waterworks Act 1874, as hereinafter mentioned:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows—
