Adelaide Waterworks Act 1863 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO ET VICESIMO SEPTIRfO

A. D. 1863..

No. 15.

An Act to repeal An Act, No. 17 of 1858, intituled "An Act to a m e d

and consolidate the Acts yrovidinq for the Wuter Supply and

Drainage of the City of Adelaide," and to woke other Provt

sions in lieu thereof:

[Assented to, 12th November, 1863. ]

HERE AS m Act was passed in the twenty-second year of Proam'Jle.

the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, No. 17 of 1858, intituled An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts providing for the Water Supply and Drainage of the City of Adelaide;" and i t is expedient to repeal the same, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof-Re it therefore Enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as hllows:

.	Acts, or portions of Act or Acts thereby repealed: Provided also that nothing lawfully done under the authority thereof shall be invalidated, nor shall any rights acquired or liabilities incurred there-
under be affected hereby.

1. This Act may be cited and referred to for all purposes as G The & r t t i t b ~ f A h

Adelaide Waterworks Act, 1863."

consolidate the Acts providing for the Water Supply and Drainage of 1868. 2. An Act, No. l 7 of 1858, intituled "An Act to amend and hpedofAotNo. 17

of the City of Adelaide," is hereby repealed: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive any Act or

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Interpretation of

terms.

3. In the construction of and for the purposes of this Act, when not inconsistent with the context, the expression The undertaking" shall mean the waterworks and the works connected therewith heretofore constructed, or hereby authorized to be constructed; the exprcssion The Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Public Works for the time being, until the powers and duties hercby conferred and imposed shall be transferred to the Municipal authorities in manner hereinafter providcd: and from and after such transfer the expression " Commissioner" shall mean the Municipal authorities for the time being of the said City; and the expression " Municipal authorities" shall mean the Corporation, or other Municipal authorities for the time being empowered by any Act or Ordinance in force in that behalf to have the control and management of the municipal affairs of the said City; the expression J"usticesW shall mean Justices of the peace for the said Province: the expression " Owners" shall includc the agent or other percrm authorized to act or usually acting in the owner's bchalf; the expression "The lands and streams" shall mcau the lands and streams of water heretofore taken or used, or hereby authorized to be taken or used for the purposes hereof; the word

c' Lands" shall include messuages, lands, tenements, and hcrcdita-

ments of any tenure; the word Strcams" shall include springs, brooks, rivers, and other waters; the word " Street" shall include any square, court, OP: Jley, highway, land, road, thoroughfare, or public pasxage or pkace; the expression " Water-rate" shall includc any rent reserved or payment to be made to the Commissioner for a supply of water; the expression " Cattle" shall include neat cattle, horses, asses, and nlules; the expression " Carriages" shall include

all such vehicles as are usually cleansed by the use of water; the

expression " Vacant lands" shall mean unoccupied lands not built upon, nor used in connection with any b~ilding; and thc expression

TJnoccupied lands" shall mean lands other than vacant lands, which

shall be declared to be unoccupied in the manner hereinafter

provided.

Comnzissioncr,

4. The Commissioner shall, from time to time, appoint and sengers, and other officers, at such reasonable salary, pay, or reward, as to him may seem meet; and shall also, from time to time, at his discretion dismiss and discharge such officers, or any of them, and appoint others in their place.

Cornmissioner to np-

employ such manager, secretary, solicitor, engi~eers, clerks, mes-

point officers.

Commissioner m y ' 5. The Commissioner may, for the purposes of this Act, and un-

purchase land, &c.

der the name, style, or title of (C The Commissioner of the Adelaide Waterworks," purchase, take, or acquire, any lands and other hereditaments, goods, chattels, and things, and contrnc t and agree for the same, and become a party to any instrument for giving effect to such purchase, taking, or acquisition, or for the performance or construction of any works, or delivery or removal of any matclials, and may take security by way of bonds or obligations, or otherwise,

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by such name as aforesaid; and by that name may implead and be Co?fip*i@iOner*

impleaded, defend and be defcnded, answer and be answered.

6. The Commissioner may make such roads over any of the lands Commiwionermay make roads, &c.

authorized to be taken as may be considered necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of this Act, and for communicating with and maintaining the works which may be constructed; and may repair, amend, and fcnce in such roads, and use the same effclusively for the said purposes, or permit the public or any person or persons to make use of the same, upon such terms and conditions as he shall from time to time think proper.

in the Commissioner under the said Act, No. l 7 of 1858, or any Commissioner, 7. All lands, houses, property, chattels, and effects, now vested Landstoveet in

former Commissioners, or any of them, shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, be absolutely vested in the Commissioner; and a11 persons who then owe any moneys to the said former Com- missioners, or to any person on their bel~alf, shall pay the same to the Commissioner; and all moneys due and owing by the said former Com- rnissioncrs shall be paid by or be rccovcrable from the Commissioner; and all contracts, agrcemcnts, bonds, covenants, and securities made or entered into, or in favor of, or by, the said former Commissioners, may be proceeded on and enforced in favor of, by or against the Com- missioner, as if the same had been entered into with the Commissioner.

8. For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to obtain any ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ $ ~, ., ' $ $ ?

land, or any righ.t or cascmen t, in or over any land which he may incor.sorated with require for the purposes of this Act, " The Lands Clauses Consoli- thie A C ~. dation Act" shall, subject to the provisions herein contained, be incorporated with this Act, and the provisions of the said Act so incorporated with this Act shall be applicable in the case of the pul-- chase of a right or easemcnt in or over any land; and for the purposes of this Act the expression " The Promoters of the Undertaking," whenever used i11 the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, shall mean The Commissioner."

in or over land otherwise than by agreement with the. parties in- taking lrinds. 9. The Commissioner, before taking land or any right or easement :,";$~OP"~;!:,","*Q

tercsted thereir., or enabled to sell and convey the same, shall deposit

in the office of the BurveyoliGcneral a plan, showing the quantity

of land or the particulars of thc right or easement which he may

require fox the purposes of this Act.

10. The Commissioner may sell and dispose of any land pur- ~; "; ; ~ ~ ~ ~, " h ~ ~

chased under this Act, or any property whatever vested in him un- under this A C ~.

der this Act, which it may appear to him may be pioperly sold or

disposed of, and may transfer or convey the land or other property

sold and disposed of unto the purchaser, or as he shall dkect; and

his receipt shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser f a the

purchase money in such receipt expressed to be received, and thte

mone j

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money accruing from the sale of such property shall be applied for

f i n a h c / i o n	the purposes of	this Act.
waterworks.

11. The water s~pply shall be on the principle of constant supply

Printipleof the water-

works.	at high service.
execute the work

Commissioner may 12. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the Com- H e may enter 11pon any lands required for the purposes of this Act, and take levels of the same, and set out such parts thereof as he shall think necessary, and dig and break up the soil of such lands, and trench and sough the same, m d remove or use all earth, stone, mines, minerals, trees, or other things dug or gotten out of the same:

horein named.

missioner may execute any of the following works for constructing

the waterworks, that is to say-

H e may, from time to time, sink such wells or shafts, and make, maintain, alter, or discontinue such reservoir, water- works, cisterns, tanks, aqueducts, drains, cuts, sluices, pipes, culverts, engines, and other works, and erect such buildings, w o n the lands and streams authorized to be taken by h i h as he shall think proper for supplying thc inhabitants of the said City with water:

He may, from time to time, divert and impound the water from

the streams mentioned for that purpose in the plans of the

said waterworks, and books of reference thereto, deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General, and alter the course of any such streams, and also take such waters, as may be found in and under, or on the lands to be taken for con- structing the waterworks.

Corumissiow~ to 13. In the exercise of the said powers, the Commissioner shall do shall provide other watering places, drains, and channels for the use of the land adjoining or near the waterworks, 111 place of any such as shall be taken away or iaterri~pted by him, and shall make reasonable compensatiw to all partics interested for any damage actually sustained by them through the exercise of such powers; and the amount of such compensation shall, if no agreement shall have been come to between the Commissioner and the parties interested as aforesaid, be settled in the manner provided for the settlement of displited claims for compensation in the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act.

make compensation

for damager.	as little damage as can be, and in all cases where i t can be done,
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19enaIty for o~~ truc t -	1 4, Every person who shrill wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Commissioner, in setting out the line of the works, or pull up or remove any poles or stakes driven into the ground for the purpose of setting out the line of such works, or deface or destroy any works made for the same pnrpose, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence.
ing construction of

l b. After

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be taken by the Commissioner shall have been so taken, every waterworks, 15. After the stream or supplies of water hereby authorized to C'ofistrucLn

person who shall illegally divert or take the waters supplying or for ilbgang flowin2 into the stream so taken, or any .part thereof, or who shall diverting thewater* do any unlawful act whereby the $aid streams or supplies of water

may be drawn off' or diminished in quantity, and who shall not immediately repair the injury done by him on being required so to do by the Comrnissioncr, so as to xestore the said waters to the state in which thcy were before such act, shall forfeit to the Com- missioner any sum which shall be awarded by two Justices, not exceeding Five Pounds for every day during which the said supply

of water shall be diverted or diminished by reason of any act done

by or by the authority of such person, and any sum so forfeited shall be in addition to the sum which he may be lawfully adjudged liable

to pay to the Commissioner for any damage which they may sustain by reason of their supply of water being diminished; and the pay- meut of the sum so forfeited shall not bar or affect the right of the Commissioner to sue such person for the damage so committed.

1G. The Commissioner shall erect all works which may be neces- Acmmodat ion

sary for making good the interruption caused by the exercise of the

said powers, to the possession or enjoyment of any lands adjoining nzerencw .. th.

lands; and if any difference shall arise respecting..'.he construction settled ay Justices.	or ncar the waterworks, or otherwise for the accommodation of such ;;$Z:";;;;;;F;
of any such accommodation worlts, or the kind, or size, or sufficiency thereof, or respecting the maintenance thcrcof, the same shall be determined by two Justices in the manner hereinbefore provided.
17. The Commissioner, under sucll superintendence as is herein- after specified, may open and break up the soil and pavement of the and,d'a2ns- ofpkes
several roads, streets, and brid4es within the necessary limits, for the iow.. to am& up
purpose of constructing the said undertakinq, and of laying dawn, streets* &ca, unllcr

superintendetlcc, and

altering, cleansing, repairing, and re~noving any drains, pipes, to open &aim,

conduits, service pipes, nud other works and engines, and remove

bridges, and do .all other acts which thc Commissioner shall from	and use all earth and materials in and under such streets and
time to time deem ncccssary for carrying out the undertaking, doing as little damage as can be in the execution of the powers hereby granted, and making compensation as hereinbefore provided for any damage which may be done in execution of such powers.

18. Before the Commissioncr oy ens or breaks up any street or Notice to be serve don persona having control,

bridge, he shall give to the persons under whose control or manage- &C., before breaking

nient the same may be, or to their clerk, surveyor, or other officer, Or Opening

notice, in writing, of his intention to open or break up the same, not

less than three clear days bcfore beginning such work, except in

cases of emergency, arising from defects in any of the pipes, or

other works, and then as soon as is possible after the beginning

of the work, or the necessity for the same shall have arisen.

Strecte or drains not

19. No such street or bridge shall, except in the case of such

emergency

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h%' of pbes emergency as aforesaid, be opened or broken up, except under the

and drains. supenntendence of the persons having thc control or management

undersuperintcndcnce thereof, or of their officer, and according to such plan as shall be	of pensons having con-
trol of the same. approved of by such persons, or their officer; or in case of any dif- ference respecting such plan, then according to such plan as shall be determined by the Surveyor-General, or other competent officer, to be appointed by the Governor: and such Surveyor-General or other officcr may, on the application of the persons having the control or management of any such street or bridge, or their officer, require the Commissioner to make such temporary or other works as they may thinlr necessary for guarding against any interruption of
~fpersons, having the the drainage during the execution of any works which interfere with
control, &c , fail to
superintend, Commis- any such street or bridge: Provided always, that if the persons the work without sioncr may perform having such control or management, as aforesaid, or their officcr,
them. fail to attend at the time fixcd for thc opening of any such street, or bridge, after having hacl such notice of the intention of the Com- missioner, as aforesaid, or shall not propose any plan for breaking

up or opening the same, or shall refuse or neglect to superintend

the operation, the Commissioner may perform the work specified in such notice without the superintendence of such persons or their officer.

etreeta, &C., b r k ~ n

up, to be reinetnted	20. When the Comn~issiones sllall open or break up the road or pavement of any street or bridge, he shall, with all convenient speed, complete the works for which the same shall be broken up, and fill in the ground, and reinstate and make good the road or pavement so opened or broken up, and carry away the rubbish occasioned thereby, and shall keep the road or pavement which has been so broken in good repair for three months after replacing and making good the same, and for such further time, if any, not being more than twelve nionths in the whole, as the soil so broken up shall continue to subside; and shall at all times, whilst any such road or pavement shall be so opened or broken up, cause the same to be fenced
without delay.
passengers, to be set up and kept thereagainst every rright during and guarded, and shall came a light, sufficient for the warning of
which such road or pavement shall continue open or broken up.

r e n a l t ~ f o r d e b in

reinstating, streeta, &c.	21. If the Comrhissioncr shall open or break up any street or bridge without giving such notice as aforesaid, or if the Commissioner make any unnecessary delay in completing any such ivork, or filling in the ground, or reinstating and making good the ioad or payement so opened or broken up, or in carrying away the rubbish occasioned thereby, or if he shall neglect to cause the place where such road or pavement has been broken up to be fenced, guarded, and lighted, he shall make compensation as hereinbefore provided fbr in clause 13.
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parties may reinstato

of Y 0 t h 22. If any such delay or omission as aforesaid shall take place,

and recover the	the persons havinp the control or management of the street or bridge
pcnses.	in respect of which such delay or omission shall take place, may cause to be executed the work so delayed or omitted to be executed, and the expense of executing the same shall be repaid to such per-

T -- sons

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Laying of p+ea

sons by the Commissioner, and s ~ c h expenses may be recovered in and drains.

the same way as damages are recoverable under this Act

23. Thc Commissioner shall, upon the written requt-st of the owner or occupier of any 'tenement in any street (and upon payment	may be laid on request
Communication p i p
of owner or occupier.
or tender of the cost thereof), lay down communication pipes from such street, and also such other works as are necessary for the supply of such tenement with water.
24. The Comniissioner shall provide and keep, in the pipes to be laid down by him, a supply of pure and wholesome water, sufficient	Supply of water.
A constant supply of water to be kept for
for the domestic use of the inhabitants of the said City, who, shall	domestic purposes at
be entitled to demand a supply, and shall be liable to pay water-rate	high asorvice,
for the same; and such supply shall be constantly laid on, unless prevented by drought or other unavoidable accident, or during neccs- sary repairs.

25. I n all the pipes to which any fire-plug shall be fixed, the s~pp lro f water be

kept for cleansing

Commissioner shall provide and kecp constantly laid on, unless pre- sawcm, draina, &o.,

vented as afdresaid, or during necessary repairs, a sufficient supply of and for other publia purposes.

water for the following purposes, that is to say-for clcansing the

drains, for cleansing arid watering thc streets, ancl for supplying

any public baths or wsshhouses that may be established for the free us6 of the inhabitants, or paid for out ofVuny rates. l e~ ied within the

said City; and such supply shall be providecl at such mtes, in such qaantities, and upon such terms and conclitions as may be fixed upon by the C~~mmissioner and the Municipal or other psopcr authorities and parties concerned.

26. The Commissione~*, at the request of the Municipal or other f i r e e ~ z ~ ~ ~ *

proper authorities or parties concerned, shall upon thc laying of the commissioner t8 a f f l ~

main or other pipes belongkg thereto, fix proper fire-plugs at such ~ ~ ~ ~, f l r a - p l u @ i n t h e

places as may be most proper and convenient for the supply of water

for extinguishing any fire which may break out within the limits of the said City. 27. Thc Comrnissioncr shall from time to time renew and kecp in z;e~kz;t;:$;

effective order every such fire-plug; and as soon as any such fire-plug kega reo of at

is completed, shall deposit n key thereof at each place within the gin*ho-#8ica

limits of the said City where any fire-engine is kept, and in such

other places as may be appointed by the Municipal or other proper

authorities, and shall put up a public notice in some conspicuous

place in each street in which such fire-plug is situated, showing the

situation, which notice the Commissioner may put up on any house

or building in such street.

23.	The Commissioner	shall, at the	request	and	expense	of	the	F i r e - p l ~ p a t ~ ~ e ~ l n c c d
near manuf8cto~ic.s nt

owner or occupier of any work or rnanufactory, situated in any street request,&c.,ofowncrs.

in which water shall have been laid on by the Commissioncr, place

and maintain in effective order a fire-l;lug (to be used onli for extinguishing fires), as near as conveniently may be to such work

or manufactor y. 29, The

Adelaide Wnierworks Act .1863.

Fire-pd~p8, 29. The Commissioner shall at all times keep charged with water

Pipes to be l r ~ t all pipes to which fire-plugs shall be f xed, unless prevented by m-

and

taken to extinguish	usual drought, or other unavoidable cause or accident, or during the
h e a without charge.	nkcessary works or repairs; and shall allow all persons at all times to take and use such water for extinguishing fire, without making compensation for the same.
Penalty for refusing	30. If, except when prevented as aforesaid, the Commissioner furnish to the Municipal or other yro2er authorities a sufficient supply of water for the public purposes aforesaicl, upon such terms as shall have been agreed on, or settled as aforesaid; or if, except as aforesaid, he neglect to keep his pipes charged under such service as aforesaid, or neglect or refuse to furnish to any owner or occupier entitled to receive a supply of water, during any part of the time for which the rates for such supply have bccn paid or tendered, he shall be liable to n penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and shall also forfeit to every person having paid or tendered the rate, the sum of Forty Shillings for every clay during which such refusal or neglect shall eontiime after notice in writing shall have been given to the Commissioner of tht: want of supply.

to fix, &C., fire-pluge

oroccesiuns~~ai~U1'edf	neglect or refuse to fix, maintain, or repair sucl~. fire-plugs, or to
supply of water-

Protection of	31. Every person supplied with c,+ ater sllall keep such part of the
wader.

-	communication-pipe aud the stop-cocks, drains, and other works, as
per80ns .h, , ,,V	shall be within his own premises in good repair, so as cffcctually
to keep worksin
repair.	to prevent the water from running to waste or the collection of ~inwholesorne matter; and in case any person shall neglect to keep
penalty for neglmt.	the same in good repair, the Commissioner may cut off the pipe, or turn off the water from the prcrnises of such person, until such stop- cock shall be provided or repaired, as the case may require.

Pensltg fm mfferiq 32. Every person supplied mith water by the Commissioner, who

be Out " ~11~11 suffer any such pipe or stopcock to be out of repair, so that the water supplied to him by the Commissioner shall be wasted,

pipo

repair.

sh l l forfeit to thc Commissioner, for evcry such offence, a sum not

exceeding Five Pounds.

Commisclioner may	33. The Cummissioner may repair any such pipe, stop-cock, or other work, so as to prevent any such waste of watcr, and the ex- penses of such repair shall be repaid to him by the person so allowing the same to be out of repair, and may be recovered as damages.
repairpipes* Cc.

power to eurvepor	34. The surveyor, or any other person acting under the authority
employed by Commis-

aioner to enter houac:	of the Commissioner,,.may, between the hours of eight of the clock
to inapect, &C.	in the forenoon and slx of the clock in the afternoon, enter into any

-.

house or premises supplied with water by virtue 6f this Act, i i order ta examine if there be any, waste or misuse of such water;

and if such survqor or other person at any such timc be refused

admittance into such dwelling-house or premises for the purposes aforesaid, or be prevented from making such examination as afore- said, the Commissioner may stop off the water supplied by them from such house or other premises. 35. Every

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under this Act, who shall supply to any other person, or wilfully water. 35. Every owner or occupier of any tenement supplied with water Protecti~fl

unless for the purpose of extinguishing any fire, or unless he be a permm to use wakr.

permit him to take any such water from any pipe in such tenement, Pamlty for allowing

person supplied with water by the Commissioner, and the pipes belonging to him be out of repair, shall forfeit to the Commissioner

for every such offence, a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

36. Every person who, not having agreed to be supplied with

water by the Commissioner, shall take anv water from any reservoir, ment.

watercdurse, pipe or concl&, belonging' to the ~ommbsioner, or

from any cistern or other like place containing watcr belonging to

the Commissioner, other than such as may have been provided for

the gratuitous use of the public, shall forfeit to the Commissioner,

for every such offence, a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

or open any lock, cock, valve, pipe, work, or engine belonging to valvea, &o. 37. Every person who shall wilfully or carelessly break, injure, Penalty for destroying

the Commissioner, or shall flush or draw off the water from the reservoirs, or other works of the Cornmissionex, or shall do any other wilful act whereby such water shall be wasted, s h d forfeit to the Commissioner, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding Five Pounds, besides the amount of damage to which the Commissioner may be put in respect thereof.

35. Every person who shall commit any of the offences next FouZinp the watcr.

hereinafter enumerated, shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the G,,, fir hding

Commissioner a sum not exceeding Five Pounds, that is to say- watdr.

Every person who shall bathe in any strcam, reservoir, aque- duct, or other waterworks belonging to the Commissioner, or any waters supplying or flowing into the same, or any part thereof, or wash, throw, or cause to enter therein any dog or other animal:

Every person wlm shall throw any rubbish, dust, filth, or other noisome thing into any such. stream, reservoir, aqueduct, or other waterworks, or any waters supplying or flowing into the same, or any part thereof, as aforesaid, or wash or cleanse therein any lead or other mineral, or any cloth, wool, leather, or skin of any animal, or any other thing:

Every person who shall cause the mater of any sink, sewer,

or drain, steam-engine, boiler, or other filthy water

belonging to him or under his control, to run or be brought into any stream, reservoir, aqueduct, or other waterworks belonging to the Commissioner, or any waters

supplying or flowing into the same, or m y part thereof,

or shall do any act whereby thc"supp1y of water to the

citizens shall be fouled:

And every such person shall forfeit a further sum of Twenty

Shillings for each day, if more than one, that such last-mentioned offence shall be continued. 39. The

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39. The Comissioner shall, before the first day of January, one thousand eig!t hundred and sixty-four, and in every yeas thereafter,

Commisaiouw map

make nascsanrcnt.	make and bmg into force an assessment of all lands within the City of Adelaide not being the property of the Crown or of the Corporn- tion of the said city, according to the full, fair, and average estimated annual vvalue of the same, clear of all outgoings; and the assessment shall be mitten in a book specifying in diffcrent columns the names of the respective occupiers and owners, or agents of owners, so far as the same can be ascertained, the estimated annual value of the several lands, an2 a description of the same, and showing which of
the said lands are vacant lands.
If in any year no

neaeesment madc, the 40. In case any yearly assessment shall not bc duly made, and

last assessment to be	until the same shall be in force the assessment then last made shall
in force.	be in'force.
Right of inspecting	41. The Cornmissioncr, or any person having an order for that purpose under his hand, may inspect any city rate made or to be made fdr the said city, and the assessment book and other documents relating thereto, and may take copies or extracts from the samc without payment of any fce or reward; and if any person having the custody of any such rate, asscssmci~ book, or othcr document, shall ~df i l l ly neglect or rcfuse to perxnit thc Commissioner, or such other person as aforesaid, to irlspcct the Fame, ur to h k e copics or extracts from the same within two clays after a demand in writing, or such order shall have been produced and shown to him, or a copy thcrcof left at his usual place of abode, such offender shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty not exceeding
city assessments.
the sum of Ten Pounds.

Commissior~er mny 42. The Commissionc-r may, in making the assessment, adopt any

adopt city ~\ssess- assessment made by authority of the Jrunicipal authorities, or any

n~ent, and may

appoint assessors.	previous assessment of the C'ommissioner, either wholly or in part,
the whole or any part of the said lands. and may from time to time appoint any person or persons to assess
Commissioner may
correct errors in	43. Ttic Commissioi~cr may at any timc, and from time to timc, correct any error which may appem to him to csist in tl:c assess- ment; but the annual d u e of any property shall not be altered after the first yublicatim of the notice of assessment, except under the order of a Court, as hereinafter provided.
asscssmcnt.

~nnualvalucoflandfl, 44. The annual value of all vacant lands shall be cstilnated a t

how estimated.	five per ccntuin per annum on the market value thereof; and thc annual value of a11 other lands shall be estimated a t the full, fair,
and average estimated annual rent, clear of all outgoings, at which t.he land mould let on a lease of not less than twenty-one years, or
Isy the foot frontage on a building or improving lease f'or the same term,

~~~~ment-honk, a 45. The Assessment-book, or a true copy thereof, shall be depo-

sited

Adelaide V a t e m o h Act.-l 86 3.

sitcd in the office of the Manager of the Waterworks, and the same Amssmmt.

shall be open to inspec~ion between the hours of eleven o'clock ante be kept for

meridian and three o'clock post mcriclian on every day except inspestion at theoffloo

Sundays, Saturdays, and public holidays. of Manager.

46. A notice of the making of such assessment, and of any hToticeofasscasment

alteration therein in thc form Schedule A to this Act annexed, or ,ivcn,

or alteration to be

as near thereto as circumstances will permit, shall be published once in the 80th th Aztstrctlian G o c e w nzen t Gnzctte, thwc coxmcutive times, the last of which shall be in the sane meclc as the publication in thc Ga=ette, in at least one newspaper published in the said city, and thereupon the assessment-book, or as the case may be so much thereof, as depends upon the alteration, shall come into force.

47. Any person may, within one ujontl~ after the publication in Appeal from as-

the Soutft Austmlia?z G'overnme~ti Guxette, of the notice of the assess- se8sment.

ment, appeal therefrom upon the ground that any lands are be

assessed beyond or below their full and fiiir annual value are ~ p c a l e d ~ a i n s t.

omitted from the nssessmcnt, or are not rateable, ancl within a like

pc~iorl and upon the likc ground after the publication of the notice

of any alteration in the South A z u t ~ d i a l z Goccrnment Gazette, ally

person may appeal therefrom.

48. Tlic Local Court of Full Jurisdiction, sltting in Aciclnide, Local Court of

shall be thc Co1u.t of Appeal; and every appeal shall bc commcnccd Adphdf fo be

by a notice in the f'orni in the Schednle U to this Act annexed, or -- Court df Appeals.

as near thereto as circumstances will permit, delivered to the Clerk App& how com-

mlmcd.

of the Court mrthin the period allowed for appeals.

49, Thc appeal shall be heard at tlie next sittings of thc Court Hearing of appeals.

next after five weeks from the publication in the Government Gazefte of the notice of ttssessmcnt or dteration; and the assessment book shall be produced by or on behalf of the Commissioner, and upon

exmining upon oath any witnesses who may be tendered for

exan~inatlon touching the question in dispute, the Coart at the same

or at some adjourned or subsequent sittings may make sucll order touching the matter in dispute and costs as shall be just, and shall cause any alteration occasioned by the decision to be immediately made, which alteration shall be attested by the signatnre of the Special Magistrate, and the Court may enforce any ordcr in the same mnnncr as though the same were the order of a Justice under his summary jurisd~ction,

50. The Court upon thc hearii~g~of any appeal may state one or Special case may b s t a t d for Suprtma

more special case or cases for the oplnion of the Supremc Court, and court.

the Supreme Court shall hear and decide such special case or cases

according to the practice on special cases, and Jiall make such order as to costs as shall appear just; and any two or more Justices, or the Local Court of Adelaide, may mnkc an order in respect of the matters referred to the Supreme Court in conformity with the ccr- tificate of the said Supreme Court or of m y Jrtdge thereof, which

order

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h e a l Cowtof order shall be enforced in manner provided for the enforcement

to be of orders of Justices under the Ordinance MO, G of 1830.

Court of Appeal.

Right to ratm

not suspended by 51. The right of the Commissioner to recover rates in respect of

nppcal.

any land alleged in m y notice of appeal to be asscssed beyond its

full and fair value shall ilot be suspended by the appeal.

Rates.

52. The Commissioner inay make and levy rates on all lands included in the said assessm&t, and the scak of rates shall be as follows, viz. :-On all tenements assessed at or below Ten Younds a year, Twenty-five Shillings; on all tenements assessed above Ten ~ o u n d s and not above Forty Pounds a year, twelve and a-half per ccnt.; five per cent. ndciitionlil on the assesscd annual valuc nbovc Forty Pounds and not above One Hundred Pounds; two and a 1 d f per ccnt. additional on the assessed annual value above One Hundrcd Pounds; ancl on unoccupied tciiements and vacaiit lands three per cent. on the assessed annual value.

Scale of rates.

Cornmis&oncr may

reduce rates. 53. Thc Commissioner may, with the consent of the Governor in Executive Couecil, reduce the scale of rates by notice published in the 8oatlh Azwtralia~z Gouenzrnent Garelte? in the form in tl-lc Schedule C: to this Act annexed; -and any reduction shall take place on tlte first clav of Januaq, or the first day of July, as the case may be.

when scvemlhouses	54. When several homes, 01-	parts of houses, in the separate
supplicd by on2 pipe

each to pay. occupation of several persons, are supplied by one common pipe, the several owncrs or occupiers of such houses, or parts of houses, shall be liable to the payin~ilt of the same water-rate as they would have been liable to if each of such several houses, sr parts of houses had been supplied with watcr from the works of the Commissioner by a separate pipe.

R R ~ C S on l a d 55. The owner of any tenement which shall have been unoccupied

unocci~pird fur three

months may be re-	for more than three months, may make a declaration to that effect in
duced.	thc form of Scheduh l? to this Act annexed; and t]lc &falinger shall, upon the receipt of such declaratiun, tleduct from the rates mhich shalt nfterrvards become cluc upon auch tenement, a sum equal to the amount paid in cxccoa of the soin chargeable for unoccupied tenements during the period for which such tenement shall have
been unoccupied.

Rates to commence 56. \?Then a main shall be laid d o h in any street or streets of

whcn main laid, ard thc city, and on tile expiration of seven days from public intimation

to bs half-

yearly.	published in the South Australian G'ove~~nnzetr t Gazetie and in at
h s t onc newspaper published in the city that thc main has becn
laid down, and that thz watcr is ready for distribution, then, whether service pipes shall be providecl or not, ratcs, according to the scale then in force, shall be payable in respect of all lands which shall or can be supplied with the service p i p s from the main aforesaid, for the period elapsing between the first day of the month following the expiration of the said seven days and the thirtieth day of June or

the

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the thirty-first day of December, as the case may be; and thereafter the rates shall be payable half-yearly in advance on every thirty-first day of January and first day of July, according to the scale which shall be in force at the time the payments shallrespectively fall due.

Rates on lands to

57. All lands to which service pipes have been or can be supplied from a main, of the laying down of which seven days' notice has

whichmaim laid down

before Januar 1864,

been or may be given previously to the first day of January, 1864,

:o be paid un er pro- g,

vision~ of this bet.

shall be liable to rates from that date, upon the scale and payablc

in the manner provided for payment of rates under this Act,

No water to be ueed

58. No water from the waterworks shall bc used as a mechanical power, or for manufacturing purposes, public baths, watering gardens,

:xcept for domestic

purposea, except

irrigation, or other than dolncstic or building purposes, except under

mder agreement,

a special agreement in writing, made by thc person requiring the

same with the Commissioner, and fixing the payment to be made

therefor, under a penalty as hereinafter provided.

Cat,tlc, &C., to be

59. The Commissioner may charge, in addition to the rate here- inbefore mentioned, at the rate of Ten Shillings by the year for every head of great or every five head of small cattle kept upon lands supplied with water from the waterworks, and at the rate of Five Shillil~gs by the year for cvery carriage having two wheels, and Ten Shillings by the year for every carriage having four wheels kept in like manner; but whenever the number of cattle or carriages usually kept upon land supplied with water from the waterworks shall, or are likely to, vary from time to time, the occupier shall make a declaration, in tlleforrrr of the S;heduleD to this Act annexed, of the averagenumber of cattlc or carriages kept or intended to be kept upon the land, and thereupon the ~dmmissioner shall charge at the rate aforesaid for the average number of cattle or carriages so kept or intended to be kept.

charged extra.

Ciommisaioner may

60. If the Commissioner shall be dissatisfied with a declaration so made, or shall at any time consider that the average number of cattle

have dispute, as to

average number of

cattle, eettled by

or carriages kept by the declarant, or any person claiming under

Justices.

him, is greater than that stated in his declaration, or that hc has,

larger number than that fixed by such order, the matter shall be

subsequently to any order made as hereinafter mentioned, kept a

scttled, on the information of the Commissioner or any collector, in a summary manner, before one or more Justices who may make such order as shall be just as to the payment ctf any additional sum for the past supply of water to thc cattle, or for cleaning thc carriages, and as to the number of cattle or carriages which the defendant shall be charged for in future; and any Justice may vary any order so made from time to time, in such manner as shall be just, on information of the Coinmissioner, or a collector, or any person interested.

When owner to pay

61. The owner shall pay all rates upon unoccupied and vacant lands, and upon occupied lands where the yearly assessed value shall

rates, and when occu-

pier.

not exceed 'l'wenty Pounds; and the occupier shall pay all other

rates. but this urovision shall not invalidate or affect anv contract.

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Rdes. 62. If a tenant shall pay rates for a period prior to or extending

Tenant entitled to re-	beyond his term, he shall be entitled to recover from his landlord
cover portion of rate	the amount so paid*
in certain cases.
Rates from whom re-	63. The Commissioner or any collector appointed by him may recover rates from any person liable. or from the occupier at the time of any demand being made, and after demand on the occupier; and if no sufficient distress can be found on the premises to satisfy any rates for which the occupier is liable, together with all costs, the same rates may be recovered in like manner from the owner, and any person in actual receipt of the profits of any lands shall be liable as owncr thereof.
coverable.

Ratca unpaid twenty- 64. If any rates or any arrears are unpaid for the space of twenty-

One may be distrained for. one days after dcmand in writing shall haw been served upon the

occupier, or left at the house, land, or tenement rated and assessed thereto; the Commissioner or collector or his assistant rnay there- upon, without my waxrant, enter into any part of tlm premises and destrain the goods and chattels found therein; or may enter into any other houses or land in the said city, occupied by any person liable to the same rates, and on whom notice to pay the same has been served personally or by leaving the same at his house for him, and distrain his goods and chattels therein and thereon; and if the sums for which the distress is taken be not paid for five days after the distress together with reasonable costs, then the said distress, or so much as shall be sufficient to pay the rates and costs aforesaid may be sold, and any ovwplus shall be returned to the owner of the goods.

Lands may be sold

when rates are in	65. I n any cabe in which rates, in respect of any lands shall be in arrear for the space of two years, it shall be lawful for the Commis- sioner to cause to be published three times in the South Ausfraliun Government Gazette a notice in the form of Schedule E to this Act annexed; and if after one year from the last publication of the notice, thc rates due at the time of the first publication thereof are
arrcar.
still unpaid, the Commissioner may let the same from year to year,
and may receive the rents and apply the same tclmards the payment
of the mtes, and hold any surplus for the owners of the lands, or by petition to the Supreme Court or any Judge thereof, may apply for n sale of the lands described in such notice, or of so much thereof as may be necessary; and thc Court or Judge, on being satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that the arrears are lawfully due, and were in arrear at the time of the first publication of sach notice, and that all things required by this clause to be done have been done, shall order the sale of the said lands, or so much thereof as shall be suf- ficient to pay the arrears and interest at five pcr centum per annum, from the time of the first publication of the notice, together with all costs of and attending the' notice, and the costs of and attending the application, and of and attending the sale by public auction, and the proceeds to be paid into Court; and the Court or a Judge may order payment of the said rates, interests, costs, and expenses, in preference

ta

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Adelaide Vaterworks A c t. 1 8 6 3.

Ra. Ecs.

to any mortgage or other security; and that conveyance shall be executed by the master or other officer of the Court, to the pur- chaser, his hcirs, and assigns, in such form as shall be approved by the Court or a Judge, which shall vest the legal estate in the said lands, in the purchaser, his heirs, arid assigns free from all encum- brances; and the balance arising from the proceeds of such sale aball remain, and be subject to any future or other orders of the Court, for behoof of the party or parties interested therein.

66. All rates and charges for service-pipes and fittings, due under	Act rccovorablo undur
Ratea due beforc this

the Waterworks Act, 1858, may bc rccovered by the Commissioner	this Act.
against the persons who owe the same, in every respect in the same manner as though the rates and charges for service-pipes and fittings
had become due under this Act.
67. The Commissioner may cut off the water supply from any lands when the same shall remain unoccupied for three calendar	TVatcr supply may be cut off from un-
occupied land.
months, or when any ratcs or charges for service-pipes and fittings in respect thereof shall remain unpaid for fourteen days after the same shall become due; and whcncvcr the lands shall become occu- pied, and all rates and charges for se~vice-pipes and fittings paid, the supply shall on demand be restore;, upon payment of the cost of such cutting off and restoration.

68. It shall bc lawful for the Govcrnor, from timc to time, by Governor may nd-

warrant under his hand, to authorize the Treasurm to advitnce an$

vancue moneys to be

pay to the said Commissioner, for the purposes of this Act, any sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, including any sums heretofore advanced and paid under the author)ity of the said Act, No. l 7 of 1858, and thc Acts thereby repealed.; and any sums of money so advanced and paid shall be retained by the Treasurer out of any moneys raised by him wdcr authority of thc said Acts; and all balances, if any remaining after such periodical payments of capital and interest, shtall, with t212 concurrence of the Governor, with such advice and consent as afore- said, be returned to the Commissioner.

69. All moneys received by the Commissioner, for or on account Net proceeds of rates to be p a ~ d to Trca-

of the rates herein authorized to be imposed, aftcr deducting the ,,,,,,

necessary costs and charges of and atterdiug the collection of the

same, and also of the maintenance of the said undertaking, and of

keeping up the' supply of water, shall be paid by the said Commis-

sioner to the Treasurer, who shall pay off such amount of capital and

interest in respect of the moneys raised for the purposes of the said

undertaking as may from timc to time fall due.

70. Any tenant of lands under a lease for a less period, unexpired, Tenant may recover half cost of service.

than five years, may recover from his landlord half the cost to which has

he or his undertenant may be put in causing service-pipes to be laid 1.w than five ycars

on to the said lands. to run.

7 1, The Commissioner may at any time, on the request in writing Comrnirioner mar

of eupply water to any

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Ra tes.

of any person or persons residing at any place within two miles of

place within two

the main between the reservoir aud the said City, take the necessary

miles of main.

steps for supplying such person or persons with water from the said Waterworks: Provided always, that the expense of the works necessary for supplying water to any such place as aforesaid shall in

in a11 cases be paid by the person or persons making such request

as aforesaid: And provided also, that the rates charged shall in no

case be less than those charged to thc inhabitants of the said City.

portion of ecrvice fit- 72. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner, out of the nlonegs at	Power to allow a pro-
tine, from nearmain his disposal, to repay to all persons who may have been supplied
to edge of propel+ty with service fittinge, and may have paid for the same; and to allow all
supplied.

persons who may have been or shall hereafter be so supplied, aud who may not have paid for t l ~ c same, a proportion of the price charged thereupou, fox so much of the service fittings as extend from

the nearest maia to the edge of the land to which such service

fittings shall have bcen supplied, such proportion to be in all cases

determined by the Commissioncr.

Fthatwial Pro- 73. So soon as the sum of Two Hundred Thomand Pounds, ioget6eer with the interest thereon, shalj haw been paid by means of the rates hereby authorized, the :said undertaking, and the powers

visions. principal money raised for the completion of the Waterworks,

When undertakings to

r ~, t in,tbc City,

and duties hereby or hereafter conferred and imposed, shall vest in the Municipal authorities for the said City: Provided that it shall

be lawful for the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council,

at any time after the construction of the said unclertalsing is com- pleted, to appoint the Municipal authorities as aforesaid to Ire Com- missioners for the purposes of this Act, and such appointment from time to time to revoke.

Water supplied to

Government freu of 74. A full and sufficient supply of water shall be afforded to all

charge.	Govcrninent buildings and Estnblishments free of charge.
Appointment and
pun-crs of Collectors.	75. The Commissioner shall, from time to time, non~inate one or more persons as Collectors, for levying the said ratvs respectively, who shall proceed in the same manncr, and sh11 have the same powers, remedies, and privileges, and shall be subject to thc same
regulations and penalties, with reference to the levying of such rates, as if they were Collectors appointed by the Municipal authorities for collecting the City rates, and shall ptty owr thc amount of such rates to the Commissioner, or to any person authorized by hirn, or, in clefault thereof, shall be proceeded against in the same manner as such Collectors, by any Act now or hereafter ti, be in force, are to bc proceeded against for non-payment.

collectors may sue. "i.

It shall be lawful for any Collector, to be appointed by the Commissioner, to sue for, recover, and receive of and from the person thereto liable, any rate, assessment, or other moneys payable under the provisions of this Act, b~fore any Court of competent jurisdiction; and for the purposes of any action, suit, or other pro- ceedings, such rate, assessment, or moneys, shall be decrned to be

\

due and payable to such Collector. 77. Any

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Adelaide Waterworks Act.-1863.

77. Any person using or allowing to be used the water laid on to lands occupied by him for other than domestic or building purposes, except in cases of fire, or under an agreement with the Commis- sioner, or under clause 58 of this Act, shall bc liable to a penalty

of not less than Two Pounds, and not more than Twenty Pounds,

for every day during which the offence shall be committed.

78. Any person who shall make a false declaration of the average	Penalty for false
declaratiou of number

number of cattle kept by him upon his lands, shall be liable to n	of cattle kept,
penalty of not less than Five Pounds or more thrtn Fifty Pounds.

Bonds.

'79. Loans raised under the Acts No, 11 of 1857, No. 2 of 1860,

Loans and interest

and No. 19 of 1861, and interest thereon, may be, from time to time,	may he repaid out of
repaid out of the rates.	rates.

80. The Commissioner shall, in each year, cause an account in	ceipt and Rxpendi-
Accounts of Re-

abstract to be prepared of the whole receipt and expenditure of all	turc.
moneys advanced to him, ancl of all rates or other moneys levied

under the powers of this Act, for the year preceding, ui~des the Annual account to be made up by Commis-

several distinct heads of receipt and expenditure, with a statement

sioner, and published

of the balance of mch account, duly audited and certified by the

in Gazette.

Auditor-General; and a copy of such account shall, on or before the thirty-first day of December in each year following, be published in the Sozcth Aetstralian Government Gazette.

81. In all cases where any damages, costs, or expenses are by this Act directed to be paid, and the method of ascertaining the

Recouertj rf Dtz-

mages a?& Penal-

t ies.

amount or enforcing the payment thereof is not provided for, such

Pro~~sioa for damngee

amount, in case of dispute, shall be ascertained and determined and

no? otherd ise pro-

recovered in a summary way by and before two Justices.

vided for.

1.860, No. 6.

82. All fincs, penalties, and arrears of money, levied or recovered under this Act, shall, so far as not otherwise specially appropriated,

moneys.

Appropristion of

be paid to the Treasurer, to be by him carried to thc credit of the

said Commissioner for the purposes of this Act.

83. If any person shall have committed any irregularity, trespass, Tender of amends.

or other wrongful proceeding in execution of this Act, or by virtue

of any power or authority hereby given, and if, before action brought in respect thereof, such person make tender of sufficient amends to the person injured, such lmt-mentioned person hall not recover ia any such action; and if no such tender have been made, the defendant may, by leave of the Court where such action is pending, at any time before issue joined, pay into Court such sum of money

as he thinks fit, and thereupon such proceedings shall be had as

in other cases where defendants are allowed to pay money into

Court.

84. All actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any	against persona acting
A15 to proceedings

person for anything done in pursuance of this Act shall be commenced	under this Act.
within six calendar months after the fact was committed, and not	Notice of actiou.

. otherwise.

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Adelaide Waterworks A c t. 1 8 6 3.

Tender of a m e d otherwise, and notice in writing of such action, and the cause thereof,

a d protection of

Persons.	shall be given to the defendant one calendar month at least before the commencement of such action; and in any such action the
Gcneral issue,	defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial thereupon; and no plaintiff
Tender of amends,	shall recover in any such action if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into Court after such action brought by or on behalf of the defendant, together with the costs incurred up to that time; and if a verdict shall pass for the dcfendmt, or the
If judgment be	plaintiff become nonsuited, or discontinue any such action on ~ S S U C
against plaintiff.	joined, or if upon demurrer, or otherwise, judgment shall be given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his full costs as between attorney and client, and have the like remedy for the same as any. defendant hath by law in other cases, and though a verdict
shall be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall
not have costs against the defendant, unless the Judge before whom the trial shall be, shall certify his approbation of the action, and of
the verdict obtained thereupon. I
85. There shall be an appeal, in manner provided by the Act of the Governor and Legislative Council, No. 6 of 1850, to facilitate the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions,
with respect to summary convictions and orders from any order
of Justices, from any order of a Justice or Justices, under the provision of this Act, and from any order of Justices clismissing an information laid under this Act; and no order of Justices or of
the I-ocal Court shall be removed by certiorari into the Supreme
Court.

In the name and on behalf of the Q~zccn I hereby assent to

this Act.

D. DALY, Governor,

SCH EDULXS

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Adelaide lf i tevworks A c t. 1 8 6 3.

C'HEUULES REFERRED TO.

A

Notice of Assessment.

A D E L A I D E WATERW~RIC$,

Notice is hercby givcn, that I, the Commissioner of Waterworlrs, have caused to be made an nsseasinent of all rateable lands within the City of Acl~laide, showing the names of the owncrs or occupiers, so far as the same can be ascertained, the cstimated annual value of the several lands, and it description of the same, showing which of the said lands are vacant lands, and that tllc same or n ccpy thereof, can be in~pectcd

a t the office of the Mnnagw of Waterworks, bet~vecn the hours of 11 a.m. and

3 p.m., on every day but Sundays, Satnrdays, and public holidays; and any one

intending to appeal against the assessment, must serve the notices reqnired by the Aclclaidc TY,ztcr\vorlrs Act, 1863, within olte month from the publication of this notice in the Soulk Australim Goz~ernnzent Gnzetlc.

Ililted, &c,

Notice of Ap~eal f r o m Assessme;rt.

h m t ~ l n s W~r~awol i r i s.

In [he Local Court '1'0 thc Cornn~issioner of Waterworks, and to all whom it may

q f A deZa ide . 1 concern.

Takc notice, that I appeal against the asscssincnt [or nltcmtion, notice whereof

appears in thc Sotcfh Attstralicuz Gaucrn~~zcnt	Gazette of the	day of	S
18

Dated, &c, 1, on the grouud that

Notice of Reduction of Scale of 8 a t e s.

Ngtice is hercby given, that the scale of rates for this undertaking hi% been

reduced by [one-tenth or the like], and this reduction will take effect on the [Slst

January, 18 , or 30th June, 18 .]

Dated, &c.

Commissioner.

ADELAIDE WATEBIVORXS.

1, , of , do hereby declare that the average

number of [carriages, or of cattle and carriages, as the case may be1 which I intend to keep a t the [livery stables in, &C.], situate in street, Adelaide, is as follows, viz., [horses, cows, carriages, as thc case may be].

Dated, hc.

XOTE.-If tho premises have becn occupied for thc preceding six months, insert clause to this

effect :-(And I do further declare that the nvcrnge nunlbcr kcpt by mc at the aforesaid

dming the preceding six months has not exwedcd

E

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DISTBICT or

Nntice is hereby given that there is now due, and has been due for two years,

in respect of the lands mentioned in the gchedule hereto, the sum of

[or respective sums] set opposite to the description of such land in the schedule

of ; and the owners of such land are required to take

notice that, unless the amount so due, together with the costs of and attending this notice, be paid in one year fro111 the first publication of this notice, the Commissioner may lefthe same from year to pear, in manner provided by the Adelaide \Vaterworks Act, 1863, or an application mill be made to the Supreme Court of this Provizwe, or a Judge thereof, for an order for the sale of the said lands, or so much as m a y be necessary to produce th!: rates so due and couta, as aforesaid, and also the costs of ruld attekdini the said application.

Dated

Commissioner.'

Exact Description of Land. Narnc of 0.rvncr or Reputed Amount of Rates

Owner, ae far as known. duo.

. _ _ I - - - - - _ I - - - -

I

F

Declaration that Ttnemenl is Unoccupied.

A DELAIDE WATEEWORKS.

1, 3 of , do hereby declare that the building owned by me,

in street, and numb~red on the notice of rate for t l ~ c half year

ending 18 , was unoccupied during clcar months, com-

mencing , and ending , 18 .

Dated (Signed)

P , --

Metaide : Printed by autkorily, hy W. C. Cox, Government Printor, Victoria-equate.