Mitcham Waterworks Act 1878 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESLMO P R I M 0 ET QUADBAGESIMO

SECUKDO

A. D. 1878.

No. 115.

An Act to cmthorise the Clonstructio~~ of u lhnk, bVel2, and other

works, fir the purpose qf'extending the Supply qf' Water to

Mitcham.

[Asscnted to, 30th November, 1878.1

W HEREAS it is desirable to authorise the construction of a I'reamble. tank, well, and other works for thc purpose of clitending the supply of water to the 1)istrict of Mitcharn, according as the said district is defined in the Schedule herc~to: ,4nd whcrcas plans and sections showing the source of supply and thc said tank, well, and other works, and the direction of the main and branch pipes, and the streets and grounds through which they are to he laid, and also books of reference containing the namw of the owners and occupiers, or r ep t ed owners or occnpiers (so far as known), of any private lands on which the sttitl tank, well, or othcr works will be constructed, or through which the same will pass, have been deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide- Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor 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 Yarlia- ment assembled, as follows:

ehall have been made of any lands or streams, or of the owners 'npz,"b.e*J$5:: 01' &c.

1. The Commissioner of Waterworks may construct, out of anv commissioner of

moneys which have been or hereafter may de voted by ~a r l i a tne i t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ~ , ' ~ ~ ~

for such purposc, thc tank, well, and othcr works, in accordance other works.

with the said plans and sectioiis deposited in the office of the

Surveyor-General, at Adelaide.

2. If any error, omission, misstatement, or wrong description Errore and omiesion

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or occupiers, or reputed ownem ar occupiers, of any lands or streams"$rdelineatd or shown on the mid plans or sections, or describea in the books of reference deposited as aforesaid, the Commissioner of Watsrworks, after giving ten days' notice to the owners or occupiers, or reputed owners or occupiers, of the landdVand streams affected, or likely to be affected, by the correction of suph error, omission, misstatement, or wrong description, may apply to two justices to correct the same; and, if it shall appear to such justices that it is expedient and not unjust to correct such error, omission, rnisstatemont, or wrong dcscription, they shall give the said Commissioner a certificate in such form as they shall think proper, and shall in such certificate state the particulars of any such error, omission, misstatement, or wrong description; and such certificate, with the documents to which it refers, shall be deposited with the other documeiits to which they refer, in thc office of the Suweyor- General, and thereupon such plans, sections, or book of reference shall be deemed to be corrected according to such certificate, and the said Commissioner may make, complete, extend, and maintain the works hereby authorised, in accordaace with such certificate, as if such error, omission, misstatement, or wrong dcscription had not been made.

Surveyor- General to

receive plane and	3. The Surveyor-General shall keep the mid plans and sections, and books of r~lerencc, and all other documents deposited with him, for the purposes of this Act, and shall allow al l persons interested to inspect any of the documenis aforesaid, and to make copies and extracts of and from the same.
allow inspection.
Interpretation,	4. In the constr.uction of, and for the purposes of this Act and " The Adelaide City, Port, and Stlburban Waterworks Act, 1874,"
when notzinconsistent with the context, the expression, the under- taking" shall, in addition to the meaning assigned thereto by t1.e said " The Adclaide City, Port, and Suburban Waterworks 4ct,
lC('l-&," mean and :include ithe high-level reservoir and other works
hereby authorised to be constructed; the expression, "lands and streams " shall, in addition to the meaning assipned thereto by the said Act, niean and include the land and streams of water hereby
authorised to be taken or used for the purposes hereof, and the expression '' water area " shall, in addition to the meaning assigned thereto by the said Act. mean and include the district of Mitoham, according as the same is defined in the schedule hereto.
Short title.	5. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Mitcham Waterworks:Act, 18'78."
6. Except so far as the same is inconsistent with or altered by this Act, this Act and "The Adelaide City, Port, and Suburban
Waterworks Act," shall be incorporated'and m read as one Act.

In the name?'andlonj)ehalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this ill:

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

THE

Mitcham Waterworks A c t. 1 8 7 8.

TWF: SCHEDULE REFERRED TO

DISTRICT O F M I T C H A M,

Comprising the whole of llrrliminary section8 Nos. 245, 246, 248,232, 233; sections 247, 262, and part of section 884, Hundred ( f Adelaide, bounded as follows :-

Cnmmtncing a t t he south-western roru6r of prelirnrnary sect im 234 ; thence

eas t e~ ly along the s o u t h e ~ n boundary of the said section to the e,,stern side of t he road on the cast side of the said section, thcnce northerly along the eastern side of the said road to the ~outt i-western corner nf s r c t ~ o n 244; thrnce easterly along the southern boundary ol the said accLion to it? south-( astern corner; thence southerly along the western boundary of sec t im 2-19 to the south-wcstern corner thereof; thence easterly along the southern botnidarj of the said scction 249 t o the south- eastern corner thereof; thence southrrly nlong the w e a t r ~ n side of the road on the

west side of .sections 892 and 891, across the said road and along the westeln

boundary of section 1094, to a point thcri in d ~ s t a n t 1,680 linlrs from the

north-western colner thereof; thence we.jterl> to the sou:h-eas te~n corner o f

section 8Q4 ; thence along the southern bot~ndary of the last-mentioned section for

1203 links to the intersection t h c ~ e w i t h of the r i a d rurluing through the same

section; thence north-westtrlj a i o r r ~ ~ l l e nqrth-c'arrteln side of t t ~ c sai.1 road to its

in~ervection with the s iu t l i -wet. tw~ bonnildly of thc s,lmc se tion, and a l m g the said

boundary thereof 10 n point clue past of the nalthc rn cornt r of st ction ' 2 4 7 ~ ; thrncc

acrofis the road t o such culncr, dnd south-nesterly along the north-western bnwidary

of the lamt-mentioned wction to the eastern corner a f sec t~ou 100; thecce westerly along the llorthern boundary of the last-mrntjoned srctlon to the wobtcrn side of the road on the west side of' surh section; thence southerly along the western side of

such road to its intersection with the not t hem ~ i d e ,tI the ruad, on the north side of

section 1075; thence nes t r r l \ along the 11orthern ritlr of buch last-meotiuned road t o the south eastern corner of ~ectir tn 259; thence northerly along the eastern boundaricv of scc~ions 259, 258, 257, 256, and 11ort;on of wrt ion 255 to t h e p o ~ n t of

commencemmt a c c o ~ d i t ~ g	as the said s tc t i )nu are tlelineattd	in	the	p u b l ~ c maps	of
the said province.

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