Waterworks Act 1878 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO PRIi\llO ET QUADRAGESIMO

SECUNDO

No. 99.

An Act to authorise the construction of an Additional Reservoi~, and

other FYorks,, f o ~ the purpose of facilitating the Xupply o f

Water to the City o f Adelaide,

[Assented to, 22nd October, 1878.3

HEREAS it is expedient to authorise the construction of an p, d k,

W additional reservoir and other works for the purpose of fticilitatiilg the supply of water to the City of Adelaide; and

vvhereas plans and sections showing the source of supply, and the reservoir and works connected therewith, and the direction of the main and branch pipes, and the streets and grounds through which

they are to be laid, have been deposited in the office of the Sur-

veyor-General, at Adelaide - Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legielative Council and House of Assembly of ths

mid pro~ince, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows :'

1, It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Waterworks to take T ~ O commi~doner

possession of that portion of the Adelaide Park Lands described in ~ & ~ ~ n { ~ { ~ ~ $ & d

the Schedule hereto, and thereon to construct out of any moneys in the Bchedule, and

which may be voted by Parliament for the purpose an additional ReBerVOirB.	thereon construct
reservoir and other works connected therewith, according to the said plans and sections deposited in the office of the Surveyor- General, as aforesaid: Provided, however, that the said Commis- sioner shall on the completion of the said reservoir cause the piece of land hereby authorised to be taken to be enclosed
by a proper fence and planted, and the said Commissioner shall
cause the said reservoir to be and remain covered as shown in the said plans and sections, and shall at all times after the

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completion of the said reservoir and such fence and plantation, permit the public to have access by footways to the said piere of land; and the said Commissioner shall at all times after the completion thereof cause such fence, plantation, and footways to be kept in proper repair. And provided also, that if from any cause the occupationEby the Conlrrlissioner of the said piece of land for the purposes of this Act shall at any time hereafter cease, the care, control, and management of the said piece of land shall revert to the Council of the City of Adelaide.

Intqretation. 2. In the construction of and for the purposes of L' The Adelaide

City, Port, and Suburban Waterworks Act," and of this Act, except wheu sucli meaning would be inconsistent with the context, the word " Uudertakiug " shall mean and include in addition to the meaning assigned thereto by the said b b The Adelaide City,Pert, and Suburban Waterworks Act," the reservoir and other works connected there-

with hereby authorised t t ~ be constructed.

Short Title.	3. This Act may be cited for all purposes w 'L The Waterworks Act, 1878."
Xncorporation.	4. Xxccpt so far as the same is inconsistent with or altered by this Act, this Act avld The Adelaide City, Port, and Suburban
WaterworksXAct " shall be incorporated and read as one Act.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Rill.

WM. F. DRITMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

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THE SCHEDULE HERETO.

All that rectangular piece or parcel of land being portion of the Adelaide Park Lands, and measuring on the north aide as well as on the south side thereof, three hundred and eighty feet, and on the east side as well as on the west side thereof, three hundred and eighty feet, and which piece of land is bounded on the south side by that portion of the street or road known as Barton-terrace, which forms a continuation of the street or road known as Childers-street, and is bounded on the west side thereof by that portion of the street or road known as Barton-terrace, which forms a continuation of the etreet or road known as O'Connell-street,:anrl is bounded on the north and eabt aides thereof respectively by other portion of thermid Park L a ~ d s.

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Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLER, Acting Government Printer, North-terrace.