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Power to rate all Parties deriving Benefit by Supply of Water from Reservoirs.
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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 any such Reservoir or Embankment as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, for the Purpose of defraying the Expence of constructing or maintaining such Reservoir or Embankment, to impose a Tax or Rate, annual or otherwise, not only on the Mills and Factories along or upon any such River or Stream, but also upon the Property of all and every Party or Person who, or Company which, shall derive Benefit from the making or constructing of any such Reservoir or Embankment, by taking or using, or agreeing to take or use, a Supply of Water, or an increased or more constant Supply of the same, having regard to the Benefit conferred or to be conferred on each respectively.
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