Public Health Act 1848

Power to purchase, &c. certain Sewers.

XLIV. And be it enacted, That the Local Board of Health may, if they shall think fit, purchase the Rights, Privileges, Powers, and Authorities vested in any Person for making Sewers, or contract for the Use of any Sowers within their District, or purchase any such Sewers, with or without the Buildings, Works, Materials, and Things belonging or appertaining thereto; and any Person to whom any such Rights, Privileges, Powers, Authorities, Sewers, Buildings, Works, Materials, or Things belong may sell and dispose of the same to or otherwise contract with the said Local Board; and in case of any such Sale, the Purchase Money shall be settled and applied to the same Uses and Trusts to which the Property purchased may have been subject at the Time of such Sale, and the Property purchased shall vest in and belong to the Local Board of Health purchasing the same, anything to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that, notwithstanding any such Purchase, any Person who previously thereto may have acquired perpetual Right to use any Sewer so purchased shall be entitled to use the same, or any other Sewer substituted in lieu thereof, in as full and ample a Manner as he would or might have done if such Purchase had not been made.