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Same Power riven for the Purchase of Lands for the Formation of Reservoirs as for all the other Purposes of recited Acts and this Act.
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XXIII. ‘And whereas in and by the said first-recited Act the said Commissioners are authorized and empowered to make Reservoirs and Embankments for the Purpose of maintaining a constant Supply of Water for Mills or Factories on any River or Stream, or preventing sudden Floods therein, but for Want of sufficient Powers as to the Purchase of Lands and Hereditaments necessary for such Purpose it has been found impracticable to carry into execution such Works, and it is expedient to supply such Powers;’ be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to purchase and take any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments which they may consider necessary or proper to purchase for the Purpose of making such Reservoir or Embankment, and that all and every the Provisions, Powers, and Authorities in and by the said recited Acts or either of them, or this Act, contained or given for the Purpose of or relating to entering upon, occupying, using, or purchasing any Lands required for the Works for Drainage or Navigation, or for compensating any Parties or Person for any Injury done to any Lands in and by the said recited Acts or this Act authorized, or relating to the Purchase Money of Lands, or to any Matter or Thing concerning such Lands shall extend and apply, and shall and may be used, exercised, and applied by the said Commissioners, with respect to any Lands which they may deem necessary to enter upon, use, occupy, or purchase for the Purpose of making any such Reservoir or Embankment as herein-before mentioned, or which may be injured by means of the Construction of any such Work, or by reason of the Exercise of the Powers aforesaid, any thing in the said first-recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
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