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Local Board may require that Houses be supplied with Water, &c. in certain Cases.
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LXXVI. And be it enacted, That if upon the Report of the Surveyor it appear to the Local Board of Health that any House is without a proper Supply of Water, and that such a Supply of Water can be furnished thereto at a Rate not exceeding Two-pence per Week, the said Local Board shall give Notice in Writing to the Occupier, requiring him, within a Time to be specified therein, to obtain such Supply, and to do all such Works as may be necessary for that Purpose; and if such Notice be not complied with the said Local Board may, if they shall think fit, do such Works, and obtain such Supply accordingly, and make and levy Water Rates upon the Premises, not exceeding in the whole the Rate of Two-pence per Week, in manner herein-after provided, as if the Owner or Occupier of the Premises had demanded a Supply of Water, and were willing to pay Water Rates for the same; and the Expenses incurred by them in doing such Works as last aforesaid shall be Private Improvement Expenses, and be recoverable as such in the Manner herein-after provided.
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