have inserted in the order shall be submitted to the board of trade before the bill confirming the order is introduced into parliament. DEPOSIT AND ADVERTISEMENT OF PROVISIONAL ORDER WHEN MADE AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 8. 26. When a provisional order has been made, and before it is introduced into the Confirmation Bill, the promoters will be required to submit to the board of trade the receipt of the clerk of the peace or sheriff clerk, or to prove by affidavit the deposit of the order with such officer as required by Part IV. of Schedule B. to the act.* They must also produce a copy of the local newspaper containing the advertisement of the order. This advertisement must state the office where printed copies of the order can be obtained; the office must be the office named in the original advertisement of the application. Proof must also be given that the advertised order is a correct copy of the order delivered by the board of trade to be advertised; that it was inserted in the newspapers in which the original advertisement of the application was published, and that a sufficient number of printed copies of the order have been deposited for sale at the office named in the original advertisement and the price for which they may be obtained. Copies of the order as settled by the board of trade can be obtained by the promoters from the Queen's printers, at the expense of the promoters, by an order to be obtained in the railway department of the board of trade. PROLONGATION OF TIME FOR COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF GAS AND WATER WORKS. The board of trade, under the powers conferred upon them by sect. 11 of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, have made the following rules with respect to applications for a prolongation of time for the commencement or the completion of the works authorized by any order made under the above-named act: 1. The application should be in the form of a memorial setting forth the grounds on which the application is made, and must be made at least one month before the expiration of the time prescribed for the commencement or the completion of the works, as the case may be. 2. The undertakers of any gas or water undertaking authorized by any order, who intend to apply to the board of trade for a prolongation of the time limited for the commencement or the completion of the works authorized by such order, shall publish by advertisement, once at least in two successive weeks, in some one and the same newspaper circulating in the district affected by such order, a notice of their intention to apply to the board of trade for a prolongation of time. Section 9 of the act requires that this advertisement should be published not later than the 25th April. 3. The notice must state the period to which it is proposed to prolong the time limited for the commencement or the completion of the works, as the case may be, and must contain a notification that all persons desirous of making any representation to the board of trade, or of bringing before them any objection respecting the application, may do so by letter addressed to the assistant-secretary of the railway department of the board of trade, on or before a day to be named in the advertisement, being not less than twentyone days from the date of the first publication of the advertisement, and that copies of their representations or objections are at the same time to be sent to the undertakers. 4. A similar notice must be delivered to every local and road authority, and to every company, corporation, or person supplying gas or water, as the case may be, within the district affected by the order, and in the case of water which is authorized by an order to be abstracted from a stream, to the owners, lessees, and occupiers of mills, manufactories, and other works using the water of such stream, to whom notice was required to be given of the application for such order, before the second publication of the notice. Copies of newspapers containing the notice, and a statement that a copy of it has been duly served on all the parties above mentioned, as required by these rules, must be sent to the board of trade with the application. 6. Before the board of trade comply with the application they will impose such conditions (if any) as they think fit. Board of Trade, (Railway Department), August, 1877. HENRY G. CALCRAFT. Gas and Water Works Schedule B., Board of Trade Rules, No. 3. PROOFS OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY BOARD BOARD OF TRADE-RAILWAY DEPARTMENT. Note.-1. The particulars not applicable in any particular case are to be struck out and marked “not applicable." 2.-Proof may be made by affidavit in all cases in which proof by affidavit would be admitted by the Standing Orders in case of a bill; such affidavit to be sworn before a justice of the peace. PROOFS Required by the Board of Trade of Compliance with the provisions of "The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870," and the Rules made by the Board of Trade under the powers of "The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, Amendment Act, 1873." I. Title of Provisional Order. II. Name of Promoters. III. NOTICES. or November in the following newspapers, viz.:-The and of the will prove the publication in October of the of the notice which is prescribed by Schedule B., Part I., to the Act, of the intention to apply for a provisional order, and if not already furnished will produce a copy of the Gazette and newspapers. 1. That the published notices are copies of each other, and that they state the objects of the intended application. 2. That the notices give a general description of the nature of the proposed new works, if any. 3. That the notices contain the names of all the parishes, townlands, townships, and extra-parochial places in which the proposed new works, if any, will be made. 4. That the notices state the times and places at which the deposit under Part II. of the said schedule was made. 5. That the notices state the office, either in London or at the place to which the intended application relates, at which printed copies of the draft provisional order, when deposited, and of the provisional order, when made, will be obtainable. 6. 7. 8. 9. will prove that the whole notice was included in one advertisement headed with a short title descriptive of the undertaking or application. will prove that such advertisement stated that objections might be brought before the board of trade on or before the 15th January, and that a copy of such objections must also at the same time be sent to the promoters. will prove that the advertisement was inserted once at least in each of two successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper published in the district affected by the proposed undertaking where the proposed works (if any) will be made; or as the case may be. will prove that there is no newspaper published in the district affected by the proposed undertaking where the proposed works (if any) will be made, and that 10. the advertisement was inserted once at least in each of two successive weeks in some one and the same newspaper published in the county in which every such district, or some part thereof, is situate. will prove that on or before the 1st November last notice in writing of their intention to make application for a provisional order was given by the undertakers, to every company, corporation, or person (if any) supplying gas or water within the district to which the application refers, and that such notice stated that objections might be brought before the board of trade on or before the 15th January, and that a copy of such objections must also at the same time be sent to the promoters. In case the proposed order includes the construction of works for the manufacture of gas or conversion of residual products or the storage of gas: 11. Section 5, and will prove the service on or before Board of the 15th December of the notices on all owners, lessees, and occu- Trade Rules, In case the proposed order includes power to abstract water from any stream for any waterworks: 12. V. and Board of Trade Rules, No. 18. Gas and or November of the notice in writing to the owners or reputed sub-section 2, DEPOSITS. will prove that the promoters did, on or before 30th November, 187 deposit for public inspection the following documents; that is to say,— (a.) A copy of the advertisement published by them. (b.) In the case of gasworks a map showing the land proposed to be used for the manufacture of gas or of residual products arising in the manufacture of gas. (c.) A proper plan of the proposed new works prepared according to the regulations made by the board of trade, and, in the case of waterworks, a section also, at the following places, viz.:— VI. 1. (If in England or Ireland.) At the office of the clerk of the 2. (If in Scotland.) At the office of the principal sheriff clerk will prove that a copy of each of the documents aforesaid was also deposited in the office of the board of trade. Section 5, and Schedule B., Section 5, and Board of Trade Rules, No. 6. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. Gas and will prove that on or before 23rd Decem VII. ber, 187 the promoters deposited at the office of the board of trade,(a.) A memorial of the promoters, signed by them, headed with a short title, descriptive of the undertaking or application (corresponding with that at the head of the advertisement), addressed to the board of trade, and praying for a provisional order. (b.) A printed draft of the provisional order as proposed by the promoters with any schedule referred to therein. (c.) An estimate of the expense of the proposed new works (if any), signed by the persons making the same. (d.) A complete list of the local and road authorities. (e.) A copy of the notice to companies, &c., supplying gas in the district. (1.) Copy of any memorandum and articles of association, special resolu- VIII. will prove that a sufficient number Water Works of printed copies were deposited at the office named in that behalf in the advertisement, to be there furnished to all persons applying for them at the price of not more than one shilling each. Facilities Act, 1870, Board of Trade Rules, Board of Nos. 11 & 12. Board of Trade Rules, No. 14. CONSENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY, AND ROAD AUTHORITY, WHERE THE 1. That the proposed application was submitted to each local authority and road authority of the district or districts to which the applica tion relates. 2. That a resolution of such local authority and road authority approving of the application was passed at a meeting of the members of such local and road authority at which the application was considered. 3. That the notice convening the meeting at which such resolution was passed contained a statement that the subject of the application would be brought before the meeting, and will produce a certified copy of the resolution and notice. X. ADDITIONAL CAPITAL AGREEMENTS AND AMALGAMATIONS. will prove: 1. That the proposed application for additional capital or for the confirmation of any agreement or scheme for amalgamation was submitted to the shareholders at a special general meeting. 2. That a resolution of the shareholders was passed by three-fourths at least of the shareholders present and voting, and will produce a certified copy of the resolution and notice. XI. ACQUIREMENT OF LANDS. will prove that the promoters have acquired or will be able to acquire at a given price any land which may be required for the purpose of the proposed works, and will produce the original contracts for the land. Board of Trade, Railway Department, August, 1877. |