RESIDUAL PRODUCTS, in manufacture of gas, 57. RESOLUTION, statement of, 80. at meeting of local authority under Gas and Water Facilities as to increase of capital of company, 384. for adoption of Sale of Gas Act, 83, 98, 99. of general meeting of company, proof of, 557, 558. of gas company as to sale to local authority, 413. of water company as to sale to local authority, 435. on payment of back dividends under Metropolis Gas Act, 1860.. 101. on proceedings under Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..345 on construction of waterworks by local authority, 421. RETORTS, whether a deduction in assessment of gas company, 38, 39. form of, 78. REVERSION, of forfeited shares after payment of arrears, 588. RIGHT OF PREEMPTION. See PREEMPTION, RIGHT OF. RIPARIAN PROPRIETOR. See WATER. RIVERS. See WATER. RIVERS POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT, 1876..342. ROAD. See further BREAKING UP STREETS and STREET. opening or breaking up of private, 17, 18. compensation for depriving of use of, 193. definition of, in Facilities Act, 1870..354. authority, consent of under Facilities Act, 1870..356, 390. dispensation with, 356. See also PRIVATE ROADS and STREETS. ROTATION, of directors, 560. of auditors, 567. RUBBISH, throwing, into water of undertakers, 247. See also FOULING. RULE OF COURT. See SUBMISSION. RULES OF BOARD OF TRADE, See under Gas and Water Works Facilities Acts, 1870 and 1873.. RURAL AUTHORITIES, may be invested with powers of urban authorities, 445. See further LOCAL AUTHORITIES. SALE OF GAS. See also PURCHASE; RESOLUTION; SUPPLY of Gas. SANITARY AUTHORITY. See LOCAL AUTHORITIES. definition of, in Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876..351. SAVING CLAUSES, of Public Health Act, 1875, as to navigation, water rights, SCHEDULES, of Gasworks Clauses Act, 1871..74-81. of Acts confirming provisional order, 360, 402. of Facilities Act, 1870..363-366. of Facilities Act, 1871..373, 374. of Metropolis Gas Act, 1860..120. of Waterworks Clauses Act, 1863..275. of Metropolis Water Act, 1852..289. of Metropolis Water Act, 1871..310, 311. SCHEME, to be prepared by directors before declaring dividends, 571. SCIRE FACIAS, issue of writ of, 543, 544. SCOTLAND, recovery of penalties in, 50. sheriff in, has powers of two justices, 50, 263. See JUSTICES; SHERIFF; SHERIFF CLERK. local authorities in, for purposes of Facilities Acts, 363, 377. adoption of Sale of Gas Act in royal burghs in, 98, 99. provisions of Act of 1863 as to security of reservoirs, 271. powers of local authorities in, in regard to gas supply, 467, et seq. Gas and Water Facilities Acts to, 363, 377. Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act to, 527. SEA, when included in definition of "stream" under Rivers Pollution effect of that Act, where local authorities authorized to carry SECRETARY, definition of, 532. his duties in regard to transfer of shares, 536, 537. borrowing, 545. register of mortgages and bonds, 547. service of notices on, 573. notices by, 576, 591. when may represent company in bankruptcy proceedings, 576. SECTIONS. See PLANS. SECURITY, for supply of gas in metropolis, 64, 106. nature and amount of, 64. for costs of provisional order, 360. on appeal to quarter sessions, under Sale of Gas Act, 93. See SEWAGE, compensation for obstructing, 193. to be purified before being discharged into streams, 438. SEWERS, power of breaking up, by gas company, 18 et seq. by water company, 229 et seq. supply of water for cleansing, 238. See also PUBLIC PURPOSES. provisions of Public Health Act, 1875, as to alteration of, 461. SEWERS IN METROPOLIS, undertakers not exempt from 57 Geo. 3, c. xxix..52, 265. SHAREHOLDERS-continued. certificates of shares to be issued to, 534. to be evidence of title of, 535. transmission of their interest by deed, &c., 536. how to be authenticated, 537, 538. registration of transfer, 536. charge for, ib. transmission of interest by marriage of female shareholder, 538. proof of, ib. by virtue of testamentary instrument, &c., ib. where more than one name in register, ib. receipt of one, sufficient discharge, ib. calls on, 539. liable to pay interest on calls, ib. may pay in advance on shares, 540. and receive interest thereon, ib. may be sued for calls, ib. declaration in actions against, ib. execution against, when no sufficient property of company, 513. meetings of, 553, 554. quorum of, at general meetings, 555. their powers at general meetings, ib. proxies of, 556. votes of joint shareholders, 557. lunatic or idiot, ib. when director of company not disqualified by reason of contracts, 559, 560. register of transfers to be kept, ib. transfer of, not to be made till calls paid, 537. provisions for closing of transfer books, ib. transmission of, by other means than transfer, 538. proof of transmission of, by marriage, will, &c., ib. company not bound to regard trusts, ib. forfeiture of, for non-payment of calls, 541. creating new, instead of borrowing, 551. such new shares to be considered same as original shares, ib. if old, at premium, new to be offered to shareholders, ib. Sec further AUCTION CLAUSES. if not at premium, 551. vesting of new shares in parties accepting, ib. power to consolidate shares into stock, 552. cancellation and surrender of, 587. provisions as to additional capital under Act of 1863..589. SHARES-continued. disposal of additional capital, 589 et seq. See further AUCTION CLAUSES. rights of existing shareholders, 590. new preference shareholders, ib. terms and conditions to be stated in certificates, ib. unissued shares or stock may be cancelled, 591. when ordinary stock or shares at premium, ib. new, to vest on acceptance, ib. disposal of new capital to others, ib. power to enlarge time for accepting new, 592. "SHERIFF," interpretation of term, 13, 187, 352, 470. as to his powers in Scotland, 42, 51, 263, 264, 271, 352. SHERIFF CLERK, as to his powers. See CLERK OF THE PEACE. SIGNATURE, of directors, 565. to notices, 576. See NOTICES. of chairman, 565, 566. of secretary to notices, 576. SINKING FUND, under Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act, 1876..486. SLIDING SCALE See the INTRODUCTION (GAS), xlv. provisions relating to, in Commercial Gas Act, 1875..133, 134. Standing Order as to, INTRODUCTION, xlv. SOLID MATTER, the putting of, into streams prohibited, 342. See FOULING. SOLUM, of roads and streets, ownership of, 230. SPECIAL ACT. definition of, in Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847..10. in Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847..185. in Waterworks Clauses Act, 1863..267. how to incorporate general acts, 14, 54, 188, 267, 361, 532, 603, access to, 52, 265, 582, 686. "Special Act" includes Public Health Act, 1875..10. SPECIAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT, power to constitute, 447. SPECIAL JURY. See JURY. SPECIAL REPORT, by auditors of company, 568. SPECIAL WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT, under Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867..504. |