Lee Conservancy Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. cliv |
| Year | 1868 |
e
Cq3.
cliv.
An
Act
to
make
better
Frovision
for
the
Presen-a-
tion and
hpl-oa-e~lmlt
ctf
th~,
R~WX
Lee
XICI
its
Tributaries,
aid
for
other
Purposes.
[3Esr
chdy
1868.1
HEREAS
a
large
Propcrtion of
the
Water s-Lipplied
to
tlic
Metropolis is
clr,zmi
from
the
Lee,
and
the
Lee
is
vv
extensively
used
for
Purposes
of
Navigation,
and
for
those
ancl
other
Reasons the Preservaiion
of
%he
Purity of
the
Water
of
the
Lee
aid
its Tributaries,
and
thz
Improvement
of
thc Stream,
Bed,
and
Banks
thcreof,
ancl
the
31aintcna;icc
ancl
Improvemsiit
of
the
Cuts,
Locks,
ancl
ether
Nas-igation
Works
on
%he
Lee,
are
Objects
of
great public
and
local
Importance
:
Ancl
whereas there
is
not
an7
csisting Authority n-ith sufficient
Poq-ers for effccting such ?reservation, Xaintenance, and
Improvc-
inent in a11 respects, ancl
it
is
e-cpeclicnt
that
a
iiew
Body
of
Coii-
sermtors, with
adcquate
Poi~rs,
13:
consiituiecl
for
the
Purpose
:
Ancl
diereas
under
ihe
Lce
I-ari~atioii
Improvement Act,
1850,
1%
~.2.
C.
32.
ancl
tlie
Acts tlicrciii recited,
(all
T:-hich
Sets
are
in
this Act
referrecl
ik:
to
collcctidy
as
the
Lce
Knviptieir
Iiiqn=ovenicnt
Acts,) tlic
45
G.
3.
IIanngcmeiit of
the
Lee
froxi
thc:
Town
of
EedJorci
downwards
y;31,&
vicl.
(beiug
SO
iiiuch thereof as
is
navigablcj
is
intrns:ecl
to
the
Body
styled
the
Trustees
of
tlie
Zimr
Lee
:
[
Locnl.]
26
Y
And
cis.
T..'
31"
&
32"
VICTORIB,
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Lee
C'olLYe?*cts?LCy
Act,
186s.
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Aid
whereas
it
is
cspccliciil
tid
tho
Duties 2nd Powers
of
the
constitirtecl,
thc
Trustxu
b
g
formeil
iiito
a
Constituency, anc
~sciitecl
in
tile
~CTY
Body
by
Menibcrs
thereof clcctecl by
them
as
in this Act provided
:
Aiicl
whereas
it
is expccdieiit that the new Body
slioulcl
comprise
Eepresciitativcs of the
iiezo
Xiaei*
Company and the
&st
Lo~zclon
Waterworks Compaiiy (both which Companies dram Water for the
Metropolis from the
Lee),
aacl
Representativcs
of
Traders interested
in the
Lee
ancl
of Local and Public Authorities
:
May
it
therefore plcasc Your Majesty
that
it
may
bc ciiacted;
ancl
be
it
enacted
by
the Queen's most Excellent Mzjesty, by
ancl
with thc Advice
ancl
Consent
oi'
the
Lords
Spiritual
aiicl
Temporal,
and
Co1ninons,
in
this prcsent Parliament assembled,
ancl
by the
Authority of the same,
as
follows
:
Tr~~stccs
~SS
tra~~f~i.1.d
to
:
new
Body
of
Conservators to be
Pw
liminccry
.
1.
This Act may be citecl
as
The
Lee
Conservancy Act,
1868.
Short Title.
Interpre-
2.
In
this Act-
The Term
'c
Person
"
inclucles Body Corporate
:
Other Words have the same Meaning
as
in
the
Lee
Navigation
tation.
Improvement Acts.
Description
3.
For
the Purposes
of
this Act, the
Lee
shall be taken
to
be
the River
Lee
from
its Xise in the County of
Bedfooil.cl
to
certaiii
Stones
or
Bounclary Marks placed
on
eac1i"Side of the
Bow
Creek
in the Countics of
Zssex
ancl
Middlesex,
to
be called the South
Boundary Stones,
to
be placed Two hundred Feet below the Centre
of the
Barking
Roacl
Iron
Bridge, including not only the ancient
Course of thc River
ancl
the
Linaehouse
Cat,
but also all Cuts,
Canals, Creeks,
and
Streams, whether tidal
or
not,
having formed
or
foriiiiiig at any Time before
or
after the passing of this Act Part
of
the Course or Channel of the River,
or
of the Navigation commonly
called The River
Lee
Navigation (except
so
mueh of the Manifold
Ditch
as
shall from Time to Time
be
required by the
New
Xiver
Company for
the
Conveyance of pure Water)
;
and the Tributaries
of
the
Lee
shall be taken
to
be
the Rivers
or
Brooks
following,
namely,-the
#to?+,
Minwccm,
Beam,
Rib,
Quin,
Ash,
Pincey
Brook,
Cobbias
B~ook,
5!7twkey
Xheet
Brook,
Bdmoaton
Brook,
Sc'cclmon
Brook, Hoselle,
Lynch,
Stone
Bmklge
Brook,
and the
Curbumle,
and
such Diversions, if any, of those Rivers
or
Brooks
as
are effected
by the intercepting Drain made under the Powers of The
Bust
London
Waterworks Act,
1853,
and
that interceptjag Drain, and
ali
Streams
of
Lee
and
Tributaries.
31"
QL
32"
VICTO
I
AT,
Cup.
div,
2387
Streams flowing mcdiately
or
imniecliately into the
Lee
or
into any
of
the Rivers
or
Brooks aforesaid.
4.
The Jurisdiction
of
tlie
Lee
Conservancy Board shall not
Limits
to
extend below, and the Jurisdiction of the Conservators of the Rivcr
~~~~~~~Y
Thames
shall not extend above, the South Boundary Stones.
Thames.
Co.lzsemccizey
Boccrd.
5.
There shall be
a
Body of Conservators
fer
carryiiig this Act
I~,:~~~~-
into exccution, the full Number of whoni shall
be
Thirteen, ancl who
rttionof
Lee
Conservancy
are liereby incorporated
by
the Name of The
Lee
Conservancy
Board, and by that Name shall be One Body Corporate, with
perpetual Succession
ancl
a
Common Seal, ancl with Power to
take
and hold and to dispose
of
(by Grant, Demise,
or
otherwise) Land
and other Property (which Bocly Corporate
is
in this Act refcrred
to
as
the Conservancy Board).
6.
The Powers and Functions
of
the Conservancy Board shall
Commence
commence
on
the First
Priduy
in
dpri2 One thousand eight
PowersQf
hundred and sixty-nine (which Day shall for the Purposes
of
this
Board.
Act be deemed the Time of the Establishment of the Board).
ment
of
7.
The several Conservators, Mcmbers of the Conservancy
Board,
Constitution
(1.)
Seven shall be elected,-
by the Landowners
;
referred
to
as
Barge Owners)
;
mentioned in the Fourth Schedule
to
this Act
:
of
Board.
shall be elected and appointed
as
follows
:
Five
in
the bst instance by the Trustees, and afterwards
One by Owners of Barges used
on
the
-Lee
(in this Act
One by the Heads of the Local Authorities of the Places
(2.)
Six shall be appointed,-
Two by the
New
Biver
Company
;
Two by the
Eccst
London
Waterworks Company
;
One by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons
of
tlie
Cit'y
of
Lonclo?z
in Common Council assembled
;
One by the Metropolitan Board of
Works.
Conseruutors
representi+zg
T?*tcstees
aizd
Lum?ow?ws.
8.
Five Persons (Members of the Body
of
Trustees) shall be elected
First
Elec-
Conservators by such of the Trustees as are not specially excluded by
~~~es,
this Act froin being Electors
of
the Representatives
of
Lanclomers at
a
Special Meeting
to
be held before the First
Fbiduy
in
April
One
thousand eight hunched and sixty-nine, and such Five Persons shall
be deemed Representatives of the Landovners, and their Powers and
Functions
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