Matlock Urban District Council Act 1898
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1898 c. clx |
| Year | 1898 |
& 62 VICT.] Matlock Urban District Council [Ch. clx ]
Act, 1898.
CHAPTER clx.
An Act for authorising the Matlock Urban District
A.D.
1898.
Council to acquire the water undertaking of the
Matlock Waterworks Company Limited and to construct
waterworks and for making further and better provision
for the local government of the District and for other
purposes. [25th July 1898.]
WHEREAS the district of Matlock in the county of Derby (in
Vr this Act called "the district") is an urban district within
the meaning of the Local GoYernment Act 1894 and is under the
control and management of the Matlock Urban District Council (in
this Act called " the Council ") :
And whereas by the Matlock Waterworks Act 1860 (in this Act
called "the Act of 1860") the Matlock Waterworks Company (in
this Act called " the Company ") were incorporated and empowered
to construct works for supplying the parish of Matlock in the
county of Derby as it then existed with water :
And whereas by the Matlock Waterworks Act 1881 (in this Act
called "the Act of 1881") the Company were authorised to take by
agreement additional lands and to raise additional capital and to
borrow further money :
And whereas in the year 1887 the Company were registered as a
limited company under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1880 under the
title of the Matlock Waterworks Company Limited :
And whereas by the Matlock Water Order 1891 (in this Act
called " the Order of 1891") the Company were authorised to raise
additional capital:
And whereas the Company under the powers of the aforesaid Acts
and Order are now supplying water within the district:
And whereas the Company have raised the whole of their share
capital as authorised bv the Acts of 1860 and 1881 and the Order of
1891:
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District Council [61 & 62
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A.D.
1898.
And whereas the Company have issued no debentures or debenture
stock neither have they exercised any of the borrowing powers
conferred upon them by the Acts of 1860 and 1881 and the Order
of 1891 :
And whereas it is expedient that provision be made for
transferring to the Council the undertaking of the Company and
that the Council should have the powers of the Company except as
herein-after provided:
And whereas it is expedient that the agreement between the
Council and the Company as set forth in the Second Schedule to
this Act should be confirmed :
And whereas it is expedient that the Council should be empowered
to construct further waterworks and to purchase and hold lands and
to exercise the powers in this Act contained for the prevention or
regulation of any act or thing tending to the pollution of any waters
which the Council are authorised to take or impound and otherwise
for the prevention of nuisances and protection of the waterworks
herein-after described:
And whereas it is expedient that powers be conferred upon
the Council as in this Act appears in relation to the supply of
water:
And whereas it is expedient that the Council should make
provisions with respect to the maintenance and use of the Bridge
House at Matlock belonging to the Council as a town hall and for
other purposes:
And whereas it is expedient to extend the powers of the Council
in respect of the management and regulation of the parks pleasure
grounds streets and buildings within the district :
And whereas it is expedient that the Council be authorised
to borrow money and to apply their funds for the purposes of
this Act:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament :
And whereas in addition to the moneys that will be required for
the purchase of the undertaking of the Company estimates have
been prepared by the Council for the purchase of land for and the
execution of the works by this Act authorised and for the purchase
of land in the drainage area and for the general purposes of the
said undertaking and such estimates are as follow :—
For waterworks purposes - £48,000
For town hall £2,000
and the several works included in such estimates are permanent
works within the meaning of section 234 of the Public Health Act
1875:
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[61
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62 VICT.] Matlock
Urban
District Council [Ch. Clx.j
Act, 1898.
And whereas plans and sections describing the lines situations A.D. 1898.
and levels of the works authorised by this Act and a book of —
reference to those plans containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners lessees or reputed lessees and of the occupiers of the
lands required or which may be taken for the purposes or under
the powers of this Act have been deposited with the clerk of the
peace for the county of Derby and are in this Act referred to as
the deposited plans sections and book of reference:
And whereas an absolute majority of the whole number of the
Council at a meeting held on the first day of November one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-seven after ten clear days notice by public
advertisement of such meeting and of the purpose thereof in the
High Peak News a local newspaper circulating in the district
such notice being in addition to the ordinary notices required for
summoning such meeting resolved that the expense in relation to
promoting the Bill for this Act should be charged on the general
district rate:
And whereas such resolution was published twice in the Derbyshire
Times a newspaper circulating in the district and has received the
approval of the Local Government Board :
And whereas the propriety of the promotion of the Bill for this
Act was confirmed by an absolute majority of the whole number of
the Council at a further special meeting held in pursuance of a
similar notice on the eighth day of January one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight being not less than fourteen days after
the deposit of the Bill in Parliament:
And whereas the owners and ratepayers of the district by
resolution in the manner provided in the third schedule of the
Public Health Act 1875 consented to the promotion of the Bill for
this Act:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted and
he it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and
Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority
of the same as follows (that is to say):—
PART I.—PRELIMINARY.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Matlock Urban District Short title,
Council Act 1898.
2.
This Act is divided into parts as follows:— Division of
Part I.—Preliminary.
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Part II.—Purchase of the Company's undertaking.
Part III.—Water.
Part IV.—Town hall. A2 3
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