Oriental Gas Company,1857
Act No : 5
Section : POWER TO BREAK UP STREETS, ETC., UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE, AND TO OPEN DRAINS
ORIENTAL GAS COMPANY 1857
An Act to confer certain powers on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited.
Preamble.- Whereas a Joint Stock Company has been lately formed for the purpose of introducing Gas-works into India, which Company having been completely registered in England under the Act of Parliament of the eighth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, Cap. 110, has since been registered in England under"
The Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1856", with limited liability, and has duly obtained a certificate of Incorporation under the name of the Oriental Gas Company, Limited;
and whereas the said Company has erected Gas-works on land granted for that purpose by Government in the vicinity of the Town of Calcutta, and is engaged in the preparation of apparatus and materials for the manufacture and supply of Gas for lighting the said Town;
and whereas it is expedient that powers and facilities should be given to the said Company to enable them to carry out their undertaking of lighting with Gas the said Town of Calcutta, which powers and facilities may hereafter be extended to the operations of the said Company in other towns and places; It is enacted as follows:-
SECTION 01: POWER TO BREAK UP STREETS, ETC., UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE, AND TO OPEN DRAINS
In the Town of Calcutta and its environs, and in any other town or place to which the provisions of this Act may hereafter be extended, by a law to be passed for that purpose, the Oriental Gas Company, Limited, under such superintendence as is hereinafter specified may open and break up the soil and pavement of the several streets and bridges, and may open and break up any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or under such streets and bridges, and lay down and place within the same limits pipes, conduits, service-pipes, and other works, and from time to time repair, alter, or remove the same and also make any sewers that may be necessary for carrying off the washings and waste liquids which may arise in the making of the Gas; and for the purposes aforesaid, may remove and use all earth and materials in and under such streets and bridges; and they may in such streets erect any pillars, lamps, and other works, and to all other acts which the said Company shall from time to time deem necessary for supplying Gas to the inhabitants of the said Town of Calcutta and its environs, or other town or place as aforesaid, doing as little damage as may be in the execution of the powers hereby granted, and making compensation for any damage which may be done in the execution of such powers.
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