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tenant may be indebted to the Company, and shall also be bound to supply
Parishes or District Boards requiring a supply for the public lights.
That it shall not be lawful for any Gas Company to charge for the public
lamps a higher price per 1,000 feet of gas consumed than the lowest price
charged to any private consumer; and if any dispute shall arise between
the Gas Company and any Yestry or District Board as to price to be charged
for the public street lamps, the question in dispute shall be referred to arbitration,
the decision of the arbitrator to be final and binding on all the parties.
That notwithstanding the previous limitation of price, any Company
supplying gas equal to 18 sperm candles, burning 120 grains per hour, may
demand a price not exceeding 6s. per 1,000 cubic feet, for such lastmentioned
gas.
That whenever any Vestry, or District Board, shall require any Company
to supply any portion of their Parish or District within the limits of the
Company's Act, such Company shall be bound to lay down mains and pipes
for the supply of such District, provided the Vestry or District Board shall
place and light public lamps at intervals not exceeding 100 yards along the
roads or streets through which such mains are required to be laid.
That power be granted to Vestries and District Boards to purchase by
arrangement, mains and works of any Gas Company, or to erect any works
for the purpose of lighting either public or private lights.
That an enactment, similar to section 17 of the 15th and 16th Vict., cap.
84, "The Metropolis Water Supply Act, 1852," be imposed on the Companies,
to oblige them to keep a map of their mains and pipes, for the inspection
of all persons interested.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE BOARD IN REFERENCE TO
THE METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAINAGE QUESTION, FORMATION
OF PARKS, AND OTHER EXTENSIVE WORKS OF
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT.
That this Board have watched with great satisfaction the proceedings of
the Metropolitan Board of Works in resisting the efforts which have been
made to impose upon the Metropolis the cost of extending the Main Intercepting
Sewerage Works to Sea Reach.
That this Board entertain a deep sense of the injustice of the cost, not
only of the main intercepting sewerage works, but also of the formation of
parks and places of recreation, and the widening of streets, and other works
for the improvement of the Metropolis, being levied exclusively upon the
Metropolitan area, as defined by the Metropolis Local Management Act,
and consider that such works, being of a national character, their cost should
be defrayed out of national resources.
That this Board are of opinion that whatever proportion of the cost of
such works be contributed by the Metropolis, such contribution should not
be levied by a sewer rate, to which owners of landed and house property
are alone chargeable.
That this Board are of opinion that the Port Dues, the Coal Tax, the
Hackney Carriage Duties, and any other similar Civic or Imperial charges