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and strength of the pipes, cocks, cisterns, and other
apparatus to be used, and they may interdict any
arrangements, and the use of any apparatus, which
may tend to cause waste or misuse of water. But
as these regulations may from time to time require
amendment, it is provided that they may be repealed,
altered, or made anew by the companies, with the
sanction of the Board of Trade, or by order of the
Board of Trade, after enquiry into any complaint or
appeal, relating thereto, by the Metropolitan authority,
or by any ten consumers of water supplied by
the company.
And when such regulations are made and are in
force, the owners and occupiers of houses in any district
of constant supply arc bound to provide, and keep
in proper use and condition the prescribed fittings;
and in default thereof they are liable to a penalty
not exceeding five pounds. Moreover, the company
can, if it think fit, after proper notice, and within
twenty-four hours thereof, provide or repair such
fittings, and charge the cost of it to the person in
default, or it may even adopt the summary process
of cutting off the supply of water to the house, and
reporting the matter to the sanitary authorities,
when such a house shall be deemed a nuisance within
the sections, 11 to 19 inclusive, of the Nuisances
Removal Act, 1855, and shall be considered as unfit