Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
ACT AND SUPPLEMENT-
Relating to the Erection Of Water
y Works in Olearfeld Borough.
AN ACT


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AN ACT
Authoriiins the borough Of clsar6eld to erec
J Water Works. e af7'7lll : ~
SECTION l. BE IL enacted, dc, Tha
the burgess and town council of th,
borough Of Clearfeid, and their sue
cessors in office, and William Bigler
Jonathan Boynton, James T. Leonard
James B. Graham and A. NJ. Hills b,
constituted board of water commits
sioners, to continue until tho purpose,
Of this act are accomplished; tl,at
should any vacancy occur among tn,
five individuals named, the Judges O
the court of common pleas of Clear
field county shall have power to fill
such vacancy by appoinement of q
citizen and taxpayer thereof; that
after water works are erected and in
operation the duties of tho above
named five individuals, and their sue.
cessors, shall cease and determine, and
the said works shall 10 managed and
controlled by the same burgess and
town council as the property of the
borough, as may be required and that
the said board Of water commission.
ers hereby constituted be and are here.
by vested with full power and author.
ity to erect and construct, or to con.
tract for the erection and construction
of water works for the said borough
OF Clcar6eld, including buildings, en-.
gines, machinery, reservoirs, trenches,
pipes and oil things necessary to the
full and entire completion of the same
for practical operation for introducing
into the said borough a supply of pure
and wholesome water, for the use Of
the inhabitants thereof; and all con.
tracts made in pursuance thereof shall
be in the name Of the borough ol
Clearfeld, and when in writing, shall
bo signed by the burgess and attestod
by the clerk OF the council, with the
seal of the borough.
SEQ. 2. That the said board of wa.
ter commissioners, and their success.
ors in office, their contractors, their
superintendents, engineers and labor
ers, with their tools, instruments, carts
wagons and other carriages and beasts
of burden or draft, may onter upon
any lands, water rights, streams,
streets, alleys, lanes or highways,
whenever such entry shall be necessa.
ry for the purpose Of obtaining and
bringing said water to the said bor-
ough of Clearfeld, and from any res.
ervoir or reservoirs, and of introdu-
cling said water into and within the
said borough, and to erect and con.
struct any reservoir or reservoirs, and
to lay pipes for the conveying Of wa
ter through said lands from time to
time, and at all times thereafter, as
is necessary for the purposes of TAX
ing up, repairing and laying down
said pipes as often as the same may
be required and also to take and con-
vcy sand, stone, Garth and other ma
terial necessary to the construction of
said water works or to tho proper
laying down of said pipes.
SIC. 8. That if the parties cannot
made TO Tho owner or ownnrs Of 81 ~ y
,uch lands water rights stroa ms or
closures. public or nriyata roads nr
II sbaIl and NAV ho iswf,,
Ior oitber nariv N nreson; h;s hor -.
heir netition 10 the conrt of commo,,
nleas IF Tho countv ssIt;no ,o.,h ,Ia
|acts and nroyinn ,bs conrs n nnno;ns ;n
,roner nersons 20 v;ow ,ho InPpo I.ntPpo
,,rem;sas and valne Tho somn ,. 90 ""a ~
,ess The damaocs for taL;nn . ~. uao Us 90 20.
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,o;n, ,hrao sni,oh,a and III d;s; a,".p ~ ap
,ersons wbosa Jn,;os n sh",, Sa sI,oS "a,o.
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,;avv ,ha nJsv v no,ar ,.;..t,. - s,ss vu, y. ~
md rrom;sos and ;r;,r;os % onn n,s;nnd
,f opd maLo ronor, nS ,to AZ ''"a
lone or valuo ~ sa;d iands ,naso,
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,eyt nopr, ~ cou,,or nIaos ~ 49, @
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,osos or dah, nanam,h "ioss % atonId
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vse :, nv " ,;mo w,,S;n sonr dors A. 1u
's,rrn ~ ,horeos 90 ,ho s,;d co"r, onS I
,lso the r;,,h, ~ a wr;, ~ arroy tor
vI;oh ssrSS;css ,ho v;swors sSa I, m ha
,n,;tled 70 ona dollar ner dav 'and the
,fiicers of tha court tbe M iaes as
or similar sorv;ces or nrocced;n gs in
thor cases 10 bo Maid N all oascs bv
be marty against whom the rcnort
ho,l bc made
SEC 4 That for the nurnoso of de.
ravino the coat of erectinr and con.
tructinr said water works, tbo said
,oard of water commissioners ara boro.
" authorized and empowered to issue
oupon bonds In the name of tho bor-
uob of Clearfield. signed bv the bur.
,oss and treasurer thereof. and having
bc soal of said corporation attached
q an amount not exceeding forty
Ionsand dollars and to Negotiate Tho