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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE

13. KEEPING RACES IN REPAIR, BRIDGING, ETC.

The holder and occupier of any race shall keep the same in repair, and shall make an efficient bridge where any road in ordinary use is crossed by the race.

14. SIDE-STREAMS AND WATERSHEDS.

When a race crosses any water-course, the use of which is required by any person, or the watershed of any registered dam, the race shall be carried over or under the same, so as not to interfere with the water-supply of such dam, or with the natural flow of water in the water-course.

15. USE OF TAIL-RACES.

Any person wishing to use a tail-race, may do so on condition of first paying to the owner of such tail-race a proportionate share of the expense of construction, and of any enlargement that may be rendered necessary by such use: provided that the person so using any tail-race shall bear an equal share in any labour or expense incurred in clearing the same, or such portion thereof as may be so used, whenever it shall be necessary to do so; and provided also, that in cases of ground-sluicing, it shall be at the discretion of the Warden whether a party shall be entitled to use the tail-race of another claim, and if so, on what terms.

16. CONTROL OF TAIL-WATER.

All right or control over water shall continue in the holder of the water-right until the water leaves any claim, channel, or tail-race to which he is legally entitled.

XI.—DAMS AND PUDDLING MACHINES.

1. NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN.

Any person intending to form a dam or erect a puddling machine, shall proceed as directed by Section IX.

2. MAIN SLUDGE CHANNEL TO BE FIRST CONSTRUCTED.

No person shall be permitted to erect a puddling machine in any locality wherein puddling operations have not heretofore been carried on, until a main sludge channel shall have been constructed; and in all cases, such main channel must be constructed by and at the expense of the person desirous of erecting such machine.

3. MAIN SLUDGE CHANNELS TO BE APPROVED BY THE WARDEN.

The position and course of all main sludge channels, and the width and depth thereof, shall be subject to the approval of the Warden, who shall have power to alter and vary the same whenever it shall seem to him necessary so to do; and upon the approval of any such main channel, the Warden shall grant a certificate of the same to the applicant.

4. EXPENSE OF CONSTRUCTION.

The expense of the construction of such channel shall be borne by the persons then or afterwards using the same, in proportion to the position of each machine relatively to the said channel, and payment of such proportion to the person constructing the same shall be made prior to the granting of any Certificate of Registration.

5. SLUDGE DRAINS AND CHANNELS TO BE KEPT CLEAR.

Main sludge channels shall be kept clear and in good repair by the joint labour of the machine-owners in each locality; and the owner of each machine shall further keep clear and in good order the private sludge drains connected with such machine, and on no pretence whatever shall the sludge from any main channel or private drain be permitted to overflow the banks, or edges thereof.

6. FORFEITURES OF DAMS OR MACHINES.

The site of any dam or machine not commenced within seven days from the date of the grant thereof, or not completed within a reasonable time, or any dam or machine unoccupied for one calendar month during a period when sufficient water has been available, shall be deemed to be forfeited, and may be granted by the Warden to any person who may apply for the same.