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any noxious or liquid matter proceeding from his 

 works; and he is unwilling to encounter an expense 

 which may prove more than he was prepared to incur, 

 and possibly, in the end, not sufficient to protect him 

 from the penal provisions of the Act. 



Capital, skill, and experience are therefore essential 

 requisites, and the Association is now prepared to 

 supply them. It will either perform the w r ork, or 

 advance money for its performance. The payment in 

 either case may, if desired, be postponed until after 

 the completion of the works, and be, as agreed, in 

 one fixed sum, or by instalments extending over a 

 period of years ; and, moreover, the Special Act of 

 the Association provides, that on the certificate of an 

 Inspector appointed under the provisions of the Rivers 

 Pollution Prevention Act, that proper means have 

 been used, and on an order of the Inclosure Com- 

 missioners for England and Wales obtained for the 

 purpose, the entire outlay and all attendant expenses 

 may be made a charge on the property, in much the 

 same manner as landowners are enabled to charge 

 their estates with the cost of drainage, buildings, &c., 

 under the several Land Improvement Acts. 



The Inspector's certificate will also afford protection 

 against any proceedings under the Rivers Pollution 

 Prevention Act. 



No investigation of the owner's title will be 

 necessary, as the Special Act also provides that the 

 order itself shall be "conclusive evidence in all 

 courts of the validity of the charge." , 



Owners, Lessees, or Occupiers who may labour 

 under any difficulty as to the discharge of the over- 

 flow from their works, are consequently invited to place 



