Chap. 0504 An Act relative to the laying op certain water mains by the board of water commissioners in the town of williamstown, and authorizing the purchase of certain existing water mains by said board.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of water commissioners in the town of Williamstown, hereinafter referred to as the board, is hereby authorized to lay water mains in such private ways within the limits of said town as are laid out by the owners of such ways for use in connection with housing projects undertaken by them.

Section 2. Owners of such private ways may apply to the board for the laying therein of water mains and such an application shall contain such information, including plans, as the board may require. Upon receipt of an application hereunder, the board shall make an estimate of the cost of the work to be done by it and shall notify the applicant of the amount of such estimate. Thereupon the applicant shall pay the amount of the estimate to the town treasurer of said town, who shall hold the same in a separate account and pay therefrom the cost of the work as certified to him from time to time by the board. In case the cost of such work exceeds the cost estimated by the board, the work shall cease until the additional cost has been estimated by the board and the amount thereof has been paid to said town treasurer, which additional amount shall be held and used in the same manner as the amount paid on the original estimate. No work shall be done by the board hereunder until the payments due from the applicant have been paid to said town treasurer, nor until the applicant has granted to the said town such easements and other rights as may be necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act. In case the cost of the work is less than the cost estimated by the board, the difference shall be refunded to the applicant.

Section 3. After the completion of the work of laying water mains in any private way as provided by this act, said town, acting by and through the board, shall refund to the owner of such way the money paid by him to the town treasurer, less any sum refunded to him under section two, at the rate of one hundred dollars for each dwelling erected by such owner on land adjoining such way and connected with the water main so laid; provided, that no refunds hereunder shall be made in the case of dwellings erected and so

connected after the expiration of ten years from the completion of the water main with which they are connected. Said town may appropriate from the income of the water works thereof such sums of money as may be necessary to make such refunds.

Section 4. The board, subject to appropriation from the income of the water works of said town, may purchase from Horace Haley, at a price not exceeding two thousand dollars, water mains laid in any private way in said town by said Haley prior to the effective date of this act; provided, that such purchase shall not be made until said Haley has granted to the town such easements and other rights as may be necessary for the maintenance by the town of such water mains.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 11, 1946.