Clause 117

The Authority may, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter upon any land adjoining to or being within the distance of one hundred yards of any works by this Ordinance authorised to be made, for the purpose of depositing upon such land any soil, gravel, sand, lime, brick, stone or other materials or for any other purposes connected with the formation of the said works without making any previous payment, tender or deposit and doing as little damage as possible in the exercise of the several powers hereby granted and making compensation for such temporary occupation or temporary damage of or to the said land to the owner and occupier thereof from time to time and as often as any such temporary occupation is taken or any such temporary damage is done and making compensation to the owner also for any permanent injury to such land.

If any dispute arises touching the amount or apportionment of such compensation, the same shall be settled in the manner provided by section 120 of this Ordinance.

Before the Authority makes any such temporary use as aforesaid of the land adjoining or lying near to the said works, it shall give seven days’ notice in writing of its intention to the owners and occupiers of such land and shall set apart by sufficient fences so much of the land as is required to be used as aforesaid from the other land adjoining thereto.