Acts of 30th & 43th Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans Town, by Anonymous

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Title

Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans Town

Credits

Transcribed from the 1807 George Eyre and Andrew Stranan edition by David Price. Many thanks to Kensington and Chelsea local studies for finding this in their archive and allowing it to be transcribed

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Chelsea (London, England) -- History

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62016

Release Date

May 3, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ACTS OF 30° & 43° GEO. III.
2. 2.ANNO TRICESIMO GEORGII III. Regis. — Preamble. — Qualification of Commissioners. — Meetings of the Commissioners. — Restriction as to revoking Orders. — Proceedings of the Commissioners to be entered. — Officers to be appointed. — Property of Pavements, &c. vested in Commissioners. — Commissioners to cause the Streets to be repaired, &c. — Inhabitants to form, &c. the Streets, in the first Instance. — Lamps to be set up. — Commissioners may contract for performing the Works. — Incroachments to be removed. — Penalty on occasioning Nuisances. — Penalty on leaving Carriages, &c. in the Streets. — Hoards, &c. may be erected. — Watchman to be appointed. — Duty of Watchmen. — Power to water the Streets. — Annual Sum to be paid to the Surveyors of the Highways for the Parish, in lieu of the Highway Rate. — The Streets and Highways within the Limits of the act to be repaired distinct from the other Parts of the Parish. — Money to be raised by a Rate. — Empty Houses to be charged with Half Rates. — Proportion of Rates to be paid by Persons removing. — Recovery of Rates. — Landlords to bear so much of the Rate as shall exceed 2 s. — Commissioners may borrow Money, and assign the Rates as a Security. — Money may be raised by Annuities. — Security may be transferred. — Application of the Money. — Recovery of Penalties. — Inhabitants may give Evidence. — Appeal. — Limitation of Actions. — Publick Acts. — ANNO QUADRAGESIMO TERTIO GEORGII III. Regis. — Contractors to bring proper Carriages into the Streets, and to give Notice of their Approach. — Penalty on Persons collecting Dust, etc. who are not authorized to do so. — Carriage Ways of the Streets to be covered with Gravel, etc. — Lessees of Ground to compound for forming Carriage Ways, etc. — Publick Buildings and Dead Walls to be rated. — Occupiers of Houses to cleanse the Foot Ways Once a Day. — Penalty on Persons digging Earth, or leaving Holes in the Streets. — Penalty on beating Carpets, etc. in the Streets. — Penalty on driving Carriages, or riding or leading Horses, etc. on the Foot Pavements. — Penalty on obstructing Officers. — Commissioners to repair the Streets, &c. — Respecting Water Pipes. — How to Expences of relaying the Pavement opened for laying down or repairing Water Pipes shall be paid. — For Payment of Principal Money and Interest advanced on Credit to the Rates. — Respecting Surplus of Rate. — Application of Compensation where amounting to 200 l. — Application where the Money does not exceed 200 l. nor less than 20 l. — Application where Money is less than 20 l. — For paying the Expences of the Act. — Recovery of Penalties. — Powers of former Act extended to this Act. — Publick Act.

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