Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans TownGreat Britain
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Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans Town
Great Britain
Chelsea (London, England) -- History
XIX. And whereas, previous to the erecting any Buildings upon the Ground
within the Limits of this Act, the same was rated and assessed to the
Repairs of the Highways, within the said Parish of _Saint Luke Chelsea_,
at or about the annual Sum of Four Pounds, be it therefore further
enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, and are hereby authorized and
required, out of the Money arising by virtue of this Act, to pay to the
Surveyors of the Highways for the said Parish of _Saint Luke Chelsea_, or
any of them, the Sum of Four Pounds upon the Twenty-ninth Day of
_September_ in every Year, the First Payment thereof to be made upon the
Twenty-ninth Day of _September_ One thousand seven hundred and ninety;
which annual Payment shall be in lieu and in full Satisfaction and
Discharge of and for all Statute Duty and Composition, or other Payment,
Charge, or Expence upon, for, or towards the repairing, or on Account of
any Defect in the Repairs of the Highways within any Part of the said
Parish of _Saint Luke Chelsea_, not being within the Limits of this Act;
and in case such annual Sum shall at any Time be in Arrear for the Space
of Thirty Days after the same shall become due and be demanded, the same
shall and may be recovered from the Treasurer to the said Commissioners,
in like Manner as any Penalty is herein-after authorized or directed to
be recovered.
The Streets and Highways within the Limits of the act to be repaired
distinct from the other Parts of the Parish.
XX. And be it further enacted, That none of the Inhabitants of any
Streets, or other publick Passages or Places within the Limits of this
Act, shall be subject or liable to the Performance of any Statue Work, or
to the Payment of any Rate, Assessment, or Sum of Money, other than the
said annual Sum of Four Pounds, for or towards repairing, or on account
of any Defect in the Repairs of the Highways within any Part of the said
Parish of _Saint Luke_ (not being within the Limits of this Act); and
that it shall not be lawful for any Surveyor of the Highways within the
said Parish to use or exercise any Power, Jurisdiction, or Authority
whatsoever, within the Limits of this Act; and that none of the
Inhabitants of any other Part of the said Parish of _Saint Luke_ shall be
subject to the Performance of any Statute Duty, or to any Composition in
lieu thereof, or to any other Charge or Expence, for or towards the
repairing or amending, or on at count of any Street or Highway within the
Limits of this Act; any Law, Statute, or Custom to the contrary hereof
notwithstanding.
Money to be raised by a Rate.
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