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
recovered and levied by Distress and Sale of their Goods and Chattels, in
the same Manner at the Rates and Assessments said by virtue of the said
recited Act are therein directed to be levied and recovered.
Publick Buildings and Dead Walls to be rated.
VI. And for as much as it is reasonable that all publick Buildings and
all dead Walls and void Spaces of Ground within the said District should
be rated and assessed in a due Proportion for the several Purposes of the
said recited Act and this Act, be it therefore further enacted, That it
shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners at their
Discretion, and they are hereby required from Time to Time to rate and
assess towards the Purposes of the said recited Act and this Act, all
Chapels, Meeting Houses, Markets, Warehouses, and all other publick
Buildings whatsoever, within the said District, which now is, or are, or
hereafter may be built, and which are not charged in respect of any
Dwelling House by the Pound Rate, or otherwise by virtue of the said
recited Act, at a Rate not exceeding Two Shillings in the Pound,
according to the Directions of the said recited Act, and where the annual
Value cannot be fully ascertained, then and in either of the said Cases
the same shall be charged and assessed at a Rate not exceeding Nine-pence
_per_ Square Yard in any One Year of the Pavement and Road paved,
gravelled, or repaired, and not exceeding One Shilling _per_ Square Yard
of the Foot Way and Carriage Way paved, lighted, and watched, repaired,
and gravelled, under the Direction of the said Commissioners, and
situate, lying, and bring in any of the said Streets or other publick
Passages and Places, and belonging to or lying before such Chapel,
Meeting House, Warehouse, or other publick Building; and the said
Commissioners shall also at their Discretion, yearly or oftener (if
needful), assess all Burying Grounds, dead Walls (except such dead Walls
as are situate in the Return of Streets; and all Garden Walls bounding or
abutting on any Mews or Lanes), and void Spaces of Ground, towards the
Purposes aforesaid, and which are not charged in respect of any Dwelling
House or other Building by the Pound Rate, or otherwise, by virtue of the
said recited Act, so that in the Whole such Rate or Assessment shall not
in any One Year exceed the Sum of Nine-pence for every Square yard of
Pavement and Road paved, gravelled, or repaired, nor the Sum of One
Shilling for every Square Yard of Foot Way and Carriage Way paved,
lighted, and watched, repaired, and gravelled, under the Direction of the
said Commissioners, situate as aforesaid, or belonging to or lying before
such Burying Grounds, dead Walls, or void Spaces of Ground; and all Rates
and Assessments to be made and paid for all such Burying Grounds,
Chapels, Meeting Houses, Markets, Warehouses, or other publick Buildings,
dead Walls, or void Spaces of Ground respectively, shall be paid by the
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