Acts of 30° & 43° Geo. III. relating to a district in the Parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, called Hans Town — John Shaqi
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
‘So help me GOD.’
And if my Person, not being qualified as aforesaid, shall act as a
Commissioner in the Execution of this Act, he shall for every such
Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds to any Person who shall
sue for the same in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record, by Action of
Debt or on the Case; and the Person so prosecuted shall prove that he is
qualified as aforesaid, or otherwise shall pay the said Penalty, without
any other Proof or Evidence being given on the Part of the Plaintiff,
than that such Person hath acted as a Commissioner in the Execution of
this Act.
Meetings of the Commissioners.
III. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall meet
at the House known by the Sign of the _Cadogan Arms_, in _Sloane Street_
aforesaid, on the Twenty-fourth Day of _June_ One thousand seven hundred
and ninety, between Twelve and Two of the Clock, in order to put this Act
in Execution, and shall and may then, and from Time to Time afterwards
adjourn themselves to, and meet at the Place aforesaid, or any other
convenient Place within the Limits of this Act; and if it shall at any
Time happen that there shall not appear at any such Meeting a sufficient
Number of the said Commissioners to act, any One of the said
Commissioners, who shall then be present, may adjourn the Meeting to
another Day; and in case of any Neglect or Omission to adjourn, any Three
of the said Commissioners, or their Clerk, shall and may call a Meeting
at the Place where the last Meeting of the Commissioners was appointed to
be held, by Notice thereof to be given to the said Commissioners by
Advertisement in some Newspapers published in _London_ or _Westminster_,
at least Three Days before such Meeting; and that at all Meetings to be
held in pursuance of this Act, the said Commissioners shall defray their
own Expences, and no Act of the said Commissioners shall be valid, unless
made or done at some Meeting to be held by virtue of this Act (except the
calling of Meetings as aforesaid); and that all the Powers and
Authorities by this Act granted to or vested in the said Commissioners
shall and may, from Time to Time, be exercised by the major Part of them
present at their respective Meetings to be holden as aforesaid, such
major Part not being less than Ten for the Purpose of borrowing Money or
granting Annuities by virtue of this Act, and not being less than Five in
any other Case; and in all Cases where the Number of Votes upon any
Question shall be equal (including the Chairman’s Vote), the Chairman
shall have the casting Vote.
Restriction as to revoking Orders.
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