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
detained in Prison for any longer Term than Six Calendar Months.
Property of Pavements, &c. vested in Commissioners.
VII. And be it further enacted, That the Property of and in all the
Pavements of the Carriage Ways and Foot Ways, and also all the Ballast or
Gravel within the several Streets, and other publick Passages and Places,
already or hereafter to be set out or made upon the Ground held by the
said _Henry Holland_ as aforesaid (and which Ground shall be deemed and
considered to be the Limits of this Act, and shall be called _Hans
Town_), and of and in all Lamps, Lamp Irons, Posts, Watchboxes, Pumps,
and Wells, which now are and which shall be sunk, erected, or affixed,
and all Materials, Implements, and other Things, which shall be purchased
or gotten by virtue or for any of the Purposes of this Act, are hereby
vested in the said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered to cause
an Action to be brought, in the Name of their Clerk, or to cause to be
preferred any Indictment against any Person who shall steal, take, or
carry away, injure, or destroy, any Part or Parts thereof.
Commissioners to cause the Streets to be repaired, &c.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said
Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, from Time to
Time, to cause the several Streets, and other publick Passages and
Places, already or hereafter to be set out or made, within the Limits of
this Act, or such of them as they shall judge expedient, both in the
Carriage and Foot Ways, to be repaired and altered, and such Foot Ways,
and (if they think fit) the Whole or any Part of any such Carriage Ways,
to be paved in such Manner, and with such Sorts and Kinds of Materials,
as they shall judge necessary or proper; and also to cause the said
Streets, and other publick Passages and Places, to be cleansed, lighted,
watched, and watered, and the Sides thereof, and also the Middle of any
Squares which are or shall be made or set out, to be fenced or inclosed
with Iron or other Rails, in such Parts and Places, and in such Manner,
as the said Commissioners shall think proper, and all Incroachments,
Obstructions, Nuisances, and Annoyances therein to be removed, and
Drains, Sinks, Gutters, or Watercourses to be made, for conveying the
Water off and from the said Streets, and other publick Passages and
Places, in such Manner as they shall think proper; and that no Person
shall, without the Consent of the said Commissioners, alter the Form, or
break up the Ground or Pavement of the Carriage Ways or Foot Ways within
any of the said Streets, or other publick Passages or Places, or do the
same otherwise than shall be directed by said Commissioners, upon the
Pain of forfeiting the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every Offence.
Inhabitants to form, &c. the Streets, in the first Instance.
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