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
X. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said
Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered, from Time to Time, to cause
such Lamp Irons or Lamp Posts to be put or affixed upon or against the
Walls or Pallisades of any of the Houses, Tenements, or Buildings, or in
such other Manner, within the said Streets and other publick Passages and
Places, as they shall think proper; and also to cause such Number of
Lamps, of such Sizes and Sorts, to be provided and affixed, or put upon
such Lamp Irons and Lamp Posts, as they shall think necessary for
lighting all or any of the said Streets, and other publick Passages and
Places, and the said Lamps, and also the several Houses within the said
respective Streets, and other publick Passages and Places, to be
numbered; and if any Person shall wilfully break, throw down, take away,
spoil, or damage any such Lamps, or any of the Irons, Posts, or other
Furniture thereof, or wilfully extinguish the Light of any such Lamp, or
deface or obliterate any such Number, every Person so offending shall,
for every such Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Twenty
Shillings, whereof One Moiety shall go to the Informer, and such Offender
shall also pay to the said Commissioners, or to such Person as they shall
appoint to receive the same, such Sum of Money as shall be a full
Satisfaction for the Damage so done; and in case any Person shall
carelessly, negligently, or accidentally break, throw down, or otherwise
spoil or damage any of the said Lamps, or the Irons, Posts, or other
Furniture thereof, and shall not, upon Demand, make Satisfaction for the
Damage done thereto, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace for
the County of _Middlesex_, upon Proof thereof made by the Oath of any
credible Witness, or on the Confession of the Party, to award such Sum of
Money, by way of Satisfaction for such Damage, as such Justice shall
think reasonable, and in Default of Payment thereof, upon Demand, to
cause the same to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and
Chattels of the Person who shall have done such Damage, rendering the
Overplus (if any) after deducting the Charges of prosecuting such
Complaint, and of such Distress and Sale, to the Owner of such Goods and
Chattels, upon Demand.
Commissioners may contract for performing the Works.
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