An Act to Provide for the Paving, Gravelling, Lighting, and Watching Certain Footways and Carriageways in and Near Brompton Square: In the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex and to Provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the Said Square. — John Shaqi
An Act to Provide for the Paving, Gravelling, Lighting, and Watching Certain Footways and Carriageways in and Near Brompton Square: In the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex and to Provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the Said Square.Anonymous
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An Act to Provide for the Paving, Gravelling, Lighting, and Watching Certain Footways and Carriageways in and Near Brompton Square: In the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex and to Provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the Said Square.
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Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc.; Kensington (London, England)
XV. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Gas shall be found to
escape from any Pipe or Pipes which shall be laid down, set up, or used
in or about the lighting _Brompton Square_, or any other Place or Places
within the Jurisdiction of this Act, the said Trustees, or the Gas Light
Company, or other Person or Persons contracting to light or lighting with
Gas the said Square, or such other Place or Places as aforesaid, shall,
immediately after Notice given to them or him respectively, by Parol or
in Writing, of any such Escape of Gas, from any Person or Persons
whomsoever, cause the most speedy and effectual Measures to be taken to
stop and prevent such Gas from escaping; and in case the said Trustees,
Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons so contracting to light or
lighting with Gas the said Square or other Place or Places respectively,
shall not, within Twenty-four Hours next after such Notice given,
effectually stop and prevent any future Escape of Gas, and wholly and
satisfactorily remove the Cause of Complaint, then and in every such Case
the said Trustees, or the Gas Light Company, or other Person or Persons
so contracting to light or lighting with Gas as aforesaid, shall for
every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds for each Day
after the Expiration of Twenty-four Hours from the Time of giving any
such Notice, during which the Gas shall be suffered to escape as
aforesaid; which Penalty or Penalties shall from Time to Time be
recoverable in a summary Way, in the same Manner as any other Penalty or
Forfeiture which shall be incurred under the Provisions contained in this
Act may be recovered.
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