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)
for every such Offence.
XXXV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Person shall
be subject to any Penalty on account of any Rubbish, Building Materials,
or Scaffolding, being necessarily deposited or fixed in or upon any
Footway or Carriageway, before any House or Building which shall be
pulling down, rebuilding, or under Repair, so that the same be properly
enclosed, and convenient Space left for Carriages to pass and repass with
ease and Safety, and so that a sufficient Light be kept up and maintained
there from Sun-set to Sun-rise, to prevent Accidents, and so that all
such Rubbish, Building Materials, Enclosures, and Scaffolding
respectively, be removed within a reasonable Time after such pulling
down, rebuilding, or repairing shall be finished, or upon Notice signed
by the Clerk to the said Trustees, and given to the Owner or Occupier of
the House or Building which shall be so pulling down, rebuilding, or
under Repair, or affixed upon some conspicuous Part of such House,
Building, Enclosure, or Scaffolding: Provided also, that in case any
Person or Persons so depositing or affixing or causing to be deposited or
affixed any such Rubbish, Building Materials, or Scaffolding as
aforesaid, in or upon any of the said Footways or Carriageways as
aforesaid, shall not properly enclose the same, and leave convenient
Space for Carriages to pass and repass with Ease and Safety as aforesaid,
and also keep up a good and sufficient Light there from Sun-set to
Sun-rise, so as to prevent Accidents, or shall not remove any such
Rubbish, Building Materials, or Scaffolding upon such Notice as
aforesaid, every Person making default in any of the Cases aforesaid
shall forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.
XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any
Officer or Person employed in the Execution of this Act, without any
other Warrantor Authority than this Act, to seize and detain, and for any
other Person or Persons to assist in seizing and detaining any unknown
Person or Persons who shall commit any Offence punishable under this Act,
and to take such Offender or Offenders before a Justice of the Peace, in
order to his or her Conviction for such Offence.
XXXVII. And be it further enacted, that if any Person or Persons shall
obstruct, hinder, or molest the said Trustees or any of them, or any
Officer or other Person whomsoever, who shall be employed or acting in
the Execution of this Act, in the Performance of any Act, Matter, or
Thing to be done by virtue of or under the Authority of this Act, or if
any Person or Persons who shall be summoned to give Evidence before any
Justice of the Peace touching or concerning any Offence or Matter
punishable under this Act, shall not attend pursuant to such Summons, nor
produce a sufficient Excuse to the Satisfaction of such Justice for his
Non-attendance, every Person or Persons so offending shall for every such
Offence forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.
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