Fifth Report of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, Appointed Under the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855: 1860-1Lahee, Charles
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Fifth Report of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, Appointed Under the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855: 1860-1
Lahee, Charles
Chelsea (London, England) -- History -- 19th century; Chelsea (London, England) -- Politics and government
3.—PROPOSED NEW CLAUSES, & SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SAME
Any person who shall draw or drive any wheeled Bath or invalid chair, or
perambulator, upon any footway or curb stone, shall be liable to a
penalty not more than forty shillings.
Every person sweeping or placing, or causing to be swept or placed, any
mud, dirt, rubbish, filth, soil, saw dust, shavings, straw, or refuse
from shops, into or upon any thoroughfare, or into or upon any channel,
or gutter on the side of any street, shall be liable to a penalty not
more than forty shillings.
Every person placing or causing to be placed any dung upon any
thoroughfare, or in any stable yard or mews, except into dung pits
constructed to the satisfaction of the vestry or district board, as the
case may be, shall be liable to a penalty not more than forty shillings.
Every person who shall affix any posting bill or other paper against any
street post, lamp post, or public lamp, shall be liable to a penalty not
more than forty shillings.
Every person who shall keep pigs upon premises, after notice from a
vestry or district board to discontinue such keeping, shall be liable to
a penalty not more than five pounds.
And be it enacted, That all doors, gates, and bars, not being underground
doors, hereafter to be erected within the limits of this Act, leading to
any house, building, yard, or land, and which shall open upon or towards
any public street, not being a stable yard or mews, shall be constructed
so as to open into or towards such house, yard, building, or land; and if
any such door, gate, or bar shall be constructed so as to open in any
other manner, the person who shall have caused such door, gate, or bar to
be so constructed, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty
shillings.
And be it enacted, That if any such door, gate, or bar already erected,
shall have been so constructed as to open outwards towards or upon any
public street, it shall be lawful for the vestry or district board to
alter the same, so that no part thereof opening or when open shall
project over any public way.
And be it enacted, That when any house or building, any part of which now
projects beyond the regular line of the street, or beyond the front of
the house or building on either side thereof in any street, shall be
taken down to be rebuilt or altered, the same shall be set back to the
line of the street or the line of the adjoining house or building in such
manner as the vestry or district board shall direct for the improvement
of such street, and when the next house or building shall not adjoin the
house or building to be so taken down, but shall be separated therefrom,
then the same shall be set back to the line of such street: Provided
always, that the vestry or district board shall make full compensation to
any such owner for any loss or damage he may sustain in consequence of
his house being set back according to the provisions herein contained.
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