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
And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the vestry or district
board to allow any building to be advanced for the purpose of improving
the line of the street or place in which such building may be situate or
any building adjacent thereto.
And be it enacted, That the owner or occupier of every house or building
in or adjoining any street within the limits of this Act shall, within
twenty-one days next after service of any order of the vestry or district
board for that purpose, put up and for ever afterwards keep in good
condition, proper and sufficient pipes to carry off the water from the
roof thereof into the common drains or sewers. And be it enacted, That
when any opening is now or shall hereafter be made in the pavement or
soil of any pavement or footpaths within the limits of this Act, as an
entrance into any vault, cellar, or area, a door covering or grating
shall be made by the occupier of such vault or cellar, of iron or such
other material and in such manner as the vestry or district board shall
direct; and such door covering or grating shall from time to time be kept
in good repair by the occupier of such vault, cellar, or area, and if the
occupier of any such vault, cellar, or area, shall not within a
reasonable time make such door, covering or grating, or shall make any
such door covering or grating contrary to the directions of the vestry or
district board, or shall not keep the same when made in good repair, he
shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.
And be it enacted, That when any building materials, rubbish, or other
things shall be laid, or any hole or excavation shall be made, in any of
the streets within the limits of this Act, the person causing such
materials or other things to be so laid, or the said hole or excavation
to be made, shall at his own expense cause a sufficient light to be fixed
in a proper place upon or near the same, and continue such light every
night from sun setting to sun rising during the time such materials,
hole, or excavation, shall remain; and such person shall, at his own
expense, cause such materials or other things and such hole or
excavation, to be sufficiently fenced and inclosed until such materials
or other removed, or the hole or excavation filled up or otherwise made
secure; and in case such person shall refuse or neglect so to light,
fence, or inclose such materials or other things, or such hole or
excavation, every person so offending shall for every such offence
forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds; and in every such case of
refusal or neglect, it shall be lawful for the vestry or district board
to cause such light to be so fixed and continued during the time
aforesaid, and such materials and other things, hole or excavation, to be
sufficiently fenced and enclosed; and all charges and expenses thereof
shall be paid by the persons causing such materials or other things to be
so laid, or such hole or excavation to be so made as aforesaid.
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