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 734- ^' 4^* Anno vicefirao nono Georgii II. A. D. 1756. ' XIX. And whereas by means of pulling down and taking away the Houfes upon the faiJ Bridge, and ' contiguous thereto, a great Deficiency will happen in the Poor's Rates of the faid Parifhes o( S3.:m A/arnus ' and Saint Ol'jve's, and the Land Tax heretofore all'efled upon Account o^ fuch Houfes, mufl be raifed'^and. ' paid by the Owners and Occupiers of fuch Houfes and Lands who iliall remain in the faid Parifhes, unlefs C'ltytomake ' i^>mt Provifion be made by this A& for the future Payment of the fame ;' Be it therefore enacted by the good out of the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Share and Proportion which any Houfe or Houfes (now ftanding on the fa'd Bridge Fftatc, Bridge, or contiguous thereto, and which (liall hereafter be pulled down and taken away from the fame) the Deficiency ^fgj j-q contribute and pay or be charged towards the Quota of the Land Tax afleffed upon the faid Parifhes, RatMand°Lind ^^ ^""^"^ """^ ^^'^^^' ^^^ pulling down of fuch Houfe and Houfes, be for ever paid to the Collector or Col- Tax", occiilon- ledors authorized to receive the fame, by the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the faid City of London^ ed by p.liing out of the Revenues and Eftate belonging to the faid Bridge ; and that there fliail lilcewife be paid by the down the Hou- faid Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens, out of the faid Revenues and Eftates, to theOverfeers of the Poor ^'^^- of the faid Pariflics of Saint Magnus and Saint Olave's refpectively, for the Time being, towards the Relief of the Poor of the laid Parifhes yearly and every Year, all fuch Sum and Sums of Money as the faid Parifhes fiiall be chargeable with on Account of any Perfon or Perfons who already have gained or hsreafter (hall gain any Settlement, or become chargeable in the faid Parifhes, or either of them, on account of fuch Part of the faid Pariflies wherein the Houies which {hall be pulled down by virtue of this Adt now fland. 10 Gso. 2. c.iS ' XX. And whereas by an Adl made in the tenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An ' ASi for rehiiUdtng the Church of the PariJJi of Saint Olave in the City ^London, andin the Borough «/'South- ' wark, in the County o/" Surry, all Lands, Houfes, Tenements and Hereditaments, within the faid Parifii, ' were charged, and are flill chargeable, with AfTefrments to be made thereon, not exceeding fix Pence in the ' Pound in any one Year, of the yearly Rent of fuch Lands, Houfes, Tenements and Hereditaments, as the ' fame fliould ho. afcertained and rated by the Land-Tax, payable for the fame ; two third Parts of which Af- ' fcfiinents were to be paid by the Landlords or Owners, and the other third Part was to be paid by the Te- ' nants or Occupiers of fuch Lands, Houfes, Tenements and Hereditaments, for and towards the Expence ' of rebuilding the faid Parifh Church, and until the fame fhould be finiflied : And whereas the faidPariQi ' Church is not yet finifhed ; and there remain feveral Debts unpaid, which have been con tracSed by the ' faid Parifh, on account of the rebuilding the faid Church, which the faid Parifh is now charged with, and ' liable to pay : And whereas feveral of the Houfes charged and chargeable with the faid Affeflment, will be ' taken down, and the Ground whereon they ftand will be applied to the Ufe of the faid Bridge, whereby , ^,, ^, ' the faid Parifh of Saint Olave will lofe the AfTeflmcnts charged and chargeable thereon ;' Be it therefore Rates chargeable eiia<3:ed by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Mayor and Comm.onalty and Citizens of the faid City of thereon, to the London, {hall out of the Rents of the faid Bridge-houfe Eftate pay or caufe to be paid, to the Church- P.rifii of Saint wardens of the faid Parifh of Saint Olave, all fuch Rates and Sums of Money as might or would be "'•■'''■'-■• chargeable upon the faid Houfes fo to be taken down in purfuance of the faid Adt, as if the faiJ Houleo were ftanding. n^fcrvatlon cf XXL Provided always, and it is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That nothing in this B phts to the_ prefcnt A£t contained Ihall extend, or be conftrued, deemed or taken to extend, to impower the faid Afayor, 'I' B-^d°"w .Aldermen and Commons of the faid City, in Common Council affembled, to remove or alter any of the ter-workT. ' Arches under tl"te faid Bridge, or any Engines fixed up therein, which now belong to" the Proprietors of the London Bridge Water-works, or to take away any Right which the faid Proprietors of the faid London Bridge Water-works ncv have to the Ufe or Enjoyment of any of the Arches of the faid Bridge, by Grant or Lcafe from the faid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London, for raifing Water therefrom. If the City (liall XXIL Provided further, and it is hereby alfo enadted, That if for the enlarging or altering the faid Bridge, remove any of or any of the Archcs thereof, in purfuance of this Adt, the faid Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, in Com- the Water I'ipes, jnon Coimcil aflembled, fhall caufe to be amoved, or taken away, any of the Leaden Pipes which belong to the Proprietors ^'^ f^'d Proprietors of the faid London Bridge Water-works, and now lie on, or contiguous to the faid iTnyhyriown Britlge, for conveying Water from their Water-works, then and in fuch Cafe, the faid Proprietors of the Mhe-p, where faid London Bridge Water- works fliall have Liberty, anti they are hereby authorized, at all Times then af- agreed on j jg^^ at their Coits, to place or lay down, in lieu of fuch Pipes, which fhall be ib amo'ed or taken away, other Lead or L'on Pipes upon and over fuch Part and Parts of the faid Bridge, and contiguous thereto, as fliall be agreed on betweeii them and the faid Mayor, Aldermen and Coii.mons, in Common Council af- femblcd ; and that until the Pipes which now lie on, or contiguous to the faid Bridge, fhall be ainoved or taken away, the faid Proprietors of the faid London Bridge Water-works are hereby authorized, from Time a J repair the '^ Time, as Occafion fliall require, to repair or amend the fame ; and after the amoval or taking away any j(jn,t. ' of the Leaden Pipes now lying on, or contiguous to the faid Bridge, from 7^ime to Time, to amend or re- pair as C)ccafion ihall require, all other Lead or Iron Pipes which fhall then after be placed or laid down on, or contirruous to the faid Bridge, by the Proprietors of the faid London Bridge 'Water- works, v.ith the Ap- probation of the faid Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, in Common Council aficmblod, fo as by the doing thereof the faid Bridge, or any of the Arches thereof, be not prejudiced, and fo as the Proprietors of the faid fo as the" m:.ke London i?r/V.V(? Water-works for the Time being do and (hall, at all Times hereafter, make good all Damage good Daniagcs. which fhall at any Times bo done to the faid Bridge, or the Pavement thereon, or any of the Arches thereof, by the taking up, laying down or repali ing, any of fuch Pipe or Pipes, and forthwith after any fuch Dam.age fliall at any Time be done. If ill alterin? XXIIL And for preventing any Damage to the London Bridge Water-works, Vc it further enadted by the the Piers, a De- Authority aforefaid, That if it fnall be found neceflary to tnke down or alter any oi the Piers of the faiJ ficiency of Wa- Bridge, in order to enlarge any of the Arches thereof, and thereby the raifing of Water by the faid Works ter woi'ks fiiail' ^^" '"^ prejudiced ; that then and in every fuch Cafe the laid Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the faid ciiXuje City, in Common Council alTemblcd, fliall, and they are hereby rrquiied on (^n-Tiplaint and Proof of fuch Damage, to flop or pen up, or caufe to- be {topped or pent up, a like Body of Water as lliall be difchargeJ