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 A. D* 1759.' Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. C. 30. 491 Manner as fhall from time to time be thought requifite : And all the Charges of putting up and levy the Charges on every fuch Hoard, and taking down and fecuring all or fo much of fuch ruinous Houfes or the Owner, if he can be Tenements as fliali be neceflary to be taken down or made fecure, for the Safety of Paflengers f°""<ii paffing that Way, fliall from time to time be paid by the Owner or Owners of fuch Houfes or Tenements, if known, and he, flie or they can be met with, within the faid City o^ London^ or the Liberties thereof: And if fuch Owner or Owners ftiall, on Demand thereof, negle<St or refufe to pay the fame, then fuch Charges may be levied, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, of any fuch Jufticc or Juftices of the Peace, by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chatties of fuch Owner or Owners, if any fuch can be found in the faid City o^ London and if no fuch Owner or Owners can be met with in the faid City oi London, or the Liberties thereof, or fufRcient Diftrefs of his, her or their Goods or Chatties cannot be met with, wherefrom fuch Cofts and Charges may be levied; then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Perfon or Perfons, who or on the future Occu- fliall at any Time then after occupy any fuch Houfes or Tenements, or the Ground whereon the pier of '"ch Houfe, &c. fame flood, is and are hereby required and authorized to pay the fame, and to deduct the fame out of the Rent thereof: And if he ftic or they {hall negle£t or refufe to pay fuch Charges, then the fame (hall, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, of any fuch Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid, be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chatties of any fuch Occu- pier or Occupiers, in Manner as other Diftrefles and Sales are by this A6t directed to be made, together with the Cofts of every fuch Diftrefs and Sale; and the Landlord and Landlords of which is to be allowed the Premiffes is and are hereby required to allow every fuch Occupier and Occupiers all fuch in his Rent. Charges which he, ftie or they fliall fo pay, or which ftiall be recovered by Diftrefs and Sale from him, her or them as aforefaid, upon Receipt of the refpe£live Rent ; And every Oc- cupier, paying any fuch Charges, ihall be acquitted and difcharged, for fo much Money as he, ftie or they fhall fo pay, as if the fame had been actually paid to fuch Perfon or Per- fons, to whom his, her or their Rent ftiould have been due or payable; and fuch Money, as Th& Money recovered to the fame fliall from time to time be received or recovered, fliall be paid to the Chamberlain of be paid to the Chambei- the faid City, and be by him from time to time placed to the Credit of the Cafii of the faid City l^'"-, ^c T ! ^ See farther iL Geo. X, or London. _ ^_ ^ ^ •* ' are frequently damaged, by the breaking up of the fame to amend or new-lay Water Pipes, or to ' lay Water therefrom, belonging to Proprietors of Water-works, and by improper laying of fuch ' VVater Pipes, and alio by the burfting, leaking, or ouzing of Water Pipes belonging to the Pro- ' ner, and whilft the Ground is wet by the ouzing of the Pipes, and by reafon thereof the Pavement enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That if at any Time after the faid twenty-fourth Day oi Ju?ie the Streets fliall be da- it fliall be made appear, on Oath, before any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the faid City oi Lon- '^^f^^l^^''^^^l^^ don, by any credible Perfon, or fliall be found on the View of any fuch Juftice or Juftices, or by of relay any 'wac*eTp?pes the Prefentment of any Inqueft or Grand Jury of the faid City, that any Pavement in the faid City, &£. or the Liberties thereof, is damaged by the breaking up the fame to amend or re-lay any Water Pipe or Pipes, or to lay Water therefrom, belonging to the Proprietors of any Water-works, or by the burfting or leaking, or ouzing of any Water Pipe or Pipes belonging to the Proprietors of any Water-works, or by the improper laying of any Water Pipe or Pipes in the faid City o^ London, or the Liberties thereof, belonging to any Proprietors of Water- works ; or that any fuch Pavement hath been laid down, amended, or new or re-laid, by any Paviour employed by or under any Pro- prietors of Water-works, with bad Materials, or in an Improper Manner ; then, and in any of the any juftice upon Com- faid Cafes, it fliall be lawful for any fuch Juftice or Juftices to caufe Notice thereof, in Writing, to plaint, or View thereof, be given or left, by the Party or Parties complaining, at the publick Office of the Proprietors of »nay gi^e Notice at the t!ie Water-works to whom fuch Water Pipes which (hall have occafioned any fuch Damage fliall ^^L^?f|.^*^* Proprietors belong, or by whofe Paviour any Pavement fliall have been fo defedlively laid new, or rclaid, or &c! t^o makTcood or * amended, with bad Materials, or in an Improper Manner, or with their Colle6tor of the Diftriil new'iayfuchPave'menti in which any fuch Default in Pavement fliall be, to make good, amend, or new-lay, in a proper forthwith j Manner, every fuch Pavement, within the Space of three Days next after every fuch Notice, in Writing, fliall be fo given or left as aforefaid: And if the Proprietors of fuch Water- works ftiall and if fuch Order ftilF not, within the faid Space of three Days next after every fuch Notice in Writing fliall be fo given not be complied wuh, or left as aforefaid, caufe, at their Cofts and Charges, every fuch defective Pavement to be well and efFe£lually re-laid, repaired, or amended, with good Materials, and in a proper and efteitual Man- ner, it fliall be lawful for any fuch Juftice or Juftices of the laid City to caufe every fuch Pavement, fuch Juftice may fet Men defedlive or improper Pavement, to be well and effectually relaid, repaired or amended, with good to work, ?vlaterials, and in a proper and efteitual A'lanner, by any Paviour or Paviours any fuch Juftice or Juftices fhall think fit to employ for that Purpofe, having Regard to the Condition fuch Pave- ment was in before the fame was damaged by any of the Means aforefaid : And every Paviour who, who /hall be paid their purfuant to any Order of any fuch Juftice or Juftices, ftiall relay, or new lay, repair, amend, or Charges, as a ccrtained make good, any fuch Pavement, or defe6tive or improper Pavement as aforefaid, fliall from time to ^^ a juftice, time be paid the Charges of doing thereof, as the fame fliall be afcertained under the Hand or Hands of fome Juftice or Juftices of the faid City o^ London, who is Rjid are hereby refpedively autho- R r r 2 rized
 * XXIX. And whereas the Pavements of the Streets in the City of London and the Liberties thereof
 * prietors of Water-works ; and fuch Pavements are fometimes re-laid, and alfo amended, by Pavi-
 * ours employed by fuch Proprietors of Water- works, with bad Materials, and in an improper Man-
 * made on the Ground when fo wet often gives Way, and has Holes therein;' Be it therefore Where the Pavements of