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 A. D. 1763. Anno quarto Georgii III. <C. 14. 149 taken to extend, to all Cafes whatlbever within the faid City and Liberty of Weflminfter, and the feveral Parifhes, Precinfts and Limits aforefaid, where it is or fhall be neceffary to pull down and rebuild any Party Wall, whether either of the adjoining Houfes fhall or fhall not be, or require to be, rebuilt, or new built. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the paffing of this where a Majority of the nrefe'nt Aft, in cafe the major Part of the Workmen appointed, in manner by the faid recited Aft Workmen, appointed in Jrefcribed, to view the Party Wall of any Houfe or Houfes within the faid City of Weftminfler^ and ^S^ the feveral Parifhes, Precincts and Limits aforefaid, intended to be pulled down, fhall hot, within wall to be pulled down, the Space of one Calendar Month next after fuch Appointment, fign a Certificate in Writing, as by fhall not fign aCertifi- the faid Aft is required ; then, and in every fuch Cafe, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any two cate, as required, or more of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the City or County, refiding within or near the two neighbouring Ju- Parifh Liberty or Precinft, where the Houfe or Houfes, having fuch Party Wall or Walls intended ft;ces > l !P on Application, j 111 111, iJ"»«'j * n 11 n 1 ir-L T/l- uu.u-j j -j may name another, to to be pulled down, fhall ftand, and fuch two or more J unices are hereby authorized and required, be ^ dded t0 [hem .' upon Application to them for that Purpofe made, by the Owner or Occupier of either of the Houfes between which the Party Wall, fo propofed to be pulled down, fhall be, to name and appoint one ■ other able Workman, to be added to the Workmen appointed by virtue or in purfuance of the faid recited Aft ; and the Workmen fo appointed by virtue and in purfuance of the faid former Aft, and of this prefent Aft, or the major Part of them, who fhall meet for that Purpofe (ten Days Notice having been given to, or left at the Dwelling-houfe of, each and every of them, of fuch intended Meeting) fhall view the Party Wall fo propofed to be pulled down ; and in cafe the major Part of and the Majority then fuch Workmen fhall certify in Writing, under their Hands, that fuch Party Wall is defeftive and ^^"wih Sefes bad, and ought to be pulled down, then, and in fuch Caffe, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the tivej tl, d e f arr ,e may'be Owner or Occupier of either of the faid adjoining Houfes, to caufe fuch Party Wall to be. pulled pulled down and rebuilt; down and rebuilt; and he or fhe fhall have fuch Remedy for recovering a Moiety of the Expences and a Moiety of the Ex- thereof, as in and by the faid recited Aft is given or provided ; fubjeft neverthelefs to fuch Appeal to, P ences recovered a«ord- and Determination by, the Juftices of the Peace, as by the fame Aft is direfted. - lngy ' ' III. And whereas it would tend greatly to prevent the fatal Confequences of Fire fpreading and ' communicating to adjoining Houfes, within the faid City, Parifhes, Precinfts, and other the Limits '■'* the Party Walls ; and if no Timbers of the Roof be laid into fuch Party Walls (except the Pur- ' Party Walls, did not exceed one Foot ; and if none of the Ends of the Girders or Binding Joifts-, ' in adjoining Houfes, met, or were laid oppofite to each other, and the Sides thereof were laid at ' leaft fourteen Inches diftant from each other ; and if there fhould be nine Inches, at leaft, of folid ' Brick- work left at or between the Ends of all Lentils, Wall Plates, and Bond Timbers, which may ' or fhall be laid in or upon the Walls of the Fore and Back Fronts of all Houfes which fhall adjoin from and after the Expiration of three Calendar Months next after the pafling of this Aft, fhall be Thicknefs for the future erefted or built within the faid City or Liberty of Weflminfter, and the Parifhes, Precinfts and Limits Q e ^ tty ^'V" the aforefaid, fhall be two Bricks and an half thick at the leaft in the Cellar, and two Bricks thick up- F ]o Q "' an/from thence wards to the Garret Floor, and from thence one Brick and an half thick at leaft eighteen Inches above upwards ; and to be rS the Roofs or Gutters which adjoin to fuch Party Walls; and- that the fame fhall be built of Stone, or inches high above the of good found burnt Bricks, and none other. Roofs. IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the Expiration of No Timbers to be laid the faid three Calendar Months, no Timbers, except the Timbers of the Girders, Binding Joifts, int0 the Part y Walls, and the Templets under the fame, fhall be laid into the Party Walls erefted or built, or to be erefted "^^^"0 ^f or built, within the faid City or Liberty oiWeflmiyifter, and the Parifhes, Precinfts and Limits afore- par ' C " *[ y * ° vve ' faid; and that no Timbers of the Roof be laid into fuch Party Walls (except the Purloins or Kerb R"'« tobeobferved la thereof], and that the Ends of Girders, and Binding Joifts, lying within fuch Party Walls, fhall not Pacing the iiids of the exceed nine Inches ; and that none of the Ends of the Girders, or Binding Joifts, in adjoining Houfes, Glrders ' and J 0lfts i fhall meet, or be laid oppofite' to each other ; and that the Sides thereof fhall be, at leaft, fourteen Inches diftant from each other ; and that there fhall be nine Inches, at leaft, of folid Brick- work left Lent;]s ; WaJ l Plate?, at or between the Ends of all Lentils, Wall Plates, and Bond Timbers, which may or fhall be laid and Eond Timbers - in or upon the Walls of the Fore and Back Fronts of all Houfes which fhall adjoin to each other: And if any Head Builder, Mafter Bricklayer, or Workman, fhall ereft and build, or caufe to be Builder, &c. not con- erefted and built, any Party Wall within the faid City or Liberty of Wefiminfer, and the Parifhes, forming to theft Direc- Precinfts and Limits aforefaid, contrary to the Direftions,; true Intent and Meaning of this Aft ■'; or tion j', or. ufin s Bricl<s •fhall ufe, in the building thereof, any Bricks, other than good found burnt Bricks ; or fhall lay any xfmtelinplrty VsH* 8 Timber in any Party Wall erefted or built, or which fhallbe erefted or built, within the faidCity orotherwiic fha/prs! Liberty of Wefiminfler, and the Parifhes, Precinfts and Limits aforefaid, contrary to the Direftions, fcribed, true Intent and Meaning of this Aft ; then fuch Head Builder, Mafter Bricklayer, or Workman, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be equally divided', one to forfeit co 1, Moiety thereof to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the Poor of the Parifh where fuch Build- -
 * aforefaid, if Party Walls between Houfe and Houfe, within the fame, were to be made of greater
 * Thicknefs than is prefcribed by the Aft palled in the feventh Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Aft 7 Ann. c if*
 * Queen Anne, intituled, An ASifor making more effectual an Aii made in the fixth Year of her faid Ma-
 * Jii'y s R- el & n i f or t ^ }e better preventing of Mi/chiefs that may happen by Fire; and if no Timbers, ex-
 * cept the Timbers of the Girders, Binding Joifts, and the Templets under the fame, were laid into
 * loins or Kerb thereof), and if the Ends of the Girders or Binding Joifts, lying within the faid
 * to each other ;' Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Party Walls which,