450 C. 30. Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. A. D. 1759.
- the Party Walls thereof, and fuch Rebuilding may thereby be prevented or delayed, to the great
- Injury and Inconvenienpe of fuch of the Owners as are defirous to rebuild the fame;' For Remedy
thereof, and in order to prevent the fatal EfFecls of Fire, be it enaded by the Authority aforefajd, mere a Part O^ncr of I'hat when any Houfe, within the faid City or Liberties, in part eredled or built over Ground being lh"'S%Ss%o re? ^^.^ Property of fome other Perfon, or whereof the feveral Floors, Rooms or Part:, are the Property builii the faroe, tut the of different Pcrfons, (hall be fo decayed as to make the Owner of the faid Ground, or of any Part othtT Parties fliall refafe, cfthe faid Houfe, defirous to rebuild the fame, and the Owner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers &c. to jciathtrejD, of fuch Houfe, or of any Part or Parts of the faid Houfe, {hall not be able or willing to join, or by reafon of any legal Dilibility cannot join in fuch Rebuilding ; then, and in every fuch Cafe, it {ball the Court upon Applt- and may be lawful to and for the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the faid City, and they are dM the^rem^s to be' ^^'^^'y authorized and required, upon Application to them by the Party fo defiring to rebuild, to forveyed by a Juiy j ^^"*^ their Order to the Sheriffs of Lordon to fummon a Jury to be and appear before the faid Court, at fuch Time as the faid Court fliall appoint, then and there to try whether the Piemiffes ought to be rebuilt or not, and to caufe Notice thereof to be given to or left at fuch Premiffes for fuch Ow- and if they fhatt k of ner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers : And if fuch Jury {liaJl be of Opinion that the PremilT« Opinicn that the fame ought to be rebuilt, and any of the faid Owners or Occiipiers, or fome Perfon or Perfons on his,, ought to be rebuilt, and her or their Eehc'df, fhall not in Court upon fuch Verdia, declare and fignify their Confcnt and no^hcIeu^cn'Sent to R«^2^"f^s to join in the Expcnce of fuch Rebuilding, then fuch Jury {liall be again impanelled and join in thcExj^ace, fworn to enquire and fix the 'alue of the Part or Parts of the faid Houfe belonging to the Perfon or thejury is tofixtheVa- ^^'^"^"^ ^° ^'""^'"g ^'^ negle^^ing to fignify, or being legally difabled from giving his, her or their lueof fuchPeiibnsPartj Ccnfent to fuch Rebuilding; and upon Payment or Tender of the Value, which {liall be awarded and upon Payment or by fuch Jury, to the Party Or Parties interefted, if he, £iq or they can be found within the faid Tender cf the Money City or the Liberties thereof, or upon Payment thereof into the Bank oi England^ in the Name of awaidedj&c. the Chamberlain of the faid City for the Time being, for the Ufe and Behoof of the Perfon or Per- fons inticled thereto, in cafe he, {he or they cannot be found within the faid City or Liberties, the Eftate and Intereft of the Party or Parties, fo refufmg or negleding, or being difabled as aforelaid, ♦he PreTwiffes to veft in of, in or to the faid Premifles, {liall ve{l in the Perfon or Perfons applying for and obtaining fuch »be Perfon obtaining the Award or Verdi6t ; and he, {he or they may immediately proceed to pull down and rebuild the faid «fd'^tf'uridown^and°e. ^^"^^ ^nd Premiffes, and any or every Part thereof; and {hall from thenceforth hold and enjoy the fc"ld tbe^fameT * " ' ^^."'^ ^^^ ^^er, againft fuch Owners and Occupiers, and his, her and their Heirs, Executors, Admi- ni{l:rators and Afligns, and all other Perfons whatfoever. Where a Party Wall XXVL Provided always, and be it ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That in all Cafes where fliaiibe i-iillcd down by any Party Wall within the faid City or Liberties {hall, by virtue of the faid recited Ad of the ele- ""T^v^ u ",?i!°L^" venth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, and of this prefent Ad, be pulled down and rebuiJt agree- and rebuilt agreeable to ^i , -r-.. „• /-•• <-«^i /-. /- • c <■ i i. v . the Directions of this able to the Diredtions of this preient Act, by the Owner or Occupier or one or the aajoming Aet, Houfes, the Expence of fuch Party Wall fhall be eftimated and computed at and after the Rate of theEtpencefliallbecom- feven Pounds per Rod; any thing in the faid former A61 to the contrary thereof in any wife not- ■puted at 7 1. per Rod ; withftanding. and where any Party XXVIL Provided alfo, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes where Wallfhail be built agree- any Party Wall {hall be erected or built, agreeable to the Diredtions of this prefent Ad, in Execu- SsAcJ^'L^reSrno^'"" °^^"y ^°"^^'^°^°"^^'^^ entered into with the Builder or Workman before the {irit Day anvCc"mcttme"red"nt°o°f ■^^'^'^ ^'^^ thoufand feven hundred and fixty, the Expence of fuch Party Wall fliall be eftimated before i March 1760, and computcd at and after the Rate of (even Pounds per Rod; any thing in fuch Contrad or Con- the Expence fhall be trads to the Contrary thereof in any wife notwithitanding. compuced in like Man- ACL.
- XXVIIL And whereas Houfes and Tenements in feveral Parts of the faid City of Letu/on, and
- the Liberties thereof, are often, either from litigated Titles thereto, or the Obftinacy or Poverty
- of t})e Owners or Proprietors thereof, or of Parties interefted therein, in fo ruinous a Condition,
- that Paffengers paffing thereby are in Danger of their Lives, from the falling thereof, or of Bricks
- or Timber therefrom ; and often are hurt by the falling of the Walls thereof, or of Bricks or
When ar»v Houfe or Te- * Timber therefrom ;' Be it therefore enadcd by the Authoiity aforefaid, Hiat from and after the «S"r^«ou'Condit'irD twenty-fourth Day o' Jtwe one thoufand feven hundred and llxty, if any Prcfcntment Ihall be made asmartuBous on 1 ion, j^^ ^^^^ Inqucft or Grand Jury in London^ that any Houfes or Tenements in the faid City of London^ the Court fhalj order a or the Liberties thereof, are in fuch ruinous Condition, it {hall be lawful for the Court of AJayor fufficrttntHoard toteputand Aldtrn)cn, and the f;iid Court is hereby rcquir d, on Notice of any fuch Prefentment being "' k^'o'c ibefaoie, made, and on a Copy thereof being laid before them, to caufe, with all convenient Speed th;'n af- terwaids, a proper and fufficient Hoard to be put up to guard all fuch ruinous Houfes and Tene- ments from tht; publick Street, and to caufe Notice in Writing to be given to the Owner or Ow- ners, or other Pcifon or Perfons interefted therein, if he, flie or they can be found in the faid City arcTgive Notice to the of London or the Liberties thereof; and if not, to caufe fuch Notice in Writing to be left at the Pre- Owiier to take dtwn or mijles in fuch ruiiious Condition ; to repair the farr.e, or to take down fuch Buildings, as the Cafe K-*-th ' ^^'"^' require, within the Space of fix Days theii next cnfuing : And if fuch Owner or Owi.ers, or and if fuch Ordei ftjll Other Pcrfon or Perfons intere{ted in any fuch Houfes or '["cnements fhall not repair or lalce down ■ot be complied with, the fame, within the faid Space of lix Days after ^n^ fuch Notice a.^ ;:lorefaid (hall be given or left the Court niay caufe lucb as aforefaid, tlicn, on Proof, on Oath, beitig made of any luch Notice tvcing lo given or left, the Emid.ngs rote ralteo faid Court is hereby authorized and required, with all convenient Speed then afterwards, to order cwD au ctud j ^j^j caufe all or fo much of fi;', h Houfes or 'I'enements as ar*; or fliall be in fuch ruinous Conuitioii, and likely to be dangerous to Paflgngers pafTing thereby, to be taken down and llciircd, in fuch Manner
