A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 30. 661 fecution for the fame fliall be commenced and carried on with EfFeiS within the Space of tv/o Calendar ^^.j^h ^^^^^^ ^.^d^:^ ^^^^ months after every fuch Offence fhall be commited ; and that where any Perfon fh^ll fii!Fer Imprifon- Months after the Or- ment far Default of Payment of any Penalty impofed under this A61, fuch Perfou ihall not be liable fence ; and where Pt-r- afterwards to pay fuch Penalty. Ir^t^^SlSeTfe": CAP. XXX. »..duo,.y,h=P».l,. An Ad for enlarging and improving the North Eaft Avenue of London Bridge. Geo, mon Council adembled, were impowered to make fuch Purchafes, and take down fuch Floufes, E- difices, and Buildings, (landing or being on the faid Bridge, or contiguous or adjoining thereto, as
- they fhould judge necefl'ary, for the Enlargement and Improvement of the Paillige over, and the A-
- venues leading to and from, the faid Bridge : And whereas the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
- mons, of the faid City, have proceeded in the Execution of the Powers granted by the faid Act,
' and the PafTage over the faid Bridge is already, on the Eaftern Side thereof, fecured by a proper and
- uniform Baluftrade, which, in order to avoid the Water-works of Z,o?7(r/o« Bridge, and preferve with
- Regularity, the Connexion of the Paflage of the faid Bridge with Fi/hjireet Hill, ranges Northward
' upon the Parifh Church of the United ParKhes of Saint Magnus and Saint Margaret Nezu Fijhftreet^
- London, at the North Eaft Avenue of the faid Bridge, almoft in a Line with the Arch of the Tower
- or Steeple of the faid Church, which forms a fpacious Paflage through the faid Tower from North
- to South : And whereas the good Ends and Purpofes of the faid Act cannot be anfwered unlefs
- the Site or Ground of the faid Parifh Church, on the North and South Sides of the faid Tower,
- is, with the faid Paflage through the fame, laid into the North Eafl: Avenue of the faid Bridge :
- But in regard the Alteration aforefaid cannot be made without the Authority of Parliament, May it
- pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enadted ;' And be it ena£ted by the King's mod
Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and The Ground on the Commons in this prefent Parliament aflemblcd, and by the Authority of the fame. That the Site or ^°f'^ ^"^ South Sides Ground of the faid Pariili Church of the united Pariihes of Saint Magnus and Saint Margaret New nu'^'clrrh "Sw^Firti Fijhjireet, London, on the North and South Sides of the faid Tower or Steeple of the fame Church, street, with a PafTage together with the faid Pafi^ige through the faid Tower, from North to South, fhall be, and the fame through the Tower f.om are hereby vefted in the Mayor, and Commonalty, and Citizens, of the City of London, and their North to South, is veft- Succefibrs, for the Enlargement and Improvement of the North Y.2SS. ^^iGnxxt oi London Bridge, "^"^^'^^ l'^^^^^^l^]'^^' v/ell for the Benefit of all Perfons paflTmg on Foot over the faid Bridge, as for the fafe and commo- me"ntot'^the Nonh E«ft dious Paflage of Carriages, at the North Wefl: Angle of the faid Church ; and for effefting the Pur- Avenue of London pofes aforefaid, the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the faid City, in Common Council Bridge; and fomuchaf afl!embled, {hall, and they are hereby authorlfed and required, with all convenient Speed after the paf- the Fabnck of the faid fing of this prefent Act, to caufefo much of the Fabrick of the faid Parifti Church to be taken down downaU^™ed "= and removed, as fhall be neceflary for laying the Site or Ground aforefaid, with the faid PaflTage, into /hall be nece/lary for that the faid North Eafl: Avenue of the faid Bridge. Purpofe-. II. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Mayor, Aldermen, and and the City is thereupon Commons, of the faid City, in Common Council aflTembled, fhall, with all convenient Speed, after ^° '"='^"^' '"a '"'t-i^le fo much of the Fabrick as aforefaid fhall be taken down and removed in manner aforefaid, caufe the ^1"^ theaiur?h"i Weflern Walls of the faid Church to be rebuilt in a Line with the Eaft Side of the faid Tower or a Une with the Eaft Steeple, and united thereto, and to the North and South Sides of the faid Fabrick, in the moft pro- Side of the faid Tower 5 per and effectual manner, as well in point of Ornament as Safety ; and fhall alfo caufe, not only fuch new W^orks to be fuitably and fubftantially performed and completely finifhed, in all refpedts, and alfo all other Works as well within the Body of the faid Church as without, but alfo all fuch other Works as fhall be ne- within the Body of the ceflary for the Safety and Ornament of the faid Tower or Steeple of the faid Church : And if, in the Church, and without, Execution of the Works aforefaid, any Injury or Injuries fliall be done, either by Accident or other- ""^'^■■>' ^o ^^e Safety wife to the faid Tower or Steeple, or to the Fabrick or Body of the faid Church, either within Side Tote?'"aud' dilrjuries or without, or to any of the other Works or Ornaments thereof; then, and in fuch cafe, the faid occsfici-ed thereby, are Mayor, Aldermen, and Comm.ons, in Common Council afTembled, fliall, with all convenient Speed, to be repaired and made caufe fuch Injury or Injuries to be repaired and made good, in all refpe£ts, and in the moft proper g°<^'^' and effe<9ual manner. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, that the great Weflern Doors of the faid The greatWeftem Doors Church, now placed on the Weft Side of^the laid Tower, within the Arch thereof, which forms a °emovef a^'d phced'oB Pafl'age through the fame from Eaft to Weft, fhall be removed and placed in the moft fuitable and the Eaft Side of the commodious manner on the Eaft Side of the faid Tower ; and that the fame PaflTage fliall be preferved. Tower ; and the fame in all Times to come, for the publick Weftern Entrance into the faid Church, for the Benefit of all P^^iJ-'ge to be preferved Perfons reforting thereto, and returning from the fame. _ _ En^ranrVnlo t^e"'"" I v. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Site or church- and the Ground Ground fo to be laid into the faid North Eaft Avenue of the faid Bridge as aforefaid, fhall be confldered, laia into the North Eatt and'may, in all Times to come, be ufed, as Part of the Cemetery of the faid Church ; any Thing here- Avenue of the Bndge in before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding : But if the Pavement there '"^'y.^l ^^""t ^^^^'^^^K~ fliall be broke up on account of the burying any Perfons, the fame fhall be laid down, repaired, and XxoVz up ^on thar^Ac! made good, from Time to Time, by the Churchwardens for the Time being of the faid united Parifhes. count is to be reiaid hj^ 4 V*^,, the ChufcLw.voeus.
