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A. D. 1670. Anno vicefimo fecundo Carol i II. C. ir» 337 transferring the Propriety of a Proportion of the backward Giound to the Owners of any the faid fmall Parcels of Ground, or hy annexing it to the next adjoining and contiguous Ground, in order to the re;^ular Building thereupon : (3) And for all fuch Parcels of Ground, the Propriety whereof Ihall be fo transfer- red by luch Order or Decree of the fiiid Juflices and Barons, or any three or more of them, as aforefaid, and for all Charges and Damages concerning the fame, fuch Recompence and Satisfaftion fhall be given b.y the Builders to tile r; fpective Proprietois and others interefted therein, as fhall be awarded by a Jury for ■^ J"'"* that Purpofe to be impanelled by the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, in like Manner as by the afore- faid AiS for rebuilding the faid City oiLonclon is appointed in Cafe of Satisfaction to be given for Grounds taken and employed for the Ufes ia that Acl mentioned, in Cafe the Parties concerned will not, or by rea- fon of Infancy or other Impediment cannot, come to Agreement touching the fame: (4) Which Orders and Decrees in that Behalf to be made, fliall bind all Parties therein concerned, their Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs and Affigns, and fliall be of like EfFeft as other Decrees made by the faid Jufti- ces and Barons, or any three or more of them, by Virtue of this or the aforelaid Acb; to the Intent that the Building thereupon may extend to the faid Streets in a right Line with other Houfts there built, and the Owners and others intereflred of and in the faid adjacent and contiguous Grounds, paying to the Owners and others interefted of and in the faid fmall Slips and Parcels of Ground, fuch Satisfaftion as fhall be or- dered and awarded by the faid Juftices and Barons, or any three or more of them, upon hearing of the Par- ties concerned (who are hereby authorized and impowered to hear and determine the fame, and therein to niake fuch Orders and Decrees as in other Caufes referred to their Judgment and Determination by this or the aforefaid KQC) fhall and may for ever hold and enjoy the fame by Virtue of this prefent Aft. ' XXXVIII. And whereas for the further enabling of the faid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of An Impofition ' the faid City of London, and their Succeflbrs, to perform and accomplifh the Works in the faid Ail for on Sea-Coals, ' rebuilding the faid City mentioned ; it was thereby enadfed. That for all Sorts of Coals, which from and ^^'^: '° '^^ ""-"■ ' after the twenty-fourth Day of "June one thoufand fix hundred fixty-feven, and before the twenty-fourth Jj^Jo^ &c ' Day oijune one dioufand fix hundred feventy-feven, fhould be brought into the Port of London^ or River and employed ^ of Thames, within the Liberties of the faid City, upon the faid River to be fold, there fhould be paid by tv.-rinlarging the ' way of Impofition thereupon for every Chaldron or Ton of Coals, the Sum of twelve Pence, to be an- Streets and other ' fwered to the faid Mayor and Commonalty, Citizens, and their Deputies and Affigns, and to be applied 5^"o',|jh5^fi°*of ' and difpofed unto and for the Satisfaction of fuch Peribns, whofe Grounds fiionld, by Virtue and in Pur- ^'" jg-o'to ' fuance of the fakl Aft, he taken and employed for the enlarging of the Streets and narrow Paflages within 29 Sep. iSSy. ' the faid City, and other Ufes and Purpofes in the faid Aft mentioned : (2) But forafmuch as it doth and ' will require far greater Sums of Money to give Satisfaftion for the Giound to be taken and.employed for ' the enlarging of the Streets, by this and the aforefaid Aft appointed to be enlarged, and for publick Mar- ' ket-Places, and other the publick L^fcs and Purpofes in this Aft mentioned, than at the Timie of the paf- ' fing of the faid A61: was or could be forefeen :' -Therefore fqr the further enabling of the faid Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the faid City, and their Succeflbrs, to perform the Works in this and the faid Aft for Rebuilding mentioned ; and alfo for the Rebuilding of the refpeftive Parifli Churches by this Aft appointed to be rebuilt : (3) Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That for all Sorts of Coals which : (from and after the firft Day of A4ay one thoufand fix hundred and feventy, and before the twenty-ninth Day of September, which ihall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty-feven) fliall be irr-ported and brought into the faid Port of the City of London, or the River ofTlmmes, within the Liberties of the faid City, upon the fame River, there fhall be paid by "way of Impofition thereupon, according to the Rates hereafter mentioned, (that is to fay) for all fuch Coals as fnall be there Imported and brought in from and after the (aid firft Day of Av^jy one thoufand fix hundred feventy, and before the twenty-fourth 19 Car. 2. c. 3. Ds.]' of June one thoufand fix hundred f;venty-feven, there fhall be paid for every Chaldron or Ton thereof v S^- two Shillings, ever and befide the aforefaid Impofition of twelve Pence the Ch?ldron or Ton, by the faid Aft for the rebuilding the City of London appointed to be paid ; (4) and for all fuch Coals which flia:l be there Imported and brought in from and after the faid four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred feventy-feven, and before the faid twenty-ninth Day of Sspte?nber one thoufand fix hundred eighty- feven, there fliall be paid for every Chaldron or Ton thereof three Shillings ; (q) and the fame fnall by ^'irtue of this Aft be collefted, levied and paid in fuch Sort and Manner, in all and every refpeft, as in and by the faid Aft is liir.itcd and appointed for the colleftLing and levying the Duty of twelve Pence the Chal- dion or Ton of Coals impofed by the faid Aft: And all and every the Powers, Authorities, Direftions and RulcsandAu- Provifions, in or by the faid Aft mentioned or provided for the levying and collefting thereof, or for the tl'onticsforci.l- ordering or reguladng the Payments of the faid Coal-meters or others in the Difcharge of their refpefti'e ■^'"S ^'"^ f^* "^ Offices and Duties, or for the preventing of Fraud and Covin, and Difcovery of the juft Quantities' of all "^^"^ Sorts of Coals to be Imported as aforefaid, and all other Things relating thereunto, fhall remain and be in. Force, and by Virtue of this prefent Aft fnall and m.ay be exerciied and put in ure, for the collefting and levying the feveral Duties aforefaid, and of either of them refpcftively, according to the Purport and EfFeft of the aforefaid Aft in all and every refpeft, and that for and during all the 7'ime by this h&. limited and appointed for the Payment of the faid Impofitions or either of them rcfpeftively, as if the fame were ex- prefly mentioned in this prefent Aift, with Reference to the faid Impofitions thereby impofed ; (6) all which Monies fo to be received upon Account of the faid refpeftive Impofitions or either of them, fliall from Time to Time be paid into the Receipt of the Chamber of the City of London, and from tlience fhall beifued and paid according to the Direftion and Appointment of this prefent yft, and not otherwife. And the faid Chamber of the City of London fhall ftand and be charged v/ith all the Refidue of the faid Mo- nif s there paid in, which fliall not be ifFued out and paid accordingly. XXXIX. And be it further enafted. That all and every Sum and Sums of Money which fhall be raifed How the Money upon the Receipt of the feveral and refpeftive Impofitions aforefaid, or by fuch Additional Duty in cafe of riiceived by Conceahr.cnt thereof, as by the aforefaid Aft is appointed, fliall be imployed and difpofed in Manner and Means cf the VOL.IIL , XX F^,.^feve.aUmi>ofi.