‘The Trustees for regulating and improving Brompton Square and certain adjacent Places, acting in the Execution of an Act of the Fifth Year of King George the Fourth, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act] in consideration of the Sum of — paid to them by — of — do hereby grant to — an Annuity of — a Year during —, and to be paid half-yearly on the — Day of — and the — Day of — out of the Rates to be made in pursuance of the said Act. In witness whereof Three of the said Trustees have hereunto set and affixed their Hands and Seals, the Day — of —.’
And the Money expressed to be made payable in every such Promissory Note as aforesaid, and the Interest thereof, and also every Annuity which shall be granted as aforesaid, shall be and are hereby respectively charged upon and made payable out of the Rates to be made by virtue of this Act, and shall be paid accordingly; and every such Promissory Note shall be transferable by Indorsement and Delivery, in the same Manner as any other Promissory Note is by Law transferable; and every such Annuity shall be and be deemed Personal Estate; but no such Annuity shall be granted for the Lives of more than Two Persons, or be made to depend on the Life or Lives of any Person on Persons who at the Time of granting such Annuity shall be under the Age of Thirty-five Years, nor shall any such Annuity be granted so as to produce to the Purchaser an Income exceeding by more than One-fifth the Income which a Sum equal in Amount to the Purchase Money for the same would produce if then invested in the Purchase of a similar Annuity, according to the Rate prescribed by Two several Acts, one made in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to enable the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities, and the other made in the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for amending Two Acts passed in the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Years of His present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities; and none of the said Trustees shall be personally liable for the Payment of any Promissory Note or Annuity to be issued or granted in pursuance of this Act.
XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That the Names of the Trustees present at each Meeting in pursuance of this Act, and also all their Orders and Proceedings at each such Meeting, shall be entered in a Book or Books to be kept for that Purpose; and the Entry of the Proceedings at each Meeting shall be signed by the Chairman at the next Meeting, and such Entries being so signed shall be deemed Originals, and may be read in evidence in all Courts whatsoever.
XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall beat or dust, or cause to be beat or dusted, any Carpet or Carpets, or shall slack, sift, or screen, or cause to be slacked, sifted, or screened, any Lime or Rubbish, or shall mix any Mortar, or shall make or assist in making any Bonfire, or shall discharge any Fireworks, or play at Football, or any other Game in the said Square, or any Part thereof; or if any Person or Persons shall set or place or cause to be set or placed any Timber, Bricks, Stone, Lime, Mortar, or other Building Materials, or any Stall, Stallboard, or Basket, or any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize whatsoever, or any Mud, Dirt, Sand, Rubbish, Filth, Dung, Ashes, or Dust, upon any Footway or Carriageway within the Jurisdiction of this Act; or if any Person or Persons shall run, drive, or place, or cause to be run, driven, or placed, any Coach, Chaise, Waggon, Cart, Truck, Wheelbarrow, or other Carriage whatsoever, upon any Footway within the Jurisdiction of this Act; or if any Person or Persons shall cause or wilfully permit or suffer any Horse or other Beast or Cattle, which such Person or Persons may be riding, driving, or leading, to go upon any such Footway, or shall tie or fasten any Horse or other Beast or Cattle to any House, Wall, Fence, Post, Rail, or other Thing whatsoever, across any Footway or Carriageway within the Jurisdiction of this Act; or if any Person or Persons shall place or put out, or cause or permit to be placed or put out upon or before any House or Building next or towards any Footway within the Jurisdiction of this Act, any Garden or other Pot or Tub (except such Pot or Tub shall by Iron Rails or Bars be perfectly secured from falling); or if any Person or Persons shall lead or drive any Horse or other Beast in any Part of the said Square, either with or without any Carriage, for the Purpose of breaking, exercising, trying, or offering for Sale any such Horse or other Beast; or if any Person or Persons shall empty or begin to empty any Boghouse, or to take away any Night Soil from any House or Place within the Jurisdiction of this Act, or shall come with Carts or Carriages for that Purpose (except between the Hours of Twelve of the Clock at Night and Five of the Clock in the Morning); or if any Person or Persons shall occasion any other Kind of Obstruction or Annoyance whatsoever, in or upon any of the Footways or Carriageways within the Jurisdiction of this Act, or shall obstruct or incommode, hinder or prevent, the free Passage of any such Footway or Carriageway, or prejudice or annoy in any Manner whatsoever any Person or Persons travelling, passing, or going thereon; or if any Person or Persons shall breed, feed, or keep any Kind or Species of Swine in any House or Building within the Jurisdiction of this Act, or within any Yard, Garden, or other Tenement held with any such House or Building; every such Person shall forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such Offence.
XXXV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Person shall be subject to any Penalty on account of any Rubbish, Building Materials, or Scaffolding, being necessarily deposited or fixed in or upon any Footway or Carriageway, before any House or Building which shall be pulling down, rebuilding, or under Repair, so that the same be properly enclosed, and convenient Space left for Carriages to pass and repass with ease and Safety, and so that a sufficient Light be kept up and maintained there from Sun-set to Sun-rise, to prevent Accidents, and so that all such Rubbish, Building Materials, Enclosures, and Scaffolding respectively, be removed within a reasonable Time after such pulling down, rebuilding, or repairing shall be finished, or upon Notice signed by the Clerk to the said Trustees, and given to the Owner or Occupier of the House or Building which shall be so pulling down, rebuilding, or under Repair, or affixed upon some conspicuous Part of such House, Building, Enclosure, or Scaffolding: Provided also, that in case any Person or Persons so depositing or affixing or causing to be deposited or affixed any such Rubbish, Building Materials, or Scaffolding as aforesaid, in or upon any of the said Footways or Carriageways as aforesaid, shall not properly enclose the same, and leave convenient Space for Carriages to pass and repass with Ease and Safety as aforesaid, and also keep up a good and sufficient Light there from Sun-set to Sun-rise, so as to prevent Accidents, or shall not remove any such Rubbish, Building Materials, or Scaffolding upon such Notice as aforesaid, every Person making default in any of the Cases aforesaid shall forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.
XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Officer or Person employed in the Execution of this Act, without any other Warrantor Authority than this Act, to seize and detain, and for any other Person or Persons to assist in seizing and detaining any unknown Person or Persons who shall commit any Offence punishable under this Act, and to take such Offender or Offenders before a Justice of the Peace, in order to his or her Conviction for such Offence.
XXXVII. And be it further enacted, that if any Person or Persons shall obstruct, hinder, or molest the said Trustees or any of them, or any Officer or other Person whomsoever, who shall be employed or acting in the Execution of this Act, in the Performance of any Act, Matter, or Thing to be done by virtue of or under the Authority of this Act, or if any Person or Persons who shall be summoned to give Evidence before any Justice of the Peace touching or concerning any Offence or Matter punishable under this Act, shall not attend pursuant to such Summons, nor produce a sufficient Excuse to the Satisfaction of such Justice for his Non-attendance, every Person or Persons so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.
XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That all Penalties and Forfeitures which shall be incurred under the Provisions herein-before contained, the Manner of levying or recovering whereof is not herein-before particularly directed, shall be recoverable before any Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, upon Complaint made to any such Justice within Six Calendar Months next after the Offences respectively shall be committed; and it shall be lawful for every such Justice to whom such Complaint shall be made, to summon the Party or Parties complained against before him, and on such Summons to hear and determine the Matter of such Complaint, and on Proof of the Offence or Offences respectively, either by the Confession of the Offender or Offenders, or by the Oath of any credible Witness or Witnesses, to convict such Offender or Offenders, and to adjudge him or them to pay the Penalty or Forfeiture incurred, although no Information in Writing shall be exhibited before such Justice; and in every Case where any such Penalty or Forfeiture, together with all Costs of and incident to the Complaint, Summons, Hearing, and Conviction, shall not be forthwith paid by the Offender or Offenders at the Time of Conviction, such Penalty and also such Costs as aforesaid shall be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender or Offenders, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of such Justice, (and which Warrant such Justice is hereby empowered and required to grant); and in every such Case it shall be lawful for such Justice to order the Offender or Offenders so convicted to be detained and kept in safe Custody until Return can conveniently be made to such Warrant of Distress, unless the Offender or Offenders shall give sufficient Security, to the Satisfaction of such Justice, for his or their Appearance before such Justice on such Day or Days as shall be appointed for the Return of such Warrant of Distress (not being more than Seven Days from the Time of taking such Security), and which Security the said Justice is hereby empowered to take by way of Recognizance or otherwise; and if upon the Return of such such Warrant it shall appear that no sufficient Distress can be had thereupon, or in case it shall appear to the Satisfaction of such Justice, either by the Confession of the Offender or Offenders or otherwise, that such Offender or Offenders hath or have not sufficient Goods and Chattels whereon such Penalties or Forfeitures with all Costs as aforesaid can be levied, if a Warrant of Distress were issued (in which Case it shall not be necessary to issue any Warrant of Distress), then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for such Justice to cause such Offender or Offenders to be committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for any Term not exceeding Six Calendar Months, unless such Penalties and Forfeitures, and all attendant and incidental Costs, shall be sooner paid; and the Monies arising by such Penalties and Forfeitures respectively shall from Time to Time, in every Case where the Appropriation thereof is not herein-before otherwise directed, be paid to the Treasurer to the said Trustees, and (subject to the Power hereby given to the said Trustees to dispose of any Part or Parts thereof, not exceeding One Half, in rewarding the Informer or Informers, or any other Person or Persons who shall have aided in detecting or convicting the Offender or Offenders respectively) shall be applied and disposed of for the Purposes of this Act.
XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That every Justice of the Peace before whom any Person shall be convicted of any Offence against this Act, shall and may cause the Conviction to be drawn up in the following Form of Words, or in any other Form to the like Effect:
‘Middlesex to wit. } Be it remembered, That on the — Day of — in the Year of our Lord — A. B. is convicted before — One of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, of [here shortly state the Offence, and when and where committed] contrary to the Form of a Statute made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled [here set forth the Title of this Act], and I do adjudge that the said A.B. hath therefore forfeited the Sum of —. Given under my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above written.’