IX. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall within any Street, or other publick Passage or Place already or hereafter to be set out or made within the said District, beat or dust any Carpet or Carpets, or drive any Carriage or Carriages for the Purpose of breaking Horses, or ride, lead, or drive any Horse for the Purpose of exercising or airing such Horse, (otherwise than by passing through such Street, or other publick Passage or Place), then and in every such Case it shall and may be lawful to and for any Justice of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex, upon Complaint to him made by One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to issue a Warrant, requiring such Offender or Offenders to appear before him, at such Time and Place as shall be in such Warrant specified; and every such Offender or Offenders shall for every such Offence, being thereof duly convicted upon the Oath of any credible Witness or Witnesses, (which Oath such Justice is hereby authorized and required to administer), forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Five Shillings; and in case the Person who shall beat or dust such Carpet or Carpets, or drive such Carriage or Carriages for the Purpose of breaking Horses, or ride, lead, or drive any Horse for the Purpose of exercising or airing such Horse, (otherwise than as aforesaid) cannot be apprehended, that then a like Penalty of Forty Shillings nor less than Five Shillings shall be forfeited by the Owner of such Carpet or Carpets, Carriage or Carriages, or Horse or Horses.
Penalty on driving Carriages, or riding or leading Horses, etc.
on the Foot Pavements.
X. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or persons shall run, drive, or draw, or cause to be run, driven, or drawn, on any of the Foot Pavements within any of the Streets, or other publick Passages and Places, within the said District, any Wheel or Wheels, Sledge, Wheelbarrow, Truck, or any Carnage whatsoever, or shall wilfully ride, lead, or drive any Horse, Cow, Ass, or other Cattle, Coach, or other Carriage whatsoever, upon any Part of the said Foot Pavements, then and in any such Case, it shall and may be lawful to and for any Justice of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex, upon Complaint to him made by One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, to issue a Warrant, requiring such Offender or Offenders to appear before him at such Time and Place as shall be in such Warrant specified; and it shall and may be lawful to and for any Person or Persons who shall see such Offence committed to seize, and also for any other Person or Persons to assist in seizing the Offender or Offenders, and they are hereby required so to do by the Authority of this Act, and without any other Warrant to convey and deliver him, her, or them into the Custody of a Peace Officer, in order to be secured and conveyed before such Justice of the Peace; and the Party or Parties accused being so brought before such Justice, such Justice shall proceed to examine upon Oath any Witness or Witnesses who shall appear or be produced to give Information touching such Offence, (which Oath the said Justice is hereby authorized and required to administer); and if the Party or Parties accused shall be convicted of such Offence, either by his, her, or their own Confession, or upon Information as aforesaid, he, she, or they so convicted of any such Offences respectively, shall forfeit the Sum of Ten Shilling, over and above the Expences of repairing any Damage that may be occasional thereby, the Amount of which shall be ascertained by the said Justice, for the First Offence, the Sum of Twenty Shillings for the Second Offence, and the Sum of Forty Shillings for the Third and every other subsequent Offence; and in case such Offender or Offenders shall not upon such Conviction pay such Forfeitures by him, her, or them incurred as aforesaid, the Justice before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted, is hereby required to commit him, her, or them to the House of Correction for the said County, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Space of Time not exceeding Thirty Days nor less than Five Days.
Penalty on obstructing Officers.
XI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall at any Time or Times obstruct, hinder, or molest any Surveyor or Surveyors, or other Officer or Officers, Person or Persons whomsoever, who are or shall be employed by the said Commissioners in the Execution of the said recited Act or this Act, every Person or Persons so offending, shall for the First Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Shillings, for the Second Offence the Sum of Forty Shillings, and for the Third and every other Offence the Sum of Three Pounds.
Commissioners to repair the Streets, &c.
XII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to cause to be dug, carted, and carried out of, or brought into the said several Streets and other publick Passages and Places already or hereafter to be set out or made, or any of them, or any Part or Parts thereof, such Gravel, Stones and other Materials as they shall judge necessary, and may likewise cause the Ground thereof to be raised or lowered, the Course of the Channels running in or through the same to be turned or altered, new Grates to the Common Sewers to be added or replaced, and in what Numbers or Places they shall think proper, and the Water Pipes which now be or hereafter shall be said under Ground to be taken up and new laid in such Places, Manner, and Form, as they shall judge best, the Charges and Expences of taking up, altering, and relaying such Pipes to be borne and paid by the said Commissioners, but the said Commissioners shall not remove or cause to be removed any Water Pipes, without giving Notice to and advising with the Inspector or Supervisor of the Water Company to which such Pipes belong; and that the said Commissioners may likewise cause such Number of Posts to be set up and erected in or upon any of the said Streets, and other publick Passages and Places, at such Distances and in such Manner at they shall think proper, and may cause all or any of the Posts and Rails already erected, set up, and affixed, or hereafter to be erected, set up, and affixed, to be painted or repaired, and new Posts and Rails to be set up, erected, and affixed, in the Place of such of them as shall be decayed or rendered useless.
Respecting Water Pipes.
XIII. And be it further enacted, That when and so often as any Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes belonging to any Water Company, who now furnish, or shall hereafter furnish the Inhabitants of the said District with Water, and which now lie, or shall hereafter be laid under Ground in any of the said Streets, or other publick Passages or Places, shall happen to break, burst, or decay, so as to require Reparation, the Surveyor or Surveyors of the said Commissioners for the Time being, or such other Person or Persons as the said Commissioners shall appoint for that Purpose, shall forthwith give, or cause to be given, Notice thereof, in Writing, to the Paviour or Supervisor of every such Water Company; and the Paviour or Supervisor of such Water Company, to whom the said Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes shall belong is and are hereby required to take up the Pavement and open the Ground, and cause or procure the said Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes to be repaired, and afterwards to fill the said Ground, ram down, and make good the same with Gravel, in all Cases where the same shall not have been paved, within Two Days next after such Notice to be given, and as soon as such Main or Pipe shall have been so repaired, and the Ground to filled up, rammed down, and gravelled, he or they shall give or cause to be given Notice thereof, in Writing, to the Surveyor or Surveyors for the Time being of the said Commissioners; and if the Paviour or Paviours, Supervisor or Supervisors, of any such Water Company, to or for whom such Notice shall be given or left at his or their last Place or Places of Abode, shall, by the Space of Two Days next after giving or leaving such Notice as aforesaid, refuse or neglect to take up such Pavement, and open such Ground, and cause or procure such Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes to be amended and repaired, or afterwards to fill up the Ground so taken up, or to give such immediate Notice of his having so done to the Surveyor or Surveyors of the said Commissioners for the Time being, then and in every such Case, the Person or Persons so respectively refusing or neglecting shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds; and if any Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes, not belonging to any Water Company, shall happen to break, burst, or decay as aforesaid, in any of the said Streets, or other publick Passages and Places, then and in every such Case the respective Owner or Owners thereof shall forthwith cause the Ground over the same to be opened, and such Main or Mains, Pipe or Pipes to be repaired, and Notice thereof in Writing to be given to the Surveyor or Surveyors for the Time being of the said Commissioners; or in case of Refusal or Neglect so to do, shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds; and if any Pavement shall be broken or taken up for the Purpose of making, repairing, or altering any Main, Pipe, Vault, or Drain, then and in every such Case, the Person or Persons so breaking or taking up the said Pavement, or causing the same to be so broken or taken up, shall, as soon as the Nature of the Work will permit, cause the Ground to be filled in or rammed down, and Notice thereof in Writing to be given to the Surveyor or Surveyors for the Time being of the said Commissioners; or in case of Refusal or Neglect so to do, shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Forty Shillings; and if such Surveyor or Surveyors, to whom any such Notice as aforesaid shall be so given, shall, by the Space of Two Days next after the giving of such Notice to him or them as aforesaid, refuse or neglect to relay and repair, or cause to be relaid and repaired, the Pavement so broken up, then and in every such Case, he or they shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every Day such Pavement shall be neglected to be relaid or repaired after the Expiration of the said Two Days: Provided always, that if it shall so happen that at any Time there shall be no regular or fixed Appointment of a Paviour or Surveyor of any such Water Company, then and in such Case such Notice shall be delivered to or left at the Office of the Clerk, or Secretary of such Company, and considered as sufficient Notice for the Purposes aforesaid.