XVIII. And, in order that the said Streets, and other publick Passages and Places, may be properly watered, be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall have full Power and Authority to cause such Number of Wells and Pumps to be dug, sunk, and made, in any of the said Streets, or other publick Passages or Places, as they shall think proper, and from Time to Time to alter the same as they shall see Occasion; provided that no such Well or Pump shall be sunk or made so as to injure any House or other Building, or any Vault or Cellar under any of the said Streets, or other publick Passages or Places: And it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they think proper, to agree with the Owner of any private Ground, either within the Limits of this Act or elsewhere, or with any Water Company, for supplying Water, or for sinking or making any Wells or Pumps for the Purposes of this Act, at or for such Sum of Money or annual Rent, as the said Commissioners shall judge reasonable.
Annual Sum to be paid to the Surveyors of the Highways for the Parish, in lieu of the Highway Rate.
XIX. And whereas, previous to the erecting any Buildings upon the Ground within the Limits of this Act, the same was rated and assessed to the Repairs of the Highways, within the said Parish of Saint Luke Chelsea, at or about the annual Sum of Four Pounds, be it therefore further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, and are hereby authorized and required, out of the Money arising by virtue of this Act, to pay to the Surveyors of the Highways for the said Parish of Saint Luke Chelsea, or any of them, the Sum of Four Pounds upon the Twenty-ninth Day of September in every Year, the First Payment thereof to be made upon the Twenty-ninth Day of September One thousand seven hundred and ninety; which annual Payment shall be in lieu and in full Satisfaction and Discharge of and for all Statute Duty and Composition, or other Payment, Charge, or Expence upon, for, or towards the repairing, or on Account of any Defect in the Repairs of the Highways within any Part of the said Parish of Saint Luke Chelsea, not being within the Limits of this Act; and in case such annual Sum shall at any Time be in Arrear for the Space of Thirty Days after the same shall become due and be demanded, the same shall and may be recovered from the Treasurer to the said Commissioners, in like Manner as any Penalty is herein-after authorized or directed to be recovered.
The Streets and Highways within the Limits of the act to be repaired distinct from the other Parts of the Parish.
XX. And be it further enacted, That none of the Inhabitants of any Streets, or other publick Passages or Places within the Limits of this Act, shall be subject or liable to the Performance of any Statue Work, or to the Payment of any Rate, Assessment, or Sum of Money, other than the said annual Sum of Four Pounds, for or towards repairing, or on account of any Defect in the Repairs of the Highways within any Part of the said Parish of Saint Luke (not being within the Limits of this Act); and that it shall not be lawful for any Surveyor of the Highways within the said Parish to use or exercise any Power, Jurisdiction, or Authority whatsoever, within the Limits of this Act; and that none of the Inhabitants of any other Part of the said Parish of Saint Luke shall be subject to the Performance of any Statute Duty, or to any Composition in lieu thereof, or to any other Charge or Expence, for or towards the repairing or amending, or on at count of any Street or Highway within the Limits of this Act; any Law, Statute, or Custom to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.
Money to be raised by a Rate.
XXI. And, for raising Money to enable the said Commissioners to carry the several Purposes of this Act into Execution, be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, and are hereby authorized and empowered, Once in every Year, between Lady Day and Midsummer Day, to rate and assess such Sums of Money as they shall from Time to Time judge necessary, upon the respective Occupiers of the several Houses, and other Buildings, Lands, and Grounds, within the Limits of this Act, not exceeding Two Shillings and Sixpence in the Pound of the annual Value of such respective Houses and other Buildings, with the Gardens and Yards hereunto belonging or held therewith, and not exceeding One Shilling in the Pound of the annual Value of the other Lands or Grounds within the said Limits; such respective annual Values to be ascertained by the respective Sums the same shall be rated to the Relief of the Poor, or in such other Manner as the said Commissioners shall think proper; and the Full Year for which such Rates or Assessments shall be made shall commence upon the Twenty-fourth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and ninety; and the Money so rated and assessed shall from Time to Time be paid to the Collectors to be appointed as aforesaid, at such Time or Times in every Year, and in such Manner, as the said Commissioners shall order and direct, and shall be paid over by such Collectors into the Hands of the Treasurer to the said Commissioners.
Empty Houses to be charged with Half Rates.
XXII. Provided always, That where any of the said Houses or other Buildings, after the same shall have been Once inhabited or occupied, shall at the Time of making any of the said Rates or Assessments be empty or unoccupied, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to rate and assess such Premises respectively at One Half of such Rates or Assessments, and no more, during the Time only such Premises shall be empty or unoccupied; and also in case any such Premises, after the making of any such Rate or Assessment, shall become empty or unoccupied, One Half only of such Rate or Assessment shall be charged on such Premises respectively, for and during so long Time as the same shall continue empty or unoccupied; and than and in every such Case the said Rate or Assessment, and all Arrears due thereon, shall be paid by the Person or Persons for the Time being entitled to such Premises, or by the First or any other Tenant or Occupier thereof, and every such Tenant or Occupier shall and may and is hereby authorized to deduct and retain the same out of his or her Rent, and the Person or Persons for the Time being entitled to such Premises is and are hereby required to allow such Deduction; and that where any House, Building, Tenement, or Hereditament, in respect whereof any Rate or Assessment shall be made as aforesaid, shall be let to more than One Tenant, any One or more of such Tenants shall be deemed the Occupier or Occupiers thereof for the Purposes of this Act.