the Powers of Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings," that they may in order to enable them to execute and carry into effect the several be enabled to Powers and Purposes of this Act, and by that Name, for the Pur- carry into effect poses of this Act, shall have perpetual Succession, and use a this Act. Common Seal, to be by them from Time to Time altered as they shall think fit, and shall and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and take Lands and Hereditaments to them and their Successors for ever, for the Purposes of this Act. chequer Bills Works authorized to ad for Public Act. II. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners for executing the for issuing ExOffice of Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby empowered, for the Purposes of this Act, by Warrant under their or his Hands or Hand, from Time to Time to authorize the vance Money Commissioners for issuing Exchequer Bills for Public Works for the Puracting in execution of an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year poses of this of the Reign of King George the Third, and of several subsequent Acts for amending and extending the same, to advance and lend to the Commissioners for executing this Act any Sum or Sums of Money in Exchequer Bills, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of One hundred and twenty thousand Pounds; and the Repayment of all Sums to be so from Time to Time advanced and lent as aforesaid, with Interest from the Time or respective Times of advancing the same, not exceeding the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, shall be secured by an Assignment to the said Commissioners for issuing Exchequer Bills of the Tolls of the Bridge and other Tolls herein-after authorized to be taken, and of the Monies to be received for Contributions under the aforesaid Agreements, and all other Monies to be received under the Authority of this Act, or by an Assignment of such Parts thereof, or secured in such other Manner as the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall direct; and the Commissioners for executing this Act are hereby authorized and empowered to assign the said Tolls, Contributions, and other Monies aforesaid by way of Security accordingly. III. And be it enacted, That when and so soon as such Agreements for Contribution as aforesaid (including an Agreement with the Governor and Company of Chelsea Waterworks, who have offered to contribute, upon Terms to be arranged between the said Company and the Commissioners for executing this Act), as the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, shali approve of, and shall consider proper and sufficient in Amount or otherwise, (such Approbation to be signified by some Writing under his or their Hand or Hands,) shall have been made and entered into, but not sooner, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for executing this Act to construct and complete an Embankment and Roadway along the North Bank of the River Thames from Battersea Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners at any Time, either before or after such Agreements shall have been entered into as aforesaid, to construct and complete a Sums advanced to be repaid with Interest Tolls, &c. secured on the When Agreements for Conapproved by the Treasury, Commissioners empowered to construct Em tributions are bankment and Roadway, and to construct a Bridge. Bridge across the said River from a Point near to Chelsea Hospital aforesaid to a Point near the Red House aforesaid, with convenient Approaches thereto, together with convenient Piers, Stairs, Hards, and Landing Places, and also a Street from the South End of Lower Sloane Street aforesaid to the Northern Extremity of such Bridge, in manner herein-after mentioned, and according to such Surveys, Plans, and Designs as aforesaid, and for the Purposes aforesaid, or any of them, to dig and make proper Foundations in the said River, and in the Lands on each Side thereof, and make Dams in the said River, and cut and level the Banks thereof, and cut, remove, and take away all Trees, Roots of Trees, Beds of Gravel, Sand, or Mud, or other Impediment whatsoever, and do and execute every other Thing necessary or convenient for the Purposes aforesaid, or any of them; and for the Purpose of erecting, maintaining, and repairing the said intended Bridge, and constructing and completing such Embankment and Roadway as aforesaid, the said last-mentioned Commissioners shall have full Power and Authority from Time to Time to land on either Side of the said River, within Five hundred Yards from the Site of the said intended Bridge, and on any Part of the Ground lying on the North Bank of the said River between Battersea Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge, all Materials and other Things to be used in or about the same, and there to work and use such Materials and Things as they the said last-mentioned Commissioners shall think proper, doing as little Damage as may be, and making such Satisfaction as herein-after mentioned to the respective Owners and Occupiers of the Lands and Hereditaments Commissioners which shall be damaged or used for the Purposes of this Act; and to keep Bridge, such Bridge, when so erected, and the Approaches thereto, shall in repair. be kept in repair by the Commissioners for executing this Act out of the Tolls and other Monies coming to them under this Act. IV. And be it enacted, That in case at any Time or Times after the said intended Bridge shall have been completed the Passage over the same shall become dangerous in consequence of Accident or Want of Repair, it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned Commissioners, during such Time as shall be necessary for repairing or rebuilding the said Bridge, to erect such temporary Bridge or provide such Ferry over the said River at such Place or Places near the Site of the said intended Bridge as they shall think proper, and to receive such Tolls as are herein-after authorized to be taken for passing over the said intended Bridge: Provided always, that such temporary Bridge or Ferry shall continue for such Time only as shall be necessary for repairing or rebuilding the said intended Bridge, and that such temporary Bridge shall be built so as to impede the Navigation as little as possible. When the Bridge is under repair the Commissioners empowered to erect a temporary Bridge. Proviso. Commissioners empowered to take Places for depositing Ma terials. V. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned Commissioners to take on Lease or to agree for the Use and Occupation of proper Places within Five hundred Yards of the Approach to the said Bridge on either Side thereof, and on any Part of the North Bank of the said River between Battersea Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge, for the Purpose of depositing and working Stone, Iron, Timber, and other Materials for building the said intended Bridge, and constructing and completing the said Embankment 6 Embankment and Roadway, and to dispose of the same in like Manner as is herein-after directed with respect to Lands not wanted for the Purposes of this Act. at the Office of VI. And be it enacted, That a Map or Plan and Design, or Maps or Plans separate Maps or Plans and Designs, describing the Lines, Site, to be deposited and Elevation of the said intended Embankment and Roadway, Woods, and to Bridge and Approaches, and new Street, when signed by the be open to InLord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners for executing the spection upon Office of Lord High Treasurer, or any Three of them, and the paying a Fee Places, Buildings, Tenements, and Hereditaments on the Site of of 1s. which the same Embankment, Roadway, Bridge, and Approaches, and new Street are proposed to be made shall be deposited at the Office of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, and the Map or Plan • and Design, or separate Maps or Plans and Designs, so deposited at the Office of the said Commissioners, shall remain at the said Office, to the end that all Persons may at all seasonable Times have Liberty to inspect and peruse the same at their Will and Pleasure, paying the Sum of One Shilling for every such Inspection. without Consent of the to be made from such Plans without Con VII. And be it enacted, That no Alteration or Change shall No Alteration be made in the Line, Site, or Design of the said Roadway and shall be made Approaches, or new Street, as shown in such Plans and Designs, unless the same shall be approved by the Lord High Treasurer Treasury. or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer for the Time being, or some Three or more of them. VIII. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners for No Deviation executing this Act, in making the said Roadway and Street, and the Approaches to the said Bridge, shall not deviate more than Fifty Feet from the Lines described in the aforesaid Maps or Plans and Designs, without the Consent and Approbation of the Person or Persons, Bodies Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, through whose Lands or Tenements such Deviation shall be made, or the Use and Enjoyment of whose Tenements shall be affected by such Deviation: Provided always, that in respect to the Soil or Freeholds of the said Reverend Joseph George Brett Clerk no Deviation shall take place without adequate Compensation in reference to the same being made to him in manner herein-after mentioned. sent. and other IX. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners for exe- Power to Comcuting this Act shall and may and they are hereby empowered missioners to from Time to Time to appoint such and so many Clerks and appoint Clerks other Officers and Persons as they shall deem necessary to employ Officers; in the Execution of this Act, and may from Time to Time remove such Clerks, Officers, and other Persons, or any of them, and appoint others in their Stead; and also shall and may allow and to fix Sato such Clerks and other Officers, and such other Person and laries, with the Persons as shall be assisting in or about the Execution of this Approval of the Treasury; Act, such Salaries or Allowances as to them the said Commissioners shall seem meet, and as shall be approved of by the said Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer, or any Three or more of them: Provided always, that the said Commissioners for executing and to take this Act shall and may and they are hereby authorized and Security if they T 3 empowered, think fit. a Book and empowered, if they shall think proper so to do, to take such Security, either to themselves or Her Majesty, from any Clerk, Officer, or other Person to be appointed by virtue of this Act, for the due and faithful Execution of his Office, as they the said lastmentioned Commissioners shall think fit. Proceedings of X. And be it enacted, That all such Orders and Proceedings of Commissioners the said last-mentioned Commissioners in the Execution of this to be entered in Act, which shall be entered in a Book or Books to be kept for that Purpose, shall, when so entered and signed by the said Commissioners or any Two of them, be deemed to be Originals, and such Book or Books shall be admitted as Evidence in all Courts whatsoever. admitted as Evidence. old ones. Power to make XI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said new Carriage last-mentioned Commissioners to cause such Part of the said and Foot Ways, intended Roadway, Bridge and Approaches, and new Street to and to stop up be laid out for Carriageways, and such Part thereof for Foot Passengers, as they shall think proper, and to stop up and close permanently all or any now existing Carriageways and Footways which in the Judgment of the said Commissioners it will not be necessary to keep open after such new Carriageways and Footways are set out and opened. Power to em bank and fill up Bed and Shore of River and to stop up Streets, &c. Ground, &c. of the River XII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said lastmentioned Commissioners to embank and fill up the Bed and Shore of the said River Thames as shown in the aforesaid Plans and Designs, and also such further Parts thereof as shall be required by the said Commissioners for constructing any Stairs, Piers, Landing Places, or Hards, in pursuance of the Powers in that Behalf herein-after contained, and also to alter, divert, stop up, or inclose such Streets, Courts, Alleys, Ways, or Passages, void Ground, Stairs, Piers, Landing Places, or Hards, or such Part and Parts thereof as shall be necessary to be altered, diverted, stopped up, or inclosed for the Purposes of this Act; and the Ground and Soil of so much of the Bed of the said River as shall be so and Streets, &c. embanked and filled up, or authorized to be filled up as aforesaid, and of such Streets, Courts, Alleys, Ways, Passages, void Ground, Stairs, Piers, Landing Places, and Hards, or Parts thereof respectively, as shall be stopped up and inclosed, and the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, shall be and are hereby vested in the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, and their Successors, hereby incorporated for the Purposes of this Act, with Power to such Commissioners to convey any Part thereof or to appropriate the same in pursuance of any Agreement which may be entered into with any Parties so agreeing to contribute as aforesaid, and on such Conditions and subject as in any such Agreement may be mentioned. vested in Commissioners. Power to Commissioners to XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and of Carriage and empowered, during the making of the said Embankment, Roadway, stop up Parts Foot Way of Streets. Bridge and Approaches, and new Street, to stop up or cause to be stopped up all or such Part of the Carriage or Foot Ways of Streets, Roads, and other Places as shall be necessary for the Purposes of this Act, and for that Purpose to put up or cause to be put up sufficient Dams, Pallisadoes, Bars, Posts, and other Erections, and to make such Orders for regulating the Passage of all Carts, Carts, Carriages, Horses, and Foot Passengers as to them shall seem proper: Provided nevertheless, that before any such Stoppage shall be made the said Commissioners shall give Twenty Days previous Notice of their Intention to cause such Stoppage to the Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and Part of the County of Middlesex, to the Intent that the last-named Commissioners, if they see Occasion, may represent to the Commissioners for executing this Act any Interruption of Sewage likely to be caused by any such Stoppage as aforesaid. XIV. And be it enacted, That if any Person or Persons Penalty on having the Care of any Float, Raft, Boat, Barge, or other Vessel, Persons obor any other Person or Persons, shall, after being warned by any structing the Person employed in the Construction of any of the Works by this Act authorized to be constructed, by passing or navigating over any Part of the said River where such Works are in progress, or otherwise, cause any Hindrance or Obstruction to the Execution of such Works or any of them, every Person so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, to be recovered in such Manner as other Penalties and Forfeitures are by this Act directed to be recovered. Execution of the Works. . XV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said last- Power to Commentioned Commissioners and they are hereby authorized and missioners to empowered to raise or lower, or cause to be raised or lowered, the raise or lower Streets leading Ground of any Streets or Ways which shall communicate with to Bridge, &c.; the said Roadway, Bridge and Approaches, and new Street to be making Commade as aforesaid, or any Part or Parts thereof respectively, pensation to making Compensation to the Owners of Houses or Premises injured Owners. by such Alterations as shall be agreed on by and between the : Consent of Commissioners of Sewers. Parties Provided nevertheless, that in raising or lowering such Not to disturb Ground the said Commissioners shall not disturb or interfere with Sewers without any Sewers, Drains, or Watercourses under the Control of the said Commissioners of Sewers without the Consent of the last-named Commissioners, and that in case it shall be necessary to alter, divert, stop up, or in any way interfere with any such Sewers, Drains, or Watercourses the said Commissioners for executing this Act shall first obtain the Sanction of the said Commissioners of Sewers, and all such Works shall then be done as the said Commissioners of Sewers shall by Order of Court direct and require, by or at the Expence of the said Commissioners for executing this Act. Power to arch Drains for the XVI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned Commissioners and they are hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be arched over or filled up all such Sewers and Drains, or Part or Parts thereof, which shall lie and be in or near the said Roadway, Approaches, and new Street and Streets this Act. and Ways to be made, altered, diverted, or stopped up, or inclosed as aforesaid respectively, as shall appear necessary for completing the Purposes of this Act, so as that no public Sewer or Drain whatsoever, or any private Drain, shall be in anywise disturbed, injured, or prejudiced without another Sewer or Drain being made in lieu thereof, equally serviceable and convenient to the Individual or Neighbourhood: Provided always, that, before the arching over or filling up any Sewer, Drain, or Watercourse, or Part thereof, as aforesaid, the said Commissioners shall first obtain the |