Offence, and a Sum not exceeding Thirty Pounds for every Third Offence, to be recovered in fuch Manner as other Penalties or Forfeitures are by this Act herein-after directed to be recovered, and to be paid, when recovered, to the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor of the Parish or District wherein any fuch dangerous or defective Pavement fhall be fituate, and to be by them applied to and for the Ufe of the Poor of fuch Parish or District, and in aid of the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of fuch Parish or District, and to no other Person or Perfons, and for no other Ufe or Purpose whatsoever; and fuch Perfon who fhall be guilty of fuch Third Offence fhall thereafter become disqualified from acting in the faid Office of a Surveyor of the Pavements in the fame or in any other parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, and from being re-appointed or appointed thereto, and from acting therein, either gratuitoufly or otherwife, or under any Pretence whatsoever, unless he fhall fo act under the Direction and by the Command of the Commiffioners, Trustees, or other Perfons by whom he fhall have been appointed: Provided always, that all Cofts, Charges, and Expences which fuch Perfon, being the Surveyor of the Pavements of any parochial or other District, fhall incur or expend in and about the Obfervance and Performance of any fuch Order made by the faid Two Justices of the Peace as aforefaid for the Reparation of the Pavements in fuch parochial or other District being dangerous to Paffengers or very defective as aforefaid, as herein-before is directed, or which he shall incur or be put unto in consequence of his Refufal or Neglect to perform and obey any fuch Order by the Directions in Writing of the Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Persons having the Control of the Pavements of the parochial or other District for which he may be appointed to act, fhall be forthwith paid or reimburfed to him by fuch Commiffioners or Trustees,

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or other Perfons, out of the Monies which they fhall then poffefs, or fhall first thereafter receive, by virtue or on account of any Rates or Affeffments thentofore or thereafter made for and towards the Expences of the Paving or Reparation of the Pavement of fuch parochial or other District, or otherwife, by virtue of any local Act or Acts of Parliament, or by virtue of this Ac.

ment of Sur

veyor to be

X. And be it further enacted, That from Time Notice of the to Time, when and as often as any Perfon fhall be Appointappointed by the Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Persons having the Control of the Pavements given to of any parochial or other District within the Jurif- Water and diction of this Act, to be a Surveyor of the Pave- Gas Comments of the Streets and public Places in fuch pa- Commiffionpanies, and rochial or other District, fuch Appointment fhall be ers of Sewers, notified, within Seven Days after every fuch Appointment, by the Clerk or Clerks or fome other Officer of fuch Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Perfons, to a Clerk, Secretary, or fome Officer or Servant of each of the feveral Companies for the Supply of Water, or Proprietors of Waterworks, commonly and herein-after called and defcribed as "Water Companies," and of each of the feveral Companies or Societies or Proprietors of Works for the Supply of inflammable Air or Gas or Gas Lights, commonly and herein-after called and described "Gas Light Companies," whofe Pipes for the Conveyance of Water or Gas may or fhall then be laid beneath the Surface of any of the Streets or public Places within each of fuch parochial or other Districts for which fuch Surveyor fhall have been fo appointed, and alfo to a Clerk or Secretary of the Commiffioners of Sewers then having Jurifdiction over the common and public Drains and Sewers within every fuch parochial or other District, by a Notice in Writing to be figned by fuch Clerk or Clerks or other proper Officer of fuch Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons, and to be given to a Clerk, Secretary, or fome other Officer or Servant of the

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Previous Notice to be given by Companies and Commif

fioners of Sewers to Surveyors before they break up any

Pavement, except for Repairs.

faid several Water and Gas Light Companies, or to a Clerk or Secretary of fuch Commiffioners of Sewers, or to be left for them or fome or one of them at their or fome or one of their Dwelling House or Dwelling Houses or Place or Places of Abode, or at an Office or Counting Houfe for the Time being of each of fuch Water and Gas Light Companies or Commiffioners of Sewers: Provided, that it shall not be neceffary to give any fuch Notice to any Water or Gas Light Companies or Commiffioners of Sewers which shall not have previously notified that their Pipes or Drains and Sewers have been and are placed beneath the Streets or public Places within each of such parochial or other Districts to the Clerk or Clerks or other proper Officer of the Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements in the Streets or public Places within each of fuch parochial or other Districts refpectively.

XI. And be it further enacted, That it fhall not be lawful to or for any Water or Gas Light Company, or for any Commiffioners of Sewers, or any Perfon or Perfons acting by or under the Authority of them or any of them, or on their Account, to break or take up, or caufe to be broken or taken up, any of the Pavements in any of the Streets or public Places within the Jurifdiction of this Act, for the Purpose of making and laying down any Main or Mains of Pipes, or of making any Sewer, Vault, or Drain, or for any other Purpose (except for the Purpose of altering the Pofition of, or of repairing any Pipes, Stopcocks, or Plugs, or of fubftituting Iron for Wooden Mains or Pipes, or of repairing, cleanfing, or altering any Sewer, Vault, or Drain), unless Notice in Writing of their Intention to break or take up fuch Pavement, figned by the principal Clerk or Secretary of fuch Water or Gas Light Company, or Commiffioners of Sewers for the Time being, or by their Surveyor, or Inspector, or Turncock for the Time being, fpecifying the Street or

public Place, and the particular Part of fuch Street or public Place in which fuch Pavement is intended to be broken or taken up, fhall have been given to a Surveyor of the Pavements for the Time being of the parochial or other District wherein such Street or public Place the Pavement whereof is so intended to be broken or taken up fhall be fituate, or fhall have been left for him at his Dwellinghoufe or Office within fuch parochial or other Diftrict, for the Space of Three Days at the least before fuch Pavement or any Part thereof shall be so broken or taken up for the Purposes aforefaid; and that no Gas Light Company fhall break or take up or disturb, or cause to be broken or taken up or disturbed, the Pavement of any Street or public Place for the Purpose of laying down any new Mains or Pipes, without the Confent in Writing of the Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements in any parochial or other District, fignified under the Hand or Hands of their Clerk or Clerks, or other proper Officer or Officers, first obtained; and also, that any Water or Gas Light Company, or Commiffioners of Sewers, or any of them, who shall break or take up, or caufe to be broken or taken up, any the Pavements in any of the Streets or public Places within the Jurisdiction of this Act, for the Purpose of altering the Pofition of or repairing any Pipes, Stopcocks, or Plugs, or of fubftituting Iron for Wooden Mains or Pipes, or of repairing, cleanfing, or altering any Sewer, Vault, or Drain, fhall give fuch Notice thereof as aforefaid, figned as aforesaid, and in Manner aforefaid, unto fuch Surveyor as aforefaid, within Twelve Hours after any fuch Water or Gas Light Company or Commiffioners of Sewers, or any Perfon or Perfons acting by or under the Authority of them, or any of them, or on their Account, fhall begin to break or take up, or to cause to be broken or taken up, any of fuch Pavements for the Purposes laft aforefaid; and that if any fuch Water

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Water or Gas Light Company, or any Commiffioners of Sewers, or any Perfon or Perfons acting by or under their Authority, or on their Account, fhall break or take up, or cause to be broken or taken up, any of fuch Pavement (except for the Purpose of altering the Pofition of or repairing any Pipes, Stopcocks, or Plugs, or of fubftituting Iron for Wooden Mains or Pipes, or of repairing, cleanfing, or altering any Sewer, Vault, or Drain) without fuch Three Days previous Notice being given or left as aforefaid; or if any Gas Light Company shall break or take up or disturb, or caufe to be broken or taken up or difturbed, any of fuch Pavement, for the Purpose of laying down any new Mains or Pipes, without fuch Confent as aforefaid; or if any Water or Gas Light Company, or Commiffioners of Sewers, who may break or take up, or caufe to be broken or taken up, any of the Pavements aforefaid, for the Purpose of altering the Pofition of or of repairing any Pipes, Stopcocks, or Plugs, or of fubftitut ing Iron for Wooden Mains or Pipes, or of repairing, cleanfing, or altering any Sewer, Vault, or Drain, fhall refufe or neglect to give or leave, or to cause to be given or left, fuch Notice thereof as aforefaid within Twelve Hours after any fuch Water or Gas Light Company, or Commiffioners of Sewers, or any Perfon or Perfons acting by or under the Authority of them, or any of them, or on their Account, fhall begin to break or to take up, or to cause to be broken or taken up, any of fuch Pavements, then and in every or any fuch Cafe, the Company, or Commiffioners of Sewers, or other Perfon or Perfons fo breaking or taking up the fame Pavement, or any Part thereof, or caufing or directing the fame to be broken or taken up, or under whofe Authority or on whofe Account the fame fhall be fo broken or taken up, or the Perfons fo breaking or taking up the fame, fhall forfeit and pay to the Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Persons having the Control of the Pavements