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surrounding or belonging to the fame, or any Part or Parts thereof, or the Entrance to the fame and also to rate and affefs thereby all and every the Church-yards, Cemeteries, or other Burying Places; dead Walls, and void Spaces of Ground within such parochial or other District, and which are not charged to fuch Rate or Affeffment in respect of any Meffuage or other Building whereunto they may be appurtenant, at a Rate not exceeding in any one Year the Sum of One Shilling for every Square Yard of the Foot and Carriage-way, and other Pavements contained in One-half of the entire Width of as much of any and every fuch Street or public Place as fhall or may lay before or at the Sides or Rear of, or abut upon or adjoin to fuch Churchyards, Cemeteries, or other Burying Places, dead Walls, and void Spaces of Ground, or any Part or Parts thereof; and that every of the faid Rates or Affeffments fo made from Time to Time thall be paid for fuch cathedral, collegiate, or other Churches, parochial and other Chapels, Meeting-houses, Places for Religious Worship, Hofpitals, public Schools, and other public Buildings, Church-yards, Cemeteries, or other Burying Places, dead Walls, and void Spaces of Ground, by the Perfons following; (that is to fay), the Rates or Affeffments of and for any cathedral or collegiate Church, by the Dean and Chapter thereof; and of and for any other Churches or parochial Chapels, and Church-yards and parochial Cemeteries, by the Churchwardens or Chapelwardens thereof refpectively for the Time being; and the Rates or Affeffments of or for any Hofpitals, by the Stewards or Housekeepers of fuch Hospitals for the Time being; and the Rates or Affeffments of or for any public Schools, by the. Masters or Miftreffes of fuch public Schools for the Time being; and the Rates or Affeffments of and for any Seffions Houses, or Gaols, or Courts of Justice, by the Clerk or Clerks of the Peace for the City, Borough, or County for the Time being; and D 4

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the Rates or Affeffments of and for any other Public Buildings, by the Housekeeper or other Keepers, or other Perfon or Perfons having the Care of fuch other public Buildings as aforefaid for the Time being; and that fuch Rates or Affeffments of and for any other Cemeteries or Burial Places, not being parochial, fhall be paid by the Owners or Proprietors thereof respectively, or by the Persons who for the Time being shall receive the Money which fhall be paid for the Interment of the Dead therein; and fuch Rates or Affeffments of and for any other Chapels or Meeting-houses and Places for Religious Worship (not being parochial) fhall be paid by the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers thereof refpectively, or any Perfon or Perfons who fhall receive or collect any Money for the Seats or Pews therein, or any other Money arifing therefrom; and fuch Rates or Affeffments of and for fuch dead Walls or void Spaces of Ground fhall be paid by the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers thereof relpectively, or the Perton or Perfons claiming to be the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors of any void Spaces of Ground, when there fhall be no actual Occupier or Occupiers thereof respectively, as the Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements in any fuch parochial or other District fhall from Time to Time direct; and that all and every fuch Perfons refpectively shall be charged with and shall pay fuch Sums of Money as fhall from Time to Time be rated, affeffed, or imposed on or in respect of or for the said Premises respectively; and the Rates or Affeffments for any other Place or Places which by any fuch local Act or Acts as aforefaid may be or is or are liable to be rated and affeffed, shall be paid by such Person or Pei fons, Officer or Officers, as by the fame local Act or Acts are directed to pay the Rates thereby authorized to be made and affeffed; and that the fame Rates and Affeff

Affeffments may be recovered from all and every fuch Perfons refpectively, and be applied in fuch Manner as other Rates and Affeffments made for and towards the Expences of paving and repairing the Pavements, either feparately or jointly with any other Objects and Purposes, are directed to be recovered and applied by any local Act or Acts relating to the Pavements and other Objects and Purposes of fuch parochial or other District, or in and by this Ac.

XXXI. And be it further enacted, That every Rates of PreRate or Affeffment which at any Time or Times mifes let to hereafter fhall be made, laid, or affeffed, by virtue of Ambaffadors this Act, or by virtue of any local Act or Acts of Par- Landlords. payable by liament, for or towards the paving or repairing the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, and either exclufively or jointly with or for any other Objects or Purposes, for or in refpect of any Meffuage or Hereditament which any Ambaffador, Envoy, Refident Agent, or other public Minister of any Foreign Prince or State, or the Servant of any fuch Ambaffador, Envoy, Resident Agent, or other public Minister, or any other Perfon who may not be liable by Law to pay fuch Rate or Affeffment, now doth or hereafter fhall inhabit, fhall be paid by and recoverable from the Landlord or Owner of every fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, who shall be liable and compellable to the Payment thereof; and the same shall be recovered from fuch Landlord or Owner in fuch and the fame Manner as the other Rates or Affeffments made by virtue of this Act, or by virtue of any local Act or Acts of Parliament, for or towards the paving or repairing the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, either exclufively or jointly with or for any other Objects or Purposes, may be recovered from any other Owner or Occupier of any Meffuages

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Meffuages or Hereditaments either by virtue of this
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XXXII. And be it further enacted, That where any Meffuages or Hereditaments, at the Time of making any of the Rates or Affeffments directed to be made under or by virtue of this Act, or of any local Act or Acts of Parliament, for or towards the paving or repairing the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, either exclufively or jointly with or for any other Objects or Purposes, fhall be empty, untenanted, or unoccupied, then and in every fuch Cafe it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Perfon or Perfons entitled by any local Act or Acts of Parliament, or by this Act to make fuch Rates or Affeffments for fuch parochial or other District, to rate and affefs fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments refpectively at One Half of fuch Rates or Affeffments during the Time only that such Meffuages or Hereditaments fhall be empty, untenanted, or unoccupied ; and alfo in cafe any fuch Premises, after the making of fuch Rates or Affeffments, fhall become empty, untenanted, unoccupied, One Half only of fuch Rate or Affeffment shall be charged on fuch Premises respectively for and during fo long Time as the fame shall continue empty, untenanted, and unoccupied; and then and in any of the said Cafes, the faid Rates or Af feffments, and all Arrears due thereon, fhall be paid by the Owner or Owners, or by the first or any other Tenant or Occupier thereof refpectively; and in which last Cafe every fuch Tenant or Occupier fhall and may and is hereby authorized to deduct and detain the fame out of his or their Rent or Rents respectively, and the Owner or Owners of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments is and are hereby required to allow fuch Deduction and Payment out of his or their refpective Rent or Rents, and the faid Tenant or Tenants, Occupier or Occupiers,

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fhall be and is and are hereby acquitted and difcharged of and from fo much of his or their Rent or Rents as fhall be the Amount of any fuch Rates or Affeffments, and all Arrears due thereon fo paid by him or them in respect of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, during fuch Period as the fame shall have been empty, untenanted, and unoccupied, previous to his or their Tenancy or Occupation thereof.

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XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That as to Rates may be and for any Meffuages or other Hereditaments in recovered for any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction let at fmall of this Act, the yearly Value of any of which Mef- Rents, or to fuages or Hereditaments fhall not exceed Twenty weekly or Pounds, or which shall be let to weekly or monthly monthly Lodgers. Tenants, or fhall be let furnished or in Lodgings, or in separate Apartments, or at Rents which fhall become payable and to be collected at any fhorter Periods than quarterly, the Owner or Owners of all and every fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments (for the Purposes of this Act, but not as to any Settlement which may be gained by any Perfon or Perfons in respect of his, her, or their renting or Occupying fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, or any Part or Parts thereof), fhall be deemed and taken to be the Occupier or Occupiers of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, and may be rated and affeffed for and in refpect of the fame accordingly; and that the Person or Perfons letting fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments respectively, or claiming or receiving the Rents and Proceeds thereof, may be from Time to Time deemed and confidered to be the Owner and Owners thereof; and that all and every fuch Owner and Owners from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter may be rated and affeffed to and by any Rates or Affeffments made or to be made for or towards the Expence of paving or repairing the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in the parochial or other District within which fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments may be

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