Pamphlets on English Public Works and Engineering1800 - Public health |
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... Constructions , and Purposes , as fully subject to the Commission of Sewers , and to all the Statutes made for Sewers , and to all Penalties in the same Statutes , and in every of them , con- tained , as if the same Places near to the ...
... Constructions , and Purposes , as fully subject to the Commission of Sewers , and to all the Statutes made for Sewers , and to all Penalties in the same Statutes , and in every of them , con- tained , as if the same Places near to the ...
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... Constructions , and Pur- poses , as fully subject to the Commission of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and Part of the County 60 FORTY - SEVENTH GEORGE III . Jurisdiction extended to a Watercourse which divides Chelsea ...
... Constructions , and Pur- poses , as fully subject to the Commission of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and Part of the County 60 FORTY - SEVENTH GEORGE III . Jurisdiction extended to a Watercourse which divides Chelsea ...
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... Construction of new Sewers to 6 carry off the Water and Soil from Lands and No Sewer to be hereafter made or con- structed without No- tice being sent to the Commission- ers of Sewers . 6 C . C Buildings into the Sewers under the ...
... Construction of new Sewers to 6 carry off the Water and Soil from Lands and No Sewer to be hereafter made or con- structed without No- tice being sent to the Commission- ers of Sewers . 6 C . C Buildings into the Sewers under the ...
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... construction of the celebrated Edystone lighthouse in 1755-59 , Smeaton introduced a new era in masonry , which forms a brilliant epoch in his valuable life , spent in the service of mankind , but more particularly for the benefit of ...
... construction of the celebrated Edystone lighthouse in 1755-59 , Smeaton introduced a new era in masonry , which forms a brilliant epoch in his valuable life , spent in the service of mankind , but more particularly for the benefit of ...
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... construction worthy of notice , until in 1809-1817 , when Waterloo Bridge , across the Thames , consisting of nine equal semi - elliptical arches , 120 feet upon each , and 35 feet rise , was built of granite in a style of solidity and ...
... construction worthy of notice , until in 1809-1817 , when Waterloo Bridge , across the Thames , consisting of nine equal semi - elliptical arches , 120 feet upon each , and 35 feet rise , was built of granite in a style of solidity and ...
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Page 84 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 83 - Discontinuance of his, her or their Action or Suit after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall have Treble Costs, and shall have such Remedy for the same as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have for Costs of Suit in any other Case by Law.
Page 35 - The golden rule of doing to others as we would be done by can surely reach the most untutored intellect.
Page 91 - An Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills, and the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, to a limited Amount, for the carrying on of Public Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom, and Employment of the Poor...
Page 15 - Lord the King . . by the advice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and at the request of the...
Page 82 - That if any Action or Suit shall be commenced against any Person or Persons for any thing done in pursuance of this Act...
Page 74 - ... on the day of and the day of in every year during the life of the plaintiff, the said bond should be void.
Page 69 - COMET, between Glasgow, Greenock, and Helensburgh, for passengers only. " The Subscriber having, at much expense, fitted up a handsome Vessel to ply upon the River Clyde, between Glasgow and Greenock, — to sail by the power of Wind, Air, and Steam, — he intends that the Vessel shall leave the Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, about mid-day, or at such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide, and to leave Grcenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the morning,...
Page 72 - Scotland respectively as aforesaid, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the said commissioners...
Page 31 - Commissioners, or six of them, by authority of the said commission, shall bind as well the lands, tenements and hereditaments of the King our Sovereign Lord, as all and every other person and persons, and their heirs, for such their interest as they shall fortune to have, or may have in any lands...