Power to in satisfac tion of Claims. under the Provisions in that Behalf herein-before contained, subject to any such Mortgage or Demise. VIII. The said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public apply Monies Buildings shall apply all the Monies arising by any such Sale, Mortgage, or other Disposition as aforesaid, and also all the Rents, 5 Issues, and Profits of the Hereditaments and Premises hereby vested or hereafter to be vested in them as aforesaid, until the same shall be sold, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, in the first place in paying, discharging, and satisfying all lawful Claims or Demands to which the said Commissioners of Westminster Bridge would have been liable if 10: this Act had not been passed, and in the next place in or towards the Execution and Performance of the several Works and Matters which they are hereby authorized or directed to execute and perform; and the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings shall from Time to Time lay out and invest such Monies as shall not be 15 immediately required by them for the Purposes of this Act in the Purchase of Freehold Lands, or of Stock in the Public Funds, or at Interest upon Government or Real Securities, or in Exchequer Bills, as they shall think fit, and shall have the same Powers of selling, mortgaging, and otherwise disposing of such last-mentioned Lands, 20 Stocks, and Securities as are hereby conferred in respect of the Westminster Bridge Estates so vested in them as aforesaid; and, subject as aforesaid, all the Hereditaments and Premises which shall remain unsold, and all Monies and Securities which shall remain unapplied, after the Erection of the said Bridge, and doing and 25 executing the Matters hereby directed to be done, shall remain vested in the said Commissioners hereby incorporated, and shall be applied in keeping the said Bridge and Approaches hereby directed to be built and made in sufficient Repair, and for that Purpose the said Commissioners last mentioned shall have such and the like Powers 30 of leasing, mortgaging, and selling the said Hereditaments and other the Powers as are herein-before contained, at their sole Discretion. Power to construct Bridge. IX. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to construct a new Bridge across the River Thames on and adjoining to the Site of the present Westminster 35 Bridge, together with all necessary and convenient Piers, Stairs, Hards, and Landing Places, and also the necessary and proper Streets, Roads, and Approaches to such new Bridge at both Ends thereof, as delineated and set forth in the amended Plan aforesaid, including the Lines of Deviation as shown on the same Plan, in manner herein-after mentioned, and according to such Plan as aforesaid, and for the Purposes aforesaid, or 40 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 remove and take away all Beds of Gravel, Sand, Mud, or other Impediment whatsoever, and do 5 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 the Approaches thereto, and also of keeping the present Bridge in repair, the said Commissioners shall have full Power and 10 Authority from Time to Time to land and deposit on either Side of the said River, on any Part of the Ground which they are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, 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 shall think proper, before they shall 15 have effected a Purchase of such Ground, doing as little Damage as may be, and (in case they shall not afterwards effect such Purchase) making such Satisfaction as herein-after mentioned to the respective Owners and Occupiers of the Lands and Hereditaments which shall be damaged or used for the Purposes of this Act; and such Bridge, 20 when so erected, and the Approaches thereto, shall be kept in repair by the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings out of the Monies coming to them under this Act. X. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's CLAUSE A. Landing Works and Public Buildings to make and construct Piers, Stairs, Places to be 25 and Landing Places at either End of the said intended Bridge, or at constructed. any of the Piers of the said Bridge. take Pl ces rials. XI. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's CommisWorks and Public Buildings to take on Lease or to agree for the sioners may Use and Occupation of proper Places within Five hundred Yards of for deposit30 the Approach to the said Bridge on either Side thereof, for the ing MatePurpose of depositing and working Stone, Iron, Timber, and other Materials for building the said intended Bridge, and to dispose of the same in like Manner as is herein directed with respect to the other Lands vested in the said Commissioners. 35 the Office of XII. The amended Plan aforesaid, or a true Copy thereof, shall be Plans to be deposited at the Office of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works deposited at and Public Buildings, and shall remain at the said Office, to the end Works, and that all Persons may at all reasonable Times have Liberty to inspect be open for Inspection. and peruse the same, at their Will and Pleasure, paying the Sum of 40 One Shilling for every such Inspection. XIII. For the Purposes of this Act, the following Sections of the Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Statutes made in the Session of Parliament held in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria (being an Act for the Construction (amongst other things) of a Bridge over the River Thames near 5 Chelsea Hospital), namely, Section Nine, Sections Eleven to Eighteen, both inclusive, Section Twenty, Sections Twenty-three to Fifty-six, both inclusive, Section Fifty-nine, Sections Sixty-three to Sixty-seven, both inclusive, Sections Ninety to One hundred and eight both inclusive, Section One hundred and thirteen, and Section One 10 hundred and sixteen, shall be deemed to be herein repeated with the Alterations necessary to make the same applicable to the new Bridge and Approaches authorized by this Act, and to the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and so that all Provisions in the said Act referring to or affecting any particular 15 Commissioners of Sewers, or Persons or Bodies having the Control of any Sewers, shall be held to apply to the Commissioners or Body or Person or Persons having the Control or Management of the Sewers to which such Provisions became applicable, and so also that all the Provisions in the said Act relating to Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, Coroners, 20 Juries, and Justices shall be held to extend to and include Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, Coroners, Juries, and Justices of the County of Surrey, as well as of the County of Middlesex, as the Case may require, and so as the Space of Seven Years mentioned in the said Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Statutes shall commence from the passing of this 25 Act. XIV. That if any Person shall wilfully or maliciously damage or injure the present Bridge, or any Pier, Stairs, Hard, or Landing Place belonging thereto, or shall wilfully or maliciously damage or injure the said intended new Bridge, or any Pier, Stairs, Hard, or Landing 30 Place, or any Works, Matters, or Things to be constructed or provided under the Provisions of this Act, or any Part thereof respectively, or shall wilfully or maliciously, and without Authority from the said Commissioners, remove or take away any Works, Matters, or Things thereunto respectively belonging, or in any way direct or pro- 35 cure the same to be done, or shall be aiding or assisting therein, whereby the said Bridges or either of them, or the Piers, Stairs, Hards, or Landing Places, or the Works, Matters, or Things thereof respec. tively, may be damaged, any Person so offending shall be judged guilty of Felony; and every such Person so offending, and being 40 thereof lawfully convicted, shall be subject to the like Punishments and Penalties as in Cases of Felony; and the Court by or before whom such Person shall be tried and convicted shall have Power and Autho 5 rity to cause such Person to be punished in like Manner as Felons are directed to be punished by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, or, in mitigation of such Punishments, such Court may award such Sentence as the Law directs in Cases of Petty Larceny. Vessels liable XV. That in case any Damage or Mischief shall be done to the said Owners of Bridges, or either of them, or to any such Piers, Stairs, Hards, or for Damage Landing Places as aforesaid, or any of the Works, Matters, or Things done to the to be constructed or provided under the Provisions of this Act, or any Bridges, &c. Part thereof respectively, by any Ship, Lighter, Barge, Boat, Float, 10 Raft, or Vessel, through the wilful Negligence of any Person having the Command of any such Ship, Lighter, Barge, Boat, Float, Raft, or Vessel, or any of the Mariners or Persons employed therein, then and in every such Case the Owner of such Ship, Lighter, Barge, Boat, Float, Raft, or Vessel shall be and is hereby made answerable to the 15 said Commissioners for the Amount or Value of any such Damage or Mischief; and the same, provided it shall not exceed the Sum of Twenty Pounds, if not forthwith paid and satisfied, shall and may be recovered in such Manner as the Penalties and Forfeitures hereby imposed are in and by this Act directed to be recovered. 20 their Ser XVI. That in case the Owner of any such Ship, Lighter, Barge, Masters to Boat, Float, Raft, or Vessel shall be compelled to pay any Penalty, recover from or to make Satisfaction for any Damages, by reason of any Neglect vants any or Default done or committed by his Servants or Mariners, or any of Damages them, such Servants or Mariners and each and every of them shall be paid for their Neglect, &c. 25 liable to pay such Penalty or Damages (with the Costs thereof) to such Owner; and in case of Nonpayment upon Demand thereof, and Oath made by such Owner of the Payment made by him of such Penalty, Satisfaction, or Damages, and that the same and the Costs thereof have not been repaid to him by such Servants or Mariners or 30 any of them, although demanded, (such Oath to be made before any One or more Justice or Justices of the Peace of the County or Place where such Penalty or Satisfaction shall have been recovered,) the Amount thereof, provided the same shall not exceed the Sum of Twenty Pounds, shall be recovered in the same Manner as any Penalty 35 is hereby directed to be recovered. or Obstruc XVII. That if any Person shall wilfully break, throw down, or da- Penalty for mage any of the Benches or Requisites erected on the present Bridge, Injuries, &c. Piers, Stairs, Hards, or Landing Places or any Benches or Requisites tions to Pasto be erected on the said intended new Bridge, Piers, Stairs, Hards, sengers. 40 or Landing Places, or any Works, Matters, or Things to be constructed or provided for the Purpose of effectually carrying out the Purposes of this Act, or for the Convenience of the Passengers on the said Bridges, Piers, Stairs, Hards, or Landing Places, or wilfully break, XVIII. When the several Roadways and Approaches and Streets shown and laid down in the said Plans shall be made in pursuance 20 of this Act, all the Ground, Land, and Hereditaments which shall be laid open into the said Roadways and Approaches and Streets shall form Part of the said Roadways, Approaches, and Streets, and shall be used by the Public accordingly, and the same, and the sole Power, Authority, and Duty of paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting, 25 and watering thereof, and of rating the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments situate and being within the same, or the Occupiers thereof for the Time being, shall be under the Care, Management, Control, and Jurisdiction of the Trustees or Commissioners of the Parishes or Places respectively after mentioned, that is to say, such 30 Parts of the said Roadways, Approaches, and Streets as will be situate on the Westminster Side of the said intended Bridge shall be under the Care, Management, Control, and Jurisdiction of the Commissioners for paving and improving the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John Westminster, and such Parts thereof as will be 35 situate on the Lambeth Side of the said intended Bridge shall be under the Care, Management, Control, and Jurisdiction of the Trustees or Commissioners or other Persons or Bodies for the Time being having the Charge of paving the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth, in like Manner in all respects as if they were included in 40 the Acts giving Authority to the Bodies respectively; but all such Roadways, Approaches, and Streets shall in the first instance be well and sufficiently constructed and completed by and at the Costs of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. 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