Glasgow: Improvement Act 1768
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1768 c. 16 |
| Year | 1768 |
(8 Geo. 3) C A P. XVI.
'W H E R E A S by the great Increase of Inhabitants in the City ofGlasgow , an additional Church became necessary, which the Magistrates and Council of the said City have, at a very considerable Expence, erected and built accordingly, aud which is called or known by the Name of Saint Andrew's Church: And whereas, it is further necessary, for the Use and Benefit of the Inhabitants of the said City, and of others resorting to the said Church, that there should not only be a proper and commodious Passage to the same, by and from the Street called The Salt Market Street , but also that the Area or Church-yard of the said Church should be free and open: And whereas the said Magistrates and City Council have also, at a considerable Expence, erected and built a Town Hall upon the West Side of the Tolbooth, and near the Cross of Glasgow; and it would be of great Advantage to the said City, to have an Exchange or Square near the said Town Hall for the Use and Resort of Merchants and others; for which Purpose, the said Magistrates have purchased several old Houses and Areas on the North Side of the said Town Hall and Tolbooth, but the Premises so purchased are not sufficient for building the said Exchange or Square: And whereas these Works, so necessary for the Convenience and Advantage of the said City, and of all Persons resorting thereto, cannot be carried into Execution without the Aid of Parliament: Therefore, upon the Petition of the Magistrates and Council of the said City ofGlasgow , on Behalf of themselves and the Community of the said City;' be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authorityof the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Magistrates and City Council ofGlasgow , and their Successors, by themselves, their Deputies, Agents, Workmen, and Servants, and they are hereby impowered and authorised, to make and compleat a convenient Passage or Street from the said Street called The Salt Market Street , to the said new Church called Saint Andrew's Church , not exceeding Seventy Feet in Breadth, as also to open and compleat the Area or Church-yard of the said Church; and likewise to make, erect, build, and compleat, a commodious Exchange or Square upon the North Side of the said Town Hall and Tolbooth.
II Power give to purchase Lands, &c. for laying out and compleating a convenient Street or Passage.
II. And, for enabling the said Magistrates and City Council to effect the several necessary Purposes aforesaid, be it farther enacted, That the said Magistrates and City Council, and their Successors, shall have full Power and Authority to treat and agree with the Owners and Occupiers of such Lands, Houses, Tenements, and other Hereditaments, as lie upon the East Side of the saidSalt Market Street , bounded by the Lauds belonging to the Heirs of the deceased James Glen Goldsmith in Glasgow , on the North; and Lands of the Heirs of the deceased John Brown Bookseller in Glasgow , the Lands belonging to the Heirs of the deceased Andrew Scot of Kirklee , and the Lands belonging to John Wright Baker in Glasgow , on the South, and including within the said Boundaries; and also an old ruined Tenement belonging, or reputed to belong, to the Heirs of Robert Pirrie Merchant in Glasgow; as also an old ruinous Timber Tenement of Land, and a Piece of Waste Ground belonging, or reputed to belong, to the Creditors of the late Andrew Scot of Kirklee , and Margaret Brown , Sister of the said John Brown ; as also a Tenement of Land belonging, or reputed to belong, to William Mickelboze , Maltman, John Wright , Baker, and James Boyd , Shopkeeper; as also an old ruinous Thatch-house belonging, or reputed to belong, to the said Andrew Sect ; and after Payment of such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be agreed on between the said Magistrates and Council, and the said Owners and Occupiers respectively, for the Purchase of such respective Premises, to order the said Houses to be taken down, the Areas to be cleared, and the Ground, or so much thereof as shall be thought necessary, to be laid out for making and compleating a convenient Passage or Street from the said Street called The Salt Market Street to the new Church aforesaid, and to cause the said Street and Passage to be laid or paved in such a Manner, as the said Magistrates and City Council shall appoint.
III and to finish a Church-yard.
III. And, be it further enacted, That the said Magistrates and City Council, and their Successors, shall also have full Power and Authority to treat and agree with the Owners and Occupiers of the small Slip of Land belonging, or reputed to belong, toJanet Smith , Daughter of the deceased Thomas Smith , late Writer in Edinburgh , containing Three Roods. Twenty-four Falls, and Sixteen Yards of Grounds, or thereabout, in Measure, lying on the South Side of the said Saint Andrew's Church, and bounded by the Town of Glasgow's Ground on the North, by the Ground of the said Janet Smith on the South and East, and by the Molendinor Burn on the West Parts; as also that little Yard belonging, or reputed to belong, to Alexander Spiers, Peter Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan, James Dougall , and Partners, of the Hatt Factory in Glasgow , and John Blair , Merchant there, and—Alexander Widow of Master George Blackwell , late Minister at Bathgate , measuring Sixteen Falls and Twenty-four Yards, or thereabout, bounded by the Grounds belonging to the Town of Glasgow on the South and East, and by the Molendinor Burn , on the North and West Parts; and after Payment of such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be agreed on between the said Magistrates and City Council, and the said Owners and Occupiers respectively, for the Purchase of such respective Premises, to lay out and include the same, or so much thereof as shall be thought necessary, into the said Area or Church-yard in such Manner as they shall think fit.
IV and to purchase Houses for making an Exchange.
IV. And be it enacted, That the said Magistrates and City Council ofGlasgow , and their Successors, shall likewise have full Power and Authority to treat and agree with the owners and Occupiers of such Lands, Houses, Tenements, and other Hereditaments, as lie near the said Town Hall and Tolbooth, and are bounded by the same on the South; by the Town of Glasgow's Lands , and the four Tenement of Land belonging to the Heirs of John Legat , and the Tenement belonging to Thomas Falconer Merchant, on the East; the Lands belonging to the Heirs of John Danziel , Merchant, and John Baxter Corkcutter, and the Town of Glasgow's Lands , on the North; and the Lands of Robert and John Williamson Grocers in Glasgow , on the West Parts; and including within the said Boundaries the small Timber Tenement of Land belonging or reputed to belong to Nathaniel Jones Shoemaker; as also the House at the Back of the said John Legat's fore Lands, also belonging or reputed to belong to him; also a ruinous Timber Land belonging or reputed to belong to Thomas Falconer Merchant, and also an old House belonging or reputed to belong to John Hunter ; and after Payment of such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be agreed on between the said Magistrates and Council, and the said Owners and Occupiers respectively, for the Purchase of such respective Premises, to order the said Houses to be taken down, and to lay out and use the Ground, or so much thereof as shall be thought necessary, for the Purpose of erecting and building thereon such Exchange or Square as aforesaid, in such Form and Manner as the said Magistrates and City Council shall think fit, so that the Exchange or Square to be erected and built do not exceed One hundred and fifty Feet in length from East to West, nor One hundred Feet in breadth from North to South.
V Magistrates, &c. impowered to pay for the Lands, &c.
V. And be it enacted, That the said Magistrates and City Council for the Time being, and their Successors, shall be authorised and impowered to pay for the said Lands, Houses, Tenements, and other Hereditaments, and for the making of the said Street or Passage, as also for the compleating the said Church-yards and building the said Exchange or Square out of such Sums as they shall be able to raise by voluntary Contributions, or out of the common Stock, Funds, and Revenues, of the Corporation and Community of the said City.
VI Bodies Politick &c. impowered to sell to the Magistrates,
VI. And be it further enected, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all Bodies Politick, Corporate, or Collegiate, Trustees, Heirs of Entail, Tutors or Curators for Infants, Minors, Idiots, furious or other Persons, and to and for all and every other Person or Persons whatsoever, who are or shall be seised, possessed of, or interested in, any of the said Lands, Houses, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, whether by Title, held in Fee-simple, at Entailed, to sell and convey to the said Magistrates and City Council all or any such...
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