Millbank Prison, Road to Act 1817

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1817 c. 54
Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Septimo. An Act to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues to make and maintain a Road fromMillbank Row, Westminster , to the Penitentiary.

(57 Geo. 3) C A P. LIV.

[27th June 1817]

'WHEREAS in pursuance and under the Authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Londonand County of Middlesex; and for making Compensation to Jeremy Bentham Esquire for the Non Performance of an Agreement between the said Jeremy Bentham and the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, respecting the Custody and Maintenance of Convicts , a Penitentiary for the Confinement and Employment of Male and Female Convicts has been erected at Millbank , in the County of Middlesex , on Lands now vested in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by virtue of the said Act, for the Use of the Public and the Purposes of the said Act; and the same is now completed and fit for the Reception of Part of the Persons intended to be confined therein; but no Carriage Way has yet been set out for passing and repassing between the said Penitentiary and the City of Westminster : And Whereas it is necessary and expedient, for opening a Communication with the said Penitentiary, that a free and public Carriage Way should be made and maintained from the South End of Millbank Row , in the Liberty of Westminster , over a Piece or Parcel of Land belonging to the Earl Grosvenor , and now in the Possession of Thomas Sargent as Occupier thereof, and by him used as a Wharf, and to be continued along the Bank of the River Thames in the Line of the old Footh Path, to the Lodge or Gate of the said Penitentiary: And Whereas the whole of the Land required for the Purpose of making the said intended Road, except the Piece or Parcel of Land which so belongs to the Earl Grosvenor as aforesaid, being the Property of His Majesty in Right of His Crown, it is expedient that the Commissioners for the time being of his Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues should be authorized and empowered to appropriate so much of the Land so belonging to His Majesty in Right of His Crown as aforesaid, as shall be requisite for that Purpose, to be used for the said intended Road, and to make and maintain such intended Road, and to make Compensation to the said Earl Grosvenor , and all Persons lawfully claiming under him, for such Part of the said Parcel of Land belonging to him as shall be taken and required by virtue of this Act by and out of the Land Revenue of the Crown:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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 Authority of the same, That the Commissionersfor the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues shall be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for carrying this Act into Execution; and that it shall and may be lawful for such Commissioners, by and with the Consent and Approbation of any Three or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland for the time being, to be signified by any Minute in Writing, or by Letter from any one of their Secretaries, in pursuance of such Minute, to set out and make, and hereafter to maintain and keep in Repair an open, free and public Carriage Road, commencing from the South End of Millbank Row , in the Liberty of Westminster , through and over a Piece or Parcel of Ground belonging,, to the Earl Grosvenor , and now in the Possession of Thomas Sargent as Occupier, and from thence to be continued over the Crown Lands along the Bank of the River to the Lodge or Gate of the Penitentiary lately erected under the said recited Act; such Road to be a free and public Road, to be used by all His Majesty's Subjects on Foot or on Horseback, and for the Passage of Carriages, Carts, Waggons and other Vehicles.

S-II Road through the Land of Earl Grosvenor not to exceed 30 feet wide.

II Road through the Land of Earl Grosvenor not to exceed 30 feet wide.

II. And be it further enacted, That that Part of the said intended Road which shall be made through and over the said Piece or Parcel of Land belonging to the said EarlGrosvenor , shall not exceed in Width Thirty Feet to be measured from a Line ranging with the Face of the Front Area of the last or Southernmost House in Millbank Row , and including in the said Width of Thirty Feet the present Footway.

S-III Road may be extended from the Lodge of the Penitentiary to the Branch of Road leading from Vauxhall Bridge to Pimlico.

III Road may be extended from the Lodge of the Penitentiary to the Branch of Road leading from Vauxhall Bridge to Pimlico.

III. Provided, and it is hereby further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for carrying this Act into Execution, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, if they shall think it expedient so to do, by and with the Consent of the said Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, or any Three or more of them, to be signified in manner aforesaid, to extend and continue the said intended Road from the said Lodge or Gate of the Penitentiary over the Crown Lands in a Southern Direction, until it shall meet the Branch or Road now forming leading towards the Penitentiary from and out of the High Road fromVauxhall Bridge to Pimlico , and shall form a Junction therewith.

S-IV Money necessary for making and keeping the Road in Repair, and for Compensation to Earl Grosvenor and Thomas Sargent, may be applied from the Land Revenue with Consent of the Treasury.

IV Money necessary for making and keeping the Road in Repair, and for Compensation to Earl Grosvenor and Thomas Sargent, may be applied from the Land Revenue with Consent of the Treasury.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners for the time being for carrying this Act into Execution, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, by and with the Consent and Approbation of any Three or more of the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the time being, to be signified as aforesaid, from time to time to appropriate, lay out and expend so much of the money arising from the Land Revenues of the Crown under their Management as may be necessary for making and afterwards maintaining and keeping in Repair the said intended Road, and for paying such Sums of Money as Compensations to the said EarlGrosvenor and Thomas Sargent , or any other Persons having any Estate, Right or Interest therein, for the Value of such Ground, and of their respective Estates or Interests therein, and for any Injury or Damage they may respectively sustain by the making of such Road, as may be agreed upon and settled between the said Commissioners and the said Earl Grosvenor and other Persons, or which may be awarded and ascertained by the Verdict of a Jury in manner hereinafter directed.

S-V Commissioners to treat with Earl Grosvenor and T. Sargent for the Purchase of the Ground to be taken from them for the new Road.

V Commissioners to treat with Earl Grosvenor and T. Sargent for the Purchase of the Ground to be taken from them for the new Road.

V. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners for the time being for carrying this Aec into Execution, and they are hereby authorized, by and with such Consent and Approbation as aforesaid, to treat and agree with the said EarlGrosvenor and Thomas Sargent , or any such other Person or Persons as aforesaid, for the absolute Purchase of the said Piece or Parcel of Ground, of or belonging to him or them, hereby authorized to be taken for the Purposes of this Act, and of all their respective Estates and Interests therein, and for the settling what Compensations shall be paid or given to the said Earl and Thomas Sargent , or such other Person or Persons as aforesaid, either in Money or other Equivalent, for any Injury which may be sustained by or occasioned to them by the making and maintaining of such intended Road; and if the said EarlGrosvenor and Thomas Sargent , or any such other Person or Persons having and proving an Interest in the said Ground and Premises, shall neglect or refuse to treat, or shall not agree in the Premises, or from any Cause shall be prevented from treating with the said Commissioners for the time being, or with the Person or Persons authorized by them to treat and agree on their Behalf, then and in such case the High Bailiff of the City and Liberty of Westminster , or his Deputy, shall, upon the Warrant of the said Commissioners for the time being for carrying this Act into Execution in manner hereinafter mentioned, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause it to be enquired into and ascertained, upon the Oathsof a Jury of Twelve indifferent Men of the said City or Liberty ofWestminster , which Oaths the...

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