Worthing Improvement Act 1803

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Citation1803 c. lix
Year1803
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An Ad for paving, lighting, cleanfing, watching,
and imprDv^g'^he Streets,* Paffages, and Places,
within the'Town"ofyWorthing* in*: the County or
S^i for iemoving^nd
'
preventing Annoyances
and Gbftru&idnS therein;: alnd1 for eftablifhing an
effeflive Police in the Yaic'Town.
[1 ith June 1803.]
W
HEREAS the feyeral publick Streets, Lanes, Ways, Paffages*
and Places, already made and built, and which are now making
and building within the Hamlet of Worthing^ in the Parilh
of Broadwater, in the County of Suffix 9 are in many Parts incommodious
and ynfa/e for Paflengers ; are not properly pavedi cleanfed, lighted^ or
watched; are very narrow and inconvenient, and are fubjeft to various
Huifances, Annoyance^, Encroachments, and Obftru&ions : And whereas
othet
Streets,
Lanes, Ways, Paflages, and Places, may be made or built
within the fame Hamlet, which may be fubjedt or liable to the fame or
frmilar Inconveniences, an^/tt would tend greatly to, the Convenience,
Benefit, and Safety of the Publick,
%%
well of the Owners and Inhabitants
[Loc. y Per.2 ™K of
*05o 43d GEORGII III.
Cap.
59.
of Houfes already built or building, and of fuch other Houfes as may
hereafter be built therein, and to all Perfons reforting thereto,, if fuch
Streets, Lanes* Ways, Paflages, and places were properly paved, cleanfed,
lighted, watched,^an^Vfe^liJed, ahdlf SLII Nuifances^Annoyances, En**
croachments, afrd Obftjru&ions, were Removed or prevented, and if a
proper and effe&ive Police were eftablifhed in the faid Hamlet
%
but the
fevcral Pbrpofes aforefaid .cannot be effe&ed without the Aid and Authority
of Parliimmt;: M,ay it therefore pleafe Your Majefty that it jpay be
enaded", -and be it ena&ed by the
fcing*s
moft Excellent IVIajcfty, by and
with the Advice -and C©nfent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembied, and by the Authority of
Cbmmiffion-
fame>
That John Atkins, Sir Cecil Bi/shopp Baronet, Sir
Charles Meyrick
ers
appointed Burrell Baronet, Walter Burrell, Edward Barker,
Cecil
Bifshopp,
'Thomas
Bufhby, Robert Bujhby,
Thomas
Burden^
John Croft^
Ambrofe
Cartwright,
Charles Carter J
rRiehaP$
John
Fuller, Robert Hurft, Thomas Henty, John Hide, John Hickox, Edward
Hider Thomas
Hogsflejh,
William
Holcombe,
James Heather, John Joanes,
James Martin
Lloyd,
John Lyall, Henry Lane,
Charles
Lennox, Richard
Lindupp, Henry Lindupp, William
MargeJfony
Michael Morrah, John
Markiptck,John Markwick janipr, Edward
Moorey
John
Ne$ulqnd?
Jj)hn
Newfand junior, George Neiylandf Richard Newland of Toriingtpti,
Rdebtird Newland
Broadwater*
-Edward Ogle, James
Ogle*
William
QHiver*
George Porter, William Stephen Poyntz* John
Penfold>
James
Penfold, Edward Penfold, Richard Penfold, Henry Phillips, Richard
Palmer, John Rice, Thomas Richardfon, William
Weftbrook
Richardfon,
John Millard
Rogers,
^ndneyu
Renckert*
William
Stafford*
Thomas
Smith,
John
SnelUng,
Richard
Stubbs9
Edward
Stanford,
Byfshe
Shelley,
Timothy
Shelley, Miles Stringer, John Tidey, David Thomas,
Charles
Finer,
Peter
Wood Clerk, William Wicks, John Whitmore, and Harry
Winton%
(being
refpe&ively qualified as hereinafter mentioned, and taking the Oat^
he
rein-after required) fhall be and:they are hereby appointed Commif-
fioners for putting this Ad in Execution.
Boundaviei f K; &*$ ^e lt ^urt^r £na&ed, That the
Taijd
.Hamlet
;QTWorthing
(hall
the Town
of henceforth be, and i>e jelled and deferibed the J own o^
Worthing
i vand
TefJtibid. the ^ "Commiflto*ers ft all and may ereft Bound Stores or Potts for
t'he::better ^Icertairiing and .preferving the Limits of the faid Town, in
cafe tvhey
t(hs|l;l
judge the fame necefTary, and the Expence thereof
iihall
be
defrayed out of the publick Rates.berein-after mentioned; Provided always,
that the faid Town fhall neverthelefs continue to be Part of the faid
Parifli of Broadwater, anil to be fubjeft to and charged with all Rates,
Taxes, Tythes, and other Payments whatfoever, as JPart of the faid
Parifh, in like Manner
as
before the making and pafling of this A&
commence- HI And be it further ena&ed, That this Aft (hall com me
nee,
and Jake
meat of the £ffea upon the Firft Monday after the paffmg
thereof,
on whichDay
a General Meeting of the faid Commiffioners fhall be had at the Houfe of
Edmund Blannt in Worthing aforefaid, at the Hour of Eleven of the
Clock in the Forenoon, for carrying this Act into Execution, and fuch
Meeting fhall confift of Seven at the lead of the faid Commiffioners ; and
a General Meeting of the Commiffioners fhall be held for carrying the
fame into Execution on'every
Monday
afterwards, at the fame Hour and
Place, unlefs fomc other Hour* Day or Days in the Week or Year, or
fome
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GEORG1I III Cap. 59- IO$I
fome other Place in Worthing aforefaid, fhall be appointed by the Com*
miffioners affembled at the laid Fjrft Meeting, or any fubfequent Meet*
ing at which there fhall be Seven Com miflioners affembled ; and if at
the Time when
the.
faid Meetings ai;e hereby required, or fhall be fo j}s
aforefaid appointed to be held/ Jthere fhall not bg at each fuch Meeting
Seven Commiffioners prefent, then eich fuch Meeting fhall (land ad*
journed to the next Day on .which a Meeting in purfuance of this Aft:
would otherwife be held, or fhall at a prior Meeting have been appointed
to be held as aforefaid ; and no Aft, Order, Rule, Refolution, pr Pro*
ceeding of the Commiffioners fhall be valid or effeftual unlefs had, mad?>
or jdone at a Meeting or Meetings to be held in purfuance of this Aft j
and that all the Powers and Authorities by this Aft granted to or vefted
in the) faid Commiffioners fhall and may, from Time to Ti/np, be eater*
cifed by th*-major Part of the fjom.miffioners prefent at any Meeting to
be holden by virtue of thi$ Aft, the Number of Commiffioners prefect at
fuch Meeting not being lefs than Seven except any other Number is
herein particularly mentioned; and that at fuch Firft Meeting for putting
this Aft in Execution, One of the Commiffioners prefent thereat fhall bje
appointed -Chairman, to whom any One other of fuch Comtpiflioners lhall
and is hereby authorized and, required to adminifter the Oath hereinafter
mentioned, and fuch Chairnpn lhall immediately afterwards adminifter
the like Oath to the other Commiffioners then prefent j and at every
other Meeting a Chairman (hall in like Manner be appointed, and the
Chairman for the Time beiflg fhall andjs hjer^byalonje a.uthori^ed and re*
quired to adminifter the Oath hereby rtquir^d to be taken by the faid
Commiffioners and their Succeflbrs ; and, iri all Cafes where there (hall
arife a Difference pf Opinion, the Qyeilion fhall be decided by a Ma*
jority of Votes of
th^e
Commiffioners then prefent, and if upon any
Quef*
tioii there {hall be an equal Number of Yo'tes (including the'.Chairman's
Vote?) then the Chairman Distil have'another or'editing Vote r and ,that
no Qrder, fLule, Refolution, or Proceeding, had, made, or done at any
^Meeting held in'purfuance of this Aft, at which there fhall Kave 6$en
Seven Commiflipners prefent, (hall be revoked, fufpended, or altered,
unlefs at fome fubfequent Special Meeting to be held for that Purpofe
(which any Nine or more of the Commiffioners are hereby empowered
to call, and of which Meeting' at leaft Ten Days previous Notice of
the Time, Place, and Purpofe (hall be given to or left at the refpeftive
Places of Abode of the Commiffioners having a Refidencein
Worthing*
or within Three Miles thereof) a greater Number of Commiffioners than
were prefent at the Meeting or Meetings at which fuch Order, Rule, Re-
folution, or Proceeding propofed or intended to ,be revoked, fufpended,
or altered, (hall have been made, (hall be prefent, .and lhall concur ia
the Revocation, Sufpenfion, or Alteration
thereof,
and in fuch Cafe no
other Meeting for the Execution of this Aft fhall be held until after the
Day expreffed in fuch Notice
$
and at-every Meeting the Commiffioners
prefent thereat (hall pay their own Expences,
IV. Provided neverthelefs, and be it further enafted, That if there be Provifions for
any particular Occafion to:hold a Meeting before the Time at which my ifl^Xi^^
Meetingnis hereby required, or fhall be fo as aforefaid appointedto be ingofth*
held, then and in fuch Cafe it (hall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners^ Commimon,
or their Clerk for the Time being, and they or he.are; and is hereby re-
quired to call a Special Meeting, of which Ten Days previous Notice
(hall

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