Glasgow Streets Act 1825
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ANNO SEXTO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
Cap.
cxi.
An Act to amend an Act for making certain;
Streets in the City of Glasgow,; and for forming
a Street-from King Street to Stockwell Street,
and from thence to Howard Street,' in the said
City. [10thJwne 1825.]
W
HEREAS an Act was passed in the First Year,of the lG.4.c.88.
Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for
amend-?
ing an Act of His
late
Majesty King George the
Third,
re-
lating to the Conversion of
the
Statute Labour within the Royalty of
Glasgow; and
another
Act of His said late Majesty, relating, to'the
Sale of Live
Cattle
in the City of Glasgow;
and
for opening certain,
Streets, and
otherwise
improving the said City: And whereas it would
tend much to the Improvement and Ornament of the. City of
Glasgow, to the Prevention of Disease, and to the Accommodation'
of the Inhabitants of the said City, if a new Street from King
Street Westward to Stockwell Street, and from thence; Westward
to Howard Street, were opened and formed therein : And whereas
there are not Funds belonging to the Community of the said City,.
which can be applied to such Purpose, although the Magistrates
and Council of the said City approve
.thereof,
and are desirous to
promote the same: And whereas certain Persons have entered or
are willing to enter into a Subscription, whereby the Sum neces-
sary for the Purpose of opening the said Street has.been or may;
be raised, upon their being authorised to open the same; but
such Object cannot.be accotpplished without the Authority of
Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it. may
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IV.
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be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Ma-
jesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assem-
Commission- bled, and; by the Authority of the same, That James Buchanan,
James Oswald, James Dennistown, Dugald Macfie, Michael Rowdnd,
William; Dunn, James Liimsden, William Mirilees, Philip Grierson,
Alexander Johfiston, James Davidson, and Robert
Reid,
and all such
Person's- as
fra'Ve:
subs'eribed-of
shall'-
subscribe-a Sum not less than'One
hundred Pounds for or towards making the said Street, or who shall
purchase or otherwise become Holders of Shares of the said Capital
Sum or Stock to the Extent of One hundred Pounds, shall, while
they continue to hold such) Sharfe§ to the1,,Extent aforesaid, be, and
they are hereby appointed Commissioners for opening, forming, cause-
waying, and paving the said Street; and forming and erecting all
Buildings, Arches, Sewers, and Drains, and Other Works necessary
thereto4,, in Manner after-mentioned.
Commission-
ers may raise
Money by
Subscrip-
tion.
Shares to be
moveable
property.
Powers of
the Commis-
sioners,
and Descrip-
tion of the
Street.
II.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful to and in the
Power of thesaid Commissioners to raise by Subscription,.for the Pur-
poses oftnis Act', sucH a CapitalSurri or Stocfi as shall be necessary
therefor, and to divide the same into Scares of Fifty Pounds each;
which Shares shall be vested in and belong to the said Subscribers
and their Heirs, Successors, and Assignees, in proportion and accord-
ing to the Amount of the Subscription of such Subscriber re-
spectively;; and. such Shares shall be held toL be moveable Property,*
and not of
the:
Nature of heritable ^Property.
HI1.
AndVbe^itv further enacted) That^fifom arid-after tfre} passing
of this Act it' shall* and maybes lawful to and for theu said Com-,
missioners, by themselves, their Deputies, Agents, Workmen,- and
Servants, aticr they are hereby authorised and empowered to'open,
form, causeway,, and pave the said Street from King Street Westward
:
to1
StoekWell Street, and' from thence; Westward to Hbward'Strket, in the
said";
©ty of Glasgow,
sirid'
which1 -Street sliallcbnlmence' ixi'King\ Street
at;'0rv near the present FiShvMarket1 of fh'e- said'Gity^ and'-shall enter
StOCM&ell'Street at-or near- the: Property of Atidrew'
-Mdcki'e
aM*
WUlidrnvNisbit} aM'd'i crossing'- Sibchwell ^ree^sh'a'll'r'uh* Westward'in-
suehVia'i Direction' as ttPjoin'Howard-
'Street-;'
ari'd> shall' be' of trie';
Brfeadth of' Fbfty Feet y a'nd^ it slf^lt; arid"-iiiSy-J
be*
•la-Wfiil'1 to'' w&
fop the said'iCommissibrfers'-to1 purcKase^th'e'Grburids arid'Buildings
there^n^whi'eh') shall bei^^^
said"*
Breadth, arid' also* the Grounds and;Bn'ildin'gsH albiigfsboth Sides'
ofVth'e?saitl Street'tot riot'exceeding-Sixty Feet'from eac'hr
Side'^there6fy- so= far" a's: it' shall extend-to"t^e-Westw&i'd-'oP'SMtk&ell
Stfeeti, and to the "Extentc of One Hundred- Feet1' 6;n3
eaerf-
Side'
thereof/^soifari'as itSshall.be h&tss\^KifiglStHevM^StocMelpSin^
excepting' that!Part-ofcthe^Nofth'Boundary/thereof vv'hielr1 shall be
betwixt'-th'e New Wyftd' and'Baek W'ynd,*- betwixt wh'ieh'iWy>n'd'sMt'
shall' and'i;may; be'Jawful-to'and. for-' the said'Commisstohdrs'!tbpufi-;
chase ther Grounds aridlBuildings^tO'the-North of'tHe1'said-Streetj riot
oii'ly to ttie^Extent of" One -h'utfdfed'Feet1 as afbfesaids but (if:i the'
M!agistrates*-ahd'-douh'Gil of' the-said City1:shall require,:therri>tb'-do's6',!
in-order; that'the Grotind^rriay be'o"b'tairie'd?-f6ri'fortoiiig''a
Public1
Tish
Market)
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