London Widening of Passages, etc. Act 1766
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1766 c. 27 |
| Year | 1766 |
(6 Geo. 3) C A P. XXVII.
'WHEREAS by an Actof Parliament made in the thirty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty KingGeorge the Second, intituled, An Act for widening certain Streets, Lanes, and Passages, within the City of London, and Liberties thereof; and for opening certain new Streets and Ways within the same; and for other Purposes therein mentioned ; it is enacted, That the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the said City, in Common Council assembled, shall have Power and Authority, not only to widen and render more convenient such and so many of the several Streets, Lanes, and Passages, mentioned and described in a Schedule to the said Act annexed, intituled, First Schedule , in Manner in the said Schedule particularly mentioned, but also to design, make, open, and lay out, such new Streets, Ways, and Passages, in the Parts and Places particularly mentioned and described in another Schedule to the said Act also annexed, intituled, Second Schedule , in Manner in such Second Schedule mentioned: And whereas the several Streets, Lanes, and Passages, by the said Act intended to be widened and rendered more convenient, are mentioned and described in a Schedule to the said Act annexed, intituled, Second Schedule , to which the Act refers, and the Manner of widening and rendering the same more convenient, is particularly mentioned in such Second Schedule: And whereas the Parts and Places wherein the several new Streets, Ways, and Passages, are, by the said Act, intended to be designed, made, opened, and laid out, are particularly mentioned and described in a Schedule to the said Act also annexed, intituled,First Schedule , to which the Act refers, and the Manner of designing, making, opening, and laying out the same, is therein mentioned: And whereas Doubts have arisen whether the said Schedules are well and sufficiently referred to by the said Act; and, in consequence thereof, whether the Powers by the said Act intended to be vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the said City of London , in Common Council assembled, or in a Committee to be by them appointed, for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the said City, in Common Council assembled, to effect the Purposes aforesaid, are, by the said Act, well and sufficiently vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the said City, in Common Council assembled, or in a Committee to be by them appointed; by reason whereof, the further Prosecution of a Design so useful and beneficial to the Publick, wherein, a considerable Progress hath been already made at the Peril and Risque of the Persons concerned therein, is greatly interrupted, and, if an adequate remedy be not applied, may be wholly laid aside: Now, to obviate all Doubts in the Premisses, and to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the said City, in Common Council assembled, to effect the said Purposes of the said Act, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof;' may it please your most Excellent 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 from and after the passing of this Act, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City ofLondon , in Common Council assembled, shall have, and shall be deemed to have, Power and Authority to design, make, open, and lay out, new Streets, Ways, and Passages, in the Parts and Places particularly mentioned and described in a Schedule to the said recited Act annexed, intituled, First Schedule , to which the Act refers, in Manner in such Schedule mentioned; and also to widen and render more convenient the several Streets, Lanes, and Passages, particularly mentioned and described in another Schedule to the said recited Act also annexed, intituled, Second Schedule , to which the Act refers, in Manner in such Second Schedule mentioned.
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