# Streets, London and Westminster Act 1662, Section XXVIII: Recital that certain Streets, &c. are too narrow to accommodate Coaches, &c.


Lord Mayor, &c. may receive Subscriptions for Enlargement thereof;; and may treat with Owners of Premises for pulling down, &c.;Where Persons refuse or are unable to treat, Sheriff, &c. may impannel a Jury.; Jury to assess Damage, &c. on Oath.; Verdict of Jury and Judgments of Commissioners binding.
And whereas the severall Streets and Passages hereafter mentioned (that is to say) The Street or Passage at or neere the Stocks in London the Street and Passage from Fleet Conduit to St. Pauls Church in London the Passage through the White Hart Inne from the Strand into Covent Garden The Street and Passage by and neare Exeter house and the Savoy being obstructed by a Rail and the unevennes of the ground thereabouts the Passage and Street of St Martins lane out of the Strand the Passage or Street of Feild lane comonly called Jack an Apes lane going betweene Chancery lane and Lincolns-Inn Feilds the Passage and Gatehouse of Cheape side into St. Pauls Church yard the Passage against St. Dunstans Church in the West (being obstructed by a Wall) the Street and Passage by and neere the West end of the Poultrey in London and the Passage att Temple Barr are soe narrow that they are incommodious to Coaches Carts and Passengers and prejudicial to Commerce and Tradeing Bee it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Lord Maior of the City of London the Recorder and Aldermen for the time being togeather with such other Commissioners as His Majesty shall appoint under the Great Seale of England or any five of them shall have full Power and Authority to receive all Subscriptions and Payments of voluntary contributions of money or other endowments towards the Amendment and Enlargement of the Streets and places before named or soe much of them or any of them as the said Commissioners or any five or more of them shall judge fit an[n]d necessary And are hereby further impowred to treat and agree with the Owners and Occupiers of any such Houses as they shall judge fitt to be removed rebuilt or pulled downe or any part of them and upon payment of such sum or sums of money soe agreed upon are hereby authorized to appoint workemen to pull the said Houses downe or cause the said Owners or Occupiers to rebuild accordingly and this Act shalbe sufficient to indempnifie the said Commissioners and all persons authorized by them against the Heires Executors Administrators or Assignes of any the said Owners or Occupiers as if the same had beene sold by Deed Feoffment bargain and sale or other assurance in the Law and done by Fine and Recovery or any other way whatsoever And if there shall be any persons Bodies Corporate or Collegiate that shall wilfully refuse to treat and agree as aforesaid or through any disability by Non age Coverture or a speciall Entaile or other Impediment cannot That in such Cases the said Commission[er]s are hereby authorized by vertue of this Act to issue out Warrant or Warrants to the Sherrifs of London whoe are hereby required accordingly to impannell and return a Jury before the said Commissioners or any five of them which Jury upon theire Oathes to be administred by the said Commissioners are to enquire and assesse such damage and recompence as they shall judge fit to be awarded to the Owners and Occupiers or either of them of any such houses or any part thereof for theire respective Estates and Interest in the same as by the said Commissioners shall be adjudged fitt to be pulled downe for the purposes aforesaid and such Verdict of the Jury & Judgement of the Commissioners thereupon and the legall payment or tender of the su[m]m or su[m]ms of money so awarded and adjudged shall be binding to all intents and purposes against the said parties theire Heires Executors Administrators and Assignes and others claiming any Title or Interest in the said Houses or in the ground whereupon they stand or thereunto belonging and shall be a full Authority for the said Commissioners or any five of them to cause the same to be executed and the said Houses accordingly to be removed and pulled downe

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/14/2/section/XXVIII (the official version)
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