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Rebuilding of the City.
4. And be it further enacted, That all and every Sum and Sums of Money,
which shall
be raised upon the Receipt of the several Impositions aforesaid, shall be
employed and
disposed in Manner and Form following. That is to say, Three Fourth Parts of
all the
Monies, which from and after the First Day of May, 1670, and before the 24th Day
of
June, 1677, shall be raised, or payable, upon the Receipt of the aforesaid
Imposition of
Two Shillings for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals; shall be employed and disposed
of,
for and towards the Rebuilding, Erecting or Repairing of the Parish Churches,
according to such Order and Direction, as by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury,
the
Lord Bishop and Lord Maior of London, or any Two of them, shall be given in that
behalf. And the same shall from Time to Time be issued out, and paid
accordingly.
And the other Fourth Part, Residue thereof, shall be employed for and towards
the
giving Satisfaction for Grounds, set out and employed for the enlarging of
Streets,
making of Wharfs, Keys, Publick Market Places, and other Publick Uses, in this
and
the aforesaid Act mentioned and appointed. - And that one Moiety of all
the Monies,
which from and after the said 24th Day of June, 1677, shall be raised, or
payable upon
the aforesaid Imposition of Three Shillings the Chaldron or Tun, shall be
employed and
disposed, for and towards the Rebuiling, Erecting and Repairing of the Parish
Churches; by such Order and Direction, and to be issued and paid by such Warrant
of
the said Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop and Lord Maior of London,
for
the Time being. And the other Moiety thereof shall be employed and disposed,
for the
giving of Satisfaction for Ground, set out and employed as aforesaid; and such
other
Publick Uses and Purposes, as in this and the aforesaid Acts are mentioned and
appointed.
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5. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Archbishop
of
Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Maior of London, or any Two of
them, as aforesaid, to employ or dispose, for and towards the Building and
Repairing
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, One Fourth Part of the Money by this Act given
and
appointed, for the Building, Erecting, or Repairing the Parish Churches
aforesaid.
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For the avoiding of Suits of Law, and other Differences that might arise between
Landlords and Tenants, &c. after this General Calamity by the Fire.
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FOR the avoiding of such Inconveniences, which would of
Necessity arise concerning the Repairing and new Building of Houses, and Payment
of
Rents; which, if they should not be determined with all Speed, and without
Charge,
would much obstruct the Rebuilding of the said City: Wherefore, the King's most
Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, made an Act for the Reconciling
of
such Differences, entitled,
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An Act for Erecting a Judicature, for the Determination of Differences, touching
Houses
burned or demolished, by reason of the late Fire which happened in London.
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Wherein it was enacted;
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1. That the Justices of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and the
Barons
of the
Coif of the Exchequer, or any Three or more of them, are authorised to hear and
determine all Differences and Demands whatsover, which have or may arise between
Landlords, Proprietors, Tenants, Lessees, Under-Tenants, or late Occupiers of
any of
the Buildings, or other Things by the said Fire demolished.
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2. For or concerning the Payment, Defalcation, Apportioning, or Abatement of
any
Rent or Rents, other than Arrears of Rent only due before the first Day of
September,
1666; or for or touching any Covenant, Condition or Penalty relating thereunto;
or for,
touching or concerning the Prefixing or Limiting of any Time for such Repairs or
new
Building; or any Rate or Contribution to be born, or paid thereunto by any
Person or
Persons, Bodies Politick or Corporate interessed in the Premises, and all
Incidents
relating thereunto.
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3. That they, without the Formalities of Proceedings in Courts of Law or
Equity, shall
and may, upon the Verdict or Inquisition of Jurors, Testimony of Witnesses upon
Oath,
Examination of Persons interessed, or by all or any of the said Ways, or
otherwise
according to their Discretions, proceed to the Hearing and Determining of the
Demands
or Differences between the said Parties concerning the Premises. And that the
Definitive Order of the said Justices and Barons shall be final; from which
there shall be
no Appeal, or Review. Nor shall any Writ or Error, or Certiorari, lie for the
Removal,
or Reversal of the same.
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4. The said Justices and Barons are hereby empowered, where they shall think it
convenient, to order the Surrendring, Increasing, Abridging, Ceasing,
Determining, or
Charging of any Estates in the Premises; or to order new or longer Leases or
Estates,
not exceeding Forty Years, to be made of any of the Premises, by the Proprietors
or
Owners thereof, or other Persons interessed therein, to any Tenant or
Sub-Tenant, or
late Occupiers of the same; their Heirs, or Assigns; at such Rents and Fines, or
without
any Rent or Fine, as they shall think fit.
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5. That all Orders made as aforesaid, according to the Tenors thereof, shall be
obeyed
by all Persons concerned therein respectively; and shall conclude and bind them,
their
Heirs, Successors, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, respectively.
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6. That upon the Complaint or Request of any Person or Persons concerned, in
any of
the said Houses or Buildings, and other the Premisses, shall issue out Notes or
Warrants under their Hands, warning the Party or Parties therein named to appear
before them at such Time and Place, as in such Note or Notes shall be specified;
and
upon Appearance, or Default of Appearance, the said Justices and Barons may
proceed
to make such finite and definite Orders as aforesaid.
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7. That for the Matters, and according to the Powers herein before mentioned,
shall be,
and shall be taken to be a Court of Records: And that the Judgments, and
Determinations that shall be made between Party and Party, by Authority of this
Act,
shall be recorded in a Book provided for that Purpose; which Book, so Recorded
and
Signed, shall be placed and intrusted in the Custody of the Lord Maior and
Aldermen of
the City of London for the time being, to be kept
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