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October 1770

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Owner or Occupier of such next Adjoining house or left there and there Shall be no
Appeal from the same within the time aforesaid in every such Case if such Owner or Occupier
Shall Neglect or refuse to Shore and Support his her or their Houses within Six Days after
the time Allowed by this Act for Appeal as aforesaid that then it shall and may be Lawful
to and for such First Builder or Builders giving Notice as aforesaid to Enter into such
House or Houses (at all Seasonable times) with Workmen and Materials to Shore and Support
the same and shall Shore and Support the same at the Charge and Expence of such Owner
and Occupier and after the same shall be so Shored and Supported it shall and may be lawful
to and for such First Builder or Builders to Build up a New Party Wall According to the Directions
of the said recited Acts and Within ten days after such Party Wall shall be so built such First
Builder or Builders shall into [..] the Owner or
Occupier thereof a true Account of the Number of Rods in such Party Wall and [..]
Moiety or Half part of the Expence thereof after the Rate of 5lb Pa Rod shall [..]
by the Owner or Owners of such House or Houses who are intitled to [..]
Rent thereof And further Setting forth that by an Act of Parliament [..]
present [..] [..] after reciting that [..]
or Parts of [..] already pulled down or that thereafter shall [..]
be rebuilt man [..] with the adjoining Houses over or under [..]
[..] that as [..] walls of Brick in Stone Cannot [..]
on the Old [..] quite the [..]
[..] pulling down some part on [..]
[..] house to whom any [..]
[..] to pull down such [..] Intent [..] Party Wal
shall be pulled down the same may within [..] one Month after such Notice be
viewed [..] Four or more able Workmen Two or [..] Workmen shall be name by such
First [..] and the other Two or more by the Owner or [..] or Occupier of such next House
to that which as Intended to be pulled Down and in Case [..] of the said Parties should be fuse or
or neglect to name within Three Weeks next after such Notice such [..] that then the
other of the said Parties shall Name four or more Workmen who shall View the party wall
Intended to be pulled down and without Consent the same shall not be Pulled Down unless in any
of the Cases aforesaid the Major part of such Workmen Shall Certify in Writing under their Hands
to the Justices of the peace in the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the
City or County where such Party Wall is Intended to be pulled Down and in Case any Person
or Persons shall think him her or themselves Aggreived by any such Certificate such Justices
shall upon Complaint to them made Summon before them one or more such Workmen
and such other Person or Persons as they Shall think fit and shall examine the Matter
upon oath which oath or Oaths they are hereby Impower'd to Administer and upon Such
Examination or Examinations the said Justices are thereby Authorized and required to make
such Order or Orders in the Premisses they in their Discretion shall think to be Just and
Reasonable and the determination by the sd Justices shall be final and exclusive to all
Parties without [..] Appeal from the same And further Setting forth that it is also [..]
by the [..] Act of Parliament forth Enacted that if within Three days after such
[..] Workmen aforesaid a Copy thereof shall be Delivered to the




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