A. D. 1 71 8. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. C. 26. 235 Vil. Provided always, and be it enacted, That all Suits, Actions and Profecutions to be brought, com- Anions to be menced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Pcrfons, for any Thing done or to be done in purfuance or by brought in the Authority of this Aft, {hall be laid and tried in the County where the Fail was committed, and fhall be ^"th^f" ^ commenced and profecuted, without wilful Delay within fix Calendar Months next afte; the Fact committed, Monti,,. and not otherwife. ' VIII. And whereas it may be neceffary that new Ware-houfes for keeping Gunpowder fhould be ' erected in fome Place or Places out of the Limits aforefaid, at convenient Diftance from the City of Lon- 1 don, and from whence fufficient Quantities of Gunpowder may with greater Safety be fupplied, as Oc- ' cafion requires : And whereas there are large Tracts of march and meadow Grounds in the Counties of ' EJfex, Knit and Surrey, where new Ware-houfes may be commodioufly erected, fuch marfh arid mca-
- dow Grounds being at good Diftance from Dwelling-houfes or Habitations, i nd therefore, and by rtafon
' of their Adjacency to the River Thames, are convenient for fuch Warchcufes ; but forafmuch as any ' Perfon or Perfons who may be defirous to creel: any fuch Wardioufes there, may be liable to Actions or ' Difturbance on that Account, or may be unreafonably impofed upon in the Purchafe thereof:' Beit enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Juftices of'the Peace for the faid Counties of EJJex, Kent >The Juftices f» and Surrey, refpectively, fliall at their general Quarter-feffions of the Peace to be holdcn for the faid Counties .Efiex, Kent and refpectively, appoint fome proper and convenient Plot or Plots of Ground out of the Limits aforefaid, 'hdrSeffions 1 not exceeding two Acres, in any one Place in each County, being fituate in the faid Counties of Ejfex, appoint proper Kent or Surrey, and adjacent to or near the River Thames, on which Plot or Plots of Ground fo to be ap- Places, on which pointed, It ihall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons defirous fo to do, to erect any Ware-houfe an y Perfons may or Ware-houfes for keeping Gunpowder, firft agreeing with the Owners and Proprietors of the faid" e ^, s l r< ^ Ground for the fame ; and in cafe any fuch Owner or Proprietor fhall refufe or neglect to agree, or by a „, ee ~; n ' g wltil reafon of any Difability or Impediment cannot fo aggree, the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Counties the Owners, of Ejfex, Kent and Surrey refpectively fhall, at their general Quarter-feffions, iflue their Warrantor War- _ . ,. rants to the Sheriffs of the faid Counties refpectively, to impanel and return before them, at fuch Times or ^ i&b!cii "™° and Places as fhall be appointed in fuch Warrant or Warrants, a fufficient Jury, who upon their Oaths agree, the Juiti- ( which Oaths the faid Juftices refpectively are hereby impowered to adminifter) fhall inquire into the trueces may ifTue Value of the faid Plot or Plots of Ground fo to be appointed for Gunpowder Ware-houfes as aforefaid ; Warrants to the and all fuch Verdict and Inquifitions fliall be kept with the Records of the faid Seffions refpedively ; fff C'"^ and the Judgments and Decrees of the faid Juftices refpectively thereupon fhall be final and conclufive tOj nq „i,e l I nto the all Parties; and to that End the faid Juftices refpectively fhall have Power to fend for any Perfon or true Value of Perfons interefted, and to examine any Parties or Witneffes upon Oath, as they fhall think fit (all which the Ground ; Oaths thejaid refpective Juftices are hereby impowered to adminifter;) and the Sum or Sums of Money and t h e Tuftices to be afleffed and adjudged as aforefaid, not exceeding thirty Years Purchafe, fhall be paid to the refpec- Decrees thereon tive Proprietors and Owners of the faid Ground, according to their refpective Interefts therein, to be fliall be final, adjudged by the faid Juftices refpectively as aforefaid ; and upon fuch Payment, or in cafe of Refufal to The Money accept the fame, then upon leaving the fame with the faid refpective Juftices for the Benefit of fuch Owner afleffed (hall or Proprietor, the Inheritance of the faid Plot or Plots of Ground fliall be vefted in the Purchafers thereof be paid to the and theirs Heirs and Affigns, for the Purpofes aforefaid ; and the Ware-houfes aforefaid, and all other Proprietors; Ware-houfes for Gunpowder, which fhall be erected on or near the River Thames, fhall be built and fecu- Rjoftfm red, from Time to Time, in fuch manner as fhall be prefcribed and directed by the principal Officers of acceVit, "Wc his Majefty's Ordnance. with the' ju- ftices and the Inheritance Hull be veiled in the Purchafers. The Ware-houfes to be built, &c. as directed by the Officers of the Ordnance. c IX. And whereas feveral Leafes, Covenants, Articles and Agreements have been made and granted ' to feveral Perfons of Ware-houfes and Store-houfes for keeping of Gunpowder :' Be it therefore en- acted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Leafes, Covenants, Articles and Agreements, made or en- Ar[ " Au S- T > tred into as aforefaid, of any fuch Ware-houfes or Store-houfes within the Cities of London and JVeJimin- & c I9 f 'waT*"' Jier, and Suburbs thereof, fhall, if the Tenants or Leffees fhall defire the fame, from and after the firft hou!^ for Gun- Day of Auguft one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, be null and void to all Intents and Purpofes powder, &c. whatfoever, as abfolutely as if fuch Leafes, Covenants, Articles and Agreements had never been made or * ai, » if the granted; any Law, Ad, Statute, Provifion, Cuftom, Matter or Thing to the contrary in any wife not- f- efre " defire ic withftanding. be v01c! - X. Provided, That nothing herein contained fhall difcharge any Rent due on or before the twenty-fifth Thl Q -f h 51 """ Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, or any Demand for Breach of any Covenant be- °°' n P c nf a ^, e , •Sore that Time. before Match 2.5, I7IQ, - Farther Prcvifiorn concerning Gunpowder, 11 Geo, I. c, 23. 4 Geo, 2, c, 29. 15 Geo, 2. c. 35. 22 Geo. 2. £.-38. 29 Geo, 2, c. ]6. Hha C A P.
