The law of party walls and fences; including the new Metropolitan buildings act, with notes - Softcover

Woolrych, Humphry William

9781130561210: The law of party walls and fences; including the new Metropolitan buildings act, with notes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1130561216 ISBN 13: 9781130561210

Publisher: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...the official referees his opinion thereon; and that upon such certificate being made it shall be lawful for the official referees to make their award (p), thereby either confirming or reversing or modifying, as to them the case may seem to require, the certificate of the surveyor, and appointing by whom and in what proportions the expenses of the surveys and of the reports thereon are to be paid, and such award shall be final and conclusive; and with regard to any works by such award authorized, so far as relates to the proceedings of the building owner, that if upon the making of the award the periods of the notices by this act prescribed with regard to works of that nature have elapsed, then immediately upon the making of the award, but if such periods have not elapsed then as soon after the making of the award as such periods shall have elapsed, it shall be lawful for the building owner, his agents, servants, and workmen, to proceed to execute the works. XXV. And be it enacted, with regard to any party wall, party arch, or external wall used wholly or in part as a party fence wall, so far as relates to the reparation and rebuilding thereof at the joint expense of the owners of the buildings parted thereby, that if such party structure be so defective or so far out of repair as to render it necessary to pull down and rebuild the same, or any part thereof, then on notice being given by the owner of one of the buildings to the adjoining owner, according to the form (No. 8) in the schedule of notices, or to the like effect, it shall be lawful for the building owner to require a survey, certificate, and award (q), authorizing the execution of such reparation or rebuilding, ac cording to the provisions hereinbefore contained in that behalf (r). XXVI. And be it...

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