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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88449	An Act of Common-Councell made the eleventh day of September, in the yeare of our Lord 1655. For the better avoiding and prevention of annoyances within the city of London, and liberties of the same.	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.	1655 (1655)	Wing L2852G; Thomason E856_4	6,001	13

hoop wash or cleanse any Pipes Barrels or other Casksor Vessels nor wash scowr or rince any Cloth or other things in any the Streets Lanes or open passages aforesaid Nor shall any Coachman Carman Drayman Carter or other person feed or cause to be fed except out of the hand or basket without scattering any Horses or Oxen or other Beasts or Cattell with Hay Straw Graines or other things Nor sift any ashes nor keep or cause to be kept or fed any Pigs or Swine Ducks Geese Cocks Hens Chickens Turkies or any other Fowle or Poultry in the Streets or places aforesaid And be it further Enacted That every Inhabitant within every the Streets Lanes Courts Alleys open wayes and passages within the said City and Liberties thereof shall daily every morning by eight of the clock in the morning from the 29 th day of September till the five and twentieth day of March and by seven of the clock in the morning from the five and twentieth day of March till the nine and twentieth day of September cause and procure his her and their respective pavement to be duely and cleanly swept and the Dust Dirt and Soile arising thereupon to be laid together in some convenient place ready for the Soile-cart to take away And shall likewise in like manner every morning cause and procure all the Sea-cole ashes Dirt Dust and Filth daily arising and made within his her and their respective houses and habitations all manner of Rubbish onely excepted to be daily brought forth in meet Vessells to the door to be there ready to be taken away by the respective person or persons attending or driving the Soile-cart upon his or their call or giving notice of coming therewith And be it further Enacted That the present rates taxes and assesments for Scavingers and Rakers duties be hereafter duly and continually rated taxed assessed raysed and levied by the Parishioners and Inhabitants of every Parish and Precinct within this City and Liberties thereof according to the ancient custome and usage of this Citie And all new Messuages Tenements and Houses within the limits aforesaid shall be likewise rated taxed and assessed proportionably with others And that as well the assesments for the same as for any other charges concerning the cleansing or amending the Streets or Currents wherein many Inhabitants are joyntly concerned shall be made And the Defaulters proceeded against according to Law and the ancient usage custome and Ordinances of this City and for the due and carefull prosecution and execution of all and singular the before mentioned premisses It is Enacted by this Common Councel That the sayd John Lanyon shall be and is hereby constituted and appointed Surveyer Generall of the Streets and shall from time to time take and have the view and survey of the severall Streets Lanes Alleys and common passages and places aforesaid to finde out and discover every or any offence or abuse committed omitted done or suffered in any of the aforementioned particulars or otherwise to the Nusance of the Inhabitants of this City and Liberties thereof And also to view and peruse the severall presentments made yearely of the Wardmote Inquest which or the copies thereof are for that purpose to be delivered him And thereupon after fourteen dayes notice to the persons concerned and the not removing or reforming the offence or Nusance within the time aforesaid cause a speedy and strict prosecution to be had and made against all such Offenders by information presentment or otherwise according to Law or to the Acts Orders Customes and Usages of this City To the end such persons may have such Fines imposed upon them or receive such punishment as their fauits shall deserve and as in justice may be inflicted upon them And it is hereby further Enacted by this Common Councell That the said John Lanyon and his Assignes shall have sole full and absolute power and authority daily and every day except Sabbath dayes and such other dayes as shall be prohibited and forbidden by publique authority to take cart and carry away in shut close and covered Carts to be brought into and passe through every the Streets and Places aforesaid passable and to the Entries Doors and Gates of the places aforesaid not passable from and after the five and twentieth day of December now next coming for and during the full time and space of twenty and one yeares from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended at meet and convenient time and times in the day time all and all manner of Seacole-ashes Dust Dirt Soile and Filth that shall be so swept up and laid together without doors or made and brought forth from within doors as aforesaid or found in the Streets and likewise that shall happen at the coming and passage of the said Carts to be found lying in the Streets Lanes and places aforesaid whereby the Streets and places aforesaid may be preserved and kept sweet and clean For the better effecting whereof and removing all causes and colours of excuse It is Enacted by and with the consent of the said John Lanyon That he the said John Lanyon or his Assigns shall cause and procure a loud Clapper alwayes to attend every such Cart and to be sounded and make distinct and loud noyse at the coming and approach thereof into the Streets and places passable as aforesayd and to be sounded in every Court Alley or place into which the sayd Carts cannot passe and such Carts to abide and stay at the entrance into such Court. Alley or place or some other convenient place neer thereabouts whilest the Inhabitants may bring or cause to be brought their respective Dust Dirt Filth and Soyle to the respective Carts so staying as aforesaid And that the sayd Iohn Lanyon or his Assignes during the terme aforesaid shall from time to time and at all meet and convenient times in the day time have the use of all such publique Wharfs for unloading of any of the sayd Carts into Lighters Barges or other Vessels and for staying the same Lighters Barges or other Vessels as are in the dispose of this Court or of the particular Wards of this City he and they paying for the same such rates and prices as shall be adjudged reasonable and fit by indifferent persons for that end to be chosen and appointed And that such part of the said Ashes Dust Dirt and Soile as shall not be so transported or carried away by water the said Iohn Lanyon and his Assignes shall from time to time and at all times during the said term of twenty and one years carry lay up and dispose of at such fit distances to be a quarter of a mile at the least from the said Citie and the continued buildings of the Suburbs or in such manner as no stench noysom or unwholsom smell or other nusance thence arise unto this City Liberties or Suburbs thereof And for the better encouragement enablement satisfaction and recompence of the sayd Iohn Lanyon and his Assignes in his and their execution prosecution and performance of the aforesaid office and place of Generall Surveyor and the provision and charges to be by him made and sustained for and in the cleansing and keeping clean of the said Streets Lanes Alleys and places aforesaid within this City and Liberties thereof and taking and carrying away the said Soyle during the said terme of twenty and one years according to the true intent and meaning hereof Be it further Enacted That all and every the said Assesments Rates and Taxes so to be assessed rated and taxed as aforesaid shall quarterly or within twenty eight dayes next after every of the four usuall Quarter dayes in the year yearly during the said terme of twenty and one years be duely and truly satisfied and payd unto the said Iohn Lanyon or his Assignes by the respective Scavingers thereof And also that the said Iohn Lanyon or his Assignes may have and take one full moyety or halfe part of all and every the Fines Paines and Mulcts that shall happen to be imposed layd or set upon any person or persons for breach or transgression of any Law Order Matter or Thing herein contained the charges and expences in and about prosecution being first deducted and allowed to the Prosecutors And likewise that all present contributions and allowances made given and paid for and towards the cleansing of the respective Market places Grates Wharfes and Keys within this City and the Liberties thereof shall duly and orderly during the said term of twenty and one yeares be allowed given and paid unto the said Iohn Lanyon and his Assignes Provided always and it is Enacted That the said Iohn Lanyon shall not at any time alienate and assigne the premisses or any part thereof without licence of this Court under the Common Seale of the sayd City first had and obtained And if in case the said work as to the part of the said Iohn Lanyon and his Assignes shall not be well and sufficiently done and carryed on And the Common Councell of this City shall give notice thereof to the sayd John Lanyon or his Assigns by writing Then if he or they shall not from time to time and at all times during the said terme of twenty and one years within six weeks after such notice amend and rectifie such defaults Then the power and authority hereby granted and every clause article and thing in this Act contained may by Act of Common Councell be declared null and void And the same after such Declaration shall be and become forthwith null and void to all intents and purposes any thing to the contrary notwithstanding And for the purposes aforesaid be it Enacted That Indentures shall be made between the Mayor and Communalty and Citizens of this City of LONDON of the one part and the sayd Iohn Lanyon of the other part under the Common Seal of this City for the confirmation of the severall Grants and allowances hereby made unto the said Iohn Lanyon and his Assignes during the said tearm of twenty and one yeares under Covenants on the said Iohn Lanyon's part to do perform and execute all every the matters and things herein contained to be by him done performed and executed concerning the cleansing of the Streets and places aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning hereof With a Proviso to be voyd upon the Conditions aforesaid in this Act before mentioned