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ANNO SEXTO GEORGII III. REGIS. CAP. XXVI. AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PAVING CLEANSING AND ENLIGHTENING THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE LIBERTIES THEREOF; AND FOR PREVENTING OBSTRUCTIONS AND ANNOYANCES WITHIN THE SAME; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED.
176645195<p>London : by Mark Baskett . and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett 1766. A long and complex act expressing a determination to get a firm grip on the maintenance of the City with provisions for proper record-keeping; the employment of non-freemen on necessary works; the publishing of contracts; the exclusion of common councilmen from contracting; the designation of streets to be paved; powers for regulating signage; a time-limit of one hour on wagons standing in the streets; barring barrows from foot pavements; the names of streets to be properly displayed with for the first time "every house shop or warehouse . to be marked or numbered"; rules on water-pipes and pavements; the watering of streets; footways to be cleaned daily; lamps and their placing and maintenance; much on the collection of and payment of rates; tolls and turnpikes etc. Foolscap folio 32cm. ii455-504pp. Black letter. Disbound. A few minor marks and faint creases but in very good condition.</p> London : by Mark Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1766.
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