Statute directing all Estreats made Upon the said Statutes to be
by the Clerke of the Peace of the County not takeing any Notice
of Clerkes of the Peace for Citys and Liberties.

And Wee do further report That in Obedience to the said
Order and in Justificecon of the Justices of the Peace of this City
and Liberty who may be thought, to have been remiss in the
Discharge of the Duty they owe to the Publick in that Capacity
And in regard the bad State and Condition of the Pavement
in many Places within this City and Liberty For the reasons
aforesaid And occasioned by the new Severs lately made in Pal
Mall and the Strand the Ground not having had sufficient time to
Settle may profably occasion Notice thereof to be taken in
Parliament Wee have carefully inspected the Provisions made
by the said last menconed Act And upon Consideracon had so
farr as wee are Judges Humbly Apprehend

That the Method directed by the 2d Sect of the Slat 2 do: G 2 di:
to proceed by Presentmt: admitts of a Delay in the repairing
badd Pavement for near Six Months after presented to the Justices
in their speciall Sessions Because if a Fine be sett on a Presentment
made soon after the Sessions Ends the Person whose Pavement is
out of repair may be excused the Payment of such Fine If he
repaires any time before the Sessions after the Fine be sett. The
Quarter Sessions up one Certificate That the pavement is repaired
alwaies takeing off such Fine As the Kings Bench do in like Cases.

The Power given by the 3d: Sect (by Provisoe) to the Justices
Where they Shall think it necessary to direct the Surveyor to Cause
Twenty daies publick Notice to be given in the Church of Defaults
in repairing the Pavement, And to Empower the Surveyors to Cause
such Defaults to be repaired at the Charges of the Person who Should
have done it as Shall be allowed to be reasonable by the Justice
before whom Oath Should be made Wee apprehend not sufficient
because no Power is given to complete the Payments thereof.

By the 4th: Section the Surveyors are request as there Shall be
Occasion to cause Pavement, before Dwelling houses which Shall be
Empty to be repaired As in their Opinion do not require Entirely to
be new paved And in such case if the Justices Shall think it necessary
to have such Pavement intirely new paved they are to direct, the
Surveyors to new pave The Charges in both these Cases to bepaid the
Surveyors by the next Tenant, or Occupier of such Empty house by
Warrant of Distress And where Houses are burnt or pulled down the
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