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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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4 Resolved yt. it is ye opinion of ys Court yt. ye method of Pareding
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by prsentmt. as directed by ye 2d. Sect of ye Statute of ye 2d. of
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the King is defective in that it admitts of two great delay & thereby bad pavemt.
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tho prsented
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are not amended till
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may continue so for near
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6 months after Such prsentmt for if a presentmt is made to ye Justices at a Sprat
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Lessions held Soon after a qr. Sessions & by them certified
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fall of
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next qr. Sess & ye party then fined for
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the Same yet ye party so fined
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will be excused paying
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ye
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fine if ye pavemt. is repaired & ye Same certified so
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to be by 2 Justices to ye sd. 2d. qr. Sessions after such prsentmt
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5 Resolved that it is ye ops of ye Court yt ye power given by
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ye 3d. Section of ye Same Statute to ye Justices to direct ye surveyrs. to cause
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bad
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defects pavements to
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be repaired (after 20 days notice given thereof in the Church)
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at ye charges of ye pson who ought to repair ye Same is
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greatly defective because there is no power given
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thereby to compell paymt. by thereof by such psons
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who ought to repair the Same
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6 Resolved yt. it is ye op: of ye Colt yt. ye Pvision made by Proossoe in the
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4th. Sect of ye same Statute for paymt
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of money
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by ye
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Surveyrs. for repairing defect in pavemt or for new paveing (where
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ye Justices shall so order) is too great a charge for Such
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Surveyrs. to bear & ye rather because if houses should stand long empty
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(as in some party of ye town they too often doe) they will be
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long out of their money &
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in danger
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some times in danger
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of looseing it
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if
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which their circumstances will Seldom
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