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<p n="887">To the Justices of our Lord the King Assigned to<lb></lb>
keep the Kings Peace in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo656">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and also to hear and Determine divers Felonies Trespasses<lb></lb>
and other misdeeds Committed within the said County at<lb></lb>
their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace now held<lb></lb>
for the said County</p>
<p n="888">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50624_n888-1">Mary Leader</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50624_occ272">Widow</rs>
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<p n="889"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That in and by a certain Act of Parliament made in the Eleventh<lb></lb>
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty Intituled An Act for Paving<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo657">Wapping Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo658">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and the Several Streets and<lb></lb>
Passages leading into the same and for removing all Encroachments and<lb></lb>
Obstruct as therefrom and preventing the like for the future and for Opening a<lb></lb>
Passages<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo659">Hermitage</rs>
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Street into <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo660">Nightingale Lane</rs>
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, and passing such passage<lb></lb>
and for<obscured></obscured>
East side of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo661">Nightingale Lane</rs>
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, It is (amongst other Things)<lb></lb>
Enacted That from and after the second Monday Monday from the passing<lb></lb>
of the<obscured></obscured>
Act The commissioners therein appointed<obscured></obscured>
the Same in<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
or any five or more of them are thereby Auth<obscured></obscured>
and Impowered<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
to Time to Cause Order and Direct the said<obscured></obscured>
Wapping<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
Lane Opening<obscured></obscured>
said Street<obscured></obscured>
for<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
called Old Gravel<obscured></obscured>
and a Street<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo662">Hermitage</rs>
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Street<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
as into <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo663">Wapping Street</rs>
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aforesaid at the We<obscured></obscured>
And the Street<lb></lb>
wh<obscured></obscured>
hereby Authorized to be made and Opened from <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo664">Little Hermitage</rs>
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Street aforesaid into <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo665">Nightingale Lane</rs>
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in the County aforesaid and also the<lb></lb>
South<obscured></obscured>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo666">Nightingale Lane</rs>
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aforesaid as far as the End of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50624_geo667">Burr Street</rs>
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or<lb></lb>
any<obscured></obscured>
to be Paved Repaired Sunk or altered in Such manner as they<lb></lb>
Should<obscured></obscured>
fit.</p>
<p n="890">And by another Clause in the said Act Commonly called the Optional<lb></lb>
Clause It is Enacted That if at any Time thereafter Two Thirds or more of the<lb></lb>
House holders and Landlords or Owners of Houses and Tenements within any<lb></lb>
the said Streets Lanes Alleys Courts passages or places Opening Immediately into<lb></lb>
the said Streets Lanes and Place therein before mentioned and Authorized to be paved<lb></lb>
Should at any Time thereafter appear by Petition to the said Commissioners or any Nine<lb></lb>
or more of them Expressing their desire to have the Same paved and cleared of<lb></lb>
Encroachments Nuisances Obstructions and Annoyances That then it should and might<lb></lb>
be lawful for the said Commissioners or any nine of them to Cause the same to be done<lb></lb>
And they were thereby empowered to Rate and Assess the Inhabitants of Such<lb></lb>
Street Lane Passage Alley Court or Place for the purposes aforesaid (So as such<lb></lb>
Assessment Should not exceed One Shilling and Six pence in the Pound) And to raise moneys upon<lb></lb>
Annuities for lives or otherwise upon the Credit of Such Rate or Assessments Sufficient<lb></lb>
for Defraying the Expences of the said Works only and the Pavement of the said<lb></lb>
Street Lane or other place Comprehended in Such Petition should after an Order<lb></lb>
made by the said Commissioners<obscured></obscured>
any Nine or more of them for the purposes aforesaid<lb></lb>
be from thenceforth Vested in the said Commissioners appointed by that Act And such<lb></lb>
Street</p>
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