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To the Justices of our Lord the King Assigned to
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keep the Kings Peace in and for the
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and also to hear and Determine divers Felonies Trespasses
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and other misdeeds Committed within the said County at
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their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace now held
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The Humble Petition of
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That in and by a certain Act of Parliament made in the Eleventh
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Year of the Reign of His present Majesty Intituled An Act for Paving
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and the Several Streets and
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Passages leading into the same and for removing all Encroachments and
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Obstruct as therefrom and preventing the like for the future and for Opening a
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Passages
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Enacted That from and after the second Monday Monday from the passing
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of the
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Act The commissioners therein appointed
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the Same in
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or any five or more of them are thereby Auth
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and Impowered
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to Time to Cause Order and Direct the said
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Wapping
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And the Street
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wh
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South
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or
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any
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to be Paved Repaired Sunk or altered in Such manner as they
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Should
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And by another Clause in the said Act Commonly called the Optional
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Clause It is Enacted That if at any Time thereafter Two Thirds or more of the
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House holders and Landlords or Owners of Houses and Tenements within any
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the said Streets Lanes Alleys Courts passages or places Opening Immediately into
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the said Streets Lanes and Place therein before mentioned and Authorized to be paved
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Should at any Time thereafter appear by Petition to the said Commissioners or any Nine
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or more of them Expressing their desire to have the Same paved and cleared of
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Encroachments Nuisances Obstructions and Annoyances That then it should and might
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be lawful for the said Commissioners or any nine of them to Cause the same to be done
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And they were thereby empowered to Rate and Assess the Inhabitants of Such
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Street Lane Passage Alley Court or Place for the purposes aforesaid (So as such
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Assessment Should not exceed One Shilling and Six pence in the Pound) And to raise moneys upon
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Annuities for lives or otherwise upon the Credit of Such Rate or Assessments Sufficient
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for Defraying the Expences of the said Works only and the Pavement of the said
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made by the said Commissioners
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be from thenceforth Vested in the said Commissioners appointed by that Act And such
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