or turn to dirt and mire in the streets, therefore the said paviors are required, that hereafter they do forbear to lay or spread any more gravel on the pavements, than will only fill up the joints of their work, and cause the same to be well swept and rammed, and leave the pavements bare of gravel, and keep a regular method of paving, not paving one door higher than another, upon pain of paying five shillings for every complaint.

3. That the breadth of six feet at least from the foundation of the houses in such of the said high streets which shall be allowed to be parted, shall be paved by the inhabitants or owners, with flat or broad stone for a foot passage, unless such parts thereof, as shall lie before any gateway which may be done with square rag by the said breadth of six feet, upon pain of paying five shillings for every week the same shall be omitted to be done after notice given.

4. That every person having occasion to rebuild or repair any house or houses fronting any street or lane, or common passage, do first procure licence of Mr. Chamberlain, for the time being, to board in a piece of ground before his building, within which to lay his materials for building, or in default, shall pay forty shillings, and twenty shillings for every week's omission so to do.

5. That a fall or cest-pool of convenient bigness shall be made and continued to every grate of the common sewer within this city and liberties, to receive the sand or gravel coming to the same, so to prevent the choaking thereof; and upon complaint at any time made of the want, decay, or defect thereof, the commissioners will forthwith cause the same to be made or amended.

6. That the fellowship of carmen of this city having undertaken for one year, to commence from the first of January 1671, to sweep and cleanse the streets, lanes, and common passages within the said city and liberties, from dung, soil, filth, and dirt, and to carry the same, together with what shall be brought out of the houses of the inhabitants, unto certain lay-stalls appointed, or that shall be appointed by the said commissioners for the time being; the several persons by

them employed in and about this affair, whose names, places of abode, number of tunbrils or carts, and the wards to which they are respectively designed, are hereafter set down, or such other as by death or removal of any of them, shall be employed therein, shall keep, observe, and follow the rules and orders hereafter following.

7. That they, their agents or servants, shall come out with their tunbrills or carts, and horses, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, in every week of the year, from the 11th of October to the 11th of February, by five of the clock every morning of the same day, and not continue and remain in the streets, lanes, or passages, after the hour of nine of the clock in the same morning, and from the 11th of February to the 11th of October, to come out as aforesaid, by four of the clock every morning of the same day, and not to continue or remain in the streets, lanes, or passages, after the hour of seven of the clock in the same morning; and upon every Saturday in the year, to come out as aforesaid, by two of the clock in the afternoon of the same day, to remain and continue till night, if need be, and within the hours and time aforesaid, shall cleanse all the streets, lanes, and passages, every man within his or their respective divisions, from its soil, filth, and dirt, by sweeping of the same, and carrying it away, together with what shall be brought out of the houses of the inhabitants, to the laystalls appointed or that shall be appointed, upon pain to forfeit for every offence ten shillings.

8. That the several inhabitants within this city and liberties, or their servants, do take care, that the dirt, ashes, and soil of their houses be in readiness for the carmen, their agents, or servants, either by setting out the same over night in tubs, boxes, baskets, or other vessels, near and contiguous to their houses, or by bringing out the same within convenient time before the houses, for their departure as aforesaid.

9. That the said carmen, their agents, or servants, in their several wards or divisions, with the assistance of the servants of the inhabitants, who are hereby directed to give such assistance, shall in times of frost or snow, daily employ them

selves in the opening of the channels, and heaping up the ice and snow, that so the passages may be cleared, and upon a thaw of the same, that all the soil and filth found in the streets, lanes, and passages, be carried away upon pain of ten shillings for every day's omission.

10. That no person whatsoever do presume to cast out any soil, horse-dung, or filth, or carry the same into any street, lane, or common passage, after the hours aforesaid, either by night or by day, upon the penalty that the person offending, if known (and if a servant) his or her master or mistress, shall forfeit and pay five shillings; and if not known, the party against whose house the same shall be found, having been laid there in the day time after the hours before mentioned, shall forfeit one shilling; which said several forfeitures shall be paid, the one moiety to the discoverer, and the other to the carman or carmen appointed to cleanse that ward wherein the offence shall be committed.

11. That the several tunbrils or carts employed, or to be employed in this work, shall be marked or numbered, according to the number of carts appointed for each ward, upon the penalty of two shillings for every load carried without such mark.

12. That the several carmen, undertakers in this affair, shall set upon the forepart of his tunbril or cart, open and plain to view; a board, whereon to be painted the city arms, the ward to which he or they are appointed, and the mark or number of his tunbril or cart, upon the penalty of paying three shillings and fourpence a day for want thereof; which said marking is to betoken, the allowance of the commiflioners, and to caution the inhabitants from employing of foreign carts.

13. That the said carmen undertakers, their agents or servants, shall give notice of their being in the streets with their tunbrils or carts by loudly knocking a wooden clapper, especially in courts, allies, and other back passages, upon pain to forfeit three shillings and fourpence upon every complaint duly proved.

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14. That the said carmen, their agents or servants, do take care that the falls or cest pools belonging to any grate within their respective wards, be once in a week, or oftener if need require, cleansed of its dirt and filth, and the same carried away, upon pain to forfeit five shillings for every complaint duly proved.

15. That the aforesaid carmen, their agents or servants, and no other, shall also carry away to the lay-stalls aforesaid all such soil, dirt and dung (rubbish or earth excepted) that shall be made or found in any of the houses or stables of any innkeeper, livery stable keeper, brewer, dyer, sugar baker, soap maker, or other trader or inhabitant within any of the wards to which they are respectively appointed and designed, for which such quarterly allowance (over and above the customary rates by the scavengers book) shall be made by the assessors of each ward, according to their best discretion; respect being had to the trade, or other occasion, in the making of more or less dung and soil by such traders or inhabitants.

16. That the aforesaid carmen, their agents or servants, and no other, shall take up and carry away to such persons or places as will receive the same, all such rubbish or earth that shall be made or found within their respective wards or divisions; for which there shall be paid them by the owners or proprietors thereof one shilling per load, and no more, provided they carry it away within one day after notice. given, for the conveniency of the owners, and to avoid complaint of them, upon pain that the person offending in either of these cases shall pay two shillings per load.

17. That no other tunbril or cart than what is or shall he appointed and allowed by the said commissioners for the doing the works aforesaid, shall be employed, or shall intermeddle with the carrying of any soil, rubbish, earth, dung, paving stones, Thames gravel, or the like, within this city or liberties, bricks or tiles from the water side, within the said city and liberties; upon pain to pay to the carman and carmen employed in cleansing the streets as aforesaid of the ward where this offence shall be committed,

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two shillings for every load so taken up or carried in a tubril or cart; and for non-payment, that such tunbril or cart shall be carried to the city's pound, called the Green Yard, and there remain till payment thereof. Provided, that if any of the said carmen shall not immediately after notice employ himself in carrying the said materials, to forfeit and pay two shillings for every load thereof, and the owners at liberty to employ foreign carts.

18. That no coachman, carman, carter, drayman, or other person, shall feed his or their horse or horses with hay or grains in the streets, lanes, or common passages within this city and liberties, upon pain to forfeit and pay for every offence two shillings and sixpence, over and above the like sum formerly imposed, and to be paid to the governors of Christ's Hospital; the one moiety to the discoverer and prosecutor, and the other to the carman or carmen of the ward in which the said offence shall be committed; and in case of non-payment, to carry the horse or horses to the city pound, called the Green Yard, there to remain till payment thereof.

19. That none of the aforesaid carmen, their agents or servants, or other person or persons, do sweep the filth or . soil of the streets, lanes or passages, into any of the channels of this city, in time of rain or otherwise, upon pain to pay six shillings and eightpence for every complaint duly proved.

20. That no man shall cast or lay in the streets, lanes, common passages, or channels within this city, or liberties, any dogs, cats, inwards of beasts, cleaves of beasts, feet bones, horns, dregs or dross of ale or beer, or any noisome thing, upon pain of ten shillings for every offence.

21. That no man set a tunbril car, or cart, in the street, by night time, upon pain to pay two shillings, besides satisfaction to any person hurt thereby.

22. That no man do ride or drive a tunbril, car, cart, or dray, a-trot in the street; or sit on any part of the car, cart, tunbril, or dray (unless another skilful person lead the horse) upon pain to forfeit and pay two shillings; in case of non

payment,