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<P>AN ACT OF Common-Council, FOR THE NOMINATION OF ALDERMEN, AND ELECTION OF <HI>Common Council-Men.</HI></P>
<P>In the Re&s;pective WARDS of the City of <HI>London.</HI></P>
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<P>Printed by <HI>SAM&V;EL ROYCROFT,</HI> Printer to the Honourable City of <HI>LONDON,</HI> 1692.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>Commune Concilium tent' <DATE>die <HI>Mercurij,</HI> Vice&s;imo &s;exto die <HI>Octobris,</HI> 1692. Annoque Regni Dominorum no&s;tro|rum WILLIELMI &amp; MARIAE, Dei gratia, <HI>Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae,</HI> &amp; <HI>Hiberniae</HI> Regis &amp; Reginae, Fidei Defen|&s;orum, &amp;c. Quarto;</DATE> in Camera <HI>Guild-Hall</HI> Civitatis <HI>London;</HI> coram <HI>Thoma Stamp</HI> Mil', Majore Civitatis <HI>London, Willielmo Turner</HI> Mil', <HI>Roberto Clayton</HI> Mil', <HI>Patient' Ward</HI> Mil', Aldermannis; <HI>Salathiel Lovell</HI> Mil', Servien' ad Legem ac Recor|dator' Civit' pred', <HI>Samuel Da&s;hwood</HI> Mil', <HI>Johanne Hublon</HI> Mil', <HI>Humphrid' Edwin</HI> Mil', <HI>Edwardo Clarke</HI> Mil', <HI>Franci&s;co Child</HI> Mil' <HI>Johanne Wildman</HI> Ar', <HI>Richardo Levett</HI> Mil', <HI>Jacobo Hublon</HI> Ar', Aldermannis; <HI>Thoma Lane</HI> &amp; <HI>Thoma Cook</HI> Mil', Alder|man' ac Vicecom' dicte Civitat' <HI>London,</HI> Necnon major' parte Communiariorum dicte Civitat' in Communi Concilio tunc &amp; ibidem a&s;&s;emblat'.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD><HI>An ACT for the Nomination of Aldermen, and Election of Common-Councilmen, in the re&s;pective Wards of the City of</HI> London.</HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS the City of <HI>LONDON</HI> is, and Time out of Mind hath been, a Body Politick and Corporate, whereunto
<PB N="2" REF="4"> divers Franchi&s;es, Liberties and Pri|viledges, during all the Time afore|&s;aid, have belonged and appertained; And al&s;o by &s;everal Acts of Parli|ament, Grants and Charters of divers Kings and Queens of this Realm, have been Ratified and Confirmed:</P>
<P>And whereas the Nomination of <HI>Aldermen,</HI> and the Election of <HI>Com|mon-Councilmen</HI> for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Wards of the &s;aid City of Right belonged and appertained, and doth belong and appertain to the <HI>Freemen,</HI> being Hou&s;holders of the &s;aid City, paying Scot and bear|ing Lot, and to no others.</P>
<P>Now for the maintaining the &s;aid Right, It is thought fit and nece&s;|&s;ary by the <HI>Lord Mayor, Aldermen,</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> in Common-Council A&s;&s;embled, That it &s;hould be De|clared; And it is hereby Declared by the Authority of the &s;ame, That it is, and Anciently hath been, the Right and Priviledge of the <HI>Free-Men</HI> of the &s;aid City only, being Hou&s;holders, paying Scot and bear|ing Lot, and of none other what|&s;oever, in their &s;everal and re&s;pective Wards, from Time to Time, as
<PB N="3" REF="4"> often as there was or &s;hould be Occa|&s;ion to Nominate <HI>Aldermen,</HI> and Elect <HI>Common-Councilmen</HI> for the &s;ame re|&s;pective Wards.</P>
<P>And to the intent and purpo&s;e that due Care may be taken for the Future, and all Per&s;ons for Time to come may take Notice thereof, and proceed in &s;uch Elec|tions accordingly; Be it Enacted and Ordained, And it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That at all and every Wardinote hereafter to be held, All and Every the <HI>Beadle</HI> and <HI>Beadles</HI> of the re&s;pective Wards of this City, &s;hall Do, Prepare, Re|turn and Deliver to the <HI>Aldermen,</HI> at their Several and Re&s;pective Courts of <HI>Wardmote,</HI> or to &s;uch Per&s;on as &s;hall be Deputed or Au|thorized to hold the &s;ame, One Li&s;t, to the be&s;t of his or their Knowledge, of all and every the <HI>Freemen,</HI> Hou&s;holders as afore&s;aid, Dwelling and Re&s;iding within the re&s;pective Wards to which they are <HI>Beadles,</HI> and of no others, apart and by them&s;elves:</P>
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<P>And al&s;o One other Li&s;t, to the be&s;t of his or their Knowledge, of All and Every the other <HI>Hou&s;holders</HI> within the &s;aid re&s;pective Wards only, apart and by them&s;elves; To the Intent that &s;uch <HI>Freemen,</HI> Hou&s;holders within the re&s;pective Wards only, as often as there is or &s;hall be Occa&s;ion, may Nominate <HI>Aldermen</HI> and Elect their <HI>Common-Councilmen:</HI></P>
<P>And They, together with the other <HI>Hou&s;holders</HI> of the &s;aid Wards, may Choo&s;e their <HI>Con&s;tables, Sca|vengers, Inque&s;t</HI> and <HI>Beadles.</HI></P>
<P>And for the preventing all Er|rors and Mi&s;takes touching the Premi&s;&s;es for the future, and that this Act be duly put in Execution for the Time to come, Be it al&s;o Enacted, And it is hereby Enacted, That to all and every Precept and Precepts hereafter to I&s;&s;ue, and to be Sent out for the Sum|moning any <HI>Wardmote</HI> or <HI>Wardmotes,</HI> this pre&s;ent Act be annexed and affixed:</P>
<P>And that before any <HI>Nomination</HI> or <HI>Election,</HI> as afore&s;aid, be made at any of the afore&s;aid <HI>Court</HI> or <HI>Courts of Wardmote,</HI> the &s;ame &s;hall be
<PB N="5" REF="5"> publickly and di&s;tinctly Read and Declared to the Per&s;ons, who then &s;hall be and Appear at &s;uch Court or Courts, and be duly put in Exe|cution, and Ob&s;erved.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Goodfellow.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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