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<NAME>Simon Charles</NAME>
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<HEAD>Heads of the Additional Bill for Paving, Clean&s;ing, <HI>&amp;c. London.</HI></HEAD>
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<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">Rea&s;ons.</CELL>
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<CELL ROLE="label">Preamble.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
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<CELL>THat the former Laws have not proved effectual by rea&s;on of the <HI>Mi&s;carriages</HI> of <HI>Scavengers,</HI> and <HI>Combination</HI> of <HI>Paviors,</HI> &amp;c.</CELL>
<CELL>THe Puni&s;hment of Scavengers Paviours, and other Per&s;ons offending again&s;t the former Act, was only by <HI>Indictment;</HI> the Pro&s;ecution whereof being <HI>chargeable,</HI> and the Proceedings <HI>dilatory,</HI> and the Fines impo&s;ed after conviction being not applyed to the Pro&s;ecutor, di&s;couraged the Pro&s;ecution, and thereby the Offenders e&s;cape Puni&s;hment. The Paviours have <HI>ingro&s;&s;ed</HI> mo&s;t of the <HI>Stone-Quarries,</HI> and thereby inhance the Prices of Stone, and are now endeavouring to obtain a <HI>Patent</HI> of <HI>Incorporation;</HI> &s;o that <HI>none &s;hall work</HI> but in &s;uch <HI>manner,</HI> and at &s;uch <HI>Rates</HI> as they &s;hall agree and appoint.</CELL>
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<CELL>AND That Owners of Tofts of Ground and empty Hou&s;es have <HI>refu&s;ed</HI> to <HI>Pave</HI> or to <HI>pay</HI> the <HI>A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments</HI> thereon.</CELL>
<CELL>By the former Act, Owners of Tofts and empty Hou&s;es are made liable to be Rated, but the Recovery is by <HI>Di&s;tre&s;s,</HI> which can never be found there, the Moneys cannot be Collected, and either the Ground before tho&s;e Intere&s;ts mu&s;t be <HI>&V;npaved,</HI> and &s;o <HI>dan|gerous</HI> to <HI>Pa&s;&s;engers,</HI> and <HI>mi&s;chievous</HI> to <HI>Trade,</HI> or Per&s;ons laying out Money for the &s;ame, can no way be re-imbur&s;ed, great Sums being yet in Arrear and unpaid to divers per&s;ons upon that Accompt.</CELL>
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<CELL ROLE="label">The Bill Enacts,</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
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<CELL>That from and after the <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> day of <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> 1674. every Inhabitant or Hou&s;holder do pave before his own Shop, Hou&s;e, or other his Intere&s;t, and &s;o for the future to maintain the &s;ame at his own co&s;t and charges</CELL>
<CELL>The Owners of Tofts and uninhabited Hou&s;es neglecting to make good the <HI>Pavements</HI> lying before the &s;ame, and refu&s;ing to pay any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment towards that Work, put a nece&s;&s;ity on the Commi&s;&s;ioners to make a general A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment on the Inhabitants for amending and maintaining all the Pavements of the City and Liberties in a publick way: but for as much as convenient Provi&s;ion is made by this Bill for paving the dead Intere&s;ts, and for that the Inhabitants are now generally de&s;irous to be at liberty, (each per&s;on by and for him&s;elf) to amend and maintain the Pavements lying before their re&s;pective Intere&s;ts, it's de&s;ired this Clau&s;e (being omitted in the former Act) may now be allowed, they taking care to pre&s;erve the Levels and Currents of Water, which with great care and pains of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, have been de&s;igned and a&s;certained, and from thenceforth &s;hall be no way liable to be rated for Pitching or Paving.</CELL>
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<CELL>That from and after the &s;aid <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> day of <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> 1674. every Inhabitant or Hou&s;holder do &s;weep before his own Shop, Hou&s;e or other his Intere&s;t, three times in a Week at the lea&s;t.</CELL>
<CELL>Without the requiring of this, the Streets will lie &s;o foul and dirty as will greatly annoy Pa&s;&s;engers, prejudice Trade, and con|&s;tantly fill and choak the Sewers to great mi&s;chief and charge.</CELL>
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<CELL>That the Commi&s;&s;ioners may reform and puni&s;h <HI>Incroachments</HI> and <HI>Annoyances</HI> in the Streets and Common Pa&s;&s;ages.</CELL>
<CELL>Divers per&s;ons do take upon them to make out Bulks, Stalls, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> laying Material and Rubbi&s;h in the Streets and Common Pa&s;&s;ages, to the ob&s;truction and annoyance of Pa&s;&s;age, and choaking of the Sewers; which may be be&s;t inquired into, and reformend by the afore&s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, who by two former Acts of this Parliament are directed to take care of the Pavements and clean&s;ing of the Streets and Sewers.</CELL>
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<CELL>That Offenders <HI>refu&s;ing</HI> to appear may be taken by <HI>Warrant</HI> from a Ju&s;tice of Peace, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and Fines recovered by <HI>Di&s;tre&s;s</HI> or <HI>Indict|ment.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>In the Execution of the former Act, it hath been found that &s;everal Per&s;ons, Rakers and others, offending again&s;t the Act, and &s;everal Scavengers that have Collected and Deteined &s;everal <HI>Sums of Money</HI> in their hands due to the Rakers have been duly &s;ummoned by the Commi&s;&s;ioners Officers to appear and &s;hew cau&s;e, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and have refu&s;ed or neglected to appear, and before the Se&s;|&s;ions did &s;it, or hearing of the cau&s;e, the Parties have failed and gone away, to the <HI>lo&s;s</HI> of divers Sums; and without &s;ome Coer|cive Power more than the bare Summons of an Officer, there cannot be any great Regulation expected.</CELL>
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<CELL>That all <HI>Fines</HI> to be impo&s;ed by the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners or Ju&s;tices at the Se&s;&s;ions, be em|ployed in the works of <HI>Paving,</HI> &amp;c. and other incident Charges.</CELL>
<CELL>By the former Act the Fines to be impo&s;ed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners are appointed to be applyed towards the Works of Paving, Clean&s;ing, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> But there being no Power of re-imbur&s;ing or gratifying the Informer or Pro&s;ecutor, there is no Incouragement to any to inform and pro&s;ecute, and &s;o little or no Reformation.</CELL>
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<CELL>That all Con&s;tables and other Officers <HI>a&s;si&s;t</HI> in the <HI>execution</HI> of the Powers, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>The Con&s;tables Duty is in all ca&s;es to endeavour the keeping of the <HI>Peace,</HI> and no more is hereby <HI>intended</HI> and <HI>de&s;igned;</HI> but &s;ome Con&s;tables will not think them&s;elves concerned unle&s;s they are particularly mentioned: whereby Ju&s;tice is oftentimes delayed and affronted.</CELL>
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<CELL>That <HI>Surveyors</HI> or <HI>Supervi&s;ors</HI> be appointed for the Streets.</CELL>
<CELL>The&s;e may be Per&s;ons who have <HI>good Judgment</HI> in Paving Materials and Workman&s;hip, and may &s;ee the Work con&s;tantly and well performed, e&s;pecially before Tofts of Ground and empty Hou&s;es: And may al&s;o give notice, and require the Amendments of defective Pavements before inhabited Hou&s;es, when one Neighbour is unwilling to complain or inform again&s;t another.</CELL>
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<CELL>That where Scavengers, or other per|&s;ons are &s;ued, they may plead the <HI>General I&s;&s;ue;</HI> and if it be wrongfully, then to recover <HI>Double Co&s;ts,</HI> &amp;c.</CELL>
<CELL>This Clau&s;e is u&s;ual in Acts of Parliament, but by the omi&s;&s;ion of this in the former Act, &s;ome <HI>Litigious Per&s;ons</HI> have been incouraged to bring <HI>vexatious Suits</HI> again&s;t <HI>Scavengers</HI> and others imployed and acting in pur&s;uance of Act: And in a matter of eight or nine &s;hillings, by rea&s;on of pleading <HI>the Act &s;pecially,</HI> very great Sums have been expended, to the great <HI>di&s;couragement</HI> of per&s;ons doing their Duty.</CELL>
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<CELL>That any Per&s;on <HI>skil&s;ul</HI> in Paving may be employed therein.</CELL>
<CELL>Several of the <HI>Paviors</HI> in <HI>London</HI> have ingro&s;&s;ed mo&s;t of the <HI>Stone-Quarries,</HI> and will neither afford <HI>Stones,</HI> or perform <HI>Workman|&s;hip</HI> at any rea&s;onable Rates; nor will they &s;uffer <HI>other Per&s;ons</HI> (not of their Brotherhood) though never &s;o skilful, to be im|ployed, vexing and di&s;couraging them with Suits and Proceedings at Law, and (as is before mentioned) they are indeavouring to obtain a Patent of Incorporation.</CELL>
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<CELL>That for better enabling the Major, and Commonalty, and Citizens of <HI>London</HI> to go through the building of Churches, gi|ving &s;atisfaction for ground lo&s;t by making that Wharff or Key on the North-&s;ide the Ri|ver of <HI>Thames, and otherwi&s;e;</HI> Paving before Tofts of Ground and uninhabited Hou&s;es, and other Publick works, the Duty or Im|po&s;ition upon <HI>Coals</HI> to be continued for <GAP DESC="missing" REASON="omitted in print" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> years after the year 1687. to which time the &s;ame is already granted.</CELL>
<CELL>The Revenue ari&s;ing by the Impo&s;ition upon Coles, was <HI>le&s;&s;ened</HI> the Receipts the two la&s;t years above twelve thou&s;and pounds.
<P>Upon a ju&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">alculation of the Receipts that either have or may be received by that <HI>Impo&s;ition</HI> which is to be applyed for the Re|building of Churches, and a rea&s;onable e&s;timate made of the charge of Rebuilding thereof, it will co&s;t above 100000 <HI>l.</HI> more than that Revenue will amount to to Rebuild the Pari&s;h Churches, be&s;ides the Rebuilding the Cathedral Church of St. <HI>Paul.</HI></P>
<P>Upon a ju&s;t Calculation of the Receipts that either have or may be received by that <HI>Impo&s;ition,</HI> which is to be applyed for giving Satisfaction for Ground, and for <HI>other</HI> purpo&s;es in the former Acts mentioned, and upon a rea&s;onable E&s;timate of the Charges, it doth plainly appear that the <HI>principal charge</HI> be&s;ides Intere&s;t, will amount to above 160000 <HI>l.</HI> more than the Receipt will amount unto for the term that is yet to come, be&s;ides the great <HI>Sums of Money</HI> that mu&s;t nece&s;&s;arily be expended for the re-imbur&s;ing of Moneys already advanced, and which mu&s;t hereafter be expended for Paving and Clean&s;ing before Tofts and uninhabited Hou&s;es, being above four thou&s;and in number, which Works can never be effected without a further <HI>Additional Term.</HI></P></CELL>
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<CELL>That the <HI>Owners</HI> of Tofts of Ground or empty Hou&s;es &s;hall not be compelled to <HI>Pave</HI> or <HI>Clean&s;e,</HI> or be <HI>Rated</HI> for the &s;ame, during &s;uch time as the &s;ame &s;hall be un|built or uninhabited.</CELL>
<CELL>There are great Numbers of Tofts of Ground and empty Hou&s;es which mu&s;t be taken care for, as to Paving and Clean&s;ing be|fore the &s;ame; the want of which hath occa&s;ioned the not taking the &s;ame, either for Building or Inhabiting. And yet it is con|ceived hard and &s;evere, that tho&s;e Per&s;ons concern'd (mo&s;t of which are <HI>Country Gentlemen</HI> that have lo&s;t the benefit of their Inheritance for above &s;even years, and many expended con&s;iderable <HI>Sums of Money</HI> in Building, without receiving any profit or benefit thereby) &s;hould neverthele&s;s be liable to make good the Pavements lying before the &s;ame.</CELL>
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<CELL>That no other or greater Salary, Allow|ance, or Reward, be given or made for col|lecting, receiving, or paying the <HI>Coal</HI> Duty, then what is appointed by the former Act of Parliament.</CELL>
<CELL>Some &s;cruples having been made, whether the allowance of 10 <HI>s. per cent.</HI> mentioned in the former Act relating to the Duty upon <HI>Coals,</HI> was intended to include as well the Collector, as the Receiver and Payer of the Money, it is de&s;ired the &s;ame may be now &s;etled and a&s;certained in this manner.</CELL>
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