# London Streets, etc. Act 1690, Section V: Paved Streets, &c. to be kept in Repair;


Mode in which same to be done.
And bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That all open Streets Lanes and Alleys which now are paved within any of the Parishes or places aforesaid shall be from time to time repaired amended and paved at the Costs and Charges of the Householders Inhabitants in any such Streets and Lanes respectively and where any Houses shall be empty and unoccupied in any such Streets and Lanes then to be paved and repaired at the Charge of the Owners or Proprietors thereof in manner following (that is to say) Every of the said Housholders Owners or Proprietors of Houses to repaire pave and keepe repaired amended and paved the Streets Lanes or Alleys before his House Stables or Outhouses soe farr as his Houseing Walls or Buildings extend unto the Denter Stone Channell or midle of the same Streete Lane or Alley upon paine to forfeit twenty shillings for every Perch or Rodd and after that Rate for a greater or lesser quantity for every default and of twenty shillings a Weeke for every Weeke after untill the same shall be sufficiently paved and amended

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/2/8/section/V (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-streets-etc-act-1690/section-V
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