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Section XX Lord Mayor, &c. may remove, &c. Conduits.

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And forasmuch as the freedome and opennes of the Streete conduceth much to the advancement of Trade and Ornament of the Citty Bee it further enacted that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Maior Aldermen and Coo[m]monalty by Order of Coo[m]mon Councill in that behalfe to be made from time to time and at their will and pleasure to remove out of any of the high Streets all or any of the Conduits now standing or hereafter to be erected, and to sett up and to erect the same in such other publique places within the said Citty as they shall thinke fitt, or to contract the same into any smaller or lesser compasse in the places where they now stand or hereafter shall be erected as aforesaid according to their discretions,