Shorter Mayor.  arms of London  
Die Martij 1688. Annoque Regni Regis JACOBI Secundi, Angliae, &c. Quarto.  
WHereas the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor hath this Morning signified to this Court, That his Majesty takes notice and is displeased, that the Streets of this City are no better kept in Paving and Cleansing; And that his Majesty expects that the same should for the future be better maintained; This Court did now therefore resolve by all possible ways and means, to endeavour a through Reformation herein: And in regard it is the Scavengers duty in the Several Wards to see the Streets in their respective Precincts well paved and cleansed; And also the Inquests of the several Wards are to take notice of, and present all defaults therein; It is therefore ordered, That all the Scavengers within this City, and the Foreman of every Inquest, be warned to appear before this Court on Thursday next, as well to answer their Neglect herein for the time past, as to be admonished to a more careful performance of their duty for the future; It being conceived by this Court, that the Streets might be well kept, If the Scavengers and Inquests respectively performed their duties herein: And therefore it is resolved, that where any of them shall be found negligent or remiss, they shall be strictly Prosecuted and Punished. And it is Recommended to the Aldermen of the several Wards, that they take particular care both with their respective Inquests and otherwise, that the Streets within their several Wards, be constantly and duly kept clean and well paved in all places; And that all Defaulters be without fail bound over to the Sessions and there prosecuted for the same. And that the Respective Aldermen frequently with their Inquests walk the Streets for this purpose: Also that the said Aldermen take care that all the Presentments last made of any such default, in the Streets, be forthwith effectually Prosecuted. And it is ordered that the Company of Paviors take care that in paving the Streets hereafter, the Kennels( for better convenience of passage) be made less deep than now they are in divers places; And the Master of the said Company to appear before this Court, and receive a Charge for that purpose: And it is ordered, That all Inhabitants within this City do altogether forbear to cast, and restrain their Servants also from casting any Soil into the Streets; And also that they cause the Street before their respective Houses, to be frequently swept, always sweeping from the Kennel( to prevent choking the Common Sewers) and gathering up the Dirt and Soil into heaps, to be the more easily carried away by the Raker. And that all the said Inhabitants keep the Streets duly Paved before their respective Houses, never raising the Street upon any new pavement: And whosoever shall be found faulty or remiss herein must expect to be Prosecuted for the same at the Sessions.  
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