be for ever appropriated and applied to and for the Uses aforesaid, as by the said Act may appear.

And whereas such Grant was accordingly made, and is expired, and since the Expiration thereof it is, by Indentures bearing date of the 20th Day of November last past, made or mentioned to be betwéen the said Maior and Commonalty, and Citizens of the City of London, of the one part; and Sir Samuel Garrard, Bart. and Alderman of London, and Sir Fisher Tench of Low Layton in the County of Essex, Bart. of the other part, agréed, That one or more Act or Acts of the Common Council of this City shall be duly made and passed, whereby all an every House-kéeper or House-kéepers, whose House, Door, or Gateway doth front or be next unto any of the Stréets, Lanes, publick Places, or Passages of the said City or Liberties thereof, who shall be taxed and assessed to and for the Relief of the Poor, or whose House shall be of the Rent of Ten Pounds per Ann. or upwards; and whereby the Churchwardens of the several Parish Churhes, and all Masters, Wardens, and Governours of all publick Halls, Schools, and other publick Buildings and Places within the said City and Liberties thereof respectively, fronting any of the publick Streets, Lanes, or Passages of the said City or Liberties thereof, shall be required and obliged in every dark Night, from the twenty ninth Day of September until the twenty fifth Day of March yearly, to hang out one or more Lanthorn or Lanthorns, with sufficient Cotton-wick Candles lighted therein on the outside of their respective Churches, Houses, Doors or Gateways next the said Stréets, Lanes, publick Places or Passages, not excéeding one Story high from the Ground of such Stréets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places or Passages, for the Lightning of the same, and to keep and continue the same burning in each and every such dark Night, from the Hour of Six until the Hour of Eleven in the same Night, under a certain Penalty in the said Indentures, and in this Act hereafter mentioned,

Now in pursuance of the said recited Indentures, and in performance of the same; Be it Enacted, Ordained, and Established by the Right Honourable the Lord Maior, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London in Common Council assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all and every House-keeper and House-keepers, whose House, Door, or Gateway doth front or be next unto any of the Stréets, Lanes, publick Places or Passages of the said City and Liberties thereof, shall in every dark Night, that is to say, every Night betwéen the second Night after each Full Moon, and the seventh Night after each New Moon, from henceforth unto Lady-day next, and afterwards from Michaelmas to Lady-day yearly, set or hang out one or more Lanthorn or Lanthorns, with sufficient Cotton-wick Candles lighted therein, on the outside of his or her House, Door, or Gateway, fronting or next the said Stréets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages, not excéeding one Story high from the Ground of such Stréets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages where they are Householders, to enlighten the same, for securing the Houses against Robbers and Thieves, for the Prevention of Murther, and the Conveniency of Passengers, and shall continue the same burning from Six of the Clock at Night until Eleven of the Clock of the same Night, upon pain to forfeit and pay to the said Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens, the Sum of One Shilling for every Default, Proof thereof being made (within Six Days) after each Default, before the Lord Maior of the said City of London for the time being, upon the Oath of one or more credible Witness or Witnesses, and to be levied and recovered as is herein after mentioned and expressed.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every the respective Churchwardens of the several Parish Churches, and the respective Masters, Wardens, or Governours of all publick Halls, Schools, and the Occupiers or Proprietors of all other Publick Buildings and Places within the said City and Liberties thereof respectively, fronting or adjoining to any of the said publick Streets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages of the said City and Liberties thereof, shall in like manner (for like purposes respectively) in every such dark Night, from henceforth unto Lady-day next, and afterwards from Michaelmas unto Lady-day yearly, set or hang out one or more Lanthorn or Lanthorns, with sufficient Cotton-wick Candles lighted therein, on the outsides of all Parish Churches, publick Halls, Schools, and other publick Buildings and Places within the said City and Liberties thereof respectively, fronting or adjoining to any of the said publick Streets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages, in such manner as the Alderman or his Deputy, and the Common-Councilmen of each respective Ward, wherein the same shall respectively stand and be, or the major part of them have heretofore ordered, directed and appointed, or, after Notice for that purpose, duly assembled, shall hereafter order, direct and appoint: and shall continue the same burning from Six of the Clock at Night until Eleven of the Clock of the same Night, upon pain to forfeit and pay to the Use aforesaid the Sum of One Shilling for every Default, to be levied and recovered in manner as is herein after mentioned and expressed.

And it is hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Housekéepers living in any Court or Place within the said City, or the Liberties thereof, where there is more than one House or Inhabitant, and where the Door or Gateway of such Court or Place doth or shall adjoin unto, or be next the Common Stréets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages, shall alternately, or by turns, according to the Situtation of the Houses within such Court or Place, and beginning with the first House on the Left Hand, as entring into such Court or Place, in like manner (and for like purposes respectively) in each of the said dark Nights, from henceforth unto Lady-day next, and afterwards from Michaelmas unto Lady-day yearly, set or hang out Candles with Cotton-wick lighted, in convenient Lanthorns on the ouside of such Doors or Gates next to the said Stréets, Lanes, Thoroughfares, publick Places and Passages, and shall continue the same burning from Six of the Clock at Night until Eleven of the Clock of the same Night, upon pain to forfeit to the Use aforesaid the Sum of One Shilling for every Default, to be levied and recovered as is herein after mentioned and expressed.

Provided nevertheless, That no Person or Persons shall forfeit or lose any of the Sums before mentioned for his, her, or their Neglect or Default, as aforesaid, who by reason of his or her Poverty shall not be taxed and assessed to and for the Relief of the Poor, and whose House shall not be of the Rent of Ten Pounds per Annum, or who shall make and continue any Agréement with the Proprietors of the said Convex-Lights, for the lightning of the said Stréets and Places in their behalf.

And be it further enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all the Penalties and Forfeitures by vertue of this Act to be incurred, shall and may be recovered and levied by Distress and Sale of the Offenders Goods, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Lord Mayor of the said City for the time being, to be directed to all or any the Constables within the said City and Liberties thereof, or to any other Person or Persons, as the said Lord Mayor shall think fit; returning the Overplus (if any) after deduction of the Charges of taking and kéeping the said Distress, to the party whose Goods shall be so distrained.