ty, to the end that every such Defaulter may be prosecuted and punished according to Law.

And be it likewise Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every the Constables of this City, the same Night he or they are to watch, shall call over the Names of all and every person and persons appointed to watch as aforesaid, as well at the Hours appointed for their méeting in the Evening, as also the time appointed for breaking up of the Watch in the Morning, as aforesaid; and take Notice in writing of the Names and Surnames of every the Inhabitants and Occupiers aforesaid, appointed to watch, or find such Watchman as aforesaid, as shall be himself absent from his said Duty, and not have a sufficient able person, provided and armed as aforesaid, to serve in his place and stead; And the Constable of every the said Wards, within thrée days next after his Watch-night, shall procure a Warrant from one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City, and shall, by vertue thereof, bring before the Lord Maior of the said City for the time being, or some other of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the same City, all and every person and persons respectively making Default in any of the premisses, in such Ward wherein he is Constable, in order to be procéeded against as aforesaid.

Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That this Act, nor any Clause, Article or Thing therein contained, shall extend, or be construed to extend, to abate or lessen the Number of Constables (where more than one Constable used nightly to watch) from watching every Night in the several and respective Wards aforesaid; but that the same Number of Constables as have heretofore used to watch, shall every Night be, and continue to be and remain on the Watch, in each respective Ward and Places aforesaid; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid, That the Beadle or Beadles of the several and respective Wards of this City, and every of them, neglecting or refusing to do his or their several and respective Duties as aforesaid, they, and every of them, for such their several Neglects and Refusals, upon due Proof thereof made before the Lord Maior of the same City for the time being, or one other of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City, shall be, and he is hereby discharged from his said Office of Beadle of the said Ward for one whole Year, from the time of his and their several Convictions, or otherwise procéeded against according to Law.

Provided nevertheless, That such person and persons within the said respective Wards, (who ought to watch as aforesaid) who shall from time to time pay to such person or persons as shall be appointed to receive the same, by the Deputy and Common Council-men of each respective Ward, or the major part of them, assembled as aforesaid, such reasonable Sum or Sums of Money, as shall be agréed on betwéen the said Deputy and Common Council-men, and the said respective person or persons, for and towards the Charge of hiring able and sufficient bodied Men, provided and armed as aforesaid, to kéep Watch within the said resepctive Wards in manner aforesaid, shall not be compelled to watch in their own persons, or to find and provide a particular person to watch in their respective Turns. And it is Ordained, That the Money so to be collected, shall from time to time be disposed of in paying such Watchmen respectively, and for such other Uses of the said Watch, in such manner, as the Deputy and Common Council-men of each respective Ward, or the major part of them, assembled as aforesaid, shall direct and appoint.

And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Act or Actsof Common Council heretofore made for, touching and concerning the Ordering of the Night-Watches within the City of London, and Liberties thereof, and every Clause and Article therein contained, shall be, and hereby repealed, annulled, and made void.

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ASHURST.

To which I add, a later Act for Lighting the Streets, in the Maioralty of Sir James Bateman, which was as follows.

Commune Concilium tentum in Camera Guihaldæ Civitatis London' Die Martis, decimo octavo die Decembris, Anno Regni Domini nostri GEORGII, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. tertio, Annoq; Dom. 1716, coram Jacobo Bateman, Milite, Majore Civit' predictæ, Johanne Parsons, Mil', Samuele Garrard, Bar' Gilberto Heathcote, Mil', Ricardo Hoare, Mil', Samuele Stanier, Mil', Carolo Peers, Mil', Aldermannis ejusdem Civit', Willielmo Thomson, Mil', Recordatore Civitatis predictæ, Willielmo Lewen, Mil', Johanne Ward, Mil', Willielmo Stewart, Mil', Petro Delme, Mil', Georgio Mertins, Mil', Josepho Lawrence, Mil', Roberto Child, Mil', Johanne Eyles, Bar' Aldermannis Civit' predictæ, & Gerardo Conyers, Mil', Aldermanno ac uno Vicecomitum ejusdem Civitatis, necnon majore parte Communiariorum dictæ Civitatis, in eodem Communi Concilio tunc & ibidem assemblatis.

WHereas by an Act of Parliament made at Westminster in the fifth and sixth Years of the Reign of the late King William and Quéen Mary, intituled, An Act for the Relief of the Orphans, and other Creditors of the City of London, (amongst other things) it is Enacted, That the Maior, Commonalty, and Citizens of London should, on or before the Twenty fourth Day of June, One thousand Six hundred ninety and four, demise or grant to Sir Charles Hara, Kt. John Stanyon, Esq; Philip Neve, Esq; and John Lilly, Gent. and all other the Persons concerned and interested in the Glass-Lights, commonly called or known by the Name of Convex Lights, a Lease or License for the sole Use of the publick Lights to be used in all publick Places within the said City and the Liberties thereof, for the Term of One and twenty Years, to be computed from the said Twenty fourth Day of June, One thousand Six hundred ninety and four, reserving the yearly Rent of Six hundred Pounds, in such manner, and by and under such other Articles, Covenants and Agréements, for Payment of the said Rent, or making void the said Lease, in Deafult thereof, or otherwise, as by and betwéen the said Maior, Commonalty, and Citizens, and the said Persons above-mentioned, were or should be agréed on for that purpose, by certain Articles made, or to be made in that behalf; which said yearly Sum of Six hundred Pounds should be, and was thereby appropriated towards raising the said Fund, and Payment of the said Interest-Money, as aforesaid; from and after the Determination of which Lease, all and every the Rents, Profits and Benefits whatsoever, which the said Maior, Commonalty and Citizens, should or might at any time lawfully make, by Farming or granting License or Licenses to any Person or Persons whatsoever, for the Lighting the Stréets within the said City or the Liberties thereof, by such Ways and Means as the said Maior, Commonalty and Citizens should think most proper, should be, and were thereby declared and enacted to