Rebuilding of London Act 1670

LXXIV. Shops, &c. in Smithfield, Moor-fields; and other void Places erected since the Fire, to be taken down and removed before the 29th Sept. 1674.

And whereas severall Sheds Shops and other Buildings have beene erected (since the late dreadfull Fire) in Smithfeild, Moore feilds and other void places within the said City and Libertyes thereof by License of the Lord Maior Aldermen and Common Councell of the said City for the accommodation of such Inhabitants whose Houses were then burnt or demolished for the better carrying on of their respective Trades, which if they should be suffered to have longer continuance then the present Exigency of the Occupiers thereof doth require would be an occasion to divert the Trade of the City, and to discourage such as have rebuilt Houses within the said City Bee it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid That the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen for the time being shall be and are hereby impowered and required to cause all and every the said Sheds, Shops and other Buildings aforesaid to be taken downe and removed at or before the nine and twentyeth day of September which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred seaventy fower.