Streets (London) Act 1696

V. If any Liberty, Precinct, &c. within the weekly Bills of Mortality be unable to repair their own Highways and perform the Days' Work on other Highways, the Justices may allow so many Days' Works as they think fit for repairing the same, and the Residue to be employed on the other Highways.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where there is any Liberty Precinct or Vill in any Parish or Parishes within the weekly Bills of Mortality that uses to repaire their owne Highways and that are or shall be unable to repare the same and also to performe the Days Work which they are liable to do to the other Highways within the Parish or Parishes wherein such Liberty Precinct or Vill lyeth then from and after the said Tenth Day of April One thousand six hundred ninety seven it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Justices of the Peace att their Special Sessions to be held every Foure Months for the Consideration of the High-ways to allow or appoint so many or such a Proportion of the Days Works as are yearely to be performed by the respective Inhabitants of any such Liberty Precinct or Vill as the said Justices in their Discretions shall think fitt to be imployed by the same Inhabitants of such Liberty Precinct or Vill in the repairing of the same Highway or Highways within any such Liberty Precinct or Vill which Days Works so to be allowed or appointed the Inhabitants of the same Liberty Precinct or Vill shall doe and peforme accordingly and then onely the Residue of the Days Works as such Inhabitants are liable to doe shall be imployed in repairing of the other Highways within the Parish or Parishes wherein such Liberty Precinct or Vill lyeth Any Act Statute Usage or Custome to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.