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Obstructions in foot or carriage ways removed to store yard till 5s. paid,
sold on non-claim and payment in a days.
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XVII. And to the end that the foot ways and carriage ways in the parishes and places in the said five divisions, and also in the said two divisions hereby added, may be kept free from obstructions and annoyances, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons appointed by the said commissioners, or any five or more of them, to seize any stand, table basket, roots, fruit, barrow, blocks, timber, planks, benches, sticks, cask, or other obstruction or annoyance standing or lying in any of the foot ways or carriage ways in this and the said recited act mentioned, and cause the same to be removed to the store yard or place appointed for keeping materials for the works of the division, wherein such seizure shall be made, until the owner or owners shall pay the penalty of five shillings to redeem the same; and in case the same shall not be claimed, and the penalty of five shillings, together with the expence of removing the same, paid within two days next after such seizure thereof, it shall and may be lawful to and for such person or persons so appointed to cause the same to be appraised and sold, and the residue of the money arising therefrom (after paying the penalty and charges aforesaid) to be returned to the owner or owners of such standing, table, basket roots, fruit, barrow, cask, or other article, who shall demand the same.
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