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Sign, spouts, & to be fixed on fronts, sides or ends,
on neglect as aforesaid, workmen employed.
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LXII. And be it further enacted, That all signs, sign-iron?, posts, boards, spouts, or gutters, already built, placed, or being in any of the said streets or lanes in the said city or suburbs thereof, shall be fixed or placed on the sides, ends, or fronts of such houses, shops, warehouses, or buildings respectively, whereunto the same shall belong, and that for the future all signs, boards, spouts, or gutters, shall be placed or fixed on the fronts, sides, or ends of the houses, shops, warehouses, or buildings whereunto they respectively belong, and not otherwise, and that the water from the tops of all houses within the said city and suburbs thereof, fronting upon any streets, lanes, alleys, or passages, shall be conveyed unto, or near the ground by pipes or trunks brought down by the sides, fronts, or ends of said houses; and if any person or persons shall at any time hereafter hang, erect, place, or build any sign, sign-post, or iron, board, spout, or gutter, in any of the said streets or lanes of the said city, or cause the same to be done in any other manner than as aforesaid, that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the mayor of said city for the time being, after thirty one days notice given to the party offending as aforesaid, to employ workmen, and to alter, place, and fix the said signs, boards, spouts, or gutters, agreeable to the directions of this act, and to compel the owners of the same to pay all the charges attending the same, by distress and sale of the offenders goods, to be levied by warrant under the hand and seal of the said mayor.
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