The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 134) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to the City of London and all places and parishes then within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Following public meetings and press criticism of the original act's likely effect on street traders' livelihoods, the Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 5) was granted royal assent on 7 December the same year.
The act included some of the following provisions:
'No goods or other articles shall be allowed to rest on any footway or other part of a street',
'No person shall drive or conduct any cattle through any street within the limits of this act between the hours of ten in the morning and seven in the evening, except with the permission of the Commissioner of the Police',
'No picture, print, board, placard, or notice, except in such form and manner as may be approved of by the Commissioner of Police, shall, by way of advertisement, be carried or distributed in any street within the limits of this act'.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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