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Hammersmith 1906

Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907

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By-Law made on 6th February, 1900.
Street Shouting.
No person shall, for the purpose of hawking, selling or advertising
any newspaper, call or shout in any street so as to cause
annoyance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
Penalty.
Any person who shall offend against the foregoing by-law shall
be liable for every such offence to a fine not exceeding forty
shillings.
By-Laws made on 2oth March, 1900.
Flash and Search Lights.
No person shall exhibit any flash light so as to be visible from
any street and to cause danger to the traffic therein, nor shall any
owner or occupier of premises permit or suffer any flash light to be
so exhibited on such premises.
The expression "flash light" means and includes any light
used for the purpose of illuminating, lighting, or exhibiting any
word, letter, model, sign, device, or representation in the nature of
an advertisement, announcement or direction which alters suddenly
either in intensity, colour, or direction.
No person shall exhibit any search light so as to be visible from
any street and to cause danger to the traffic therein, nor shall any
owner or occupier of premises permit or suffer any search light to be
so exhibited on such premises.
The expression "search light" means and includes any light
exceeding 500-candle power, whether in one lamp or lantern or in
a series of lamps or lanterns used together and projected as one concentrated
light, and which alters either in intensity, colour, or
direction.
In these by-laws the expression "street" includes any highway
and any road, bridge, lane, mews, footway, square, court, alley,
passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, and a part of any such
highway, road, bridge, lane, mews, footway, square, court, alley or
passage.
Any person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bylaws
shall be liable for every such offence to a fine not exceeding £5.