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The laws & acts of the General Assembly for Their Majesties province of New-York, as they were enacted in divers sessions, the first of which began April, the 9th, annoq[ue] Domini, 1691; Laws, etc.
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New York (State)
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at Jamaica within Queens County on Long-Island and on every Saturday of the Week at Kingston in the County of Vlster on every Wednesday of the Week at Westchester in the County of Westchester publick and open Markets to which Markets it shall and may be lawfull for all and every the Inhabitants and Sojourners of this Province to go frequent and resort and thither to carry all sorts of Cattle Grain Victuals Provisions and other Necessaries together with all sorts of Merchandize whatsoever and at the publick Market-place that shall be assigned and appointed in each respective Town aforesaid them to expose to sale or barter in gross or by retail between the hours of Eight of the Clock in the Morning and Sun-set of the same day without the payment of any Toll or any other let hinderance or molestation whatsoever And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That there shall likewise be held and kept in each respective City and County throughout the Province and at the Times Places hereafter named Twice yearly and every year a Fair. To which Fair it shall and may likwise be lawful for all and every Person or Persons Inhabitants Strangers or Sojourners of this Province c. to the said Place and Places at the said Time and Times where the said respective Fair and Fairs are to be held and kept to go frequent and resort and thither to carry or cause to be carried all sorts of Cattle Horses Mares Colts Grain Victuals Provisions and other Necessaries together with all sorts of Merchandize of what Nature soever and them to expose to Sale or Barter in Gross or by Retail at the Times Hours and Seasons that the Governors or Rulers of the said respective Fairs for the Time being shall proclaim and appoint And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That there be kept Yearly for the City and County of New-York two Fairs at the City of New-York The first Fair annually to commence the last Tuesday of April in every year and to end upon the Fryday then next following being in all four days inclusive and no longer And the second Fair to commence the first Tuesday of November in every year and to end upon the Fryday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer And also That there be held and kept one Fair annually and once in the Year for Kings County on Long-Island at Flat bush in the said County to commence the second Tuesday of October every Year and to end upon the Fryday then next following being in all four days inclusive and no longer And also That there be held and kept two Fairs yearly for Queens County on Long-Island the first Fair to be held annually at Jamaica within the said County on the first Tuesday in May in every Year and to end on the Fryday then next following being in all four days inclusive and no longer The second Fair to commence on the third Tuesday of October and to end on the Fryday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer And also That there be held and kept two Fairs yearly for the County of Suffolk on Long-Island the first Fair to be held annually at Southhamption the first Tuesday of July in every year and to end on Fryday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer And the second Fair at Southold to commence the second Tuesday of September and to end upon the Fryday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer And also That there be held in the City and County of Albany two Fairs yearly the first Fair to be kept at Albany and to commence the third Tuesday of July and to end on the Fryday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer The second Fair to be held at Crawlier in Ranslaerswick on the third Tuesday in October and to end on the Fryday following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer And also That there be held kept two Fairs yearly for the County of Vlster the first to be kept at Kingstone on the third Thursday in March and to end on the Saturday then next following being three days inclusive and no longer And the second Fair to begin the second Thursday in October and to end on the Saturday following And also that there be held and kept two Fairs yearly for the County of Westchester the first to be kept at the Town of Westchester in the said County on the second Tuesday in May and to end on the Fryday following being in all four days inclusive and no longer And the second Fair to be kept at Rye in the said County on the second Tuesday of October yearly and to end the Fryday then next following being in all four days and no longer And also that there be held and kept two Fairs yearly in the County of Richmond the first on the North side of the Island on the last Tuesday in June and to end on the Friday following being in all four days inclusive and no longer And the second Fair to be kept at the said place on the last Tuesday in September and to end on the Friday then next following being in all four dayes inclusive and no longer All which Fairs at the Times and Places aforesaid in each respective County respectively shall be holden together with a Court of Pypouders and with all Liberties Free Customs to such Fairs appertaining or which ought or may appertain according to the Usage and Customs of Fairs holden in their Majesties Realm of England And for the more regular Government of the several and respective Fairs afore-mentioned the Governour shall commissionate and appoint such persons or persons in each respective County aforesaid where such Fairs are to be holden and kept to be Governours and Rulers of the said Fairs respectively Which Governor or Ruler so appointed and commissionated as aforesaid is hereby authorized and impowered to have hold a Court of Pypouders together with all Liberty and free Custom to such appertaining And that they and every of them may have and hold there at their and every of their respective Courts the said _____ dayes from day to day and hour to hour from time to time upon all occasions Plaints and Pleas of a Court of Pypouders together with all Summons Attachments Arrests Issues Fines Redemptions and Commodities and other Rights whatsoever to the same Court of Pypouders any way pertaining without any impediment let or hinderance whatsoever Alwayes provided That the Governour or Ruler of the said respective Fairs aforesaid shall or cause Cry and publish within and without the Liberties of the said respective Fairs Where they shall hold the same the time that they ought to hold it and no longer And that every Governour or Ruler of the respective Fairs aforesaid at the beginning of his Fair shall there cry proclaim and publish how long that
Cheese the same Starch the same both exported and imported also Tallow three pence exported Ginger the same Hops the same Dry Fish two pence the same Brimstone two pence the same imported Rozen two pence the same exported only Cordage three pence the same Grocery Ware two pence the same Bread one penny the same Flower the same Pitch two pence the same And that all broken Weights shall pay in proportion accordingly And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all other species of Goods Wares and Merchandizes that are not herein named and expressed shall voluntarily be brought by any Person or Persons within the same to be weighed as aforesaid shall for such their weighing pay after the Rates and Duties hereby established and not otherwise And for the better collecting and paying the Rates and Duties aforesaid Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all such Person or Persons that from and after the time aforesaid That shall import to or export from this City or shall buy sell barter or exchange within the same any the Goods Wares and Merchandizes afore-mentioned enumerated and expressed without bringing the same unto their Majesties Beam aforesaid and there answer and pay the Rates and Duties hereby established as aforesaid shall then and for so often as he or they shall neglect or refuse to do the same pay or forfeit unto their said Majesties the sum of two Shillings and six Pence currant Money aforesaid for each Handred weight of such Goods Wares and Merchandizes as aforesaid that shall be denyed or refused to be weighed as aforesaid to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace within the said City or in any Court within the same by Bill Plaint or Information one half unto their Majesties their Heirs and Successors and the other half to the Informer or Prosecutor who shall sue for the same together with costs of Prosecution Provided alwayes That the Regulation nor any part thereof shall not extend to compell any Free-holder within this Province to bring his Goods to be weighed who shall swear upon the holy Evangelist bona fidae That all such Goods exported or imported are his own proper Estate and that no other Person hath directly or indirectly any Interest therein but that they are exported or imported upon his own proper Account and Risco Which if such a Person shall be found falsly to swear in the Premises shall be prosecuted against as one convict of willfull Perjury And that the Collector or such Person as he shall appoint shall be impowered to administer such an Oath Acts passed in the sixth Sessions of General Assembly begun the 12th of September 1693. An Act for settling a Ministry raising a Maintenance for them in the City of New-York County of Richmond Westchester and Queens County WHereas Prophaneness Liscentiousness hath of late over-spread this Province for want of a settled Ministry throughout the same To the end the same may be removed and the Ordinances of God daily administred Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives convened in General Assembly and by the Authority of the same That in each of the respective Cities and Counties hereafter mentioned expressed there shall be called inducted and established a good sufficient Protestant Minister to officiate and have the care of Souls within one year next and after the publication hereof That is to say In the City of New-York One in the County of Rìchmond one in the County of Westchester two one to have the care of Westchester Eastchester Yeanches and the Mannor of Pellham the other to have the care of Rye Manerenock and Bedford in Queens County two one to have the care of Jamaica and the adjacent Towns Farms the other to have the care of Hempsted and the next adjacent Towns and Farms And for their respective Encouragement Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That there shall be annually and once in every Year in every of the respective Cities and Counties aforesaid assessed levyed collected and paid for the maintenance of each of their respective Ministers the respective sums hereafter mentioned that is to say For the City County of New-York One Hundred Pounds for the two Precincts of Westchester one hundred Pounds to each fifty Pound to be paid in Country Produce at Money price For the County of Richmond forty Pound in Country Produce at Money price And for the two Precincts of Queens County one hundred and twenty Pounds to each sixty Pound in Country Produce at Money price And for the more orderly raising the respective Maintenances for the Ministers aforesaid Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the respective Justices of every City and County aforesaid or any two of them shall every year issue out their Warrants to the Constables to summon the Free-holders of every City County Precinct aforesaid together on the 2d Tuesday in January for the chusing of ten Vestry-men two Church-Wardens the said Justices and Vestry men or major part of them are hereby impowered within ten days after the said day or any day after as to them shall seem convenient to lay a reasonable Tax on the said respective Cities County Parish or Precinct for the Maintenance of the Minister and Poor of their respective places And if they shall neglect to issue their Warrants so as the Election be not made that day they shall respectively forfeit five Pound currant Money of this Province And in case the said Free-holders duely summoned as aforesaid shall not appear or appearing do not chuse the said ten Vestry-men to Church-Wardens that then in their default the said Justices shall within ten days after the said second Tuesday or in any day after as to them shall seem convenient lay the said reasonable Tax on the said respective places for the respective Maintenances aforesaid And if the said Justices Vestry-men shall neglect their Duty herein they shall respectively forfeit five Pound currant Money aforesaid And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That such of the Justices and Vestry-men that shall not be present at the time appointed to make the said Tax and thereof be convicted by a Certificate under the hands of such as do appear have no sufficient Excuse for the same shall respectively forfeit five Pound currant Money aforesaid And a Roll of the said Tax so made shall be delivered into the hands of the respective Constables of the said Cities Counties Parishes and Precincts with a Warrant signed by any two Justices of the Peace impowering him or them to levy the said Tax and upon refusal to distrain and sell by publick Out-cry and pay the same into the hands of the Church-Wardens retaining to himself 12 d. per Pound for levying thereof And if any Person shall refuse to pay what he is so assessed and the said Constables do strain for the same all his Charges shall be paid