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A90077 Newes from Guild-Hall. Or, A premonition to the citizens of London. 1650 (1650) Wing N961; Thomason E620_5; ESTC R203056 12,645 12

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satisfaction to be made to Orphans for their portions that then the Chamberlaine shall answer and make good the same and forfeit his place The Officers under the Chamber to be imployed herein to be two the one to be receiver of the City Revenue and of the Orphans money the other to be Cleark to keep the Book of Accounts Grievance 2. The said Committee finde an excessive charge to be upon the City in maintaining and keeping so many workmen of all trades and by being confined to make use of those particular men who bring in great sums annually Expended in emption of reparation stuffe and for work-mens wages and their wages sometimes exceeding the materials who make their Bills it 's conceived more by custome then by real charge expended or work done by them Remedie 2. That all the said worke-men be discharged and that a Committee be chosen that shall from time to time contract with work-men as they shall see cause both for their stuffe and labour and that a Surveyor be chosen to view works to be done and to make report as the case shall require to the said Committee and upon warrant from that Committee to the Chamberlaine the work-men to be paid their Bills out of such money which shall be raised by fifteens According to the Ancient and Laudable Custome of this City Grievance 3. The said Committee find an Annual Charge of 6. or 700. l. per annum expended in keeping Courts in Kent Essex Surry and about the River of Thames for conservation of the River in Fishing and keeping it Navigable and yet small or no fines or other profit ariseth thereby to the City whereby the said charge may be defrayed so that the same is a superfluous expence Remedie 3. That one steward be appointed to keep Courts receive fines and give account of the same and to be allowed reasonable charges therein Grievance 4. The said Committees finde great sums of Money and Annuities given to divers Officers of the City by way of Gifts and rewards over and above their ancient Sallaries and allowances which in this ttme of the Chambers stock declining are most fit to be spared Remedie 4. That no moneys by way of gift reward or increase of Sallarie be henceforth given by the Major and Court of Aldermen without consent of the Court of Common-Councel All which we humbly leave unto the consideration of this Court and offer it as the earnest desire of this Committee that a Common-Councel be held once every week to prosecute this our Report unto some good issue for the good of the City August 26. 1650. Present Mr. Sheriff Pack Mr. Ald. Chiverton Col. Mannering Mr. Cole Mr. Barbone Mr. Dallison Mr. Ald. Tichborne Mr. Ald. Hayes Mr. Gibbs Mr. Bolton Mr. Adams Mr. Manton By all which you may perceive I. That though it hath ever been urg'd as necessary that the chief Officers of the City should be men of great Estates yet you shal find that their Liberality was stil supplyed from the common Purse as appeares by the Sums swallowed up in Presents Gifts and superfluous Entertainments c. mention'd in the beginning of their Accompt Their very Hous-keeping also for the most part during their being in Office being defrayed by the City II. You will finde the present Poverty and low condition of the Chamber of London and that it is necessary that some other Security be thought upon and the Estates you leave your Children in some mor secure manner disposed of till such time as the Debts already contracted be discharged at least force not in the Estates of present Orphans to stop old Aldermen-Gaps but reserve them carefully for the right owners III. You will hereby finde it necessary that an effectuall way be taken for the yearly Auditing of Accounts such as is offered as a Remedy to the first Grievance Inasmuch as there is nothing doth more encourage and give occasion to embezelment and undue dispending the City-Treasury then the long omission of Accompts I shall humbly-likewise subjoyn as necessary for your considerations That the duty and business the time of continuance and allowance of every Officer in the City from the highest to the lowest be amongst your selves agreed upon and That they be fairly Written in Tables and affix'd in the Common-Councell and Common-Hall And that likewise the business time of continuance and allowance be exprest in Writing and publickly Read at the Election of every Officer And that two Copies thereof be drawn up the one to remain in the custody of each respective Officer and the other in the custody of the respective persons that chose That so controversies about these particulars may be at an end and that as well the Officer may know what he has to doe and how farr he is authorized and that the People likewise may know when and how far each Officer exceeds the bounds and limits of his Authority This I humbly conceive to be absolutely necessary for want whereof hath arisen these many usurpations and undue administrations that have been complained of on the one hand and the many disgusts and differences between the People themselves on the other and all because of an uncertainty in these particulars Mark those that shew fair before they are chosen Common-councell-men but prove false or negligent or proud and presumptuous ever after That stand stoutly and faithfully for your good and for your Libertie whilst they are Common-councell-men but being made Aldermen prove treacherous and trample upon your Liberties and use all diligence to make their unworthiness known unto the world and to render unto them according to their Works and in making use of the Act of Parliament for Elections here following be sure to reject all such perfidious Persons Vicessimo octavo Februarii 1648. An Act of the Commons of England in Parliament assembled for removing Obstructions in the proceedings of the Common Councell of the Citie of LONDON THe Commons of England in Parliament assembled do enact and ordain and be it enacted and ordained by the authoritie aforesaid That in all times to come the Lord Major of the said Citie of London so often and at such time as any ten or more of the Common Councell men doe by writing under their hands request or desire him thereunto shall summon assemble and hold a Common Councell And if ut any time being so requested or desired he shall faile therein then the ten persons or more making such request or desire shall have power and are hereby authorized by writing under their hand to Common or cause to be summoned to the said Councell the members belonging thereunto in as ample manner as the Lord Maior himselfe usually heretofore hath done And that the Members appearing upon the same summons being of the number of fourtie or more shall become a Common Councell And that each Officer whose dutie it shall be to warn in and summon the members of the said Councell shall performe the same from
time to time upon the Warrant or Command often persons or more so authorized as aforesaid And it is further enacted and ordained by authoritie aforesaid that in every Common Councell hereafter to be assembled the Lord Maior of the said Citie for the time being or in his absence such Locum tenens as he shall appoint and in default thereof the eldest Alderman present if any be and for want of such Alderman or in case of his ueglect or refusall therein then any other person Member of the said Councell whom the Commons present in the said Councell shall chuse shall be from time to time President or Chairman of the said Councell and shall cause and suffer all things offered to or proposed in the said Councell to be fairly and orderly debated put to the question voted and determined in and by the same Councell as the maior part of the Members present in the said Councell shall desire or think fit and in every vote which shall passe and in the other proceedings of the said Councell neither the L. Maior nor Aldermen joint or separate shal have any negative or distinct voice or vote otherwise then with among as part of the rest of the members of the said Councel and in the same manner as the other members have And that the absence and withdrawing of the Lord Maior or Aldermen from the said Councell shall not stop or preiudice the proceedings of the said Councel And that every Common Councel which shall be held in the city of London shall sit and continue so long as the major part of the councel shal think fit and shal not be dissolved or adjourned but by and according to the Order or consent of the Major part of the same councel And that all the Votes Acts of the said common-councell which was held 13 Ianuary last after the departure of the L Maior from the same councel And also all Votes Acts of every common-councel hereafter to be held shal be from time to time duly registred as the Votes Acts of the said councell have used to be done in time past And be it further Enacted Ordained by the authority aforesaid that every Officer which shal sit in the said councel shal be from time to time chosen by the said councel and shall have such reasonable allowance or salary for his pains and service therin as the councel shal think fit And that every such Officer shal attend the said common-councel And that all Acts Records and Register-books belonging to the said city shal be extant to be perusd and searched into by every citizen of the said city in the presence of the Officer who shal have the charge or keeping therof who is hereby required to attend for the same purpose HEN. SCOBELL CLER PARLIAMENT Quit your selves and the City of all those inhumane cruel sharking and growling Officers as Clerks Sergeants ●omen Youngmen Coun●er keepers Prison-keepers being all so enured to baseness and villany that in vant you endevor to re●orm abuses whilst such ar● employed and in all their places retain none but discreet and conscionable persons that will use men with humanity and Christianity Be sensible of the crys of poor distressed Prisoners and consider how it can be answered that any should be choakt and eaten up with nastiness want of food and vermin least whilst you complain of unfaithfulness and hard heartedness in others your selves be found guilty in the judgment of the Lord. And that you may more fully and groundedly know your Rights take the Heads of your Freedoms as they are confirmed by the Charter of Edward the second as here followeth and fix them in your own your Servants and Childrens memories for ever EDWARD by the grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitane To all to whom these present Letters shall come greeting KNow ye that whereas our beloved and trusty the Major Aldermen and the rest of the Citizens of our City of London for the betterment of the said City and for the common profit of the Inhabitants in the same City and of such as repair and come to the same did among themselves ordain and Enact certain things to be for ever observed in the said City and earnestly supplicated us that we would take care to accept and confirm the same we having seen certain Letters Pattents touching the premises signed with the common Seal of the said City and with the Seal of the Office of the Majoralty of the same City concerning the premises being open and presented to us we have caused certain Articles to be drawn out of the said Letters Pattents and the same in some things to be corrected as here following they are set down That is to say That the Major and Sheriffs of the said City be chosen by the Citizens of the same City according to the Tenure of the Charters of our Progenitors formerly Kings of England therefore made unto them and not otherwise And the Major of the City aforesaid shall not abide in the office of his Majoralty at one time above one year And that none of the Sheriffs of the city for the time being have but two Clerks and two servants in regard of that office And that they take such Clerks and serjeants at their own peril for whom they will answer And that the Major of the City aforesaid while he is Major hold no other office belonging to the City then the office of the Majoralty of the same City Neither draw unto him or hold before him in the Chamber of the said City any Vicecountill plea nor any other pleas then those which according to the ancient custom of the said City as Major he ought to hold And that the Aldermen of the said City from year to year and especially upon the day of Saint Gregory the Pope by the said Commonalty be removeable and being removed may not be chosen again for the ensuing year But instead of those that be removed others be chosen by the same Wards of which the Aldermen so removed were And that Tallages or Aids for the use of us our heires or for the State or profit of the said City from henceforth in the same to be assessed after they be assessed by men of the Wards chosen or deputed for that end may not be increa●ed or raised by the Major Aldermen or others but by the common conseat of the Major and Commonalty of the City aforesaid And that the monies arising from such Tallages or Aids be delivered in to the custody of foure honest Commoners of the City aforesaid for that end to be chosen by the Commonalty of the said City to be paid over by the testimany of the same 4. men so that the said 4. men may be able to inform the said Commonalty for what profit and what uses the said monies went And that no stranger or alien be admitted into the freedome of the said city but in the