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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88460	Com' Concil' tent' in Camera Guihald' civitat' London, die Veneris vicesimo sexto die Octobr', anno regni Domini & Dominæ nostrorum, Willielmi & Mariæ ... an Act for licensing carts, to be used by the freemen, woodmongers or traders in fuel, that inhabit within this city and liberties thereof.; Act of Common Council for Licensing Carts, London	Corporation of London (England)	1694 (1694)	Wing L2861B; ESTC R230403	4,611	12

Com' Concil ' tent ' in Camera Guihald ' Civitat ' LONDON die Veeris Vicesimo sexto die Octobr ' Anno Regni Iomini Dominae Nostrorum WILLIELMI MARIAE nunc Regis Reginae Angiae c. Sexto Coram Willielmo Ashhurst Mil ' Major ' Thoma Lane Mil ' Major ' Elect ' Roberto Cayton Mil ' Patienc ' Ward Mil ' Thoma Stamp Mi● Solathiel Lovell Mil ' Servien ' ad Legem ac ●ecordat ' dictae Civitat ' Humphrido Edwyn Mil Richardo Levit Mil ' Jacobo● Houblon Mil ' Thoma Abney Mil ' Willielmo Hedges Mil ' Alderman ' Necnon Major ' parte Commuiar ' dictae Civitat ' in eodem Com' Concil ' tunc ibidem Assemblat ' An ACT for Licensing Carts to be used by the Freemen Woodmongers or Traders in Fuel that Inhabit within this City and Liberties thereof WHEREAS there was formerly assigned allowed and approp●iated by the Mayor and Comminalty an● Citizens of the City of LONDON unto the Woodmongers or Traders in Fuel inhabiting within the said City and the Liberties thereof a certain Number of CARTS for carrying of Sea-coals and other Fuel ' which have been part o● the Number of Four hundred and twenty CARS or CARTS allowed marked and appointed for th● General Service of this CITY But of late years the Number of Inhabitants being greatly i●creased and by reason thereof the necessary use of Street-Cars or Carts is much increased also and t●erefore all the said Four hundred and Twenty Cars have been used only for Street-Cars and Carts whereby the Woodmongers and Traders in FUEL w●●hin this City and the Liberties thereof are in 〈◊〉 great measure Disabled to Manage and Carry o● their said Trade and Imployments the which ●hey have Humbly represented unto this COURT 〈◊〉 Common Council and prayed Relief therein And this COU●T having taken the same into Serious Considerati●n do find it necessary to Increase the said Numb●● of Four hundred and twenty Cars and Carts so all●wed and appointed as aforesaid so far forth as ●ay be necessary for the said Woodmongers or Deaers in Fuel only for the Management and Carry●ng on their said Trades and Imployments and ●so for Enabling them to furnish the Citizens and other Inhabitants of this City and Liberties with ●OALS and other Fuel at as cheap and easie Rates and Prices as They or any Others may or can Be it Enacted ther●fore by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Al●●rmen and Commons in Common Council assemble● and by the Authority of the same that there sh●ll be allowed marked and appointed to and fo● the sole Vse and Imployment of the WOODMONGERS or Traders in FUEL being Freemen and Inhabiting within the City of London and the Liberties thereof and no other a fitting and convenient Number of CARS and CARTS not exceeding One ●undred and twenty other than and besides the a●oresaid Number of Four hundred and twenty CARS and CARTS now used as Street Cars an● Carts as aforesaid The which Cars and Carts so t● be allowed marked and appointed shall be appropriate unto them the said Woodmongers or Traders in FU●L for the sole Vse Management and Carrying on the said Trade or Imployment of Woodmongers ●o Dealers in Fuel only and shall be divided and distribted to and amongst them from time to time as may be most convenient for them and least to the ●nnoyance and Obstruction of the Publick Streets ●nd Passages of this City and the Liberties thereof ●●ny Act of Common Council or other Law V●a● or Custom of this City now in being and in force 〈◊〉 the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted b● the Authority aforesaid That the said CARS ●●d CARTS so to be allowed marked and appoin●● by virtue of this Act shall not be nor taken o● esteemed to be Appurtenant to the several and respective Wharf or Wharfs to which the same or ●ny of them are or shall be so allowed or appoin●●d nor shall be sold or disposed of by such or a●y other the Woodmongers or Traders in FU●L in any manner howsoever And that the Cars and Cart so to be allowed and appointed to the said Wood●ongers or Traders in Fuel shall be burnt with a ●aggot-mark on both the outsides thereof and shal● have also thereupon a piece of Brass with the true Number of such Cars or Carts and the Raves thereo● shall be higher than the Raves of the Street Cars or Carts to keep the Fuel the safer from falling off and hurting the People in the Str●ets and also the better to distinguish them from the said other CARS and CARTS And that the said Wharf-Carts nor Cars nor any of them shall Wo●k in the Streets in any other Work than only in Carrying of Coals and other Fuel to and from ●e respective Wharfs belonging to such Persons t● whom the said Cars or Carts shall be respectively ●llowed upon pain That for every time such Wha●f-Car or Cart shall Work or be otherwise Implo●ed for Wages Hire or Reward the Owner of ●he said Car or Cart shall Forfeit and pay for every ●●ch Offence the Sum of Five Pounds And all and ever the LICENSES that shall be given to any ●●ch Woodmonger and Trader in FUEL whose Cart or Cars shall be so Hired and Imployed contrary t● the true Intent and Meaning of this present Act shall ●●om thence be suspended till such respective Penalty or ●enalties shall be paid and satisfied And every Pe●●t so offending shall till the said respective Sums be ●aid be Disabl●d to Work any of his said Cars or Ca●ts notwithstanding any License or Licenses to such Person or Persons granted by virtue of this Act. And for the better putting this ACT in due Execution and for the more equal and impartial Distribution of the sa●d Wharf-Cars or Carts to and amongst the said Woo●mongers or Traders in FUEL with due respect to the●● several and respective Wants and Decasions in t●● said respective Trades Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Right Honourable ●ir Thomas Lane Knight Lord Mayor Elect Sir Thomas Stamp Knight Sir James Houblon and Sir Francis Child Knights and A●derme● of this City and Mr. Caddon Mr. Deputy Eyre Mr. Richier Mr. Dorvill M. Houlton Mr. Harvey Mr. Deputy Tooly and Mr. Deputy Collet Commoners or any Five of them whereof an Alderman to be One are by this COURT of Common Council made and appointe● a Committee with Directions full Power and ●uthority by virtue of this ACT to take Care of ●he Marking Allowing and Appointing fit and conv●nient Wharf-Cars and Carts and to Divide Dist●●●ute and Appoint the same to and amongst all and ●ery the Woodmongers and Dealers in Fuel as aforesa●● within the City and Liberties thereof desiring the s●me by them to be Imployed and used in and for carr●ng out and bringing in their FUEL according to the intent and meaning of this present Act And also ●o take due Care from time

to time that the Coals ●●d Fuel by such Woodmongers and Dealers in Fuel ●old and Delivered to all and every Person and Pe●●ons within this City and Liberties thereof shall c●●tain the Full and Due Measure Weight Size and ●ale and that the same be Sold and Delivered at reasonable Rates and Prices from time to time And also to prevent all Frauds and Deceits in th● Sale and Delivery thereof and all Abuses Nus●ces and Obstructions by such Cars or Carts in th● Streets and publick Passages in this City and L●berties thereof And to appoint such Person and Persons as to them shall appear necessary to Inspe●● and Oversee that the said Wharf-Carts be duly ●arked and Imployed to the Vses aforesaid and th●t no Fraud or Deceit be done or committed contr●ry to the true intent and meaning of this Act Wh●ch said COMMITTEE shall and may continue until the 25th Day of December now next ensuing or un●il a New Committee shall be Chosen and so fro● Year to Year and every Year afterwards And for the more ce●tain avoiding of such Deceit hereafter as divers Pe●sons have heretofore practised in the Sale and M●●sure of their COALS Be it further Enacte● by the Authority aforesaid That all Sea-coals here●fter to be Sold and Vttered by Retail by any perso● or persons whatsoever shall be fill'd and brought some to the Buyers in the Seacoal-Meeters Sacks such other Sacks as contain the full Measure of t●● Seacoal-Meeters Sacks and are and shall be Mark●● by the Keeper of the Guild-Hall for the time being according to an ORDER of the Court of Aldermen made the 25th of October in the time of the Majealty of Sir Thomas Cambell Knight deceased And that all person and persons Vending or Vttering Sea-coals by R●tail and every Carman his Servant or Agent ●hall hereafter from time to time and at all times when they Carry or Send abroad any Coals ●●in this City of London or Liberties thereof ca●● along in their Carts or Cars together with their Seacoals a good and lawful Bushel Sealed according to be Bushel in the Guild-Hall allowed for Measuring 〈◊〉 Sea-coals which agreeth with the Fatt anciently used ●or Measuring of Sea-coals And if any person persons shall bring Home in his or their Cart or C●●● to any Buyer any Coals in any other Sack or Sacks and without such Bushel as are before mentioned ●nd appointed such persons so Offending shall for●et and pay Twenty shillings for the first and every oth●● Offence respectively And that it may the better appear what Number of Wharf-Cars or Carts ●hall be appointed and allowed for Wharf-service as ●foresaid and to whom the said Committee now or h●●eafter to be appointed or any Five of them whereof one to be an Alderman shall Yearly in the Month of May present unto the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of this City if thereunto required a true Catalogue a●d List fairly written under their Hands expressing ho●● when and to whom such Wharf-Carts are disposed of som time to time And be it farther Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any such Woodmongers o● Traders in FUEL as aforesaid shall at any time a●er the First Day of December next ensuing presume 〈◊〉 Work any Cart or Carts within the said City and Li●erties by Himself or Servant not being duly all●wed marked and appointed as aforesaid such pe●●on or persons for every time so offending sha●● for●e and pay the Sum of Five pounds to be recovere● and obtained as is hereafter mentioned And that every of the said Wodmongers or Traders in FUEL keeping and working any such Wharf Cart or Carts so to be allowed mark●● and appointed as aforesaid by virtue of this pre●●t Act shall from time to time duly observe all and very such reasonable Orders and Rules as shall be d●●ected and appointed by this COURT or such Committee so chosen and appointed as aforesaid And forasmuch as great Dis●r●●s and Disturbances have hapned and arisen amongst ●he Common Carmen who Work the aforesaid Four hundred and twenty Street-Cars about their Turns in Carriage of Merchandize and other Goods viz Which of them shall have Priority and take up and load the first and next Load of Goods after or before ●ach other whereof several Merchants and others have made Complaint to this COURT and that the● have been Sufferers thereby Therefore for Remed● thereof for the future Be it Enacted by the Authorit● aforesaid That all Merchants and other Tradesme● having any Occasion for any Street Cart or Cars shall and may use and imploy which and such of them as he or they shall think fit and chuse for carrying of every such first next or other Load or Loads as he or they shall from time to time upon such Occasion direct or appoint any Law or Vsage to the contr●ry thereof notwithstanding And Lastly it i● hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afores●id That all Pains Penalties and Forfeitures in and b● this Act limited and appointed shall and may be re●overed by Action of Debt Bill or Information in the Name of the Chamberlain of this City for the time ●eing in Their Majesties Court holden before the ●ord Mayor and Aldermen of the said City in the Ou●ward Chamber of the Guild Hall and upon Recovery of the same one Moiety thereof after all Charges ex●ended in such Recovery shall by the Chamberlain be ●aid to the Informer or Prosecutor of such Suit and ●●e other Moiety to the use of the Mayor and Commina●y and Citizens of this City In all which Suit● to be brought by virtue of this Act the Chamber●●●n shall in case he do recover be allowed his Ordinary Costs and Charges expended in and about the same And if Judgment shall happen to be given against 〈◊〉 Plaintiff in any such Suit or such Suits shall be ●iscontinued then the Defendant shall also Recover 〈◊〉 Costs Goodfellow Printed by Samuel Roycroft Printer to the Honorable City of London 1694.