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 of2 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 and3 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 the4 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,5 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.
6And 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 Lord7 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,6〈1 page duplicate〉7〈1 page duplicate〉8and 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.
Printed by Samuel Roycroft, Printer to the Honorable City of London. 1694.
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