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 460 C. 8. Anno fecundo Gulielmi 8c Marine. Seff. 2. A. D. i6go.i Hou/Jioldcrs to kt up Lii;hts. and to alter or take av/ay any Nuiances in the fame, and to alter or take away any Crofs Gutter or Chan- nel;;, in all or any of the Streets and Laiu.-s in the Parifhes aforefaid. chtsrlimis unto our Lady-day yearly, (hall every Night fet or hang out Candles or Lights in Lanthorns on tht, .( ( >ut-f!de of the Houfo next the Stregtt, to enlighten the fame for the Conveniency of Paflengers, from timcl j to time, as it ftiail grow dark, until twelve ot the Clock in the Night, upon Pain to forfeit the Sum oV i two Shillings for every Default; excepting fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall agree to make ufe of Lamp;! i, oi nny Sort, to be placed at fuch Dilbinces in the Street, as ftiall be approved of by two or more Juftice; of the Peace. The Weight of ' XVI. And whereas great Abiifes and Deceits are' committed by Carters and others, who bring anc: a a rnii! oi Hay, c ^^j. ^{■^■^ M'ithin the Cities oi Lond'.n and JViJim'mJler, and the Hay-markets and Places comprifed withiri  ' tlie Weekly Bills of Mortality, the Loads and Truftes of fuch Hay being of lefs Weight than they ) ' ought, and are pretended and declared to be between the Buyer and Seller thereof:' For Remed! herein be it further eaatled by the Authority aferefaid, That every Trufs of old Hay brought or offeree i S to be fold hereafter in any Place within the Cities of Lmdi»i .z.A IVeJiminfler, and all other Places com-l *> piifed within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, between the laft Day of Augujl and the firft Day of 'June' ^ ihill contain and bo the full Weight of fix and fifty Pounds at leaft; and that every Triifs of Hay brought or offered to be fold within the Cities or Places aforefaid, between the firft Day oi'June and th( li Jiit Day of Jugujl m any Year, being new Hay of that Summer's Growth, fhall be and contain the ful i Weight of fixty Pounds, and old Hay of any former Year's Growth, the Weight of fix and fifty Pound;} > as a'orefaid ; and if any Hay after the faid fifteenth Day of Duember fhall be brought or offered tc' t be f)ld within the Cities or Places aforefaid, whereof any Trufs fhall be of lefs Weight than aforefaid | 1 the Perfon or Perfons aforefaid, (o bringing or offering fuch Hay to be fold, fhall forfeit for every fuch Trufi ' I'enalty. ^j.- Hay, not being the full Weight aforefaid, the Sum of eighteen Pence. i i.oaden H.y X VIL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid fifteenth Dai Carts when to pf December^ no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall permit or fufFer his or their Waggon, Cart, or Car t< •^Notice to be ^^"'^ o'^ "^^ i" ^^ Place now called the Hay-Market near Piccadilly, in the Parifh of Saint Martin in thi giUnofthe Fields, and ?>7i t James, within the Liberty ol JVeJlmiyifter, or Borough of 5ffK//jWi?ri', or any other Plao ^ Time by ring- in the Parifties within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, loaden with Hay or Straw, to fell the fame, fronj jng a Eell by 8 Michaelmas to Lady-day, after two of the Clock in the Afternoon, and from Lady-day till Michaelmas aftei! c ^9 w. V c- three of the Clock in the Afternoon, on Pain to forfeit for every Offence and Negledt five Shilling ' ^' ^' refpectively. i ,1 Farther PnvyiomreLui^ hrito, t IV. 3. c. 17. , < Offenders how XVIIL And for the more fpeedy Reformation and Punifhment of all and every the Offences aforefaidj t to be coiwiasd. be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That every Juftice of the Peace within the Counties o i Middlefex and Surrey, and City and Liberties olWeJlminfler and Places aforefaid, within their feveral Limit I refpeflively, fhall have Power and Authority upon his own Knowledge or View, Confeilion of the Party' er Proof of one credible Witnefs upon Oath before him (which Oath the faid Juflice is hereby impowerei; ( toidminifter) to convift any Perfon or Perfons of any the Oirences aforefaid, whereby fuch Perfon oi ' Perfons fo convidT: fhall incur the Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures aforefaid ; one Moiety whereof fhall b ! Petiaity how difpofed and employed for and towards the Relief of the Poor of the Parifh or Place where the Offence fhal I difpofed. |jg committed or done, to be paid to the Overfeers of the Poor of the fame for that Ufe, and the othe •Moiety thereof for him or them that fhall difcover and profecute the fame, in cafe the faid Conviftion be b;[  Difcovery and Profecution ; and if the Conviilion fhall be by the View or Knowledge of any one or mor | t Juftice or Jullices of the Peace, then one half of the Penalty fhall be difpofed of to the Relief of the Poo' --i as aforefaid, and the other Moiety if for a Default of Pavement, to go to and be employed for and toward j J the repairing, paving, and cleanfing of the faid Streets or Places, to be paid to the Scavengers of the Place. ' ' Penalty how to apj by them employed for that Ufe, or ©therwife to the Relief of the Poor as aforefaid ; and all the fai( b- levied. Penalties fhall be levied by Diflrrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender by Warrant unde the Hand and Seal of any Juftice of the Peace of the Place, to be direfted to the Conftables and Headbo roughs of the fame Parifh where the Offence was done, rendring the Surplufage to the Party ; and in De fault of Diffrefs, or Not-payment of the faid Penalties, within fix Days after Demand thereof, where it i not hereby othcrwife provided, or Notice in Writing left at the Houfe or Dwelling-place of the Offender by the faid Conftable or Hfiadborough, the faid Offender (not being a Peer of this Realm) fhall be com' mitted to the Common Gaol of the laid Counties or City refpeftively, by the Warrant of any fuch Juftic' under his Hand and Seal, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize until Payment. Tart Wheels ' XIX. And whereas the Wheels of many Carts, Cars, and Brewers Drays, now commonly ufed fo how to be t j-jje Carriage of Goods, Beer, Ale, and other Things from Place to Place within the Cities of London aoi: ""^ * ' Weftminjler, and Parifties afofefaid, where the Streets are paved, are made thinner or narrower in the Felley! ' than formerly, and many are fhod with Iron Tires, by means whereof the Pavements in the Streets of th This Claufe dif- ' faid Cities and Places are daily impaired and broken up, and made dirty and rough:' For Prevention penfed with whereof for the time to come, be it therefore enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after th c ^ f, 'j6 fai^ fifteenth Day of December, the Wheels of every Cart, Car, or Dray to be ufed for the Carriage of an'; ■ ' ^' ■ Thin,