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 414 C. 26,27. Anno o&avo Georgii Regis. A. D. 1721. CAP. XXVI. An Act for better fupplying the City and Liberties of Weftminfter t and Parts adjacent, with Water. ' !• "liT7 HER E A S by Reafon of the great Increafe of Buildings and Inhabitants in and about the ' W City of Wejlminjler, the Liberty thereof, and divers other Places in the County of Middle/ex, ' iupplied by the Water-works now in Being, and for Want thereof, many great and dangerous Incon- ' veniencies, do happen, which would be remedied, and great Advantages accrue, if new Water-works ' were erected in convenient Places for providing and fupplying the faid Inhabitants with good and whole- ' fome Water from the River Thames, by one or more Cut or Cuts to be made at any convenient Place ' or Places between the Grounds belonging to the Royal Hofpital at Chcljca, and the Houfes or Grounds, ' ing the fame ; and from thence to convey and raife fuch Water into convenient Refervatories, to be ' erected or made at any Place or Places, between the Places called Oliver's Mount and Hyde Park, for ' the Purpofes of this Act :' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, That it may be enacted, &c. " Commiffioners appointed for fupplying the City and Liberties of Wejlminjler, and Parts adjacent with " Water from the Chclfca Water-works. Perfons interrupting, pulling down, EsV. the Water-works, " fhall forfeit to the Commiffioners treble Damages, &c. The Crown may by Letters Patents incor- " porate the Commiffioners, who may purchafe Lands not exceeding iooo /. per Annum. The Crown " may likewife by Letters Patent impower them to make By-Laws, and inflict' Penalties for the Breach " thereof. The Commiffioners may maintain and cleanfe their Water-courfes, make new Ponds, &c. " Perfons cafting into the Water-courfes, &c. any Filth, &c. or doing other Annoyance thereto, fhall " forfeit 40 s. with double Damages and full Cofts of Suit. Commiffioners, before they intermeddle with " any Lands, &c. fhall firft agree with the Proprietors. They may lay Pipes in Highways, but fhall " repair the fame. They may lay Pipes through any Streets or common Grounds about Wejlminjler, " making good the fame, and carrying away the Rubbifh. At the Requeft of the Inhabitants the Com- " miffioners fhall fet up Pipes upright in the Likenefs of Pumps, for conveying Water into Fire-Engines'. Locks to be fitted to fuch Pipes, and Churchwardens to keep the Keys. This Aft fhall not hinder the New River Company, &c. from enjoying all lawful Rights, &c. No Proprietors of Water-works fhall hinder, tifV. the laying, &c. of the faid Pipes, Effc. No Sharer fhall transfer his Share till Water " be brought into the Refervatory intended to be made near Oliver's Mount." P. R. !■!■ CAP. XXVII. An Aft for the better preventing Abules committed in weighing and packing of Butter in the City of York. For firmer Pre- ' I. s ' Orafmuch as Butter is one of the chief Commodities of the Product of feveral Parts of the County •vifwm concerning <■ J£ f York, and County of the fame City, and great Quantities thereof are brought into the City of Ed'c'c 21 ' York, from thence to be tranfported beyond the Seas, and otherwife difpofed of: And whereas there hath, 21 Jac. 1. c'.iz. ' Time out of Mind, been within the faid City a free Market for Butter, which for many Years laft paft 13 & i4&r.i, ' hath been kept in Micklegate in the faid City : And whereas the bringing of Butter to the faid Market, <; 26. 32 Car. ' where the fame was fearched and weighed, hath been found to be the mod effectual Means of prevent- " c ' 7 ' ' and Abroad, to Butter brought to the faid Market ; but of late Years feveral Farmers of Dairies, Owners, ' and other Traders in Butter, the better to conceal the falfe weighing and packing of their Butter, to be ' tfy them difpofed of, have neglected to bring the fame to the faid Market to be fearched and weighed, by ' Means whereof not only the Traders in the faid Commodity at Home, but Foreigners alfo have been ' greatly deceived in the Weight, Goodnefs and Soundnefs thereof, and thereby the faid Commodity yields ' not that Price, nor is fold in fuch Quantities, as otherwife it would be : For Remedy whereof, and for ' the better incouraging the faid Butter Trade, and (in order thereunto) for the better preventing the (at the humble Requeft of the Mayor and Commonalty of the faid City) That it may be enacted, &c. " every Day in the Week, except Sundays, be a Free Market for Butter. All Butter brought to Tori to f ' be fold, exported, &c, fhall be weighed, fearched and fealed at the Market at one Half-penny a Firkin, " &c, Dairy-Farmer, £ffr. felling or tranfporting Butter before it be brought to the Market to be " viewed, &c, fhall forfeit for every Firkin, b>c. 3 s. ^d. One Half to the Poor, where, &c. the other " be liable to the Forfeitures in 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 26. Profecution to be in four Months. The Mayor tc ( ' appoint the Searcher, who fhall be fworn at Eajler Seffions. Perfons aggrieved may appeal to Quarter- " Seffions, whofe Determination fhall be final. This Act ftiall not extend to any Veffel, containing " only four Pounds or under," P, R. ' CAP. XXVIII
 * there are greater Occasions for Water, for the Safety and neceffary Ufes of the faid Inhabitants than are
 * commonly called the Neat Houfes, in the County of Middle/ex, into Canals and Ponds proper for receiv-
 * - c 'fZ' M * ^ 5 ' ing the falfe weighing and packing of Butter, and did formerly gain a great Reputation, both at Home
 * Frauds and Abufes in the weighing and packing of Butter;' May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty
 * ■' After March 25, 1722. Micklegate, or any other Place in York, (at the Election of the Mayor, &c.) fhall
 * to the Informer, If any Firkin, &c. of Butter, fhall be faulty in Quantity or Quality, the Owner fhallv