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 A.D. 1748. Anno vicefimo piimo Georgii II. C. 29. 117 ' Carriage of fuch Goods or Merchandize, above the Rates and Prices fo fet, upon Pain to forfeit for every « whereas no Rates for the Carriage of Goods, from diftant Parts of the Kingdom to the City of London, ' and Places adjacent, have been yet fettled, and feveral common Waggoners and Carriers have from thence ' taken Occafion to enhance the Price of Carriage of Goods to the Prejudice and Obftruaion of Trade ;' Be it therefoie further enafied by the Authofity aforefaid. That if any common Waggoner or Carrier fliall. Penalty of Wag. after the tenth Day of 'June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, demand and talce any greater Price goners demand- for the bringing of Goods to the City of Londori, or to any Place within the Bills of Mortality, than is al- ■"? ^ sreater ]ov,-ed and fettled by the Juflices of the Peace for the County or Place from whence fuch Goods are brought, J!"" ^'J^^^^^''" for the carrying of Goods from London to the faid County or Place, everyfuch Carrier or Waggoner fhallj/^'^^^^j^ for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of five Pounds, to the Ufe of the Party grieved, to be re- covered and levied in the Manner by the lafl-mentioned A61; direfied, or by Diftrefs and Sale of his Goods, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two Juftices of th'; Peace for the Counties of Middlefex or Surry ^ or City oi London-, or City and Liberty of JVejhninJler ■, and the Cleric of the Peace for every County clerks of the and Place fhall, immediately after £'i2y?ir SefSon yearly, certify to the Lord Mayor of the City of ZoWa^z, P"« t°"rtify and alfo to the refpeaive Clerks of the Peace for the Counties of Middlefex and Surry, and City and Liberty f,^rCarrU"f "^^' of V/eJhmulier, th; Rates and Afilffments made for the Carriage of Goods in purfuance of the i^iid Aft, in " " ^° " their refpeSlive Counties and Places, which Certificate, or an attefled Copy thereof, figned by the Officer to whom the fame flial! be {o tranfmitted, fhall be taken and deemed fufficient Evidence of the Rates and Prices fet for the carrying of Goods lo any County or Place. IV. And for the better Difcovery of Offenders againft this prefent Adl, be it enafled. That every common v/aggoner's Wago-oner or Carrier fliall, after the firff Day Oi J tdy one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, place, Name and write or paint, or caufe to be placed, written or painted, upon fome confpicuous Part of his Waggon or Abode to be Cart, before he fhall ufe or drive the fimc, his Chrillian and Surname, and the Place of his Abode, in large '■™^^'^ °" '■»« or Capital Letters, upon Pain to forfeit for eveiy fuch Offence the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be levied and ""^2=- recovered as afoieiaid. ^ _ V. And be it further enafted. That if any AiStion or Adions fhall at any Time or Times hereafter be Limitation of brou<"ht againft any Perfon or Pcrfons v/hatfoever, for any Matter or Thing, which he, flie or they fliall do Aflions. or caufe to be done hy virttte or in Jixecution of this Adl ; that in fuch Cafe the Defendant or Defendants, in every fuch Aflion or Afiions, fhall and may plead the General Iffue, and give this ASi, and the fjjecial General IiTue. Matter in Evidence, on any Trial or Trials to be hereafter had in fuch AiSion or Adions ; and that if the Plaintiff or PlaintitTs, in any fuch Atfion or Afcions fhall difcon-inue fuch Action or Aftions, or become nonfuit, or if Judgment fliall be given againff iuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in fuch Adion or Anions, that then the Defendant or Defendants, in every fuch Aflion or Affions, fhall recover his or their Treble Cofts Treble Cofts. of Suit J any Law, Cuffom or Ufage whatfoever to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. Concerning High luays fee farther 24 Geo. z, c. 43. 7.iGeo, z. c. aS & 30, 28 Geo, 2. c, I'j. 30 Geo, z, c, zS. 31 Geo, z, c, 34. CAP. XXIX. An A61 for the furthe*. Relief of the Orphans and other Creditors of the City of Lcnihn ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. HEREAS by an A£l: paffed in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of King William andj&ew.&M, Qiieen Mary, (intituled, Ari A£i for Relief of the Orphans and other Creditors of the City a;''^. 10. " London] it is amongft other Things enafted, That for and towards raifing a perpetual Fund to pay the ' City of London,, there iliould be paid on all Sorts of Coal or Culrn which fhould be imported into the Port ' of the City of London, or the River of 77ji7/n« within the Liberty of the faid City, upon the faid River, ' from and after the nine and twentieth Day of September, which fhould be in the Year of our Lord one ' two thoufand Weight, the like Sum of fix Pence ; which Impofition of fix Pence v/as, by the faid Aft, ' to continue from the faid nine and twentieth Day of September, for and during the Term of fifty Years, ' and no longer : And whereas it was further ena61:ed by the faid Aft, That from and after fuch Time, as ' the aforefaid Impofition of fix Pence thereby laid fhould ceafe and determine, al! and every the Manors, ' Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, Markets, Fairs, and the Duties thereof, aiid all other the Revenues of ' and belonging to the faid City of London, in PoflelEon or Reverfion, fliould ftand and be charged with the ' full yeaily Suin of- fix thoufand Pounds (over and above the yearly Sum of eight thoufand Pounds, whcre- ' pofition of fix Pence per Chaldron or Ton of Coals, fhould ceafe and determine on the nine and twentieth ' Aft, the Refidue of the Funds appropriated by that A£t for the yearly Payment of four Pounds for Intercfc ' on every hundred Pounds Principal Money, due to the Orphans and other Creditors of the iaid City, to- ']^'hereforc to enable the faid City of London to rfefray the necefiary Expenccs of fupporting the Govsrnment and
 * fudi Offence the Sum of five Pounds, to be levied and recovered as js by the faid Aft direded : And
 * yearly Intereft of four Pounds on every hundred Pounds due to the Orphans and other Creditors of the
 * thoufand feven hundred (over and above all other Impofitions and Duties) the Sum of fix Pence for every
 * Chaldron thereof, and for fuch Sort of Coals as are fold by the Ton, for every Ton thereof, containing
 * ,with they v/ere charged by the faid Aft) towards the aforefaid perpetual Fund : And v/hereas, by means
 * of the great Fall of Rents in the City of London, the Eftate of the faid City is not fufficient to pay the
 * ft.id yearly Sum of fix thoufand Pounds, over and above the faid yearly Sum of eight thoufand Pounds,
 * which the faid City now pays, and have a fufficient Refidue to anfwer and defray the Expenccs neceffary
 * for fupporting the Government and publick Charges of the faid City : And whereas in cafe the faid Im-
 * Day o^ September, in the Year of our Lord one thoufand kven hundred and fifty, according to the faid
 * gether with the faid additional yearly Sum of fix tlioufand Pounds, would not be fufficient for that Purpofe :'.