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 sSo C. lo. Anno vicefimo odavo Gsorgii II. A. D. 1755. ' whatfoever: And whereas the High Street of the faid Borough, where the faid Market is now held, ' leading from London Bridge to Saint Margaret's Hill, is a great Thoroughfare to and from the Counties of ' Surry, Kent and Sujfex ; and the holding of the faid Market in the fdid High Street hath been found incon- ' venient from the great Increafe of Coaches, Carts and other Carriages pafTing and repafling through the Remedy whereof, may it pleafe your Majefty, upon the humble Petition of the faid Mayor and Commo- nalty and Citizens, who are defirous to give up the faid Market, and the Profits arifing thereby, for the Convenience and Accommodation of the Pubiick, that it may be enacf ed ; and Be it enacted by the King's mofl Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and No Market for Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the v,'rH'"'"'iiVH,>'h twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, no Market whatfoever (hall be kept or held in the faid High Street of the Borough of iS«a//jw.'?r/f in the County of 5i«7'_y; any Law, Statute, Ufage held in the High Street; or Cuftom to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. or Stall erefled IL And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of for f^'ig ^ar- March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, it fhall not be lav/ful for any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever acn Ware, ,. c. ^^ ereft, place or ufe any Stall, TrufTel, Block or other Stand, in the faid High Street of the faid Borough, or to fell or expofe to Sale any Peas, Beans, Herbs, Victuals or other Commodities whatfoever, in or upon any Stall, TruiTel, Stand, Shed or Carriage whatfoever, in the faid High Street of the Borough oi Southivark. The fetting up iH. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of Stalls, and the M^y-J} one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, every ereifiing, placing or ufmg on or in any Part of the faid ty"coachesTr ^^^ Street, of any Stall, Truffel, Block or other Thing, and alfo the felling or expofing to Sale, of any other Carriages, Commodities on them or any of them, and every placing or ftanding of any empty Coach, Cart, Dray or in the Street, other Carriage, in any'Part of the faid High Street (except only during the Time of the loading or unloading deemed a Nu- thereof, and that to be done in a reafonable Time) fhall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be a common J'^n". Nuifance. IV". And, for the better keeping the faid High Street leading to and from London Bridge to Saint Margaret's /////aforefaid free and clear from any Obftruftions of Hackney Coaches, Stage Coaches, Carts, Carrs, Drays, Waggons and other Carriages ftanding in the faid High Street, Be it further ena6ted by the Authorir^^ afore- No Coachman, faid. That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand leven hundred fifty-fix, it (hall &c. to ply or j^ot be lawful for any Coachman or Driver to ftand or ply or be permitted to ftand or ply for Hire with Street'" ' '^ ^"5^ Coach or other Carriage whatfoever in the faid High Street, or for any Carman, Car.er, Drayman or Driver of any Carriage whatfoever to ftand or remain or be permitted to ftand or remain with any Cart, Carr, Dray, Waggon or other Carriage whatfoever, in the faid High Street, except only during the Time Perfons caufing of loading and unloading thereof, and that to be done in a reafonable Time ; and that no Carriage fhall Obftruftion, by fland to load or unload with its Breech or Tail at or before any Dwelling-houfe, Shop or Warehoufe; and or^utherCarVia' '^ '^'^V Coachman, Carman, Carter, Drayman, Waggoner or Driver, (hall ofJend herein, it (hall and may ges, to be car- ^6 lawful for any Conftable or Inhabitant of the Place where the Offence fhall be committed, to apprehend ried before 3 and take, or caufe to be apprehended and taken, every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending, before fome Juftice. Juftice of the Peace for the faid Borough, or for the faid County of Surry, and upon Conviftion thereof, either by the ConfeiTion of the Party, or the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witnelles, before fuch Juftice (which Oath fuch Juftice is hereby impowered and required to adminifterj every fuch Perfon Penalty. or Perfons fo offending (hall refpe£tively forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence a Sum not exceeding ten Shillings, nor lefs than five Shillings, as fuch Juftice (hall dire£t, to go and be applied to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh where fuch Offence fhall be committed; and in default of immediate Payment, the Of- fender or Offenders (hall be committed by fuch Juftice of the Peace for the faid Borough, or for the (aid County of Surry, to the Houfe of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding feven Days, as fuch Juftice fhall think fit to order, or until he (hall have paid the fame. Publick Aft. v. And be it further enaiEled by the Authority aforefaid. That this AQ: (hall be deemed, adjudged, and 5a z8 0«, a. taken to be a publick A £t ; and be judicially taken notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juftices, and other '' "3" Perfons whatfoever, without the fame being fpecially pleaded. CAP. X. An A61 for allowing further Time for Inrolment of Deeds and Wills made by Papifts ; and for Relief of Proteftant Purchafers. 3 Geo. 1. c. iS. JO Geo. I, c, 4. j^aiiuj, J. UIH.11H.H1.S, Hereditaments, or any Intereft therein or Rent or Profit thereout. Ihould pafs, alter or change, from any Papift or Perfon profefling the Popifli Religion, by any Deed or "^Vill, except (uch Deed within fix Months after the Date, antl fuch Will within fix Months after the Death of th.- Tcfta- tor, (hould be inrolled in one of the King's Courts of Record at JFiJhninftcr, or elf within the lame County or Counties wherein the Manors, Lands and Tenements lie, in fuch manner as therein for that Purpofe is particularly diredtcd : And whereas by feveral A£ts of Parliament m.ide in the tenth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, and in the third, (ixth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, fi.xtecntli and nineteenth I ♦ " car
 * Aime, which hath occafioned frequent Stops, and is a great Obflruciion to Trade and Commerce :' For