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 346 C. 16. Anno tiicefimo fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1758/ and 1 d. per Ton paid for of the Name of cvery fuch Ship or V^efTel, and of the MaRer or Commander thereof; and alfo at the a Licence to the Trinity Xime of the making of every ilich refpeftive Entry, fiia'.l pay to the faid Corporation for fuch Li- ^"""^j cence or Authority one Penny for every Ton of the faid Commodities and Things fo to be entered as r.fartfaid. gn Penalty of 5 1. IV. And be it further cna*Slcd by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Mafler, Owner or Owners, or Offwer of any Ship or Veflel, fhall fliip or put on board, or fufFer to be fliiipped or put on board any fuch Ship or Veflel, any of the Commodities or Things herein before-mentioned, fpecified and • enumerated, before every fuch Entry and Payment as aforefaid in refpeil thereof (hall be made ; or fnall Ihip or take on board any fuch Ship or Veflcl any greater Quantity thereof than what fhall with like Ptnakv for be fu entered and paid for as aforefaid ; then, and in cvery fuch Cafe, every Perfon who fliall fo of- naking a hauduient fend in the Premiftcs, and be thereof convicled in Manner herein-after provided or directed, fliall, ^nuy. for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of five-Pounds. Bricks, Tyles or Lime, V. Provided always, and it is hereby likewife ena6ted. That from and after the faid twenty-fourth &c. may be ih-pped as Y)^y oi "Jum one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, it fhall be lawful for any Mader or Owner Ballaft, Duty-irce. of any Ship or Vefiel, from Time to Time, to fliip, tranfporc and carry, in any fuch Ship or Vef- fel, as Ballafl from Londoyi^ or any other Part of the River Thames^ any Quantity of Bricks, Tyles or Lime, or any other merchandizeable Commodities and Things (other than and except fuch of the faid Commodities and Things as are herein before enumerated and fpecified, and allowed to be takea or carried as Bjllaft) without paying any thing to the faid Corporation for the fame. ' VI. And whereas it is necefikry that the Lighters, Barges or Vefl'els, in which any Dung, Com- ' poft. Earth or Soil fhall be loaded, in order to be put on board any Ships or Veffels, for the Ufe Lighters and Veffels em- it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of ployed in the Balbft.ige y««<? one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, no Lighter, Barge or Vefl'el whatfoever, fhall be to be weighed, marked ufed or employed by any Perfon or Perfons, for carrying any Dung, Compofl, Earth or Soil, on and numbered^ by^ the ^oard any Ship or Veflel whatfoever, in the faid River Thames^ for the Ufe of Coafters or Colliers Houfe" ''^ ' ^ ^'""^ there, until every fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, fhall have been firfl weighed, marked and num- ' bered, by the faid Corporation of the Trinity Houfe, and at their Cofls, or by fome Agent or Officer who fhall be appointed for that Purpofeby them; and the faid Corporation, their Agent or OiHcer, is and are hereby authorized and required, from Time to Time, at feafonable Times in the Day- time, as they fhall fee Occafion, to weigh every fuch Lighter, Barge or VelTel, which fhall be em- ployed in the faid River Thames, for the carrying any Dung, Compofl, Earth or Soil, on board any Coafler or Collier in the faid River; and alfo to affix a Gauge Mark, by painting the fame or other- wife, in fome confpicuous Place or Places, at the Stem and Stern of every fuch Lighter, Barge or Veflel as aforefaid, higher than the fame fhall fmk into the Water when loaded, denoting the exa(9t Tonage ; and alfo the Number of every fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, in a legible Manner, and i^i Penalty of removing, de- large White Capital Letters and Figures: And if any one Ihall ofJend in the Premififes, or fhall re- facing or coun-.crfeiting, move, alter, deface or counterieit any Gauge Mark of any fuch Lighter, Barge or VeiTeJ as aforefaid, &c. ihe Marks, 5I. ^j. ^^g Number thereof, which fhall be fet, painted or affixed, by the faid Corporation, their Agent or Olficer, on any fuch Lighter, Barge or Veilel ; every Perfon fo offending, and being thereof con- victed in the Manner herein after diredled, fhall, for every, fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of five Pounds. "* "''• On Sufpicion of Frauci, VII. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe the faid Corporatioh the Lighters may be re- ^^ ^^ve Reafon at any Time to fufpeft that the Gauge Mark of any fuch Lighter, Barge or Vef- ^"6'**<'» fel, hath been removed, altered or changed ; then, and in fuch Cafe, it fhall be lawful for the faid Corporation, their Agent or Officer, at ail Times hereafter, at feafonable Times in the Day-time, and at the Cofts of the faid Corporation, to reweigh any fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel (fo as that no more than one fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, fhall be reweighed in any Week); and in cafe upon the reweighing of any' fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, the fame fhall be found to be of greater Tonage than by the Mark thereof fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, fhall be fignified or denoted, and »n«l the Owner to fotfcit ought to be, then the Perlbn or Perfon or Pcrfons to whom fuch Lighter, Barge or VefTel, which ^1. on Conviiiion of the (hail bc fo found to be of greater Tonage than aforefaid fliall belong, fhall, for every fuch Offence, vff«iite. Qfj being convi(5ed in Manner by this At. prefcribed, forfeit and pay the Sum of five Pounds. • ners of fuch Ships or Vefleh', and to favc Expcncc, are frequently unloaded and thrown into tfie ' f;iid River Thames., to the great Prejudice and Obftrudtion of the Navigation thereof: Now, for ' preventing fuch Annoyances for the future;' Be it further enadcd by the Authority aforefaid, Vrff-is to unload their 7 hat if any Ship or VefTel, after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred B*»aftnn.'cme Whaif and fiity-ninc, fhall come into the faid River with any Ballaft therein, no Part of any fuch Ballaft ^r Crcnnd, above High ^]^-.^ ^e unloaded, put or thrown, from or out of any fuch Ship or Veflel, into the faid River, but Water M.;k; j^ij j^j,,j^ Ballaft fhall be laid or put at the Expencc of the Owner or Owners, or Mafter of every 1 fuch rcfpciftivc Ship or VefTel, on fome common Wharl or Qiiay near to the faid River, or on fome «r into I.ifhtcrs of the Ground or Place above High Water Mark ; or otherwifc fhall be unloaded from every fuch refpcc- l»ia.fy Hi'ufc. j|yg gj,jp yj. Veflel, at the Cofts of the Owner or Owners, Maftcr or Commander of every fuch faid Ship or Veflel, info one or n^.ore Lighter or Lighters belonging, or which fhall belong, to the f.iid Corporation, which the faid Corporation are hereby required to furnifli and fend, on any De- mand for the fame being madC; or left in Writing at the faid Ballaft Office, by or on the Behalf of cvery
 * of Coafters or Colliers in the faid River Thames^ fhould be weighed, marked and numbered:' Be
 * VIII. And whereas it frequently happens that Ships and Veflels which come within the Port of
 * London^ bring in them large Quantities of Ballaft, which, for Convenience of the Mafters or Ow-