A. D. 1725. Anno duodecimo Geo rg ir Regis. C. 12. 5737 CAP. XII. An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty, by laying a Duty upon all Victuallers and Retailers of Beer and Ale within the Cities of London and Wejlminfler, and the Weekly Bills of Mor- tality, and for prohibiting their fending Beer or Ale out of their Houfes to diflant Places in any Pots or Veflels lefs than a Gallon ; and alio for adding one hundred additional Hackney Chairs to thofe already licenftd ■, and for applying certain Arrears of former Land-Taxes to- wards the Supply granted to his Majefty for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty fix; and for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Par- liament. ' k l/f •^■^ '*• Pl ea k vour mo ^ Excellent Majefty ; We your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, ' IV J. the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament aifembled, towards Raifing fuch Supplies as are ' neceflary to defray your A4ajefty's publick Expenccs, have freely and unanimoufty given and granted unto ' your Majefty the Rates and Duties herein after mentioned, and do moft humbly befeech your moft Ex- ' cellent Majefty that it may be enacted ; And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and A f t . r „. To e with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent Parliament 1726. afiumncit affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of 'June one lefs than 1 1, nor thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, a Sum not lefs than one Pound, nor more than fix Pounds yearly, more than 6 1. fhall be paid to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, by every Victualler and Retailer of Beer and Ale t0 he ^' d b y . In the Cities of London and IVcJlminJler, and within the Weekly Bills of Mortality : Which laid Rates and w ;'jjj n tVi^Bills Duties fhall be fubject to fuch Regulations and Reftrictions as are herein after mentioned. REP. of Mortality. Rep. 16 Geo. 2. " Commiffioners to be appointed to grant Permiffions and manage the Duties. No Victuallers within the Cl '*• " Bills of Mortality to retail without a Permiffion. Victuallers to compound annually for their Permif- " fions. Leaving ofF Retailing, Compofition to ceafe. Compofitions to be made according to the Trade. " is. 6d. for each Permiffion. No Victualler to fend out Drink in any Pots lefs than a Gallon, on Pain " of 40 J-. But Drink may be drunk at the Door or in any Out-houfe, Garden, &c. Not taking out " Permiffion, forfeits 20/. All the Excife-Acts in Force to be applied to this Act. iz Car. 2. c. 24. All " All Fines to be levied by the Laws of Excife. Commiffioners to have the fame Power as Commiffioners " of Excife. Not to alter Juftices Power in licenfing Alehoufes. R E P." ' XV. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Ann c ± * 1 Queen Anne, it was enacted, That the Commiffioners for licenfing and regulating Hackney Coaches ' for the Time being, or the major Part of them, fhould have Power, and are thereby required to licenfe ' all fuch Hackney Chairs, which, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hun- ' dred and eleven, during the Term of thirty-two Years, fhould be kept and ufed for Hire within the Cities ' of London and TVeJiminfter and the Suburbs thereof, and within all and every the Parifhes and Places ' comprized within the Weekly Bills of Mortality ; and that the Number of all fuch Chairs, fo to be li- ' cenfed upon that Act, fhould not exceed two hundred, and that upon every one of the Licences, to be ' granted for keeping or ufing for Hire any Hackney Chair, there fhould be referved and payable to her c Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, the annual Sum of ten Shillings, to be paid Quarterly : And whereas 10 Ann. c. io, ' by an Act of Parliament made in the tenth Year laid Majefty's Reign, it was enacted, that it fhould and ' might be lawful to and for the Commiffioners for licenfing and regulating of Hackney Coaches for the ' Time being, or the major Part of them, to licenfe any additional Number, not exceeding one hundred ' fuch Hackney Chairs, which, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred ' and twelve, at any Time or Times within or during the Term of thirty-one Years, fhould be kept and ' ufed for Hire within the Cities and Limits aforefaid, fo that the Number of all the faid Chairs, licenfed or ' to be licenfed upon the faid Acts, fhould not at any one Time, within or during the Term laft mentioned, ' exceed three hundred; and that upon every one of the faid Licences, for any of the faid Chairs, there ' fhould be referved the like yearly Rent of ten Shillings, to be paid Quarterly : And whereas it is found One hundred
- convenient, that a greater Number of fuch Hackney Chairs fhould be Licenfed to be employed within additional
' the Limits aforefaid,' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffioners for HackneyChairs Licenfing and Regulating Hackney Coaches now being, and the Commiffioners for Licenfing and Regu- 'P b f e a ^ ed t0 lating Hackney Coaches for the Time being, or the major Part of them fhall have Power and Authority, Licence"" and are hereby impowered and required, under their Hands and Seals, or the Hands or Seals of the major « Continued by Part of them (over and above the Number of Chairs authorized to be Licenfed by the faid former Acts) 16 Geo. 2. 0.26.' to Licenfe an additional Number of Hackney Chairs, not exceeding one hundred, which from and after the -And farther by . twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, at any Time or Times within or 33 Ge °' z ' c ' z $" during the Term of eighteen Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, fhall be kept and ufed for Hire within the Cities and Limits aforefaid ; fo that the Number of all the faid Chairs Licenfed or to be TheNumbcrnct Licenfed upon this or the faid former Acts, fhall not at any one Time, within or during the Term laft *° exceetJ 4°°. mentioned, exceed four hundred. onnerm«g ' coaches ara Chairs, fee farther 2 Geo, 2, r, io. 30 Giro. 2. c, 22. §. 6.
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