e- V s or A. D. 1757* Anno tricefimo primo Ge org 11 II. C. 17. 1S7 mage, any Pavement within the faid City and I^iberty, without firft giving Notice in Writing, by what Works, before Company of Water Works he or they are employed, to the Proprietor or Occupier of the Houfe, Ground, he breaks up Wall or Building, to which fuch Pavement fliall belong or appertain, or by affixing fuch Notice upon fome i'"y P-^vemenr, confoicuous Part of fuch Houfe, Ground, Wall or Building, where the Proprietor or Occupier cannot be f ^"g'^i"'"""^ v-uiiipiv-uu"- * J 3 . 1 n T A 1 • r r 1 r> • i ii (• to what Conipi. found J any Law or Ufage to the contrary notwithitandmg : And in cafe any luch raviour, or other rerlon ^^ he belongs or Perfons aforefaid, {hall break up or damage any Pavement as aforefiiid, without giving fuch Notice as under Penaity • aforefaid, every fuch Perfon fhall be amerced by the faid Jury in any Sum not exceeding forty Shillings for ot^^os. every Offence. ' VI. And whereas the long Time allowed by the faid recited A61, for removing Annoyances, in fome
- Cafes hath been found inconvenient:' For Remedy whereof. Be it enaded, by the Authority aforefaid, ^""oyance ja-
That when and as often as the faid Annoyance Jury fhall, upon their own View and Knowledge, find any }^^'^^^^^^^^^^' Annoyances, Obflru6tions or Encroachments, upon any of the publick Ways, Streets or Paflages, within the fue'edJ r*^ the faid City and Liberty, of fuch a Nature as to require as fpeedy Removal as may be, or which can be moval of an removed within a lefs Time than fourteen Days, it fiiall be lawful for the faid Jury, by an Order in Wri- Annoiar.ccs ting, left at the Houfe of the Perfon who (hall have caufed or fuiFered fuch Annoyance, Obftruftion or En- ^bftruftions -, croachment, to dire<£l fuch Perfon to remove the fame within a reafonable Time to be fpeciiied in fuch No- pi"ed whi '^'^" tice ; and if all fuch Annoyances, Obflru6lions or Encroachments, fhall not be removed within fuch rea- amerce the of^ fonable Time as by the faid Notice fhall be directed, then the faid Jury fhall amerce the Perfon or Perfons u-nder in a Sum caufuig fuch Annoyance, ObflrucSlion or Encroachment, in fuch Sum as they fhall think proper, not ex- i-o- exceeding ceeding forty Shillings for any one Offence. * '^°°" VII. And be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That no Builder, or other Perfon, fhall ere6l No Hciird or or fet up, or caufe to be eredled or fet up, in any of the publick Streets, Lanes or PafTages, within the faid ^'^"" ^° ^e fet City and Liberty, any Hourd or Fence v/hatfoever, without a Licence under the Common Seal of the faid wk'?"out l^^'^ Court firft had and obtained; in which Licence fhall be exprefled the Length and Breadth of fuch Hourd or cenceilrft ha"l Fence, and alfo the Time the fame fhall be allowed to continue ; which Licences the faid Court are here- i-iomthe Court, by required to grant to all Perfons rpplying for the fame, under fuch Reflridlions and Limitations, as afore- fij,id, at the Difcretion of the faid Court ; and no more than five Shillings fhall be paid for each Licence : Fee payable fov And if any Perfon fliall ereiSl, or caufe to be ere£led, any Hourd or Fence within the Limits aforefaid, with- '^"^ i-iceree. out fuch Licence, or v.'hich flmll not be agreeable to the Directions thereof, or fhall fuffcr any Materials for building to remain on the Outfide of any Hourd or Fence above the Space of forty-eight Hours, every Per- Penalty, fon offending in any of the Cafes aforefaid, fhall be amerced by the faid Jury in a Sum not exceeding forty Shillings for every iiich Offence. VIII. Provided always. That fuch Licences fhall not be conflrued to extend to be a Defence to any Pro- Licence to be no fecution for aNuifance. Defence againft ' IX, And whereas by the faid recited Ail the faid Annoyance Jury are impowercd to deftroy all unlaw- P°^<^"t^'oi» foi a
- ful Weights, Balances and Meafures, of Perfons dealing by Weight or Meafure within the Limits afore- "' ^"'=^'
- faid; and a Doubt having arifen upon the ConftrucStion of fuch Part of the faid Adf as relates thereto:'
For obviating whereof, be it enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That all Weights and Mea- Weights and fures made ufe of by Perfons dealing by Weight or Meafure, within the faid City and Liberty, fnall be Meafures to be fized and fealed by the Standards belonging to the faid City, and alfo marked with a Port-cullis by the Of- ^l^^^ a h^^i^"^ ficer already appointed for that Purpofe, or by fuch other Oiiicer as may hereafter be appointed by the faid propcrOffircr? Dean, High Steward or his Deputy, the two Chief Burgeffes, and the other Burgefles oi JVeJljiunJler^ or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Dean, High Steward or his Deputy, always to be one, at a Court to be held for that Purpofe (and by no other Perfon or Perfons whatfoeverj v/hich Officer appointed, or to be appointed, is hereby required, upon Application to him made for that Purpofe, to feal and mark, in Manner aforefaid, all Weights and Meafures which fhall be brought to him for that Purpofe, and v/hich fhall be agreeable to the Strandards belonging to the faid City; and die fiid Officer fnall demand and re- ceive, for each Weight and Meafure fo by him fealed and marked, as aforefaid, for his Pains and Trouble therein, the Fees following, and no more; that is to fay. For every Bufliel, fo'jr Pence; for every Half 0^^'fe's F{e< for Bufhel, two Pence ; for every Peck, Half Peck and Quarter Peck, one Penny ; for all Half Pecks or Qiiar- ^«"^g an^i ter Pecks, /)^r Dozen, ten Pence; for every Sack, two Pence; for every Ale and Beer A^eafure, one Far- ^^^'"^ "^'"^ thing; for every hundred Weight, four Pence; for every Half hundred Weight, two Pence ; for all Pound Weights, and all other Weights under Half a hundredweight, one Halfpenny; for all Ounce Weights, and all other Weights under a Pound, one Farthing: And all V/eights and Meafures belonging to Perfons Unfeded dealing by Weight or Meafure within the faid City and Liberty, which fliall not be fealed and marked in Weijhta and Manner before directed, fnall be deemed unlawful; and it fhall and maybe lawful for die faid Annoyance ^"^^'^fs nay feJior fence. ^ ^ ^um not txceed- X. Andbe it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That the Officer already appointed, or hereafter '"8 4°s- to be appr.inted as aforefaid, after all neceffary Charges and Expences attending the Sizing, Scaling and Marking fuch Weights and Meafures as aforefaid, fliall have been firfl deducted, fhall, and he is hereby di- Sealing officer reded and required Half-yearly, within one Calendar Month next after the twenty-fifth Day of T^^rr/^, and '° P'^ ^"'^- the twenty-ninth Day of September in every Year, to pay, or caufe to be paid fo the Deputy Steward of j:^'"'> '" ^C Wejlimr-fler for the tiire being, on account of his Trouble and E-*43ence in attending his Office of D puty' a MoSf ^h Steward of IVeflnnnfter^^ one Moiety of the clear Money arifmg from or on account of fuch Sizing, Sealing Pre/its. ° "" and IMarking as aforefaid. XI. And, for the better executing the Purpofcs of the faid recited Acl, and this prcfcnt AS:; Be it fur- Court, upon ther enaded by th-e Authority aforefaid, That if any Annoyance Juryman fliall in any Manner neglect or re- i-'cmpkint, m.^y B b X fx(c ^""'"'■'^ -Annoy.
