"Delivered" on

fuch Certificate.

thereof, or may fee and be fatisfied that fuch Coals (in case of such Coals being to be delivered by Gang Labour) are of the Sort or Description as and for which the fame shall be fold; and fuch Meter is hereby authorized and required to demand of the Vender or Venders, or of the Wharfinger or other Person with whom the Ship Wharf or Place Certificate of any of fuch Coals fhall be left at any for the Sale of any fuch Coals, fuch Ship Certificate, for the Purpose of perufing and infpecting the fame, and fuch Meter fhall, and he is hereby required to counterfign fuch Ticket or Tickets, if such Meter fhall be fatisfied that fuch Coals are of the Sort they are described to be in fuch Ticket or Tickets, but fhall not counterfign the fame without being fo fatisfied, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding; and fuch Meter fhall, and he is hereby also authorized And to indorfe and required, when the whole Quantity of Coals contained in any the Word Lighter, Barge or other Craft, fhall have been delivered thereout, to write or indorfe on the Back of the Certificate of fuch Coals, the Word" Delivered;" and if any fuch Vender or Venders, Wharfinger or other Perfon fhall refufe or neglect to produce and deliver to any fuch Meter fuch Ship Certificate on Demand, then and in every fuch cafe every such Vender or Venders, Wharfinger or other Perfon fo offending, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds; and if any fuch Meter fhall coun- Penaky. terfign any fuch Ticket or Tickets, without having first inspected Meter counterfuch Coals, and alfo fuch Ship Certificate, and without having rea- figning Ticket fonable Ground to be fatisfied that fuch Coals are of the Sort de- without having scribed in fuch Vender's Ticket, or if any fuch Meter shall not imme- infpected Coals, diately after the whole of the Coals contained in fuch Lighter, Barge or other Craft, fhall have been delivered thereout, demand or call for fuch Certificate of fuch Coals, or shall not immediately on fuch Certificate being produced indorfe the fame in manner aforefaid, then and in every such case every such Meter fo offending shall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Penalty. Pounds.

any

&c.

with regard to Coals fold by Pool Measure.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That all Coals fold as and for Regulation Pool Measure, and to be fent in any Cart, Waggon or Carriage, from Wharf any or Place within the Limits of this Act, fhall be loaded, in Sacks in the Prefence of One of the Labouring Land Coal Meters of the District, which Labouring Meter is hereby authorized and required to watch and infpect the filling or loading of the Sacks wherein fuch Coals fhall be loaded, and it fhall be lawful for fuch Meter to measure the Dimenfions of all or any of fuch Sacks ufed in any fuch Loading before fuch Sacks fhall be filled or loaded; and fuch Meter fhall, and he is hereby authorized and required when any Room or Rooms of Coals in any Lighter, Barge or Craft, are or is to be fold and fent from any fuch Wharf or other Place as and for Pool Measure by any Land Carriage, to fee that the Coals fo loaded and fent are in fact taken out of the particular Room or Rooms fo fold, and likewife that the whole of the Coals contained in any fuch particular Room or Rooms fo fold are in fact entirely emptied out of fuch Room or Rooms, and loaded and fent away to the Purchafer or Purchasers of the Coals contained in fuch Room or Rooms; and in case such Meter fhall find any Sack or Sacks ufed for the loading of any fuch Coals is or are of lefs Dimensions than required by this Act, or in cafe it fhall appear to fuch Meter, ac

3 B 4

cording

Wharfinger, &c. obftructing Meter.

Penalty.
Pool Measure

Coals when fent
by Waggon.

Form of the

to be fent therewith.

cording to the beft of fuch Meter's Judgment, that any Sack or Sacks used in loading any fuch Coals do not contain when loaded each the Quantity of Three Bushels of Coals, or in cafe fuch Meter shall obferve that any fuch Coals fold as the Coals of any particular Room or Rooms, shall not in fact be taken out of fuch particular Room or Rooms fo fold or to be fold, or that the whole of the Coals contained in fuch particular Room or Rooms fhall not be entirely emptied out of the fame, then and in every such case it shall and may be lawful to and for fuch Meter to refufe to counterfign the Ticket or Tickets by this A&t directed to be delivered by or on the behalf of all and every Vender and Venders of fuch Coals to the Purchafer or Purchasers thereof; and if any Wharfinger, Coal Porter or other Person or Perfons, fhall in any manner obftruct, hinder or prevent fuch Meter in or from the Performance of any fuch Duty or Duties fo required of fuch Meter by this Act, then and in every fuch cafe every fuch Person so offending fhall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

XIV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Venders or Vender of, or Dealers or Dealer in any Coals fold, fent or taken away, as and for Pool Measure from any Ship, Veffel, Lighter, Barge or other Craft, or from any Wharf, Warehoufe or other Place within the Limits of this Act, and to be delivered to the Purchafer or Purchasers thereof, in any Cart, Waggon or other Carriage, fhall, and he, fhe and they is and are hereby required to deliver, or caufe to be delivered, a Ticket to the Purchaser or Purchasers of fuch Coals, or his, her or their Servant or Servants, before any Part of the Coals contained in such Cart, Waggon or other Carriage shall be shot or delivered therefrom; and every such Ticket or Paper shall be in the Words and Form following:

Vender's Ticket MR. 4. B. [Here infert the Name of the Purchaser] Take Notice, that you are to receive herewith [Here infert the Number] Sacks of [Here infert the Name of the] Coals, [Here infert the Number] Sacks of [Here infert the Name of the] Coals [Here infert the Number] Sacks of [Here infert the Name of the] Coals, for infpecting the Loading and Quality of which Coals you are, on the Receipt of this Ticket, in Conformity to an A&t of Parliament, made in the Fifty fixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to pay the underfigned E. F. [Here infert the Name of the Vender] the Sum of [Here infert the Amount of the Compenfation directed by this Ad to be given to fuch Principal Meter for the Infpection of fuch Coals, calculating the fame as by this Aa directed] being at and after the Rate of One Shilling for every Five Chaldrons and One Vat fold to, and to be received by you herewith; and by the fame A&t this Ticket is directed to be ' delivered to you before any of the Coals are shot out of the Cart or Waggon, and that a Bufhel Measure is in fuch Cart or Waggon, by which the Carman is directed to measure gratis, under the Penalty of Ten Pounds, the Coals contained in any One Sack, which the Purchaser, or his Servant or Servants may require, which Sack is to contain Three Bushels heaped up in the Form of a Cone, the Height of fuch Cone to be at leaft Six Inches, and the Outfide of the Measure to be the Extremity of the Bafe of fuch Cone, and, that in case of your being diffatisfied with the Coals now fent, you are entitled by the fame Act to have the

⚫ fame

fame remeasured by the Bufhel Measure, provided you immediately, and before any more of the Coals than One Sack shall be shot or delivered from the Cart, Waggon or Carriage in which the fame are brought, fend Notice in Writing of your Defire to ' have the fame remeasured to any of the Land Coal Meters' Offices • appointed by or by virtue of the faid Act of the Forty seventh Year, or the faid Act of the Fifty fixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, alfo to the Vender or Venders of fuch Coals. C. D. [Here infert the Name of the Vender] E. F. [Here infert the Name of the Meter, and the Office and Place where the Office is fituated] Dated [Here infert the Day of the Month, and the Month and Year when fuch Ticket was figned.']

And in cafe fuch Vender or Venders of, or Dealer or Dealers in, Vender not deCoals, shall not deliver or cause to be delivered fuch Ticket as afore- livering Ticket faid, and fo counterfigned by a Meter as aforefaid, to the Purchaser to Purchaser. or Purchasers of fuch Coals, or to his, her or their Servant or Servants, before any Part of fuch Coals fhall be fhot or delivered from fuch Cart, Waggon or other Carriage laden with any fuch Coals as aforefaid, then and in every fuch case every fuch Vender or Venders fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Penalty. Ten Pounds; and in cafe the Carman, Driver or other Perfon at- Carman not detending fuch Cart, Waggon or other Carriage laden with any fuch livering Ticket. Coals as aforefaid, to whom fuch Ticket fhall have been given, by or by the Directions of the Vender or Venders, in order to be delivered to the Purchaser, fhall (having first received the fame from the Vender or Venders, or any Perfon by the Order of the Vender or Venders) refufe or neglect to deliver fuch Ticket to the Purchaser or Purchasers of such Coals, or to his, her or their Servant or Servants, before any Part of fuch Coals fhall be fhot or delivered from fuch Cart, Waggon or other Carriage, every fuch Carman, Driver or other Perfon aforefaid fo offending, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

XV. And be it further enacted, That the Vender or Venders of, or Dealer or Dealers in any Coals, fold as and for Pool Measure, and fent in any Cart, Waggon or other Land Carriage from any Wharf, Warehouse or other Place within the Limits of this Act, or any Coals fold as and for Pool Measure, and delivered by Gang Labour from or over any Wharf or other Place where any Land Meter fhall be ftationed, fituate within fuch Limits; or the Occupier or Occupiers of any fuch Wharf, Warehouse or other Place, from or over which any fuch Coals fhall be fo fent, shall and such Vender or Venders, Dealer or Dealers, or Occupier or Occupiers is and are hereby required and directed to pay to the Principal Meter for the Execu tion of this Act, at and after the Rate of One Shilling for every Five Chaldrons and One Vat so bought and fent to the Purchafer or Purchafers thereof, as and for a Compenfation for the Trouble of infpect-. ing or fuperintending the Loading and fending away fuch Coals, and fuch Money fhall be repaid by the Purchaser or Purchasers of such Coals to the Vender or Venders thereof.

XVI. Provided alfo, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to hinder or prevent any Purchaser or Purchasers of any Coals, fold as and for Pool Measure, from sending such Coals to the Premises of fuch Purchafer or Purchasers, or to any Landing Place which fuch Purchaser

or

Penalty.
What Sum of
Money to be
paid to the Me-

ter for infpecting
Coals fold by
Pool Measure.

Enabling Pur

chafers of Coals fold by Pool Measure to have fuch Coals delivered without

of a Meter.

the Intervention or Purchasers fhall appoint, (provided fuch Landing Place or Premifes be not a Coal Wharf, or Place where any Meter fhall by virtue of this A&t be ftationed) or from having fuch Coals unloaded and delivered at fuch Premises or Landing Place, either by Gang Labour or in any other manner, except in or by Means of any Cart, Waggon or other Land Carriage, without the Prefence, Intervention, or Infpection of any Land Meter, and without being fubject or liable to the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money whatfoever to any Land Meter for or in refpect of fuch Coals; but in cafe fuch Landing Place fhall be within the Limits of this Act, and such Purchaser or Purchasers fhall require the Care or Attendance of a Land Meter, then he, fhe or they fhall have and be entitled to fuch Attendance, upon fending Notice of fuch his, her or their Defire to the faid Principal or any other Land Meter's Office appointed by virtue of this Act; and in fuch cafe fuch Purchaser or Purchasers shall pay and be charged for the Attendance of fuch Meter, at and after the aforefaid Rate of One Shilling for every Five Chaldrons and One Vat of fuch Coals.

Purchafers of
Coals fent by

the fame remeafured, in cafe Fraud be fufpected.

Lighterman, &c.

not leaving Lighter for that Purpose.

Penalty on the

XVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Purchaser of any Coals fold and fent to fuch Purchaser by any Lighter, Barge or other Water may have Craft, from any Place within the Limits of this Act, or of the faid recited Act, fhall think or fufpect that the full and lawful Measure of any fuch Coals has not been fent, and fhall, before the Lighterman or other Perfon having the Care or Management of fuch Lighter, Barge or other Craft fhall have delivered up to the Purchafer, or to his, her or their Servant, fuch Lighter, Barge or other Craft, and quitted the Charge thereof, and before Bulk fhall be broken of fuch Coals, fignify his or her Defire to have such Coals remeasured, then and in every fuch case the Lighterman or other Person sent with the Lighter, Barge or Craft in which the faid Coals fhall be brought, fhall either continue at the Landing Place or Premises of the Pur. chafer of the faid Coals, with the faid Lighter, Barge or other Craft, until fuch Coals are remeasured, or shall leave fuch Lighter, Barge or other Craft properly fastened and made fecure at fuch Landing Place or Premises, or as near thereto as can be, and permit the fame fo to remain there until fuch Coals are remeasured, under the Penalty of Ten Pounds on the Owner and Proprietor, and Forty Shillings on the Lighterman or other Perfon fent with fuch Lighter, Barge or other Craft; and the faid Purchaser fhall immediately fend or caufe to be sent to the Vender of the faid Coals, or to his or her Wharf, Notice in Writing that the faid Coals are going to be remeasured, and alfo fend Notice in Writing thereof to any One of the Offices of the Land Coal Meters appointed by or by virtue of this A&t, or by the said recited Act, and thereupon a Principal Meter, or one of the Labouring Meters for the Execution of this Act or the faid recited Act, as the cafe may be (not being the Meter under whose Inspection any fuch Coals may have been originally loaded) shall, within Two Hours next after fuch Notice in Writing left at the Office of any fuch Land Coal Meter appointed by or by virtue of this Act, or the faid recited Act, attend from fuch Office where fuch Notice fhall be fo left to remeasure the faid Coals, and fhall accordingly remeasure the fame with the Bufhel Meafure in the Prefence of the Vender and Purchaser of the faid Coals, or their Agents or Servants, if any of them fhall attend for the Purpose of seeing fuch Coals remeasured;

Owner. Penalty on Lighterman. Notice of remeasuring by Purchafer, and thereupon Me

ter to attend.

15

measured; and in cafe it fhall appear upon the Remeasurement of If Deficiency apfuch Coals by fuch Principal or Labouring Coal Meter, as fhall at- pear, Penalty in tend for the Purpose of remeasuring of fuch Coals, that fuch Coals Proportion. do not amount to the Quantity for which they were fold, then and in every fuch cafe, if fuch Coals have been fold as and for Pool Meafure, the Vender of fuch Coals fhall, in cafe fuch Deficiency fhall exceed Four Bushels and not exceed Ten Bufhels in any Five Chaldrons and One Vat of Coals fo remeasured, forfeit and pay for every Bufhel of Coals fo found deficient in every Five Chaldrons and One Vat the Sum of Forty Shillings, and in cafe fuch Deficiency fhall exceed Ten Buthels in any Five Chaldrons and One Vat fo remeasured, then and in fuch cafe fuch Vender of such Coals fhall forfeit and pay for every fuch Bufhel fo found deficient the Sum of Five Pounds, and fhall moreover forfeit all fuch Coals to the intended Purchaser or Purchafers thereof; but in cafe any fuch Coals fo remeasured and found deficient fhall have been fold or delivered as and for Wharf Measure, then and in such case the Vender of fuch Coals fhall forfeit and pay for every Bushel fo found deficient the Sum of Five Pounds, and fhall moreover forfeit all such Coals to the intended Purchaser or Purchafers thereof.

XVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Principal Land Coal Meter or Labouring Coal Meter appointed by or by virtue of this Act, and of the faid recited Act, fo remeasuring, shall be paid the Sum of Sixpence for every Chaldron of Coals fo remeasured by him, and so in Proportion for any greater or lefs Quantity than a Chaldron, and if upon any fuch Remeasurement the whole of the Coals fo remeasured fhall be found lefs than the Quantity for which the whole of fuch Coals fhall be fold, then and in fuch cafe the Vender or Venders of fuch Coals fhall, in cafe fuch Deficiency shall amount to or exceed One Bufhel, pay the Expences of fuch Remeasurement; but if fuch Deficiency fhall not amount to One Bushel, then and in fuch cafe fuch Expences fhall be paid and borne by the Purchaser or Purchasers of such Coals.

XIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend, to require any Coals fold as and for Pool Measure to be measured by the Buthel Measure previously to fuch Coals being loaded and fent away in any Cart, Waggon or other Land Carriage form the Vender's Wharf or Place of Sale, unless by the Defire of the Purchaser of any fuch Coals.

XX. And be it further enacted, That all Coals fold or loaded to be fold as and for Wharf Measure, in Quantities exceeding Eight Bufhels, at or from any Place or Places within the Limits of this A&t, fhall be measured in the Prefence of One of the faid Labour ing Coal Meters to be appointed by virtue of this Act, by the Bufhel Measure heaped up as by this Act is directed, and the faid Labouring Coal Meters, and every of them, fhall and may, and they and he are and is hereby authorized and required to fill up any Bufhel or Bushels of any fuch Coals as fhall appear to him or them deficient or wanting in Measure, out of the Stock of Coals of the Perfon or Perfons fo vending or contracting for the Sale of the said Coals, or fo loading any fuch Coals for Sale.

any

By whom Expences of Remeasurement

are to be paid.

Coals fold by Pool Measure not to be meaunless at Defire fured by Buthel, of Purchafer.

Coals fold by
Wharf Measure

to be measured
in the Prefence

of a Land Coal Meter.

XXI. And be it further enacted, That if Coal Meter fhall wittingly or willingly fuffer any Coals exceeding Coals to be fent

fuch Labouring

Meters fuffering
Wharf Measure