nature beyond six inches from the wall, if there shall be no area; or do any
other matter or thing so as to obstruct or incommode the passage of any
person or carriage on any of the said foot or carriage-ways, every person so
offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding
five pounds, to be recovered in manner hereinafter directed.
LXXXVII. And be it further enacted, That if any timber, stone or other
article whatsoever shall be drawn on any such street, square, lane, way,
passage or public place, without being placed or hung at both ends on
wheels or a carriage, or if any timber, ladder, poles or other article ex-
ceeding twenty feet in length shall be drawn through any such street,
square, lane, way, passage or public place, without having one person beside
the driver for the purpose of guiding the end of such timber, ladder, poles
or other article and preventing the same from striking against any person,
house or other building (except in the drawing of timber from vessels upon
the docks, quays or wharfs,) or if any timber, iron, lead, bricks, stones, lime,
mortar, hay, straw, wood, faggots, coals, boards, tubs, casks, goods, wares,
merchandize, materials or things whatsoever shall be laid, placed or left in
any street, square, lane, way, passage, court, or public place (except build-
ing materials within hords and fences as aforesaid) so as to obstruct or
incommode any person or carriage passing thereon, or obstruct or incom-
mode the passage to any house, shop, or other building, and the same shall
remain for a greater space of time than shall be necessary for the housing or
removing thereof, then and in every such case the owner or owners of all
such timber, iron, lead, bricks, stones, lime, mortar, hay, straw, wood, fag-
gots, coals, boards, tubs, casks, goods, wares, merchandize or things shall
for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty shillings.
LXXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any cart, waggon, sledge,
troll, dray, hand-cart, wheelbarrow, coach, chaise or other carriage (other
than hackney coaches regulated by the said recited acts, or any of them,
and except upon a market-day) shall be left or suffered to stand or continue
in any street, square, lane, way, passage, court or public place within the
said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, either in the night or in the
day time, whether loaded or unloaded or with or without horses, for any
longer time than for the necessary loading or unloading thereof; or if any
such cart, waggon, sledge, troll, dray, hand-cart, wheelbarrow, coach,
chaise or other carriage (other than as aforesaid) shall be set, placed or left
upon any part of the footpaths or crossings made or to be made in any of
the said streets, squares, lanes, ways, passages, courts or public places for
the purpose of loading or unloading the same, and if any cart, waggon,,
sledge, troll, dray, hand-cart or wheelbarrow shall not have the name or
names of the owner or owners thereof painted upon some conspicuous part
thereof, the persons so placing or leaving the same, or neglecting to cause
his, her or their name or names to be so painted thereon, shall forfeit for
every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty shillings.

LXXXIX. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall and they are hereby directed and required to cause the names of the several streets, squares, lanes, ways, passages, courts and public places within the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, to be painted in large black roman letters, on a white ground, in some conspicuous part of every corner house thereof, and to cause each house in every such street, square, lane, way, passage and public place to be numbered progressively from one end thereof to the other on each side thereof respectively, in and by distinct figures painted upon or over the door of every such house.

XC. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners appointed or to be appointed by or under this act, and the assessors for the time being elected and appointed under and by virtue of the said recited acts, or any of them, and acting in execution thereof or of this act respectively as afore said, are hereby directed to instruct the surveyor or surveyors, or other officer or officers to be by them respectively from time to time appointed for the purposes of all or any of the same acts, to search for, enquire and examine into, and upon any information to be made and given to him or them thereof by any person or persons whomsoever, forthwith personally to view and inspect all or any offence or offences, nuisance or nuisances to be done or committed contrary to or against the same acts; and such surveyor or surveyors, officer and officers are hereby strictly required and enjoined,

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For regulating

the Carriage of in the Streets. heavy Articles

Carriages not to he left in the

Streets.

Names of Streets to be put up.

Surveyors on Information to inspect Nui

sances.

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c. 41.

For preventing Frauds, &c. in the Quality, Measure and delivery of Coals. An Inspector to be appointed.

Owners and Masters to deliver the original Tickets to the Inspector, or other wise certify the Quality.

upon any such information made or given to him or them by any person or persons whomsoever, of all or any such offence or offences, nuisance or nuisances as aforesaid, forthwith to view and inspect the same accordingly, and thereupon to lay an information or informations against the offender or offenders, and cause him, her or them to be summoned before one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said town and county, to be dealt with for the same according to the powers and provisions of this act, or of any of the said recited acts respectively; and if any such surveyor or surveyors, officer or officers shall upon any such direction or information as aforesaid, neglect to make such personal view and inspection, or shall wilfully neglect to search for, enquire and examine into such offence or offences, nuisance or nuisances as aforesaid, or shall thereupon refuse or neglect to lay such information or informations against the offender or offenders as aforesaid, the surveyor or surveyors, officer or officers so refusing or neglecting shall forfeit and pay for every such refusal or neglect, upon conviction before any of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said town and county, not exceeding the sum of ten pounds.

XCI. And whereas various frauds, exactions, impositions and irregularities have arisen and are practised in the port or harbour of Kingston-uponHull, with regard to the quality and measure of coals brought thereto for sale and the delivery and carriage thereof in the said town and the neighbourhood; Be it therefore further enacted, That on the first day of June next the said commissioners, at a meeting to be convened for that purpose, shall elect and appoint some fit and proper person to be an inspector of all the coals which shall be brought to and delivered for sale in the said town or the neighbourhood thereof, and which person shall and may be removed, suspended or displaced by and at the will and pleasure of the said commissioners, or of any five or more of them (of whom the chairman for the time being of the said commissioners shall be one,) in the manner hereinafter mentioned; and in case of the removal, death or resignation of such inspector, the said commissioners shall elect and choose some other fit and proper person in his stead, and so toties quoties as often as the like event shall happen; and the said commissioners shall provide a proper and suitable place for the office of such inspector, and fix and appoint his salary or wages at their discretion, the expence and charge whereof shall be paid and borne or defrayed by and out of the rate or tax hereinafter directed to be paid and levied, or if the same shall be insufficient for that purpose, then the deficiency shall be made good and supplied by and out of the rates and assessments herein before directed to be raised and levied by and for the general purposes of this act.

XCII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the twenty-fourth day of June next the owner or owners of any cargo of coals which shall be brought to or delivered in the said port or harbour, or on any part of the shores of the rivers Humber and Hull for sale in the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, or in the adjoining parishes of Sculcoates and Drypool, and the hamlets of Witham and Summergangs, or the masters of the respective vessels in which the same shall be shipped or brought, shall, before the same or any part thereof shall be delivered or landed in the said port or harbour, or on the said shores of the rivers Humber and Hull for sale as aforesaid, bring and deliver to the said inspector the original bills or tickets, bill or ticket, given and delivered along with the said coals at the time when the same were taken on board by the clerk or agent of the collieries or pits from which the same were taken or won, denoting the quantity and quality thereof, (of which original bills or tickets, bill or ticket, the said clerk or agent shall keep and file a duplicate or duplicates) and in and upon which said bills or tickets, bill or ticket the keeper of the last lock or gate of the rivers Ouse and Aire, or any other navigable water by or through which the vessels whereon such coals shall be shipped or loaded shall have passed, shall indorse a note or memorandum when such vessels respectively passed the same: and in case it shall happen that such bills or tickets, bill or ticket shall not sufficiently denote or specify the quantity or quality of the said coals; or there shall not be any such bills or tickets, bill or ticket given and delivered with the said coals at the collieries or pits from which the same were taken or won; or if the original bills or tickets, bill or ticket shall at any time be accidentally lost; or the ship or

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Certificate to the
Owner or
Master.

vessel whereon such coals shall be shipped or loaded shall have been originally loaded for exportation or for the sale or delivery of her cargo at any other place or places, or in any other manner than as aforesaid, and shall afterwards change her destination without any such bills or tickets, or bill or ticket having been obtained and provided; or in case the said inspector shall otherwise see good and sufficient cause for the same: then and in all or any of such last mentioned cases the owner or master of each such ship or vessel shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the said inspector an account of the quality and quantity of such coals, when the same were taken on board, at what place or places, from what collieries or pits the same were taken or won, and by what ship or vessel the same were brought, together with the date or time when such ship or vessel passed by or through the last lock or gate of the river or water whereby the same was navigated, and shall verify the same by affidavit to be sworn by such owner or master before the mayor or any of the aldermen of the said town (and which oath the said mayor or alderman is hereby empowered and required to administer:) and in case either of the non-delivery or of the accidental loss of any such original bills or tickets, bill or ticket, or of the said ship or vessel having been originally loaded for exportation, or for sale and delivery otherwise than as aforesaid, without any such bills or tickets, bill or ticket being obtained or provided, the said master or owner shall state the circumstances thereof in and by the said affidavit; and the said inspector shall receive and register, keep and file such bills or tickets, bill or ticket, account or accounts, together with the affidavit or affidavits Inspector to give accompanying the same, and upon payment or tender of the sum herein directed to be paid for every chaldron of coals contained in such ship or vessel, shall make out and give to such owner or owners, master or masters a certificate (in such form and words as the said commissioners shall from time to time think proper and direct) of the time when such cargo was taken on board, from what collieries or pits the same was taken or won, by what ship or vessel the same was shipped, with the name of the master, of how much the same consists, and the date of the arrival of the said ship or vessel in the said port or harbour, or upon any part of the shores of the said rivers Humber and Hull; which certificate shall be signed by the said inspector, and shall be affixed and continue upon the mast or some other conspicuous part of the ship or vessel wherein the same shall be loaded until the said cargo shall be sold and delivered; and in case the same shall be delivered into any yard or place for sale, then the said certificate shall be placed upon a board or pole in the front of the heap, or in such other place and in such other manner as the said inspector shall from time to time order and direct: and if any owner or master, dealer in coals or other person, as the case may Penalty for Non be, shall sell and deliver, or expose to sale, or cause to be landed in the said port or harbour, or upon the shores of the said rivers Humber and Hull any coals for sale and consumption in the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, or in the said adjoining parishes or hamlets, without such certificate, or shall neglect or refuse, for the space of three days after the arrival of the ship or vessel wherein the same shall be loaded, to bring and deliver to the said inspector the original bills or tickets, bill or ticket given along with such coals by the clerk or agent of the collieries or pits from whence the same were taken or won, or to make and give such account or accounts, affidavit or affidavits relating thereto as are herein before required to be made and given, or shall make and forge, and give or deliver, or cause to be made and forged and given or delivered a false, feigned or forged bill or ticket, or shall alter, deface, erase or mutilate any original bill or ticket, or shall not affix and put up the certificate of the said inspector as and in such place as he shall direct, or shall make or forge or affix and put up, or cause and procure to be made and forged, affixed and put up any false, feigned or forged certificate, or shall alter, deface, erase or mutilate the certificate which shall be given to him by the said inspector, or shall not continue the same until the whole of the quantity of coals therein referred to shall be sold and disposed of, or shall knowingly and wilfully make and deliver a false or inaccurate account of the quantity or quality of such coals, or bring to sell or dispose of in the several places aforesaid, or any of them, coals of one quality or sort for and as a quality or sort which the same really are not, every such offender shall, upon conviction thereof be

To be affixed on place where the Coals shall be

the Vessel or

sold.

observance.

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Inspector to take an Oath for the

due performance of his Duty.

Form of the
Oath.

Five or more Commissioners (the Chairman

being one) may examine Inspector's Accounts, and discharge him if found erroneous.

Inspector so dismissed incapable of being reelected.

Appointment of Inspector ad interim.

Penalties on Inspector for neglect or fraud.

fore the mayor and any one or more of the aldermen of the said town, forfeit and pay for each and every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds; and if any such master or owner shall wilfully and corruptly make a false oath or affidavit of all or any of the matters and things whereunto he shall be required to make the same as aforesaid, he shall, upon conviction thereof at the next general quarter sessions of the peace for the said town and county, be adjudged and suffer the pains and penalties imposed by law. for wilful and corrupt perjury.

XCIII. And be it further enacted, That before any person shall act as an inspector in the execution of this act he shall take and subscribe before the mayor of the said town for the time being, or any one or more of the aldermen, an oath (which the said mayor and alderman or aldermen is and are hereby authorised and required to administer) in the following words (that is to say ;)

"I A. B. do swear, that I will honestly, truly, faithfully and impartially, "according to the best of my skill and judgment, execute the office of "inspector of coals for the town of Kingston-upon-Hull and the liberty "of Trippett, and the lordship of Myton within the parish of the Holy "Trinity in the said town, and for the several adjoining parishes of "Sculcoates and Drypool, and hamlets of Witham and Summergangs, pursuant to the directions and provisions of an act passed in the "fiftieth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, in"tituled, an act. [Here insert the title of this act].

"So help me God." XCIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any five or more of the said commissioners (the chairman for the time being of the said commissioners being one of them) at any time or times at their own will and pleasure, without any previous notice or declaration of their intention so to do, to call for, inspect and examine the books, accounts, papers, and vouchers, of or belonging to the said inspector, regarding the execution of this act in the matters and things appertaining to his office, and which inspector is hereby required to produce the same accordingly; and if it shall appear to the said commissioners making such inspection and examination that there is any wilful and erroneous entry, omission, concealment, fraud, or misrepresentation in all or any of such books, accounts, papers, and vouchers, or that the said inspector shall have negligently or fraudulently conducted himself in the execution of his office, the same commissioners shall and may thereupon dismiss and discharge the said inspector as and of their own authority, and shall thereof forthwith give notice in writing to the clerk of the said commissioners assigning the cause of such dismission and discharge, in order that a general meeting of the said commissioners shall and may be held, and which meeting the said clerk is hereby required to summon and convene at the usual place where the meetings of the said commissioners shall be held, within fourteen days next afterwards, for the election and appointment of a fit and proper person in the place of the inspector who shall be so dismissed or discharged; and the person who shall be so dismissed and discharged shall not be capable of being re-elected to the office of inspector or of being chosen or appointed to any other office or place under or by virtue of this act; and the said commissioners so dismissing or discharging such inspector, or in case of the death, resignation, or removal, in any other way of any inspector from time to time, the chairman for the time being of the said commissioners shall and may thereupon nominate and appoint some fit and proper person to execute the office of inspector ad interim, and until a new election shall take place and be made as aforesaid.

XCV. And be it further enacted, That if any person who shall be appointed to act as inspector under or by virtue of this act shall refuse or neglect to receive and register the bills or tickets, bill or ticket, account or accounts, affidavit or affidavits, to be made and given to him of or concerning any coals as aforesaid upon payment or tender of the sum appointed to be paid for or in respect thereof, or shall not truly and faithfully register the same, and make and deliver such certificate or certificates thereof in the form and manner required by the said commissioners, or shall not make and keep such books, accounts, papers, registers, vouchers, notes, and entries, as are by this act or shall from time to time be thought fit and

required by the said commissioners to be made and kept, or shall not produce the same when required thereunto as herein mentioned, or shall destroy, alter, deface or mutilate the same or any of them, or shall in any manner act in collusion with any person or persons whomsoever to assist or enable him, her or them to counteract, defeat or evade the provisions of this act, every such offender shall, upon conviction thereof before the mayor and any one or more of the aldermen of the said town for the time being, forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of fifty pounds.

XCVI. And be it further enacted, That no sack shall be made use of in the delivery of coals from any ship, vessel, lighter, barge or other craft, or from any wharf, warehouse or other place within the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, and the said adjoining parishes or hamlets, except such sack shall be made of linen called sacking, and shall have been first sealed and marked with white paint in oil at the office of the said inspector, or at the Guildhall of the said town by the proper officer there, and shall at the time of making use of such sack measure in the inside thereof at least two feet and six inches in length by two feet in breadth; and no sack shall be sealed or marked which shall not at the time of marking or sealing thereof measure in the inside thereof two feet and eight inches in length and two feet and one inch in breadth; and if any vender or venders of, or dealer or dealers in, or carrier or carriers of coals shall use or cause to be used any sack or sacks for delivering or carrying coals within the said town and liberty, or lordship or precinct, and the said adjoining parishes or hamlets of less length at the time of using the same than two fect and six inches at the least in the inside thereof, or of less breadth than two feet at the least in the inside thereof, then and in every such case every such vender of, or dealer in, or carrier of coals shall for every such sack so deficient in length or breadth, on conviction thereof before the mayor or any one of the aldermen of the said town, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five shillings, and the mayor or other alderman, before whom such conviction shall take place, shall cause every such sack found deficient either in length or breadth to be destroyed.

XCVII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said twentyfourth day of June next the measure of every chaldron of all such coals as shall be sold and delivered to any purchaser or purchasers thereof in the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, and the said adjoining parishes and hamlets respectively, shall contain twenty-four of the said sacks filled to the top; and if any dealer or vender in, or carrier of coals shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any such purchaser or purchasers thereof a less number of such sacks for a chaldron, and so in proportion for a greater or less quantity than a chaldron, or shall not fill the same to the top, every such dealer of or vender in, or carrier of coals shall, on conviction thereof / before the mayor or any one of the aldermen of the said town, forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding forty shillings.

XCVIII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said twentyfourth day of June next every porter or carrier of coals within the said town and liberty, and lordship or precinct, and the said adjoining parishes or hamlets shall cause his name to be registered by the said inspector in a book to be kept for that purpose, and which inspector shall thereupon give and deliver to each such porter an engraved and numbered ticket of brass or other durable materials, denoting his occupation and order of entry in such book or register, which ticket shall be worn and carried by the said porter or carrier of coals in the front of his hat or cap; and every owner of any cart or carts employed in the carriage and delivery of coals shall give an account to the said inspector of the number of carts to be employed by him (and which shall be also entered and registered by the said inspector in the said book or registry;) and if any such porter shall carry any coals without wearing or carrying such ticket, or if any such porter or the owner of any such carts shall carry or convey any coals without having caused such registry or entry to be made, and without having paid such tax, rate or duty to or with which he or she is hereby respectively made liable, every person so offending shall, on conviction thereof before the mayor or any of the aldermen of the said town, forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty shillings; and the said inspector shall and he is

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c. 41.

Dimensions of

the Sack.

Measure of the
Chaldron.

Porters to be registered and ticketed.