ANNO REGNI VICESIMO QUINTO Cap. 78.

1604
From Aug. 1,
1785, the fol-
lowing Duties
shall be paid
by Hawkers
and Pedlars,
Etc.

the Authority of the same, That, from and after the
first Day of August, One thousand seven hundred and
eighty five, there be railed, answered, and paid, to and for
the Life of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the
additional and new Rates and Duties following; that
is to say,

By every
Hawker, Etc.
an additional
Duty of 4l.
per Ann. 2

By every Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chapman, and
every other trading Person or Persons, going from
Town to Town, or to other Mens Houses, and travel-
ling either on Foot, or with Horse, Horses, or otherwise,
in England , Wales , or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed ,
carrying to sell, or exposing to Sale, any Goods, Wares,
or Merchandizes, an additional Duty of Four Pounds
for each Year:

By every
Hawker, Etc.
travelling
with a Horse,
or other Beast
of Burthen, a
further Duty
of 8l. per Ann.
for each Beast.

By every Person so travelling with a Horse, Us, or
Mule, or other Beast bearing or drawing Burthen, the ad-
ditional Sum of Eight Pounds yearly for each Beast he
or the shall to travel with, over and above the said first
mentioned Duty, and over and above all other Duties
now payable by him or her.

Any Hawker,
Etc. selling
Goods by
Auction to
forfeit 50l.
for each
Offence.

9 & 10 Gul.
III, Cap. 27.

II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That
nothing in this Act, or in a certain Act made at a Session
of Parliament held in the Ninth and Tenth Years of
the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third,
(intituled, An Act for licensing Hawkers and Pedlars, for a
further Provision of Interest for the Transport Debt for
reducing of Ireland,) shall extend, or he continued to extend,
to authorise or impower any Hawker, Pedlar, Petty
Chapman, or any other trading Person or Persons,
going from Town to Town, or to other Mens Houses,
or travelling either on Foot, or with Horse or Horses, or
opening a Room or Shop, and exposing to Sale any
Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes by Retail, in any
Town, Parish, or Place, such Person not being a
Householder there, or the same not being an usual Place
of his or her Abode, or of his or her carrying on Business,
to hend or sell, from and after the Twenty-fourth Day of
June, One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six , any
Goods or Merchandizes whatsoever, by Dutcry, knock-
Iing