To the Worshipful His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
fro the County of Middlesex in their General Quarter
Session of the Peace Assembled

The humble Petition of John Seager< no role > of Swinton street in the
Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex Builder
on behalf of himself and divers other Persons residing in the
said Street and also in acton Street, Britannia street and
Constitution Row in the said Parish and County

Sheweth

That by an act of Parliament made in the thirteenth year of the
Reign of His present Majesty King George the third Intituled and Act
to explain amend and reduce into one Act of Parliament the General Laws
now in being for regulating the Turnpike Roads in that part of Great
Britain called England and for other Purposes It is (among other things)
enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees of any particular
Turnpike Act or any seven or more of them at a Public Meeting to let to Farm
the Tolls of the several Gates erected upon their respective Turnpike Roads in
she Manner therein after mentioned although no express Power shall have
been given by such Turnpike Act for that Purpose and that whenever any
Tolls should be let to Farm by virtue of the Power given by that or any other
Act or Acts of Parliament the following Directions should be observed that
is to say The Trustees should cause Notice to be given of the Time and Place
for letting the same at least one Month before the Day to be appointed for that
Purpose by Affixing the same upon every Toll Gate belonging to such Turnpike
Road, And also upon the Market Cross of the Market Town nearest to the
Place where the said Tolls are to be let and also in some publick News paper
circulated in that part of the Country and specifying in every such Notice the
Sum which the said Tolls produced in the preceeding Year clear of the Salary
for collecting the same (in case any hired collector was appointed) And that
they would let such Tolls by Auction to the best bidder on his producing
sufficient Sureties for Payment of the Money Monthly or Quarterly as should