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<p n="243">At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-1">Sovereign Lord</rs>
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the King, now held at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo196">Guildhall</rs>
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of the said<lb></lb>
City in and for the said City, and County of the same City, on Friday the 20th Day of April in the <lb></lb>
38th. Year of the Reign of our <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-2">Sovereign Lord</rs>
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King GEORGE the Third over Great-Britain, and<lb></lb>
so forth, before<del>the <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-3">Right Hon</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-4">William Withers</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ68">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ69">Recorder of the said City</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-5">Robert Sinclair</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ70">Esquire</rs>
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of Council with the same City<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-6">Thomas Smith</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n243-7">John Hay</rs>
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and Theophilus Davye Garencieres<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ71">Esquires</rs>
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, Aldermen of the same City, and others, their Fellows, Aldermen of the said City, Justices assigned to keep<lb></lb>
the Peace of the said Lord the King in and for the City aforesaid, and County of the same City; and also to hear<lb></lb>
and determine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanors committed within the said City and County of<lb></lb>
the same, and so forth.</p>
<p n="244">By Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, intitled, An Act for the better Repairing and Amending the High-<lb></lb>
ways, and for settling the Rates of the Carriage of Goods, <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n244-1">his Majesty</rs>
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's <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ72">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo197">City of York</rs>
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, and County of the same City, at the said Quarter Sessions assembled, have assessed and rated,<lb></lb>
and do assess and rate, the Price of all Land-carriage of Goods whatsoever, to be brought into the said City<lb></lb>
of York, by any common Waggoner or Carrier, at the respective Rates and Prices following: That is to say,</p>
<p n="245">From Askrigg to York, for each Stone Weight, Fivepence.<lb></lb>
Beverley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence Halfpenny.<lb></lb>
Bradford to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Bedale to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo198">Bridlington</rs>
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to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Colne to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Durham to York, for each Stone Weight, Seven pence.<lb></lb>
Doncaster to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence, and for each Pa<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
fourteen Pounds to the<lb></lb>
Stone, Four Shillings.<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo199">Gisbrough</rs>
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to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.<lb></lb>
Halifax to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Hull to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence, and for each Pack, at fourteen Pounds to the Stone,<lb></lb>
Four Shillings.<lb></lb>
Huddersfield to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Howden to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Helmsley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Kendal to York, for each Stone Weight, Seven pence.<lb></lb>
Kirby-Moorside to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Knaresborough to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence.<lb></lb>
London to York, for each Stone Weight, One Shilling, and one penny <del>and Three half pence, until the first Day of<lb></lb>
November next, and from thence to the next Easter Sessions, One Shilling and Two pence.</del>
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Leeds to York, for each Stone Weight,<del>Three halfpence.</del>
two pence<lb></lb>
Middleham to York, for Stone Weight, Three pence Halfpenny.<lb></lb>
Masham to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Manchester to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.<lb></lb>
Malton to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence.<lb></lb>
Newcastle to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.<lb></lb>
Nottingham to York, for each Stone Weight, Ten pence.<lb></lb>
Otley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Pontefract to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence Halfpenny.<lb></lb>
Ripon to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Richmond to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Sheffield to York, for each Stone Weight, Five pence.<lb></lb>
Skipton to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Scarborough to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Stamford to York, for each Stone Weight, Nine pence.<lb></lb>
Stokesley to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.<lb></lb>
Thirsk to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence Halfpenny.<lb></lb>
Wakefield to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.<lb></lb>
Wiggan to York, for every twelve Pounds Weight of Pewter, Six pence.<lb></lb>
Whitby to York, for each Stone Weight, Five pence.<lb></lb>
Yarm to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.</p>
<p n="246">AND it is ordered, That these Rates be printed and distributed about the City; and that a Copy thereof<lb></lb>
be hung up in some public Place in the same City, to which all Persons may resort for their Information,<lb></lb>
And, to the end, that no common Waggoner or Carrier may be ignorant of the Law in this Behalf, they are<lb></lb>
hereby required to take Notice, That none of them is or are to take for Carriage of any Goods and Merchan-<lb></lb>
dizes, above the Rates and Prices hereby set, upon Pain to forfeit for every such Offence, the Sum of Five<lb></lb>
Pounds, to be levied by Distress and Sale of his and their Goods, by Warrant of any two <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ73">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
where such Waggoner or Carrier shall reside, in Manner as by the said Act is appointed, to the Use of the<lb></lb>
Party grieved.</p>
<p n="247">By the COURT,</p>
<p n="248"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n248-1">Geo: Townsend</rs>
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Common Clerk of the said City.</p>
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