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At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the Lord the King, holden at Pontefract, in and for the West-Riding of the County of York,
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on Monday in the first whole Week after the Close of Easter, (to wit) the 1st Day of April, in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of our
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Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth:
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, Sir George A
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tage, Bart. the Reverend H. W. Coulthurst, Doctor in Divinity; the
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James Stovin
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John Blayds
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John Beckett
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William Wood
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Jeremiah Dixon
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Jocelyn Price
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Johnson Atkinson
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Busfield, Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Richard
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and
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John Walker
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Justices of the Peace
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there, Etc.
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IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS, (to wit)
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By Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the better repairing and amending the Highways,
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and for settling the Rates for Carriage of Goods,"
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his Majesty
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Justices of the Peace
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at the said Quarter Sessions assembled, do assess and assess
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rate the Prices of all Land Carriages of Goods whatsoever, (except Gold and Silver Plate, Jewels and Money) to be brought to or carried from, any
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Place or Places within this Riding, by any common Waggoner or Carrier, at the respective Rates and Prices following. viz.
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From London to Bawtry, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Pontefract, Wakefield, Leeds, or any other Place within this Riding, as far
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distant from London as Leeds is, from the 1st Day of April, 1798, until the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden for the said
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Riding
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, at Pontefract, after Easter next, One Shilling per Stone; and for every odd Pound above a Stone, or any Number of Pounds, One Penny,
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and no more, and after that Rate; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and in like Manner for the reverse from Doncaster, Etc.
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to London, the like Rates.
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To Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford, and other Places of greater Distance from
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than Wakefield, Thirteen-pence per Stone, from the said
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1st Day of April, to the said next Easter Sessions.
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From London to Boroughbridge, Thirteen-pence per Stone from the said 1st Day of April, to the said next Easter Sessions, and for every odd
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Pound above a Stone One Penny; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, Thirteen-pence, and no more; and the same for the reverse.
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From London to Settle. One Shilling and One Halfpenny per Stone, during all the same Time; and for every odd Pound above a Stone One Penny:
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and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and no more; and the like for the reverse.
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From London to any Place within this Riding, that is distant from London Twenty Miles further than Leeds is, except the particular Places
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before mentioned) Thirteen-pence per Stone during all the same Time, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound
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above a Stone, or any Number of Pounds, One Penny, and no more; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling and One Penny,
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and no more; and the like for the reverse.
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From York to Wakefield, or any other Place within his Riding, that is Twenty Miles distant from York, Two-pence per Stone during all the same
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Time, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound, One Farthing; and the like for the reverse.
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From Pontefract to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or any other Place within this Riding to ditto, of equal Distance, Eight-pence per Stone, from the said
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1st Day of April, until the said next Easter Sessions.
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From Sheffield
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to Wakefield, Two-pence per Stone. From Skipton to Leeds, Two-pence per Stone.
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From Skipton to Tadcaster, Three-pence per Stone. From Leeds to Sheffield, Three-pence per Stone.
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From Sheffield
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to Pontefract, Two-Pence
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Halfpenny per Stone. From Pontefract to York, Two-pence per Stone.
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From any Place out of this Riding, to any Place of Twenty Miles Distance in this Riding, and from any one Place to another, of the same
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Distance within this Riding, Two-pence per Stone, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance, and for every odd Pound, One Farthing; and
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the like for the reverse.
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A Horse Pack is Sixteen Stone, at
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14lb. per Stone.
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From Leeds or Wakefield, to Selby or Turnbridge, and from any other Market Town or Place within this Riding to Selby or Turnbridge, as far
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distant from the same respectively as Leeds is, and so for the reverse; a Truss containing Four Horse Packs, and proportionably more or less, from
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May-day to Michaelmas, Six Shillings; from Michaelmas to Christmas, Eight Shillings; from Christmas to May-day, Ten Shillings and Six-pence;
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and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance.
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A Ton is Ten Horse Packs.
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From Selby or Turnbridge, to
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Leeds or Wakefield
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, or any other Market Town or Place within this Riding, as far distant from Selby or Turnbridge as
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is; and so for the reverse; from May-day to Michaelmas, Twelve Shillings per Ton, from Michaelmas to Christmas, Sixteen Shillings per Ton;
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from Christmas to May-day, Twenty Shillings per Ton; and proportionably more or less for a greater or lesser Distance.
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And it is ordered by this Court, "That these Rates be printed, and immediately certified by the
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Clerk of the Peace
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for this Riding, to the Lord
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"Mayor of the
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City of London
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, and to the respective
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Clerks of the Peace
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for the Counties of
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Middlesex
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and Surry, and the City and Liberty of
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; and shall also be sent to the
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Lord Mayor
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of the
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, and the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and to the several Mayors and
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"other Chief Officers of each respective Market Town within this Riding, to be hung up in some public Place, in every such Market Town, to which
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"all Persons may resort for their Information; And to the End that no common Waggoner or Carrier may be ignorant of the Law, they may hereby
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"take Notice, that none of them is to take for Carriage of Goods and
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, above the Rates and Prices hereby set, upon Pain to forfeit for every
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POUNDS, to be levied by Distress and Sale of his or their Goods, by Warrant of any Two Justices of the Peace,
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BY THE COURT,
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THOMAS WYBERCH,
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CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR THE SAID RIDING.
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