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<note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo614">West-Riding<lb></lb>
of<lb></lb>
Yorkshire</rs>
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}.To wit.</note>
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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,<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth:<lb></lb>
Before <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-10">Bacon Frank</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ322">Esq</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ322" type="occupation" value="Esq"></interp>
. <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ323">Chairman</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ323" type="occupation" value="Chairman"></interp>
, Sir George A<obscured></obscured>
tage, Bart. the Reverend H. W. Coulthurst, Doctor in Divinity; the <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ324">Reverend</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ324" type="occupation" value="Reverend"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-3">James Stovin</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ325">Clerk</rs>
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; <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-4">John Blayds</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-5">John Beckett</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ326">Esquires</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ326" type="occupation" value="Esquires"></interp>
; the <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ327">Reverend</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ327" type="occupation" value="Reverend"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-6">William Wood</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-7">Jeremiah Dixon</rs>
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<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_n996-7" type="surname" value="Dixon"></interp>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ328">Clerks</rs>
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; <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-11">Jocelyn Price</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-8">Johnson Atkinson</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Busfield, Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth, Richard<obscured></obscured>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n996-9">John Walker</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ329">Esquires</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ329" type="occupation" value="Esquires"></interp>
: <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ330">Justices of the Peace</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ330" type="occupation" value="Justices of the Peace"></interp>
there, Etc.</hi>
</p>
<p n="997">IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS, (to wit)</p>
<p n="998">By Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the better repairing and amending the Highways,<lb></lb>
and for settling the Rates for Carriage of Goods," <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n998-1">his Majesty</rs>
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<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_n998-1" type="surname" value="Majesty"></interp>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_n998-1" type="gender" value="unknown"></interp>
's <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ331">Justices of the Peace</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ331" type="occupation" value="Justices of the Peace"></interp>
at the said Quarter Sessions assembled, do assess and assess<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
Place or Places within this Riding, by any common Waggoner or Carrier, at the respective Rates and Prices following. viz.</p>
<p n="999">From London to Bawtry, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Pontefract, Wakefield, Leeds, or any other Place within this Riding, as far<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo615">Riding</rs>
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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,<lb></lb>
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.<lb></lb>
to London, the like Rates.</p>
<p n="1000">To Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford, and other Places of greater Distance from <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo616">London</rs>
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than Wakefield, Thirteen-pence per Stone, from the said<lb></lb>
1st Day of April, to the said next Easter Sessions.</p>
<p n="1001">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<lb></lb>
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.</p>
<p n="1002">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:<lb></lb>
and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and no more; and the like for the reverse.</p>
<p n="1003">From London to any Place within this Riding, that is distant from London Twenty Miles further than Leeds is, except the particular Places<lb></lb>
before mentioned) Thirteen-pence per Stone during all the same Time, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound<lb></lb>
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,<lb></lb>
and no more; and the like for the reverse.</p>
<p n="1004">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<lb></lb>
Time, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound, One Farthing; and the like for the reverse.</p>
<p n="1005">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<lb></lb>
1st Day of April, until the said next Easter Sessions. <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n1005-1">From Sheffield</rs>
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to Wakefield, Two-pence per Stone. From Skipton to Leeds, Two-pence per Stone.<lb></lb>
From Skipton to Tadcaster, Three-pence per Stone. From Leeds to Sheffield, Three-pence per Stone. <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n1005-2">From Sheffield</rs>
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to Pontefract, Two-Pence<lb></lb>
Halfpenny per Stone. From Pontefract to York, Two-pence per Stone.</p>
<p n="1006">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<lb></lb>
Distance within this Riding, Two-pence per Stone, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance, and for every odd Pound, One Farthing; and<lb></lb>
the like for the reverse.</p>
<p n="1007"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">A Horse Pack is Sixteen Stone, at<lb></lb>
14lb. per Stone.</note>
<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
May-day to Michaelmas, Six Shillings; from Michaelmas to Christmas, Eight Shillings; from Christmas to May-day, Ten Shillings and Six-pence;<lb></lb>
and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance.</p>
<p n="1008"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">A Ton is Ten Horse Packs.</note>
<lb></lb>
From Selby or Turnbridge, to <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo617">Leeds or Wakefield</rs>
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, or any other Market Town or Place within this Riding, as far distant from Selby or Turnbridge as<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo618">Leeds</rs>
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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;<lb></lb>
from Christmas to May-day, Twenty Shillings per Ton; and proportionably more or less for a greater or lesser Distance.</p>
<p n="1009">And it is ordered by this Court, "That these Rates be printed, and immediately certified by the <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ332">Clerk of the Peace</rs>
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for this Riding, to the Lord<lb></lb>
"Mayor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo619">City of London</rs>
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, and to the respective <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ333">Clerks of the Peace</rs>
<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_occ333" type="occupation" value="Clerks of the Peace"></interp>
for the Counties of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo620">Middlesex</rs>
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and Surry, and the City and Liberty of<lb></lb>
"<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo621">Westminster</rs>
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<interp inst="LMWJPS65516_geo621" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
; and shall also be sent to the <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65516_n1009-1">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo622">City of York</rs>
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, and the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and to the several Mayors and<lb></lb>
"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<lb></lb>
"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<lb></lb>
"take Notice, that none of them is to take for Carriage of Goods and <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65516_occ334">Merchandize</rs>
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, above the Rates and Prices hereby set, upon Pain to forfeit for every<lb></lb>
"such Offence, the Sum of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65516_geo623">FIVE</rs>
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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,<lb></lb>
"where such Waggoner or Carrier shall reside, in Manner as by the said Act is appointed, to the use of the Party grieved."</p>
<p n="1010">BY THE COURT,<lb></lb>
THOMAS WYBERCH,<lb></lb>
CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR THE SAID RIDING.</p>
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