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City in and for the said City, and County of the same City, on Friday the fifth Day of April in the
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39th. Year of the Reign of our
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William Ellis
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Robert Sinclair
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the said City
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Thomas Hartley
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Thomas Wilson
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John Wilkinson
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, Aldermen of the same City,
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Aldermen of the said City, Justices assigned to keep
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the Peace of the said Lord the King in and for the City aforesaid, and County of the same City; and also to hear
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and determine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanors committed within the said City and County of
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the same, and so forth.
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By Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, intitled, An Act for the better Repairing and Amending the High-
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ways, and for settling the Rates of the Carriage of Goods,
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his Majesty
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Justices of the Peace
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of the said
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City of York
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, and County of the same City, at the said Quarter Sessions assembled, have assessed and rated,
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and do assess and rate, the Price of all Land-carriage of Goods whatsoever, to be brought into the said City
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of York, by any common Waggoner or Carrier, at the respective Rates and Prices following: That is to say,
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From Askrigg to York, for each Stone Weight, Fivepence.
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Beverley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence Halfpenny.
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Bradford to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Bedale to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Bridlington to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Colne to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Durham to York, for each Stone Weight, Seven pence.
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Doncaster to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence, and for each Pack, at fourteen Pounds to the
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Stone, Four Shillings.
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Gisbrough
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to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.
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Halifax to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Hull to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence, and for each Pack, at fourteen Pounds to the Stone,
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Four Shillings.
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Huddersfield to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Helmsley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Kendal to York, for each Stone Weight, Seven pence.
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Kirby-Moorside to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Knaresborough to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence.
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London to York, for each Stone Weight, One Shilling, and one penny
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Three half pence, until the first Day of
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November next, and from thence to the next Easter Sessions, One Shilling and Two pence.
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Leeds to York, for each Stone Weight,
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Three halfpence.
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two pence
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to York, for Stone Weight, Three pence Halfpenny.
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Masham to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Manchester to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.
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Malton to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence.
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Newcastle to York, for each Stone Weight, Six pence.
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Nottingham to York, for each Stone Weight, Ten pence.
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Otley to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Pontefract to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence Halfpenny.
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Ripon to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Richmond to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Sheffield to York, for each Stone Weight, Five pence.
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Skipton to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Scarborough to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Stamford to York, for each Stone Weight, Nine pence.
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Stokesley to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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Thirsk to York, for each Stone Weight, Two pence Halfpenny.
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Wakefield to York, for each Stone Weight, Three pence.
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Wiggan to York, for every twelve Pounds Weight of Pewter, Six pence.
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Whitby to York, for each Stone Weight, Five pence.
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Yarm to York, for each Stone Weight, Four pence.
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AND it is ordered, That these Rates be printed and distributed about the City; and that a Copy thereof
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be hung up in some public Place in the same City, to which all Persons may resort for their Information,
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And, to the end, that no common Waggoner or Carrier may be ignorant of the Law in this Behalf, they are
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hereby required to take Notice, That none of them is or are to take for Carriage of any Goods and Merchan-
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dizes, above the Rates and Prices hereby set, upon Pain to forfeit for every such Offence, the Sum of Five
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Pounds, to be levied by Distress and Sale of his and their Goods, by Warrant of any two
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,
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where such Waggoner or Carrier shall reside, in Manner as by the said Act is appointed, to the Use of the
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Party grieved.
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By the COURT,
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Common Clerk of the said City.
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