By the late F. A. Carrington, Esq. 61 



the Alderman in words or deeds, or any other officer or Minister in the said Town 

 in or about the due execution, or exercising of their office, or function, or any 

 of them in derogation of the authority of the said Town : that any such offender 

 shall be committed to the House of Correction hy the space of twenty four hours ; 

 and further according to the quality and quantity of his ofi'ence, and not to 

 be enlarged until he or tliey pay 10s. for his fine to the use of the corporation. 



13. —"Persons not to lay pieces of Timber, Loggs, Blocks, Fish Barrells, Dry 

 Flatts, Dung, Soil, or other Filth in the Streets or Lanes, under Penalties. 



14. — " Recites that ' Whereas many persons inhabiting within this Town, do 

 seem careless to avoid the danger of Fire and do house and lay up their Turf, 

 Peat and Heath, within their Kitchens and other places where they make fire 

 daily ; ' and orders that they shall be warned to remove the same, and if they 

 do not they shall be fined. 



15. — " Item, for the better preventing of the great hurt and danger arising by 

 the {jreat casualty of fire, they do order that the Alderman and Burgesses at the 

 Common Charge of the said Town, shall provide and always have in readiness 

 in their Town Hall or some other convenient place in the said Town, 24 good 

 leather Buckets, three long ladders, two or more sufficient great iron Hooks * to be 

 used when, and so often as occasion shall be by any sudden fire within the said 

 Town. And that every Capital Burgess within this Town shall have in redciiness 

 in his house, two good leather bucketts and one ladder of 18 rounds, and every 

 Secondary Burgess, one leather Bucket in his house, and that every common 

 Baker or Brewer and every Maltmaker and every inhabitant within this Town 

 now or at any time hereafter being rated to pay a penny by the week or more, 

 shall likewise provide and have at his own charges in his house in reddiness, one 

 or more Leather Buckets to be used as aforesaid ; and that it shall be lawful for 

 the Alderman for the time being by himself or his deputy to that purpose twice 

 at least to take view and see if the said Ladders and Buckets be provided 

 accordingly ; and if any party be foiind that is not furnished or provided with 

 the said Buckets and Ladder, according to this Order, that then every such 

 person so offending, shall forfeit and pay to the Alderman and Capital Burgesses 

 of this Town to the use of the Corporation for every Bucket or Ladder which 

 shall be wanting, three shillings and four pence. 



16. — " Every Chimney and conveyance for smoke, to be of brick or stone, or 

 if not a forfeiture of twenty shillings, and five shillings a month. 



17. — " Every person whose chimney is on fire through neglect of cleansing or 

 sweeping, shall forfeit three and fourpence. 



18. — "Every person suffering swine to run pass or wander in any street of 

 this Town, upon any market or fair days, to forfeit twelvepence for every hog 

 every time. 



19. — " Any inhabitant who shall receive, to lodge, dwell or work, being 

 travellers or strangers, and keep the same person for one month, without security' 

 to the Alderman and Capital Burgesses, to forfeit for that month, twenty shillings 

 and afterwaids five shillings a week. 



20. — " No person to let any house or room to any stranger or foreigner ' who 



• Fire hooks are still hun? up in a passage adjoining St. Lawrence's Church at Reading ; they are 

 very strong large iron hooks, like those used to reap beans but bigger and fixed on long handles. 

 Xhey are used fur tearing down burning thatch. 



