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And it is ordered by this Court that the s d Rates of Assessment be 

 forthwith printed and sent to the several Mayors and other Chief Officers 

 of each respective Markett Town within this Ryding to be hung upp in 

 some public place in every Market Towne to which all persons may 

 resort for their information and so (?no) such Comon Waggoner or 

 Carrier shall take for Carriage of Good or Merchandize above the rates 

 and prizes hereby Sett upon pain by the S d Act to forfeit for every such 

 offense the sum of five pounds to be levyed by distresse and sale of his 

 or their goods by warrant of any two Justices of the Peace where such 

 Waggoner or Carrier shall reside in manner as by the said Act is appointed 

 to the use of the p'tyes grieved. 



This regulation is republished practically verbatim on the 25th April 

 1704, and on the i)th April 1705. On the 2nd April 1706 it is again 

 published, the substance being the same though the phraseology is 

 considerably changed. The following additions are also made : 



From London to Settle from Mayday to Michaelmas eighteen pence 

 per stone, and from Michaelmas to Mayday two and twenty pence 

 per stone and for every odd pound throughout the year seven farthings 

 and no more. . . . 



From York to Wakefield the rate is twopence halfpenny. ... A 

 master Taylor shall take by the day with meat and drink not above 

 fourpence and for his servant not about two pence. . . . That if any 

 Person shall by any secret ways or means directly or indirectly retain or 

 keep any servant, workman or Labourer or give greater wages than are 

 hereby appointed he shall suffer imprisonment by the space of ten days 

 without Bail and shall forfeit five pounds. 



That if any person shall be retained and take greater wages than 

 are hereby set he shall suffer imprisonment for one and twenty days 

 without Bail. 



Resolutions are passed on the 22nd April 1707, the i3th April 1708, 

 and in April 1722, ordering a reissue of the assessment. 



