therein named of the other Part, and certain Acts of Parliament, and Acts in Law, the said Two Markets and Court of Piepowder in and by the said recited Letters Patent granted, together with the said Letters Patent, and all Tolls, and other Profits, Benefits, Advantages, and Appurtenances whatsoever to them belonging or apper- 5 taining, or that should come or accrue by the same, became vested in the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital and their Successors, in Trust for and as Part of the Estates and Property of the said Hospital: And whereas the said Commissioners have at considerable Expense erected on certain Ground, forming Part of the 10 Estates and Property of the said Hospital, a commodious Market Place, with suitable Buildings, in which the said Markets are now carried on: And whereas the said Markets are of great Benefit and Advantage to the Inhabitants of the Parish of Greenwich, and it is expedient that the said Commissioners should be empowered to make 15 proper Rules and Regulations for the better Management thereof: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Autho- 20 Markets and rity of the same, That "The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act, 1847," shall be incorporated with and form Part of this Act, except so far porated with as the same is inconsistent therewith or may be hereby varied or altered.

Fairs Acts,

1847, incor

present Act.

Short Title of Act.

Commis

sioners of Greenwich Hospital,

Undertakers

for regu-
lating the
Market.

Limits of
Act.

Tolls to be taken.

II. And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in other Acts of 25 Parliament, and in Deeds, legal Instruments, and legal and other Proceedings, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Greenwich Markets Act, 1849."

III. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital shall be the Undertakers for regulating and managing the 30 Markets according to the Provisions of this Act and the Act incorporated herewith.

IV. And be it enacted, That the Limits within which this and the said incorporated Act shall be put in force shall be the said Parish of Greenwich.

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V. And be it enacted, That after the passing of this Act all Tolls, Pickage, Stallage, Rents, and Duties whatsoever which have been heretofore demanded by the said Commissioners under the Authority of the said recited Letters Patent, or by Custom or otherwise, and all Exemptions from the Payment of such Tolls, 40 Pickage,

Pickage, Stallage, Rents, and Duties which have been heretofore claimed by any Person or Persons whomsoever, shall cease, and the same are hereby absolutely extinguished, and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners from Time to Time to demand from any 5 Person or Persons occupying or using any Stand, Stall, Shed, or Place in the Market Place or Buildings, or bringing into any such Market Place or Buildings, any Poultry, or marketable Provisions, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Articles, or Things specified in the Schedule to this Act annexed, such Stallage, Rents, and Tolls as the 10 said Commissioners shall from Time to Time appoint, not exceeding the several Stallages, Rents, and Tolls specified in the said Schedule.

4

Goods for

exposing

Sale on other

Place than

the Market.

VI. And be it enacted, That if any Person other than a licensed Penalty for Hawker shall on any Market Day sell or expose for Sale any Poultry, or marketable Provisions, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, or Article or 15 Thing whatsoever, in respect of which Tolls are by this Act authorized to be taken, in any Place within the Limits of this Act, except in the Market Place or Buildings appropriated for the Sale of such Poultry, marketable Provisions, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Articles, and Things, or except in his own Dwelling or Shop, every Person so 20 offending shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings.

VII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Com- Regulation missioners or any Person appointed by them under this Act and the of Markets. said incorporated Act to keep Order in such Market Place and 25 Buildings, and for any Constable or Policeman to remove to any Place to be appointed by the said Commissioners for this Purpose within the said Parish of Greenwich, any Cart, Booth, Stall, Stand, Bulk, Block, Tressel, or other Obstruction erected, placed, or used in any Street, Road, Lane, Passage, or other public Place within the 30 said Parish for the Sale or Display of any of the Provisions, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Articles, or Things specified in the Schedule to this Act annexed.

VIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Person for Tolls for the Time being appointed to attend the Weighing House or Place weighing or measuring. 35 for weighing or measuring any Article sold in the Market Place and Buildings by Weight or Measure from Time to Time to demand such Tolls as the said Commissioners shall appoint, not exceeding in any Case the Amount set forth in that Behalf in the Schedule to this Act annexed.

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IX. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Act, and Act to be judicially taken notice of as such.

deemed a Public Act.

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SCHE

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.

TABLE OF Tolls, Rents, and Stallages.

For every Stall, Bulk, Block, Tressel, or Station used by any Person for exposing to Sale Meat, Fish, or any other live or dead Victuals, Fruit, China, Glass, Earthenware, or other Goods, Articles, Commodities, or Things, according to the Size or Dimensions of the same; viz. for each Superficial Square Foot thereof:

-:

If such Stall, Bulk, Block, Tressel, or Station be within the covered Market Place :

£ s.

If otherwise taken, for each Market Day or other Day,
the Sum of

001

If such Stall, Bulk, Block, Tressel, or Station be not within the covered Market:

For every Waggon used by any Person for exposing or in which
shall be exposed to Sale any Article, Commodity, or Thing,
for each Market Day or other Day, the Sum of
For any Cart used by any Person for the like Purpose, for each
Market Day or other Day:

016

009

010

If drawn by One Horse or other Animal, the Sum of
If drawn by Two or more Horses, or other Animals, the
Sum of

For each Compartment or Space on the Surface of the Ground used by any Person for the like Purpose, according to the Size or Dimensions of the same; viz. for each Superficial Square Foot thereof :

If the Compartment or Space be within the covered Market:-
If taken by the Year, the Sum of

By the Half Year, the Sum of

By the Quarter, the Sum of

020

0 1 0

If the Compartment or Space be not within the covered
Market:-

If taken by the Year, the Sum of

By the Half Year the Sum of

By the Quarter, the Sum of

If otherwise taken, for each Market Day or other Day,

the Sum of

From any Person exposing for Sale any Article, Matter, or Thing not herein specifically charged, and not occupying any Stall, Bulk, Block, Tressel, or Station, nor any defined Compartment or Space on the Surface of the Ground:

If the Spot on which such Person shall stand be within the
covered Market: -

For any Basket, Hamper, Parcel, or Quantity of such
Article, Matter, or Thing, for each Market Day or other
Day, the Sum of

If the Spot be not situate within the covered Market:

For any Basket, Hamper, Parcel, or Quantity of such
Article, Matter, or Thing, for each Market Day or
other Day, the Sum of

For every Horse, Gelding, or Mare brought or offered for Sale,
the Sum of

For every Score of Sheep or Lambs, and so in proportion for any less or greater Number, the Sum of

For every Head of Swine, the Sum of

-001

For Poultry and Game, including Fowls, Chickens, and Ducks, Wild Fowls, Pigeons, Rabbits, Hares, Pheasants, Partridges, and other Game, exposed for Sale, according to the Number thereof; viz.:

Not more than Half a Dozen, the Sum of

For each additional Half Dozen, the Sum of

WEIGHING OR MEASURING.

For every Hide, the Sum of

For every Lot of Tallow, the Sum of

For every Flitch of Bacon, the Sum of

For every Sheep, Lamb, or Calf, the Sum of

For every Skin, the Sum of

For every Bull, Ox, Steer, Cow, or Heifer, the Sum of

0 0 2

For all other Articles sold in the Market, being not more than
Twenty Pounds Weight, the Sum of

0

Being not more than One Hundred Weight, the Sum of 0 0 1 For each additional One Hundred Weight, the Sum of For all Goods and Articles sold in the Market by Measure, for each Bushel, the Sum of

The Stallage and the several Tolls and Rents before mentioned and specified to be payable and paid for in respect of the Occupation or Use of any Stall, Standing Place, Bench, Compartment, or Space of Ground, as well by the original Taker or Occupier thereof, for a Part or Portion of the Day, in case he shall not occupy the same the whole Day, as also by any subsequent Taker or Occupier of the same for the Residue of any Part or Portion of the same Day.