A Treatise on the Commerce and Police of the River Thames: Containing an Historical View of the Trade of the Port of London ... With an Account of the Functions of the Various Magistrates and Corporations Exercising Jurisdiction on the River ...

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J. Mawman, 1800 - London (England) - 676 pages

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Page 340 - shall mean the master wardens and assistants of the guild, fraternity, or brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St. Clement in the parish of Deptford Strond in the county of Kent...
Page 540 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 622 - ... before any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace for the district...
Page 501 - That no mafter or owner of any c ?• " merchant fhip fhall pay to any feaman, beyond the feas, " any money or effects on account of wages, exceeding one " moiety of the wages due, at the time of fuch payment, " till fuch fhip fhall return to Great Britain or Ireland.
Page 471 - Westminster, and several parishes near thereunto ; and to continue several laws for preventing exactions of occupiers of locks and wears upon the River Thames westward ; and for ascertaining the rates of water-carriage upon the said river...
Page 409 - ... being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or house of correction, for any term not exceeding three years...
Page 470 - The apportionment was to bo jaade "having good and indifferent respect to the Jeveral abilities, nearness, and remoteness" of the persons and property. A special provision secured pie 'chargeabih'ty of non-residents. / Chapter 20 is "for clearing the passage by water from London to and beyond the city of Oxford," and '& interesting, as it contains a more general assertion of the principle of a betterment charge than any other act. It says, " For that it is reasonable, just, and equal that those who...
Page 496 - Majesty's navy, to allot part of their pay for the maintenance of their wives and families.
Page 407 - Marines, being duly authorized and on Full Pay, or any Officer of Customs or Excise, or any Person acting in his Aid or Assistance, or duly employed for the Prevention of Smuggling, in the due Execution of his Office or Duty, every Person so offending, and...

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