A.P. 1694. Anno quinto Gulielmi & Marine. C. 10. 549 Commonalty, and Citizens thereof, and fo proportionably for any greater or lefTer Sum, all and every the Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Markets, and Fairs, and other the Hereditaments, Revenues, and Income ' whatfoever, of and belonging to the laid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, in Pofleffion or Reverfion, and the Improvements that {hall or can be made thereof (except the Manors, Melluages, Lands, Eltates, Pofleflions, and Revenues, of and belonging to ChriJVs Hofpital, St. Barthokmnv, Bridewell, Si. Thomas, ■ '■ and Bethlehem Hofpitals, or any other Holpltai in or belonging to the faid City of London or Borough of i Southwark, and fuch as are chargeable with and for the Repairs oi London Bridge) fhall be, and are hereby declared to be yearly charged for ever, from and after the four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix j hundred ninety-four, for and towards the raifing thereout the full and clear annual Sum of eight thoufand i Pounds for ever, free from all Deduftions for any Impofitions whatfoever; which faid yearly Sum {hall be ■; annually raifed and paid out of all and every the faid Manors, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other j Revenue whatfoever, of and belonging to the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens (except before ex- i cepted) and {hall be, and is hereby appropriated towards the raifing fuch a perpetual Fund, and to be ap- plied as aforefaid. j III. And be it further enadtcd by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Aquedu£ls and Right of bringingAquedua* 1 and conveying Water belonging to the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, and all the Improvements 'charged. j that {hall be at any Time made thereof, and all the Rents, Profits, and Benefits whatfoever, which do or j Ihall at any Time hereafter arife by any Aqueducts or Right of bringing and conveying Water, which do or {hall belong to the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens (other than fuch Water as fliall be for the : Supply of the publick Conduits, Hofpitals, Halls, and Priibns in the faid City) {hall, fram and after the
- faid four and twentieth Day of June one thouland fix hundred ninety-four, for ever be appropriated and '
I ^plied towards the Payment of the faid Intere{l: Money. ' IV. And for and towards the raifing fuch a perpetual Fund, and fo to be applied as aforefaid, be it further^oool- "P^a i enafted by the Authority aforefaid, that from and after the faid four and twentieth Day oi June one thou- P" '""""' EiUtes. j fand fix hundred ninety-four, the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, {hall and may, and they are hereby required yearly to raife the Sum of two thoufand Pounds, by an equal proportionable AlTelfment i ■upon the perfonal E{l3tes of the feveral Inhabitants within the faid City and the Liberties thereof, to be 1 , yearly afiefled, coUeiSted, received, and {said, or in Default of Payment, diftrained for, in fuch Manner as the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, in their Common Council aflemhled, or otherwife, fliall j
- from Time to Time annually direct and appoint. j
V. And be it further ena'ited by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Ci-Ugbts granted i tizens, {hall, on or before the fdd four and twentieth Day oi June one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, ff" ^' '"^■"^ ">' ' demife or grant to Sir Charles Hara Knight, John Stanyon, Efquire, Philip Neve, Efquire, and John^°°^-^'^^'^^' Lillye, Gentleman, and all other the Perlons concerned and intere{led in the Glafs Lights, comm.only ' j .called or known by the Name of Convex Lights, a Leafe or Licence for the fole Ufe of the publick Lights, •to be ufed in all publick Places within the faid City and the Liberties thereof, for the Term of one and '■ twenty Years, to be computed from the faid four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred ' ' 'ninety-four, referving the yearly Rent of fix hundred Pounds, in fuch Manner, and by and under fuch other Articles, Covenants, and Agreements, for Payment of the faid Rent, or making void the faid Leafe j in Default thereof or othervvife, as by and between the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, and ' the faid Perfons above mentioned, are or Ihall be agreed on for that Purpofe by certain Articles made or 'to be made in that Behalf: Which faid yearly Sum of fix hundred Pounds {hall be and is hereby ap- Appi-oprhtion ■ 1 'propriated towards raifing the faid Fund, and Payment of the faid Interefl: Money as aforefaid: From«f the Money ; i and after the Determination of which Leafe, all and every the Rents, Profits, and Benefits v^hatfoever,"^"""? =nd ai'w ; i '^hich the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens, {hall or may at any Time lawfilly make, by farm- ™' -iiig or granting Licence or Licences to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, for the lighting the Streets within ' the faid City, or the Liberties thereof, by fuch Ways and Means as the faid Mayor, Commonalty, and I Citizens {hall think moft proper, fhall be, and are hereby declared and enafted to be for ever appro- ■ piiated and applied to and for the Ufes aforefaid. j VI. And for the further and greater Increafe of the faid Fund; Be it enafted, That from and after Tax upon bind- : the faid four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, every Perfon being, free ofing Apprenticj, any of the refpe£live Companies within the faid City of London, and the Liberties thereof, who fliall take : or receive any Apprentice, {hall bind his Apprentice before the Maflrer or Wardens of fuch Company 1 whereof the Ma{ler is a Member, or one of them, or their fufficient Deputy in that Behalf, which faid ■ , Apprentice, at the Time of his binding, {hall pay to the faid Ma{ler or Wardens, or one of them, or , their fulEcient Deputy, the Sum of two Shillings and fix Pence; all and every which faid Sum and Stims '■ ef two Shillings and fix Pence the faid Mafter and Wardens, or their Deputy, {hall tranfmlt. and pay to the ■ Chamberlain of the faid City of London, twice in the Year (viz,) on the fif eenth Day of December, and j eighteenth Day oi June, to be employed for the Ufes aforefaid:. And all and every Mafter, Warden, Books to ta -; I -^r Wardens of the faid refpedtive Companies {hall, from Time to Time, provide and keep, in their kept. * I 'cemmon Halls, one or more Book or Books of Vellum or Parchment, in which every fuch Sum of two ; ! Shillings and fix Pence fhall be fet down and entred by the faid Mafi:er or Wardens, or their refpec- ] ' -tive Deputy or Deputies, and the Name of the Apprentice who paid the fame : And it fhall and may be lawful to and for ev€ry Perfon and Perfons to have free Accefs unto and view the faid Books at '. at all -Times, between the Hours of nine and twelve in the Forenoon, without any Fee or Reward to i be. ■ '
