A. D. 1700. Anno undecimo 8c duodecimo Gulielmi III. C. 21. 59- XI. Provided always. That if any Adion, Bill, Plaint or Suit, fliall at any Time after the firft Day of 'June be commenced or brought againft any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, for or by Reafon of any Matter or Thing which he or they fhall do in Purfuance of or by Colour of this Aft, it (hall and may be lawful to and for the Perfon or Perfons fo fued or profecuted to plead the General Iflue, or that what Perfons fued was done by him was done by virtue of this Aft, without faying more, and give this A£t or any other may plead the Special Matter in Evidence ; which Kdi is hereby declared to be a publick Ad; and if the Verdid ftiall pJyTckAa"' pafs for the Defendant or Defendants in fuch AiSlion, or the Plaintiff" or Plaintiffs become nonfuit, or fuffer any Difcontinuance thereof, that in any fuch Cafe the Dei'endant or Defendants fliall have his or their Double Coffs, which he or they {hall have fuftained in Defence of fuch Aftion or Suit, for which Double Cofts, the faid Defendant or Defendants fhall have the like Remedy, as in other Cafes where Cells by the Laws of this Realm are given to Defendants. XII. Provided, That where any Offender fhall be puniflied by Force of this Aft, he fhall not be pro- Provifo concern- fecuted nor incur the Penalty of any other Law or Statute for the fame Offence. . ingPuni/hment ' Xill. and whereas great Numbers of idle and loole Watermen and Boys do work on the Lord's Day, ° '^"^' ' commonly called Sunday^ and exaft large Prices from Paffengers, whofe neceilary Occafions oblige them
- to pafs and repafs the River oiThames^ and generally fpend fuch their Gains in Drunkennefs and Pro-
' fancncfs the fucceeding Week :' For Prevention whereof, and to the End that what fliall be got thereby, may be applied to the charitable Relief of fuch aged and maimed Watermen and Lightermen, their Wi- dows and Children, whofe Circumflances want Alliftance ; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That Rulers may ap- from and after the firft Day of 'June next it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Rulers and Over- point 4° Wacer- leers, Auditors and Affiftants, of the faid Society and Company for the Time being, or the major Part of ^l^^° ^™'^'^ °" them, on their refpective Court Days, to appoint any Number of Watermen, not exceeding forty, to ply Va" x^Hairanr" and work on every Lord's Day between Vaux Hall ixhovt Londoti Bridge, and Li?nehouJi, below the fame Lime Houfc, for JBridge, at fuch common Stairs or Places of plying, as to the Rulers and Overfeers, Auditors and Af- carrying Paflen- fiftants, or the major Part of them, fliall feem molt convenient, for the carrying and re-carrying of Paf- ge" crofs the Ri- fengers crofs the laid River, between the Limits aforefaid, atone Peny each Perfon fo to be carried ; ^"^^' "*' ^^'^'^" and ail the Watermen fo to be appointed on every the Days aforefaid, fhall, on every Monday Morning point™ to pay' refpeftively, pay unto the Order of the faid Overfeers and Rulers, Auditors' and Affillants, all fuch Sum tlie Money re- and Sums of Money as by them refpeftively fhall be received for conveying Paffengers on the Lord's <^«i>'e'i every Day as aforefaid ; and the faid Overfeers and Rulers, Auditors and Affillants, or the major Part of them, J^°"°ay Morn- or their Order, fliall pay to each refpeftive Waterman working as aforefaid, for his Day's Labour fo much ',"= '° "^^i^""i as they fliall agree for, and the Overplus fhall from Time to Time be applied to the Ufe of the poor, aTlowed for their aged, decayed, and maimed Watermen and Lightermen of the faid Society and Company, and their Labour. Widows ; and if any Perfon appointed to work, as aforefaid, fliall negleft to pay on every Monday to the Overplus how Order aforefaid, the full Sum of Money that he fhall have earned and received on the Lord's Day ^PP^d. next before, he fliall for every fuch Omiffion or fliort Payment forfeit and pay to the Order of the faid ll'ml'^""^^" Overfeers and Rulers, Auditors and Ailiftants, or the major Part of them, the Sum of forty Shillings to ing the Money" be recovered, as aforefaid. received. XIV, Provided always. That this Aft^ or any Thing therein contained, fliall not extend, or be con- Act not to a- fl:rued to extend to the Icflening, taking away, abridging, hlndring, prejudicing, or otherwife howfoever bridge the late impeaching of any Right belonging to or lawfully claimed by the late C^«r/« Duke o^ Richmotid znA Lenox, D"ke of Rich- Lord of the Manor oi Gravejend, his Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, for the holding a cer- j^oyf'^'^C^i "^ tain Court within the faid Manor, called Curia cttrfus aq'uce, or, The Court of the Watercourfe, for the ;„ Gi"veftn°'&e, better Government of Barges, Boats, and Veffels, ufing the Ferry or Paffage from the Town of Grave/- called Curia cur- end, to London, and of the Perfons owning or working the fitme, or of any other Rights, Liberties, f^s aq«K. Pov/ers, and Privileges whatfoever belonging to the faid late Duke, his Heirs, Executors, Admijiiftrators, and Affigns, relating to the faid Ferry or Paffage, or to the Barges, Tilt-boats, or other Boats and Vef- fels ufing the faid Ferry or Paffage, or plying at the Bridge of the faid Town of Gravrfend, or the Perfons owning or working the fame, or otherwife howfoever. XV. Provided always, That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fliall not extend, or be con-Norto lefTen, Milton, in the County of AV^/, touching, concerning, or relating to the Paffage and Ferry upon" the faid relating to the River oi Thames, from the faid Villages and Pariflies oi Gravejend and Mihon, to the faid City ox London, Ferry from or touching or concerning the Government or Gubernation of the faid Paffage and Ferry ; but that the faid Gravefend to Mayor, Jurats, and Inhabitants, and their Succeffors, fhall and may do and execute all and every fuch ^°"^°-' *'^* lawful Aft and Aft, Powers and Au,thorities, touching the faid Paffage and Ferry, and the Governmeijt thereof, as they might or could have done, if this Aft had not been made ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. XVI. Provided always. That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained fliall not extend to hinder or Provifo concern- by them or any of them on that Day is hereby direfted to be, from Time to Time, employed for the a Geo. 2. Ufe of the poor, aged, decayed, and maimed V/alermen and their Widows of the Parifk of Saint Mar- loGco. i. c 31. Farther Frovi- Jiops relating hereto, 4.©' 5 .4«w. c, 13 G? 19. j^Gio. z, c, 24. and o Ceo. z. c, 31. I 2 sarct.
