{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-tone-navigation-act-1698/section-V",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-tone-navigation-act-1698/section-V.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Will3/10/8",
  "legislation_title": "River Tone Navigation Act 1698",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-tone-navigation-act-1698",
  "path": "section/V",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "V",
  "heading": "Boatmen, &c. may use Engines for drawing the Boats, &c. on the said River.",
  "text": "And forasmuch as at some times and in some places the Boats Barges and Vessells cannot gett up the said River without being drawne by the strength of Men Horses Winches Engines and other convenient Meanes Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and and may be lawfull to and for Watermen Boatmen Bargemen and other Helpers of them in convenient Places to have and use Winches Ropes and other Engines and with the same by the strength of Men Horses or other Cattle or either of them going on the Land or Banks neare the said River or Passage to draw or hale up Boats Barges and other Vessells through the said River or Passage doing no other harme than only by going or treading on the said Land or Banks and setting up the said Winches or other Engines or Devices",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/10/8/section/V",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:22:32.488745+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}