Section XII Scavengers, &c. lodging their Ashes, &c. regulated by Commissioners;
and their passing through Places with their Carts; and giving Satisfaction to Owners.; Appeal from the Determination of Commissioners.
Provided alwaies That the respective Scavingers Rakers or X1 Undertakers shall have liberty by the approbac[i]on of the said Comissioners or any five or more of them so met as aforesaid to lodge theire Ashes Dust Dirt or other Fifth in such vacant publick places in or neere the Streets or High wayes as shall be thought convenient by the said Commissioners for the accommodating of Countrey Carts returning empty And the said Scavengers Rakers or other Undertakers shall have liberty to passe through such Wharffs Docks or Yards with theire Ashes Dust Dirt &c as shall be judged by the Commissioners to be most commodious for the carrying the same by water they giving satisfaction to the owners or occupiers of such wharffs or Yards and in case of unreasonable Demands the said Commissioners shall heare moderate & determine the same according to equity and good conscience and in case any person or persons shall find him or themselves agreived or p[re]judiced by such determinac[i]on of the said Commissioners X2or by any other the Acts or Proceedings of the said Commissioners wherein he or they shall conceive themselves relievable in Justice or Equity the said party so aggreived shall and may have recourse in all cases to the Lord Treasurer Chancellor of the Exchequer and Barons of the Court of Exchequer to set forth his or theire case by Petic[i]on Bill or Plaint And the said Court is hereby impowred in such case of Appeale to heare and determine all matters to them complained of concerning the same and thereupon to revoke make void alter or confirm such Acts or Proceedings of the said Commissioners as shall be agreeable to Equity and Justice
Annotations
Editorial notes
- X1
Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: other O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
- X2
interlined on the Roll.