Provision for the King's Journeys Act 1661

II. Horses, &c. not to travel above a Day's Journey.

Ready Money. Officer taking Gift to spare Persons, &c.; Penalty £10.; Wrongful charging any Person.; Punishment.

Provided alwaies That no Horses Oxen Cart or Wayn shall be enforced to travell above one dayes journey from the place where they receive theire Lading and that ready payment shall be made in hand for the said Carriages att the place of Lading without delay according to the aforesaid Rates And in case any Justice of the Peace Maior Cheife Officer or Constable shall take any Gift or Reward to spare any person or persons from making such Carriage or shall injuriously charge or greive any person through envy hatred or evill will whoe ought not to make such Carriage or shall Impresse more Carriages then he shall be directed from the Green Cloth to do That then upon due proofe and conviction thereof the party soe offending shall forfeit the sum of Ten pounds to the party thereby greived or any other whoe shall sue for the same to be recovered by Action of Debt in any of His Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Protection Essoyn or Wager of Law shall be allowed And in case any person or persons shall presume to take upon him or them to impresse any Horses Oxen Cart Waine or Carriages for his Majesties service other then the person so impowered then he or they soe offending shall upon due conviction of the said offence incur and suffer the punishment contained in the first recited Act.