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Provision for the King's Journeys Act 1661
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IV.Rates and Prices to be set by Two Justices of the Peace.
Rates to be proclaimed.; Taking higher Rates.; Penalty 40s.; Continuance of Act.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that any twoe or more of the Justices of the Peace neere adjoyning to the Roade through which his Majesty is to passe shall imediately after notice in writing from the said Green Cloth and Avenor under theire hands and seales set downe and appoint such reasonable rates and prices to bee paid during his Majesties abode there both for Hay and Oats and other accommodations for Horses as they in theire discretion shall thinke meete which Rates one day att the least before his Majesties comeing to such place the said Justices shall cause to be proclaimed in the Markett Towne next to such place and in such of the Neighbouring Townes and Villages as to them shall seeme meete to the end that notice may bee taken of such rates and prices And if any person shall take any other sum then what is or shall be soe limited either for Lodging Horse meat Stable roome or other such accommodations and be [X1therefore] convicted by confession of the party or by the Oath of one credible Witnes before any one Justice of the Peace (which Oath the said Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized to administer) That then in such case every person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the party greived the sum of Forty shillings the same to bee levied by distresse by Warrant from the said Justice of the Peace and sale thereof returning the overplus to the party (the charge of the distreining being first deducted) This Act to have continuance till the end of the first Session of the next Parliament and no longer
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: thereof O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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