http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/21/contents/enactedThames Watermen Act 1698enBritish History Onlinebho/pubid-353/46980.xml2024-12-11 Thames Watermen Act 1698Reasons for passing this Act.IIPersons working Lighters or other great Craft upon the River Thames,IIIRules for Choice, &c. of Overseers and Rulers, by Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London.IVRulers and Assistants yearly to appoint Watermen at Places of plying, between Gravesend and Windsor.VLord Mayor and Aldermen of London, and Justices of Peace herein mentioned may examine upon Oath, and may determine Offences; and may levy Penalties by Distress.VIPersons owning, &c. Lighters or Flat Boats, registering themselves on or before 29th Sept. next, deemed Lightermen within this Act; and such Persons (Exception) and no other, may use Lighters;VIIDescriptions of Persons allowed to work Boats, &c. for Passengers betwixt Gravesend and Windsor.VIIIProviso for Lessees, &c. of Quays between Hermitage Bridge and London Bridge, using their Lighters, &c. and for employing Watermen, &c. and for their acting as heretofore.IXProviso for Owners, &c. of Laystalls using Lighters for carrying off Soil, &c. and for Gardeners bringing to London, &c. their Fruit, &c.XLimitation of Prosecutions.XIIn Actions brought for executing Act,XIINo double Penalties.XIIIReasons for this Enactment.XIVProviso for Right of the late Duke of Richmond to hold the Curia Cursus Aquæ; and for all other Rights relating thereto, belonging to the said late Duke.XVProviso for Rights of Mayor, &c. of Gravesend and Milton, in respect of Passage from those Places to London.XVIProviso for the Watermen of Saint Margaret's Westminster, plying at Places herein mentioned on Sunday.1698 CHAPTER 21 11 Will 3An Act for the Explanation and better Execution of former Acts made touching Watermen and Wherrymen rowing on the River of Thames and for the better ordering and governing the said Watermen Wherrymen and Lightermen upon the said River between Gravesend and Windsor.Abbreviated title derived from Chronological Table of the Statutes: Covering the Period from 1235 to the End of 1971 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972)