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Thames Watermen Act 1698
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VII.Descriptions of Persons allowed to work Boats, &c. for Passengers betwixt Gravesend and Windsor.
Penalties to be paid to Rulers and Overseers for the poor Members.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Person or Persons whatsoever (except Trinity Men) be admitted or allowed to worke rowe or ply on the said River of Thames betwixt Gravesend and Windsor in any Boats Wherry or Barges ordinarily serving for carrying Passengers for Profit Gaine or Reward except such Person or Persons as shall have served his Apprenticeship to a Waterman or is a Servant or Apprentice to a Watermen and shall in all things be duely qualified as by former Statutes and this Act is directed for the Security and Safety of Goods and Passengers carried by Water And that all and singular the Forfeitures and Penalties in the said former Lawes and this present Act contained shall from time to time and at all times be paid unto the Rulers and Overseers of the said Wherrymen Watermen and Lightermen or the major Part of them for the Use of the poor aged decayed and maimed Persons of the said Society and Company of Wherrymen Watermen and Lightermen
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