- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
River Dee, Chester Act 1698
You are here:
What Version
Opening Options
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. The electronic version of this Act has been contributed by British History Online and is taken from the printed publication.
Read more
III.Regulations for selling Coals, Lime and Limestone Brought in for Sale.
Buying or removing same before Duty paid,; Penalty; Application thereof.
And for the easier Collection and Payment of the said Duty on [X1Coales] Lime and Limestone Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Coale Lime and Limestone brought to the said City for sale within the said City or the Liberties thereof by Carts Horses or other Land Carriage shall be brought to some such publickly convenient Place or Places within the said City as the Mayor Aldermen and Common Councill of the said City in Common Councill assembled shall from Time to Time order and appoint for that Purpose to be publickly exposed to sale And in case any Person or Persons liable to pay the said Duty shall without Payment of the same first truely made to the Collector or Officer appointed to receive the said Duty or Agreement made for that Purpose buy remove and carry away any Coale Lime or Limestone in from or out of other Place or Places within the Liberties of the said City than such publick Place or Places to be soe appointed he she or they soe buying removeing and carrying away such Coale Lime or Limestone shall forfeite the Value of the said Coal Lime and Limestone soe bought removed and carried away to be levied by Distresse and Sale of the Goods of such Person or Persons in such Manner as in this Act is expressed for Recovery of the said Duty one Moiety whereof shall be to the Informer and the other Moiety thereof shall be applyed to and for the Recovery and Preservation of the said Navigation.
Editorial Information
X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Coale O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Act
PrintThis Section only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.