Hawkers Act 1697

II. Hawkers, &c. on receiving Licence, to pay one Moiety of the Duty, and give Bond for the other Moiety.

Allowance on prompt Payment; and thereupon Licence granted.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Pedlar Hawker Petty Chapman & other Trading Person or Persons so travelling as aforesaid upon receiving his or her Licence as is hereafter expressed shall pay or cause to be paid unto such Persons as the Lord Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of His Majesties Treasury for the time being or any Three of them shall nominate authorize and appoint to be Commissioners for licensing Hawkers Pedlars and Petty Chapman not exceeding Three or any Person or Persons authorized or deputed by them or the major part of them in Writing under their Hands and Seals one Moietie of the Duty by this Act payable for the same and give Security by Bond with one or more sufficient Sureties to be taken in His Majesties Name for the true Payment of the other Moietie of the said Duties at the end of Six Calendar Months unless the Party shal choose to pay down the other Moiety of the said Duty in which Case he or she shall be allowed after the Rate of Two Shillings in the Pound for prompt Payment of the same and thereupon a Licence shall be granted for him or her so to travel or trade by the said Commissioners to be appointed pursuant to X1 Act or any Two or more of them.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: this O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]