Section I. BE it ordained by the Mayor, Alderman, and Commonalty of the City of Albany, convened in Common Council, and it is hereby ordained by the Authority of the same; That no person or persons whatsoever, do perfume to drive aany Cart or other Carriage in this City, for the carrying any Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, Fire-Wood, or other Things whatsoever, for Hire or Wages, but who shall be appointed and licenced for that purpose by the Mayor of the said City, for the Time being, under the Penalty of twenty Shillings, current Money of New York, for each Offence; one Half thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Overfeers of the Poor of said CITY.
Section. II. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That each Cart, or fingle Sled employed for the carrying of any Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Firewood or other Things, within this City, as aforesaid, shall be two Feet eight Inches wide, and the Rungs thereof three under the Penalty of six Shillings for each [18] offence, to be paid, with costs of Suit, by the Owner of such Cat or Sled, to such Person or persons shall fue for and profecute the same to Effect.
Sect. III. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That every Carman within this City, shall the number of his Cart fairly painted on wach Side of his Cart with red Paint, fo that it may eafily be feen on the after Part of the Shaft, upon the Square thereof; under the Penalty of three Shillings, for the use of the Informer.
Sect. IV. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That no Boy or person under Age, or Negro, shall drive, or be licenced to drive, any Cart for Hire or Wages within this City, under the Penalty of three Shillings, for every Offence, for the use of any person who shall profecute for the same; to be paid by the Owner of such Cart.
Sect. V. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That no Carman within this City, shall let out his Cart for Hire, or on Shares, but drive it himfelt personally, without fpecial Licence for it from the Mayor, Recorder, or any one of the Aldermen of said City, under the Penalty of three Shillings for every Day such Cart shall be let out, as aforesaid; to be paid by the person driving such Cart, to any person who shall inform and fue for the same.
[19] Sect. VI. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Carman of said City, shall neglect, refuse, to ride and employ his Horfe and Cart for any person when required, (when he and his Horfe and Cart are not otherwife employed) such Carman shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of six Shillings, current Money aforesaid, to the Party grieved and complaining, with costs.
Sect. VII. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all the Carmen of this City, shall, and hereby are obliged and required, leave all other employments and Bufinefs, in Order to attend the riding and carting of Wheat, Flour, Hay, Fodder, and other Provifions or Merchandizes, fubject to Damage in Café of Neglect, whether out of a Canoe, Batteau, or vessel, under the Penalty of twenty Shillings, current Money aforesaid, for each Default; one Half to be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Overfeers of the Poor of this City, for the use of the Poor thereof.
Sect. VIII. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Carmen shall carry good and fufficient Loads: That is to say, As much as can be conveniently ftowed and put on their Carts, and in reafonable for a Horfe to draw, under the Penalty of three Shillings for each Default; to be paid to the person who shall inform and fue for the same.
[20] Sect. IX. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the Prices and Rates to be taken by Carmen for the Carriage of Fire-Woods, Goods, Wrres, Merchandizes and other Things, within this City, shall be as follows viz.
For loading, carting, and unloading every common Load, to any Place within this City, six Pence.
For every Load of Lime, Bricks, Pantiles, Staves, Heading, Hoops, Hoop-Poles, Cocao, Bar-Iron, Pimenta, Slate, and all Kinds of Dye-Wood, Flax-Seed, every five Barrels of Flour, every four Tierces of Bread, for two Tierces of Rice, for two Bales of Cotton, every Load of Salt, Cheefe, or Gammons, every Load f Sail, or white Sand, for every Load of Beef, Pork, Tar, Turpentine, Oil, Beer, Cider, or other Goods or Things in tight Barrels, nine Pence, and if housed, one Penny per Barrel more.
For every Load of European Goods imported, Wheat, Meal, and Flour, in Bags, nine Pence.
For loading, carting, and unloading every common Load, to any Place above the Diftance of half a Mile, and not exceeding a Mile, one Shillings.
For every Load of Iron Pots, or Kettles, for a Hogshead of Ale, a Terece of Lime-Juice, a load of Paving, every Load of Household Goods, and every Load of Calves, or Lambs, one shilling
[21]For every load Of loose Shingles, every Load of Building-Sand, nine Pence.
For every Load of loose Earthen-Ware, every Load of Coal, every Load of loose dried Fish, every Load of Hemp or Flax, (loose or in Bundles) one Shillings.
For loading, carting, unloading, and housing the Goods hereafter mentioned.
For every Hogshead of Rum, or other Strong Liquors, exceeding ninety Gallons, and for every Hogshead of Molasses, exceeding ninety Gallons, for each, two Shillings.
For every Pipe of Wine, or other Strong Liquors, two Shillings.
For every Tierce of Molasses, Rum, or other Strong Liquors, from sixty to ninety Gallons, one Shillings and six Pence.
For every Cask of Molasses, Rum, or other Strong Liquor, exceeding forty Gallons, and under Sixty, one Shillings.
For every Hogfhead of Sugar, two Shillings.
For every Tierce of Sugar, one Shillings.
For every Barrel of Sugar, six Shillings.
For every Load of Flax-Seed in Casks, one Shilling.
[22]For every Load of Gun-Powder, to or from the Powder House, exceeding four Calks, three Shillings. If four Calks, two Shillings. If lefs than four Calks, eighteen Pence.
Sect. X. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Carman, within this City, shall receive or excat any greater Rate or Price for carting any Fire-Wood, Goods, Wares, Merchandize, or other Things, than what are abovementioned and limited, upon Conviction thereof, before the Mayor, Recorder, or any one of the Aldermen of this City, such Carman shall be suspended from being a Carman; and moreover, shall forfit and pay the Sum of ten Shillings, current Money aforesaid; one Half to the Informer, and the other Half to the Overfeers of the Poor of this City, for use of the Poor thereof.
Sect. XI. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That none of the Waggoners belonging to SCHENECTADY, or elfewhere without this City, (unlefs permitted by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty) perume to ride any Hogfheads, Calk, Trunks, or any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, or laying at either of the Docks or Wharfs, of this City; except it be to carry such Trunk, Hogfhead, Calk, or other Goods directly and immediately from the said Sloop, or vessel, out of this City; or immediately and directly to any such Sloop, [23] or vessel, and without storing the same, under the Penalty of ten Shillings, for each Offence, for the Use of the Person informing and suing for the same to Effect.
Sect. XII. And whereas the prefent Store-Keeper of the Magazine, with the Consent of the CORPORTTION, for the more fafe conveying of Gun-Powder to and from the said Magazine, hath provided, or is foon to provide, Leather Bags, or Covers, in orders to cover all Calks of Gun-Powder to be conveyed to and from the said Magazine:
Be it therefore ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Publication hereof, no Carman, or other person whatsoever, do perfume to carry any Gun-Powder to or from the said Magazine, or through any Part of this City, but what shall be covered with Leather Bags, as aforesaid under the Penalty of forty Shillings, for every Offence; the one Half thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Overfeers of the Poor of this City, for Time being, for the use of the Poor thereof.
Sect. XIII. And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every the Fines and Forfeitures, in this Ordinance mentioned, shall and may be fued for and recovered, before the Mayor, Recorder, or any one of the Aldermen of the said City, with costs of Suit; and levied by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of either of them.