THAT whereas by the Constitution and Establishment of , or some Grant to Christ's Hospital in London , the Governors thereof have Power to lett Leases , or dispose of Carooms , or Licenses and Dispensations for keeping and working for Hire , Cars and Carts , &c. within the said City and the Liberties thereof , As an Inheritance or Perpetuity belonging to the said Hospital ; and no Person , who is not so qualified , can keep , or work for hire , any Car or Cart within the said City or Liberties : By virtue whereof , the Number of such Cars and Carts is setled at about 430 , which is found a sufficient and convenient Number ; Whereby many great Inconveniences are avoided : There being sufficient for all necessary Occasions , and yet not such an exorbitant Number as to clog up the Streets and obstruct the Passages , or cause the Owners to depend upon a Livelihood thereby , to the ruin of themselves and Families for want of a full Imploy : ( As was the Case of many Hackny Coach-men , before their Number was limitted by Act of Parliament : ) But on the contrary these Carooms , tho they cost the Owners 100 l. a piece at the least , upon taking the Lease , besides Office-Fees , and some yearly Rent or Acknowledgment to the Hospital , yet are they esteemed as valuable Chattels to be transferr'd , and as ready Money if offer'd to sale , ( according to such Term and Interest as the Proprietor has therein ) as any other Leases whatsoever ; and many Hundreds of Families are well supported thereby : And the Caroom ( which is a Badg of Brass given by the Hospital , and born by the Car-man upon the String of his Car ) denoting the Number of such Car , &c. gives them such a Reputation that they are readily intrusted with the Carriage of any Goods ; there being a present Remedy against them in Case of any Misdemeanor , in such their Imployment .

AND the City of Westminster and Liberties thereof , and Borough of Southwark , ( without the Liberty of the City of London ) and the several Out-Parishes in Middlesex and Surry , bordering upon the Liberties of the said Cities , and lying within the Extent of the weekly Bills of Mortality , being of late become very Populous , and likely still to Augment ; And the greatest part of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom living or residing therein , ( especially during the Sessions of Parliament ; ) whose Coaches are many times not only obstructed , but even endamaged and broken , by over-numerous and disorderly Car-men and Carters , with their Cars and Carts , and that without any means of Reparation or Satisfaction from them ; and the rather for that such Car-men and Carters , as live out of the Liberty of the said City of London , carry no Badg to denote their Place of abode , or where they may be found , and are without all Government and Restraint , as to their Number or otherwise ; Whereby likewise Cheats and Frauds may the more easily be committed by them of the Goods with the Carriage whereof they are intrusted , And especially in the Case of Fires : And the ill-practice of some brings a Diseredit to the rest , to the great Hinderance of such there Imployment and Livelihood .

AND therefore for preventing the several Inconveniences before mentioned , and raising some-what of a Supply for so excellent a Use as aforesaid , It is humbly proposed , That the Number of such Cars and Carts to reside and work for Hire , out of the Liberty of the said City of London , and within the Extent of the weekly Bills of Mortality , be restrain'd to 200 , ( or such other Number as shall be thought requisite ) and Licenses granted of them from time to time for 21 Years , each to pay a Fine of 50 l. upon taking their first License , and such yearly Rent to the Hospital , during the Term , as shall be thought reasonable ; And after the Expiration of the Term , to pay such farther Fine , upon taking any new License , as shall be agreed upon with the Commissioners or Trustees to be appointed for the Management thereof , without any Abatement of the old Rent ; And such Commissioners or Trustees to be impower'd by Act of Parliament to grant such Licenses , and make By-Laws for the well ordering and governing the Persons so to be Licensed , and to cause the same to be observed .

AND forasmuch as divers Brewers , Inn-keepers , Wood-mongers , Cole-mongers , and Masters and Owners of Wharss , living within the said City and Liberties of Westminster , Borough of Southwark , and Out-Parishes aforesaid , keep and daily use divers Drays , Carts , and Carriages for carrying away their Dung , and for carrying out their Beer , Ale , Coles , Wood , Timber , Stones , Lime , and other their Goods and Merchandizes ( according to their respective Trades and Imployments ) by whom , or their Servants , ( for want of some good Orders and Rules of direction concerning them , and a ready way to detect and punish the Offenders ) many Abuses and Disorders are frequently done and committed with such their Drays , Carts and Carriages , in the Streets and Passages where they pass , To the great Annoyance of divers of the Peers of England , and honourable Members of Parliament , when going upon the weighty Affairs of the Nation , And to the frequent Abuse , and even hazard of the Lives of many other of his Majesties good Subjects , in passing about their Lawful Occasions : THAT therefore , tho it may not seem reasonable to lay any Mulct upon the Persons aforesaid , for using such their Drays , &c. about their own Lawful Concerns and Imployments , Yet it may be requisite ( for preventing Disorders and Abuses ) to subject them likewise to the Orders and Government of the said Commissioners or Trustees so to be Constituted or Appointed as aforesaid ; And to oblige the Owners or Occupiers of such Drays , Carts and Carriages , to carry a Badg or Ticket upon some apparent Place of every such Dray , Cart or Carriage , expressing the Name and Place of Abode of the Owner or Oecupier thereof ; And to procure the same to be enter'd in the Office to be kept by the said Commissioners or Trustees for the Purposes aforesaid , And to be renewed so often as such Dray , Cart or Carriage , shall come to any new Owner or Occupier , or that such Owner or Occupier shall have any new Habitation or Place of abode ; They paying only a small Fee for the same . And the Fines and Forefeitures arising by Offences and Misdemeanors will be an Augmentation of the proposed Revenue , or help to defray the necessary Charge of the Management thereof .