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REGULATIONS FOR PORTERS,
Asf.\edbyihe MogistrateSy March Isty 1798.
^ By an ad of the Maj^iftrates and Town Council of Gl.ifgow, no
portei ftiall iefr.se employment when he is not oiherwife tngsged,
under the penalty of 2«. 6d. fterling for the firft offence, 5s, for the
fecond, and 10s. for every I'ubfequent offence; and all Porters who
fay they are engaged, fiiall fpecify the perfon by whom, and the
hour at whith, they are engaged, and they ftiall not refufe to be
cn-.p'oycd in the iuteival between the time they are required to
f^rve and the hour of their engatjenr.ent, under the penalties aforc-
faid. As the Porters who wear badges on their breaft, find fecu-
rity for their honLlly and fidelity, the Magiftrates recommend it
to the ii^abitants to employ only thofe Porters in matters of im-
portance. — The following is a Table of their fees.
' J. d.
* Car-yin^ a iffter or letters, parcel or parcpls, not exceed-
ing 7 pounds weight, from any part of the City or New-
town to any other place therein, - - - 1
Cirrying a letter or letters, parcel or parcels, not exceed-
ing 7 pounds weight, from any part of the City or New-
town to any other place therein, if delivered to the Porter
after nine o'clock Et night, - - - OS
Carrying a letter or letter?, parcel or parcels, not exceed-
ing 7 pounds weight, fiom any part of the City or New-
town to Anderfton, Bridgetown, New Bafon of the Canal,
or any place net exceeding tn English mile from the Crofs, O 3
> If delivered to the Porter after eight o'clock at night, O 4
Fr.r running an exprefs with a letter, or Imail parcel, for
every English mile outwards in day time, - 2
If in the night time, that is, after eight oVlocli ?t night 4
Carrying a back load, not exceeding eight English stone
from any ware-room in Glafgow to any other v/are-room
or calender, where the difVance does not exceed 500 yards, o 1
Do. where the diftance exceed* 500 yards, - 2
Carrying a back load, not exceeding 8 (lone weight, from
the crofs to the Broomielaw, Calton or GorbaJs or the
like diftance - - - - - OS
Carrying any losd not exeeeding 2^ hundred weight,
on a wheel barrow, for the fame diftance. - 3
For weighing a ton of goods, fuch as iron, &«. for the
firft ton, - - - - - O 4
For crery other ton - - - ■ - OS'
For tr.king down and putting up the fcales - 2
For weighing each bag of cotton - - 1
For taking down and putting up the fcales, if done by
the Porters - - - - - 1
Fcr carrying ea(h bag of cotton out of a cellar, and
pufting it on a cart, - . • . . 2
For taking each bag of cotton off a cart, and putting
the fame into a cellar, - - - 1
,N. B. Two thirds of the foregoing rates to be paid