OF FREEMEN OF LIMERICK, & c. ( 1761.) 13 tents of it would not weigh three pounds twelve ounces, sent for more wheat and put into the scale, as much as made up three pounds twelve ounces, and said, that was the weight to be taken ; that the mayor did not direct him to get a new shee- been made, that he took the toll of wheat only by the- new sheebeen, but of all other corn by the old sheebeen, and that he took the tolls of wheat in the presence of the clerk of the market and of the mayor. Thomas Ward being examined, agreed in every particular with John Geeran in his testimony, and likewise said, That he took at the gates id. a piece for dead pigs that is 1 d. for the gate and 1 d. for the market, that he took the same on all other days as well as market- days; that the brewers paid for gateage 20 6". a year from the suburbs to the city ; that a basket of five or six pounds of butter paid 1 d. upon every market- day, and a halfpenny on every other day ; that as to goods not contained in either of the schedules, they rated them according to the size and value, generally about ^ d. a horse load, that he received said tolls by the directions of the mayor for the time being, that he rated said goods according to his own discretion, there being no set rule to go by, that he was several times summoned before the mayor for demanding too much for things not contained in either of the schedules, and that the mayor generally determined in his favour. John Geeran being again examined, said, He lately saw Mr. John Smith, clerk of the market, take the sheebeen measure out of oats, barley, and potatoes. John Smith, burgess, being examined, said, He was appointed to inspect the collection of the tolls and customs by the common council without any salary ; that he has collected the tolls for commodities comprized in the schedules according to the schedules, and for the commodities that are not comprized in the schedules ac- cording to antient custom ; that the articles not comprized in the schedules are so many he cannot recollect them; that there are no certain rules of custom except for some particular things, that he has been but a short time concerned in the tolls, that he collected them by servants, and did not know what the antient tolls were, that he believed the toll- gatherers had taken for dead pigs upon market days id. but that since he has been concerned they have taken only one halfpenny; that he was appointed by the mayor about two months ago to inspect the whole, and to receive the tolls at Johns Gate, that he never received three pounds twelve ounces out of a Bristol barrel of wheat, nor did any other person by his directions, but believed other per- sons did ; that he stopped Glinn from receiving three pounds twelve ounces, that he got a Winchester quart and weighed the contents, and took according to the weight, which as to wheat was two pounds one or two ounces ; that to prevent de- lays he took toll by the Winchester measure, and not by weight, though he believed he was present in council when the order was made to take by weight; that he was clerk of the market, and believed it was his duty to rectify any abuses in the collection of the tolls; that he heard it complained of that the persons appointed to weigh the corn refused to weigh more than one bag at a time, and believed it was done in order to raise the expense of weighing; that he was bound for one Carthy who farmed the tolls, and that they were taken in that man's name and his; that the shambles have been well regulated by him according to the best of his skill, that the mayors have gone to the markets regularly, that the assize of the bread was the same the whole last year, there being no considerable variation in the price of corn; that he has a salary of 25/. a year as clerk of the markets, that he was not sworn as clerk of the market, that the streets have been kept cleaner these six years past than ever they were; that he is a scavenger at 60/. a year for the Irish town only, and received the whole of that salary ; that Mr. Hallam has a salary of 82/. a year as scavenger for the English town ; that he had by his own authority set the custom of turf at Pennywell road, at the Quay, and at Mardyke, for a year, that the notes for the same are payable quarterly, and to the chamberlain ; that he had no autho- rity but from the council; that he believed the custom for turf had been for some time not taken at the quay ; that he took the Winchester quart out of oats; that the back- lanes are not kept clean. John Smith being further examined, admitted he had notice of the said agree- ment of the fourth of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty- one, and that he never accounted with any person upon oath, or otherwise, for the tolls he had received; . that in about a week or ten days after the said agreement, he tendered the whole money he received to Mr. John Vincent, and he directed him 270. D to