An Act of Common Council, for the nomination of aldermen, and election of Common Council-men, in the respective wards of the City of London
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- An Act of Common Council, for the nomination of aldermen, and election of Common Council-men, in the respective wards of the City of London
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- City of London (England). Court of Common Council.
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- 1692.
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Commune Concilium tent' die Mercurij, Vicesimo sexto die Octobris, 1692. Annoque Regni Dominorum nostro∣rum WILLIELMI & MARIAE, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regis & Reginae, Fidei Defen∣sorum, &c. Quarto; in Camera Guild-Hall Civitatis London; coram Thoma Stamp Mil', Majore Civitatis London, Willielmo Turner Mil', Roberto Clayton Mil', Patient' Ward Mil', Aldermannis; Salathiel Lovell Mil', Servien' ad Legem ac Recor∣dator' Civit' pred', Samuel Dashwood Mil', Johanne Hublon Mil', Humphrid' Edwin Mil', Edwardo Clarke Mil', Francisco Child Mil' Johanne Wildman Ar', Richardo Levett Mil', Jacobo Hublon Ar', Aldermannis; Thoma Lane & Thoma Cook Mil', Alder∣man' ac Vicecom' dicte Civitat' London, Necnon major' parte Communiariorum dicte Civitat' in Communi Concilio tunc & ibidem assemblat'.
An ACT for the Nomination of Aldermen, and Election of Common-Councilmen, in the respective Wards of the City of London.
WHEREAS the City of LONDON is, and Time out of Mind hath been, a Body Politick and Corporate, whereunto
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divers Franchises, Liberties and Pri∣viledges, during all the Time afore∣said, have belonged and appertained; And also by several Acts of Parli∣ament, Grants and Charters of divers Kings and Queens of this Realm, have been Ratified and Confirmed:
And whereas the Nomination of Aldermen, and the Election of Com∣mon-Councilmen for the several and respective Wards of the said City of Right belonged and appertained, and doth belong and appertain to the Freemen, being Housholders of the said City, paying Scot and bear∣ing Lot, and to no others.
Now for the maintaining the said Right, It is thought fit and neces∣sary by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common-Council Assembled, That it should be De∣clared; And it is hereby Declared by the Authority of the same, That it is, and Anciently hath been, the Right and Priviledge of the Free-Men of the said City only, being Housholders, paying Scot and bear∣ing Lot, and of none other what∣soever, in their several and respective Wards, from Time to Time, as
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often as there was or should be Occa∣sion to Nominate Aldermen, and Elect Common-Councilmen for the same re∣spective Wards.
And to the intent and purpose that due Care may be taken for the Future, and all Persons for Time to come may take Notice thereof, and proceed in such Elec∣tions accordingly; Be it Enacted and Ordained, And it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Au∣thority aforesaid, That at all and every Wardinote hereafter to be held, All and Every the Beadle and Beadles of the respective Wards of this City, shall Do, Prepare, Re∣turn and Deliver to the Aldermen, at their Several and Respective Courts of Wardmote, or to such Person as shall be Deputed or Au∣thorized to hold the same, One List, to the best of his or their Knowledge, of all and every the Freemen, Housholders as aforesaid, Dwelling and Residing within the respective Wards to which they are Beadles, and of no others, apart and by themselves:
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And also One other List, to the best of his or their Knowledge, of All and Every the other Housholders within the said respective Wards only, apart and by themselves; To the Intent that such Freemen, Housholders within the respective Wards only, as often as there is or shall be Occasion, may Nominate Aldermen and Elect their Common-Councilmen:
And They, together with the other Housholders of the said Wards, may Choose their Constables, Sca∣vengers, Inquest and Beadles.
And for the preventing all Er∣rors and Mistakes touching the Premisses for the future, and that this Act be duly put in Execution for the Time to come, Be it also Enacted, And it is hereby Enacted, That to all and every Precept and Precepts hereafter to Issue, and to be Sent out for the Sum∣moning any Wardmote or Wardmotes, this present Act be annexed and affixed:
And that before any Nomination or Election, as aforesaid, be made at any of the aforesaid Court or Courts of Wardmote, the same shall be
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publickly and distinctly Read and Declared to the Persons, who then shall be and Appear at such Court or Courts, and be duly put in Exe∣cution, and Observed.
Goodfellow.
FINIS.