City of Cork (Improvement) Act 1777

Carmen and porters regulated by order of council as coal porters.

XI. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor, sheriffs, and common council of the said city shall have a power from time to time by their orders of council to regulate the conduct of such carmen and porters, as ply for hire in the said city and the suburbs thereof, in the same manner as they are by the act of Parliament impowered to regulate the conduct of coal porters in the said city.