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No coach, &c. to stand on said bridge, or filth, &c. be put thereon, penalty not less than 25. 6d.
or be committed to Bridewell.
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XXIV. And for the more effectually keeping the passage or passages over said intended bridge, free and clear from any obstruction of hackney coaches, carts, carrs, truckles, drays, and other carriages standing on the said bridge so to be built, or within the space of one hundred yards on either side of the same respectively: be it enabled by the authority aforesaid, That when the said bridge shall be completely finished and made passable, it shall not be lawful for any coachman or driver, to stand or ply for hire with any coach or other carriage whatsoever, or to have any empty coach or carriage on the said bridge, or within the space of one hundred yards on either side of the same respectively, or for any carman, carter, drayman, or driver of any carriage whatsoever, wilfully to stand or remain with any cart, carr, dray, truckle, or other carriage upon the said bridge, or within the distance aforesaid respectively, or for any person or persons to put any filth, dung, ashes, or rubbish on the said bridge, or to do any act which may be an annoyance there; and that every person so offending therein as aforesaid, and being thereof convicted, upon complaint made before the mayor of the said city of Cork, or some other justice of the peace for the county of the said city, either upon the confession of the party, or the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, which oath such mayor or other justice is and are hereby required to administer, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence such sum, not exceeding twenty shillings, nor less than two shillings and six-pence, as said mayor or justice shall direct, the same to go and be applied between the parties informing against, and apprehending every such offender and offenders, in such shares and proportions as the mayor or justice before whom the party or parties offending shall be convifted, shall direct, and in default of immediate payment thereof, the offender or offenders shall be committed by the mayor or justice before whom he, the, or they shall be convicted, to the Bridewell of the said city, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding two days, as the mayor or such justice shall think fit to order.
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