No more than 12 sacks of meal, 12 quarters of malt, 750 bricks, or
1 chalder of coal per load on wagons or carts with wheels bound
with [narrow] iron tire are allowed within ten miles of London or
Westminster, or forfeit one horse. This is to prevent decay of the
roads.
For every wagon and cart in London, there must be a person on foot
to guide it to prevent the maiming, wounding, and killing of
people, especially the old and children, when drivers ride on
their wagons and carts. Later, it was required that carts must
display the name of the owner and be registered. Still later,
there was a penalty of 10s. for not having a person on foot to
guide any cart. Later still, in 1757, if a new owner of a cart did
not put his name thereon, he had to forfeit 40s., and the cart and
horse could be seized and sold to pay the forfeiture. Persons
willfully obstructing passage on streets with empty carts or
barrels or pipes shall forfeit 5-12s. or do hard labor up to one
month. The justices of London assessed rates and made regulations
for carriage of goods. Certain houses and buildings were bought
and pulled down to widen several streets, lanes, and passages.
In 1774, persons driving cattle in London, whose negligence or
improper treatment of such cattle cause them to do mischief shall
forfeit 5-20s. or else go to a House of Correction for up to one
month or be publicly whipped.
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