Municipal Corporations Act, 1761

Linen manufacture retarded by want of fuel: Fuel shall pass toll-free through cities and towns.

>XXVII. And whereas the progress of the linen manufacture has been in many places retarded by a scarcity of fuel: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all turf, furze, and timber in faggots, for fuel, shall pass into and through every city and town free from all toll, custom, or perquisite whatsoever, claimed by any officer or member of such city or town.

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