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COMPLAINT OF THE MASTER. ETC., OF THE COMPANY OF COOPERS.
kept sweet and decent, ordered, tl1at all such persons who have any dung or rubbish on the premises do forthwith remove same, and for the future no person do presume to lay any dirt in said vacant place or the street adjoyning said meeting-house, which may incommode the congregation, on pain of being punished as severely as the law will allow, and that said vacant place and street, during the pleasure of the Mayor, &c., be put under the care of said Samuel Lowthin, and his successors and congregation, to be kept a clean, open street adjoining to their Meeting-house. Present-Mr. Mayor, Sher. Cockrell; Alden. Renew, French, Roberts, Goddard, Morris, Whiting ; Mr. Walker, Perrie, and Browne. 2 Sep., 1706. Upon reading the petition of the ~faster, Wardens and Company of Coopers, ordered, that the persons therein complained of be served with an order not to follow their trades within the City, Suburbs, or liberties, unless admitted freemen or quarterers of this said Society, and if they observe not the same to be bound over to the next assizes for contempt. Ordered, that Ald. Chartres, bringing in the 200li. borrowed by him from the Corporation with the half year's interest to the Mayor, &c., the same be put into the chest and his bond be delivered up to him. That the Mayor Elect be allowed 200li. for his year's sallary. Upon complaint of the Master, &c., of the Company of Coopers in their petition above mentioned, that not only those who are by the said Society admitted quarterers, but also divers others, Irish Papists, who have no right to their freedom, have lately come and set up, and ~ the coopering trade within this City, Suburbs, and liberties, and take as many apprentices as they please, and employ as many journeymen as their occasions require, who, being generally ---~~_pists, flock to them, which, if not prevented, will tend to the impoverishiiig several of the Protestant Coopers, and the un- skilfulness of several of these new comers will bring disreputation upon the Cooperage of this City, ordered, as a bye-law of this City, that no quarterer of the Society of Coopers shall employ any journeyman, or keep more than one apprentice, or carry on the trade than as a journeyman to a freeman, nor employ any journeyman or keep any apprenti.ce until admitted a free-
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