Ticket Porters.
By an Act of common council of the city of London, Heygate, mayor, 1823, the ticket porters are not to exceed five hundred.
A ticket porter, when plying or working, is to wear his ticket so as to be plainly seen, under a penalty of 2s. 6d. for each offence.
No ticket porter is to apply for hire in any place but on the stand, appointed by the acts of common council, or within six yards thereof, under a penalty of 5s.
| FARES OF TICKET-PORTERS. | For every half mile farther. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qr. Mile. | Half Mile. | One Mile. | 11⁄2 Mile. | Two Mile. | ||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| For any Package, Letter, &c. not exceeding 56 lbs. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Above 56 lbs. and not exceeding 112 lbs. | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Above 112 lbs. and not exceeding 168 lbs. | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| For every parcel above 14 lbs. which they may have tobring back, they are allowed half the above fares. | ||||||||||||
A ticket porter not to take more than one job at a time, penalty 2s. 6d.
Seven, or more, rulers of the society, to constitute a court.
The governor of the society, with the court of rulers, to make regulations, and annex reasonable penalties for the breach thereof, not exceeding 20s. for each offence, or three months’ suspension. They may discharge porters who persist in breach of their orders.
The court of rulers to hear and determine complaints in absence of the governor.
Any porter charging more than his regular fare, finable on conviction to the extent of 20s., by the governor, or the court of rulers.