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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE CASE of the GARBLER FOR THE City of LONDON.</HEAD>
<P>THAT time out of mind there hath been an Office within the City of <HI>London</HI> the Garbling of &s;everal Druggs, Spices, and other things Garbleable, with Anci<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Fees, which have proved by Experience to be <HI>Of Publick V&s;e to the Subjects of t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Kingdom, and for the Honour of our Commodities when Exported after Sale thereof within t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Kingdom, by advancing the Value of the &s;ame in Foreign Markets, and preventing Di&s;putes t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> often happen.</HI></P>
<P>That the &s;ame was Confirmed and E&s;tabli&s;hed by an Act of Parliament made in<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Reign of <HI>King James the Fir&s;t,</HI> not only for the <HI>Prevention</HI> of <HI>Corrupt</HI> mixtures with Spi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and Druggs, to the danger of Mens Bodies, but of <HI>Frauds</HI> and <HI>Deceits</HI> in the Sale of<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ame.</P>
<P>That the pre&s;ent Officer hath a Grant for Life from the City in the Year 1686, wh<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> is &s;ince confirmed by the Act for Re&s;toring the Cities Charter; That he renders 30<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <HI>per Annum</HI> Rent to the Chamber of <HI>London</HI> for the &s;ame, and pays 76 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> Tax<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> And that he nece&s;&s;arily keeps Seven Sworn Officers con&s;tantly attending this Publick S<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">|vice, and is at 400 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> more Charge for the Execution thereof.</P>
<P>That his clear Profit is not 200 <HI>l. per Annum,</HI> notwith&s;tanding a very valuable Con&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">|ration paid for procuring the &s;ame at fir&s;t.</P>
<P>That his Behaviour &s;ince his Admi&s;&s;ion, hath been free from any Ju&s;t cau&s;e of co<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">|plaint. For he never Extorted, or Received any other Fees than what were Ancie<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and time out of mind. And as to the Pretended Impo&s;ition of New Rates: It's tr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> he hath offered to Garble the <HI>Je&s;uits Bark,</HI> and other Commodities lately Imported in th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Natures Garbleable, according to the Tenure of the &s;aid Cu&s;tom and Act, for certain R<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and Prices, le&s;s in proportion than the Antient Fees, for Commodities requiring le&s;s Lab<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and time out of mind Imported.</P>
<P>That for tho&s;e New Commodities he hath not Garbled any, but only when reque&s;t and never Seized, nor Sued for any Neglect of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>That he never claimed any Fees for Goods Exported within Eight Months with <HI>Sale,</HI> according as the Act provides for.</P>
<P>That he never Pro&s;ecuted any Suits in the Exchequer on Frivolous Occa&s;ions, never received any Penalty; but generally took much le&s;s than his Duty of Garblage.</P>
<P>That the End and U&s;e of the &s;aid Office created by Cu&s;tom, and confirmed by Act Parliament; was, and really is for the benefit of the Buyer, and prevention of Fraud the Seller, by di&s;po&s;ing one, or a mixt Commodity, in&s;tead of another &s;ingle and un<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">|rupted.</P>
<P>That the True and Original Rea&s;on of Complaint again&s;t the &s;aid Officer, is not Extortion or Neglect of his Duty, or other Per&s;onal Offence; but his Diligence in Execution of his Office, and unfortunate Di&s;covery of Fal&s;e and Counterfeit Drugs Spices, and the mixing of Soil and Rubbi&s;h with Garbleable Goods after the &s;ame w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Garbled, and the Seal of the Office fixt to the &s;ame; and his refu&s;al to take his Fees, &s;et his Seal without doing his Duty.</P>
<P><HI>All which is Humbly &s;ubmitted to the Con&s;ideration of<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Honourable Hou&s;e; And it's hoped for the Rea&s;ons abo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters">|mentioned, that this Honourable Hou&s;e will not permit<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> bringing in of any Bill, to alter the Law now in force; being only de&s;igned for private ends, and to ob&s;truct Publick good.</HI></P>
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<P>CASE of the GARBLER FOR THE City of <HI>LONDON.</HI></P>
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