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Prosperous a market town.
no toll, custom, or exaction on provision or commodities.
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VIII. And whereas it may tend much to the advantage of the said town of Prosperous, and to the convenience of the inhabitants thereof, if a market were held therein, so that such inhabitants could supply themselves with provisions, and other necessaries, without being under a necessity of repairing to distant places for the purchase thereof; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said town of Prosperous, be, and the same is hereby constituted a market town, and that a market may be held in the said town on every Wednesday and Saturday for ever; and that all provisions and commodities which shall or may be sold and purchased at the said market, shall and may be brought or carried into and out of the said town free from the payment of all tolls, customs, and exactions whatsoever, for or by reason of bringing or carrying such provisions and commodities to or from a market, or on any pretence whatsoever.
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