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{{Short description|United Kingdom legislation}}
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|parliament           = Parliament of Great Britain
|type                 = Act
|long_title           = An Act for repealing the Act of the first Year of King James the First, entitled ''An Act for the well garbling of spices''; and for granting an Equivalent to the City of London by admitting Brokers.
|citation             = [[6 Ann. (GB)|6 Ann.]] c. 68{{br}}(Ruffhead c. 16)
|introduced_by        = 
|territorial_extent   = [[City of London]]
|royal_assent         = 11 March 1708
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|repeal_date          = 
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|repealing_legislation= [[Food and Drugs Act 1938]]<ref name=R>{{cite web |author1=[[Law Commission (England and Wales)|Law Commission]] |title=Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf |website=[[UK Government|UK Government Publishing Service]] |access-date=20 December 2021 |page=203 |date=April 2012}}</ref>
|status               = Repealed
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The '''City of London (Garbling of Spices and Admission of Brokers) Act 1707''' was an act of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]. The act reformed the office of 'garbler' and regulated [[broker]]s in the [[City of London]].

==Provisions==
The provisions of the act include:<ref name="SL">{{cite book |author1=Nigel Cawthorne |author1-link=Nigel Cawthorne |title=The Strange Laws of Old England |date=2004 |publisher=[[Piatkus|Piatkus Books Limited]] |isbn=0749950366 |page=177-179}}</ref><ref name="ST">{{cite book |editor1-last=Ruffhead |editor1-first=Owen |editor1-link=Owen Ruffhead |title=Statutes at Large |date=1786 |publisher=Eyre & Strahan |pages=279–280 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=24RaAAAAYAAJ |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>
*Repealing the [[Spices Act 1603]] and discharging any [[lawsuit|suits]] and penalties stemming from it.
*Allowing the [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]] and [[Court of Aldermen|Aldermen]] of the [[City of London]] to appoint and employ an official 'garbler' who would 'garble' (remove impurities from) spices, drugs or other goods at a set salary, with the profits from the job being reserved for the City of London.
*Allowing the [[Chamberlain of London]] to charge 40 shillings to [[broker]]s for entry into the city and another 40 shillings on the 29 September annually after the end of [[First Parliament of Great Britain|the first session of Parliament]]. The money raised would in the first instance be given to William Stewart, who had held the office of garbler since 1686,<ref>{{cite book |author1=William Stewart |title=The case of William Stewart, the present garbler for the city of London, humbly offer'd to the ... House of Commons |date=c. 1707 |publisher=n.p. |quote=That the Present Officer, Under Such Title hath a Lease thereof for 61 Years, from Anno 1686, if he so long Live}}</ref> to compensate for loss of earnings under the new system. After paying Stewart, the remaining revenues could then be 'enjoyed' by the Mayor and citizens of the City of London.
*Making it a finable offence to act as a broker within the City of London without being admitted as such, punishable with a fine of £25.

==Repeal==
The act was repealed by the [[Food and Drugs Act 1938]].<ref name=R />

==References==
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