Corporate legislation and taxation. Two documents.... Lot 126

Corporate legislation and taxation. Two documents. 1747-49 Arrest du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, Portant reglement pour l'enregistrement des brevets d'apprentissage dans le corps des Marchands Merciers. Du 7 Septembre 1747. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1716 4to. 254x190 mm. Pages 3, 1 blank. Illustrated headpiece with lilies of France. Good condition. First edition. Important decree that modifies the legislation regarding the apprentices of the merchants' guilds, who had to undergo a three-year apprenticeship: this apprenticeship had to be certified by a patent whose registration had to take place at the time of signing the contract between the operator and the apprentice. The decree establishes the trader's responsibility regarding the correct procedures for registering the patent, to be presented within fifteen days of the start of the apprenticeship. Bound with: Arrest du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, Portant reglement pour l'administration des deniers communs de la Communaute de Chandeliers-Huiliers et pour la reddition des comptes de jurande. Du 15 Mai 1749Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1749 4to. 244x202mm. 8 pages. Illustrated headpiece with crown and lilies of France. Good condition. First edition. Rules on the taxation of the corporation of candle and lighting oil producers, two independent professions that had joined together in 1745 precisely to deal with taxation.Lespinasse, René de. Les métiers et corporations de la ville de Paris : XIVe-XVIIIe siècles T1.