A.D. lyii. Anno decimo Ann^ Reglnse. ' C. t /.^ 527 .Clothier to take any or every fuch Cloth or Clothes fo then in hand unfold, slid to tlirow the fame into the '^"'"k «ndmr4 - Water to Ihrink the fame, in order to its being meafured and fealed, as by this Adl: is before direcSed. ^^"^ ^^ 5' ""' VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefjid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth ' Day of 5'*'«^ o"e thoufand feven hundred and twelve, every Clothier, Cloth-worker, Card-maker, or ^ny ^°[', "",, ^"^^ .other Perfon concerned in the Trade of the Woollen Manufadture, fhall make Payment in Money to all workmen in .and every Perfon and Perfons any ways imployed or concerned in the Woollen Manufa^Sture, for all Work Money. .to be done in Relation thereunto, and (hall not, in lieu of Payment, impofe or deliver to them any Sot* of ■Goods or Wares for fuch Work; and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons fhall, in lieu of Payn^ent, fo impofe on or deliver to any Workmen or poor Labourers, ajiy Goods or Wares, for or inftead of Money, every Perfon or Perfons ib offending therein fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of tventy Shillings, Penalty 20 s. to be recovered and diftributed in fuch Manner as in and by this Act is directed. VII. And be it further cuafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Offences agaiiiff this A& fhall be Offences again* ■heard and determined by one or more Juftice Or Juftices of the rVacc of die County, .City, or Place where this Aft to be the feme fiiall be committed, provided' fuch Juftice or Juffices be not ccnctrned in the Matter of the faid j^'j-^^'^s"'^'^ ^^ Complaint, upon the Oath of one or more credible ^Vitnefs or Witneifes; which Oath fuch Jufiice or any Offender fhall neglefl; orrefufe to i)ay any fuch Penalties and Forfeitures by the Space of fourteen Days Negleainp "to after the Conviftion for fuch Offence, that then (and not before) it fhall and may be lawful for the juftice pay in 14 Days, or Juftices of the Peace before v/hom fuch Conviftion was made, and fuch Juftice or Juflices is and are may be levied by hereby required to iffuc out one or more Warrant or Warrants, under his -or their Hands and Seals, to the Diftreisaiid Sale, Conftable or Conffables of the Parifli, Town, or Place where fuch Offender doth inhabit, or can be committid^to* .found, within the Liir.its of his or their refpeftive Jurifdiclions, to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Kouft sf Cor- Offender's Goods, returning the Overplus (if any be; to the Offender; and where no fuSicient Diftrefs r^aion foe 3 can be found, to cominit the Offender to the Gaol or Houfe of Corrediion for the County or Corporation, Mombs. to be kept to hard Labour for fuch Time as the Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, before Whom fuch Con- viftion fliall be made, fhall diredr, not exceeding, for any one Oftence, three Months. VIII. Provided always. That all Offences committed againft this A<3: fljall be profecuted within thirty Pfofecution in Days next after the Offences are committed or difcovercd. 3° ^^y^- IX. And be it further enafted. That if any Perfon or Perfons find him ot themfelves aggrieved by any Perfons aggrie- Order or Warrant made by any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace upon any ConviSion before him or them ^ed may appeal in purfuance of this Aft, fuch Perfon or Perfons may appeal to the Juftices of the Peace at the next Ge- "^"■■'"-^"* neral Quarter-Sefiions of the Peace to be held for the County or Place where fuch Conviction fliall be ■ ' ' made, giving fuiEcient Notice of fuch Appeal ; and -if the Juftices at fuch next General Seffions fhall think fit to confirm or difannul the faid Order or Warrant, they fhall allow fuch Cofts and Charges to the Party grieved thereby, as they fhall think reafonable, -to he levied and paid in fuch Manner as is ufual in other Cafes of Appeal from the Orders of Juftices of the Peace to the General QLiartcr-Seilions. X. And be it further enafted by the Authoriry aforefaid. That if any Action or Suit Hiall hereaftei^ lie I[f"^<'> ^^v commenced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons by this A-it authorized to put the fame in Execu- ^l^^'j^^'^^^'^"*' «tion, all and every Perfon and Perfons fo fued, may plead the General Iffue, and give this AS: and the Spe- " " ' ■cial Matter in Evidence ; and if the Plaintiff" fliall become nonfuited or forbear further Profecution, or fuf- fer Difcontinuance, or a Verdict to pafs againfl him, or Judgment upon Demurrer, the Defendant or De- and rerovev fendaiits faall recover his and their treble Cofts, for vdiich he and they fliall have like Remedy as . in Cafes ^^'^^^■'^ Coiiz. wherein Cofts by Law are given to Defendants. And this AtS fhall be taken and allov/ed a Publick A6t in PuUick Aft. ■all Courts within thi.s Kingdom, and all Judges and Juftices are hereby required to take Notice thereof as fuch, without fpeci.il pleading of the fame. XI. Provided aiways That this. Act, or any Thing herein contained, fliall not be conftrued to eJctend ^^"^ "j^^^^*^"^"*- TO any Cloth mad? or manufactured within the County of York, or to repeal or any wife invalidate any of yorkfhirc nor .' the Powers and Authorities mentioned or contained in an Adt made in the feventh Year of her prefent Ma- to i)ivalid.nc tl;*' jefty's Reign, intituled. An Ati for the letter afceriahmig the Letigths mid Breadths of Waolleji Cloth made in Afliof 7 Anna;,
- he Cou}:i9 of York. ^'3' .
[Vide I Geo. I. ftat. 2. c. 15. for making this Ad more effeauak] jit^niln^'rc^ to, I Goo. I. f. 41. iiCeo.i.c.i,^. ^GcotZ.c.i;. n C?;:. I. c. 28. <2/:i/ liCfs, 2. t. 35-. CAP.. XVIL An A6t.for the better colkfting and recovering die Duties gtafited fot the Support of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich, and lor the further Benefit thereof-, and for the preferving her Ma- jefty's Harbour Moorings. ' }r7HEREAS by an Aft made in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King William 7 &gv.3.c.2i. ' VV the Third, intituled, An Ail for the Increafe and Incouragemcnt of Scatnen, aiid alfo another Act S Ag vv.j. c 23. ' made in the eighth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intitule'S, An ASf to evforce the A El for the In- ^^^r:^ H"^"*™ ' creafe and hicouragemcnt of Seamen^ there was given for the better Support of the Royal Hofpital founded o/the'^Wse»Tof ' at Greenwich by his faid late Majefty, a Duty of fix Pence per Menjem, payable by all Seamen ; v/hich every Sea.i.an
- Acts have not proved fufRcient for the due collefting the faid Duty :' I'o the Intent therefore that the n^ tjic Suprort
faid fix Pence /i<rr ^^«y^M may for the future be more effeiSlually collected for the Ufes aforefaid, Be it "-f Oi;=n^^ii-h enacted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiri--^,'°'"°'^"'^,>'^^ tual
