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 454 C. i6. Anno quinto 6c fexto Edwardi VI. A.D. 1552. Bill, Plaint, Information or othcrwife; wherein no Wager of Law, EfToin, Protection or Injunction fliall be admitted or allowed for the Defendant. Sadlers, ice. II. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Sadlers, Girdlers, Cord- may buy Lea- wainers and all other Artificers, fuch as make Males, .Bougets, Leather Pots, Tankards, Barhides or any ther, &c. ether Wares of Leather, fliall or may buy all fuch Kind of tanned Leather as is or fhall be necefTary for their Occupying, to be wrought .or made by them or by their Servants in or about their faid Wares;'any Thing before mentioned in this Act- to the contrary notwithstanding. .Artificers may IN. Provided alio, That every Girdler and other Artificer before mentioned in this Act, may at his free fell theirWombs, Will and Pleafure fell their Necks, Wombs and Shreds of tanned Leather, (fuch as they or any of them "Shreds and cannot occupy about the Wares they ufe to make) to any Perfon or Perfons, without incurring any For- Neats. f e; tj p am or Penalty before expreiled in this A6t'; any Thing therein contained to the contrary notvvith- ■ fending. Buying of fo jy, provided alio, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall be lawful to or for muchianncd every Perfon or Perfons which now have or hereafter fhall have the King's Majelly's fpecial Licence or l'ai'ty hath Li- Licences to tranfport, carry or convey over the Sea any Kind of tanned Leather, to buy for the Furniture cence to tranf- of their faid Licence or Licences, in open Fair or Market, fuch and fo much tanned Leather as he or they port. be or fhall be licenced to tranfport, carry or convey : So that the fame Licence or Licences be prefented and fhewed unto the chief Officer or Officers that now have or hereafter fhall have the Governance of any City, Town, Fair or Market where the faid Leather or any Part thereof fhall be bought: (2) And fo that the faid Officer or Officers feeing the fame Licence to be good and perfect, do juffly and truly write upon the Backside of every fuch Licence or Licences, how much tanned Leather he or they fhall there have bought, and the certain Day, Time and Place of buying the fame, that thereby it may ma'nifeftly appear how and when every fuch Licence and Li cences t> e or fl 12 ^ t> e. fatisfied; any Thing in this Act to the con- trary notwithstanding, muf o'rt Shoe"' V< And be ll further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That after the faid first Day of May next «oots PO &c. ° CS ' coming, no Perfon or Perfons fhall fhip or caufe to be flapped (to the Intent to carry, tranfport or convey By 13 & 14 over the Seas as Merchandise to be fold or exchanged there] any Shoes, Boots, Bufkins, Stertups or Slip- Car.a. c.7. §. 6. pers, (z) upon Pain to forfeit all and every fuch Shoes, Boots, Bufkins, Stertups or Slippers fo fhipped .Shoes, &c. may CO ntraiy to the true Meaning of this Act, or the Value of the fame; the one Moiety of the faid Forfeiture be tranfported. tQ k e tQ ^ j£j n g our Sovereign Lord, and the other Moiety to him or them that fhall feize or fue for the fame in any of the King's Majefty's Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, Information or other- wife, wherein no Wager of Law, Eflbin, Protection or Injunction fhall be admitted or allowed for the Defendant. Repealed by yj_ PrQyUeJ always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this A<8:, ne any Thing therein Calais ' and* alfo contained, fhall not in any wife extend to be prejudicial or hurtful to any Perfon or Perfons being the King's by 1 ■jiw.c.j!. Subjects, for tranfpdrting or carrying over the Seas unto Calice or the Marches of the fame, and unto the •§.58. IJle of Man, fo much or as many of the aforefaid made Wares (as Boots, Bufkins, Stertups and Slippers heretofore recited) as fhall be necefTary and convenient for the Wearing and Furniture of the King's Sub- jects in them or any of them j any Thing in this laft Act contained to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithstanding. &ather*iil!oD- * Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Sadler, Girdler, Cord- ■donfnai: curry wainer, nor other Artificer, dwelling within the City of London and the Suburbs of the fame, which fhall Ix athis Houfe. cut the fame tanned Leather as is aforefaid, to the Intent to make Wares thereof, fliall curry or drefs any of the aforefaid tanned Leather in his or their own Houfe or Houfes, or by his or their Servant or Ser- vants, upon Pain of Forfeiture of all and every the faid tanned Leather fo to be curried; the one Moiety of which Forfeiture fhall be to our Sovereign Lord the King, and the other Moiety to the Party that will Vnrther presided f ue f or the f ame n an y f the King's Courts of Record, by Bill, Plaint, Action or Information, wherein J ° r -%iiiCar^i no Wager of Law, Effoin, Protection or Injunction fliall be admitted or allowed -for the Defendant. . c. 7. prohibiting Exportation, 9 Ann. c, 6. permitting it. And fee farther 12 Ann. fiat. 2. c. 9. 3 Ccq. i. c. 4. and 5 Geo. 1. c, 2. C A P. XVI. Againft Buying and Selling of Offices. The Penalty for ' ~f£ O R the Avoiding of Corruption which may hereafter happen to be in the Officers and Ministers in buying or felling < Jp thofe Courts, Places or Rooms, wherein there is requifite to be had the true Administration of J uf- offices". 1 ° ' t ' ce or Services of Trust; (2) And to the Intent that Perfons worthy and meet to be advanced to the 1 3 Btilft'r. 91. ' Place where Justice is to be miniftred, or any Service of Trust executed, fliould hereafter.be preferred to. 1R0U157, 236. ' the fame, and no other :' t ■1 Salk. 468. II. Be it therefore enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the 3 r"' 2 s 9 ' Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon or "s~Ti*7- 7 ' Perfons at any Time hereafter bargain or fell any Office or Offices, or Deputation of any Office or Of- fices, or any Part or Parcel of any of them, (2) or receive, have or take any Money, Fee, Reward, or any other Profit directly or indirectly, (3) or take any Promife, Agreement, Covenant, Bond, or any Aflurance to receive or have any Money, Fee, Reward or other Profit, directly or indirectly, for any Of- Hob. 75; fice or Offices, or for the Deputation of any Office or Offices or any Part of any of them; (4) or to the Crojac, 269. Intent that any Perfon fhould have, exercife or enjoy any Office or Offices, or the Deputation of any Office or Offices or any Part of any of them; (5) which Office or Offices, or any Part or Parcel of their, fliall in any wife touch or .concern the Administration or Execution of Juitice, (6) or the Receipt, Con- 4 troiment