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 A.D. i688. Amio primo Gulielmi & Marine. C. 23i 34" 439 CAP. XXXIII. An A&. fof cJcplainihg Vutt of an A6t made in the firfl Year of King Jiimes the FirH-, con- cerning tanned Leather. < T T 7 H E R E A S by a Statute made in the firft Year of King J^ams the Fii fl: it was enafted. That the r Jac. t. r. Ji. ' VV Mailer and Wardens of the leveral Myftcries of the Cordwainers, Curriers, Girdlers, and Sadlers §■ *9-. ' of the City of London, Fof the time being,, or tlie major Part of the faid Malter and Wardens of every the ^^'r'"^'^^ " ' fa'id fcveral Mylleries, under the Penalty therein mentioned, Hiould four Times in the Year at leaft (that ™* "' '" ^'' ' is to fay) once every Qi,iarter of the Ye.r, or oftner if Need Ihouid require, fearcli, and view all Boots, ' Shoes, Buflcins, and other Waes and 'J'hings whatfoevcr made of tanned Leather, in all and every ' Houfe and Houfes, Place and Places, privileged or not privileged, as well within the City of London and ' Suburbs thereof, as in every other Place within three Miles of the fame City, where any Shoemaker, ' Sadler, Girdler, Currier, or other Artificer, ufmg cutting, working, or drefTing of Leather, whether the ' fame Boots and Shoes, Wares, Stuff, Or other Thihgs, were made of tanned Leather, and were wrought ' according to the Purport, Effeft, and true Meaning of the fiiid Statute, or not : ' II. And wheixas fome Doubts have been made, whether tanned Leather, when and after it hath been ' fully drefled and curried by the Currier, be a Ware within the faid Statute, ajid fevcral Suits of Law have ' been carried on againft the Mafter and Wardens of the Company of Curriers, to their great Charge and ' Vexation, and tending to the utter avoiding the good Provision made in the faid Statute for the due and ' lawful carrying and dreffing of Leather, and the Search and Vi-ew thereof, to be made as by the faid ' StatCite is required :' For the removing therefore of all Doubts, and that Search and View may be duly made according to the faid Statute : III. Be it enafted by the King's and Queen's m oft Excellent Majeftics, by and with the_ Advice and What Aail be Confent of the Lords Spiritual aad Temporal) and Commons, in this .prelent Parliament alTembled, and ^'l'"''.S"' ^""^ b'ythe Authority of the fame, That all and every Hide, Skin, or Piece Of tanned Leather, flvavcd or 11-"'^,;' {'g' '* quored, of what Colour foever, with any lawful liquoring or drefling, and being well and truly curried iw.V. 3" I'lo. according to the Directions of the faid Statute, Ihall be adjudged, reputed, and taken to be the made Wfflfe and Ma'nufa6ttite of the faisd Ca»ier, aSid fubjaSt to the View, Search, and Seizure of the faid Mafter and Wardens, or tfee fiiajor Part-, a-s in and by the faid Statute is provided, and fhaill be liable to be fei^ed, and fubjeft to the fa:me Penalties as other Wares infufficfenitly made of ta»n«d Leather by the faid Statute a^-e liable and fiibjeft unto. IV. Provided always, That nOthirng in ^this er Siay ©tter A£i: fhall expend to give any Power to the The Power of Mafter and Wardens of the Company of Curriers, to vifit, feaToh, or 'fcize any Lejither, Hide, -or Skin, ^'^'^'^'"^^' but fuch only as fhall be curried or drefled within the City of London, or three Miles thereof, by fome Metiibers of their own Company, nor in any other 'Place, but in t^ie -eipeii Market, or in the Shops, HoufeS) or Warehouses of fuch Curtia'S. V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it feall and may hz 'lawful to and Red tanned for all Leather-fellers, Curriers, Shoemakers, and all other Perfon and Perfons whatfocver, that do deal Leather hew ■ curried or uncurried, the fame being firft iearched and fealed according to the Form of the Statutes in tiiat i ^fc -Hiftde iihd provided, and having fo bought t'he -fame, to ^fell it again to aiiy Perfon or Petfons whatfo- 1, ever, in their publick and open Shops, or to cut and convert the fame into other made Ware, according to i tfejir Several and refpettive Trades. VI. And be it further enaiSted, That it fhall and may be lawful for any 'Perfon or Perfons to buy or fell Leither may te l*h«her, -Hides, and Skins %y Weight ; any Law, Statute, or oth-er Provifion to 'the con'tcary m -any wife, ^°"|(?',i^|^-^_" nOtwithftanding. ' Farther pro-cUed fSr, hy !j Aim. c.d, 12 Atw. fttit. 'z. r. 9. 3 G«. 1. c. 4. J-Gto, i, c. 2. 'andli, Geo. 2. f. 25- c A P. xxxrv. An A6t for prohibiting all Trade and Cammerce with France. Vide i .W. & ^M. Sejf. 2. •CRp. ^14. for more effeMual ■exeaaing 'this AB, and both revived py 4. & £ W.W M. Cap. 25. .fur three Tears, if War with France lafl fo long. '* Tr^ORASlVltJCH as your Majefties, upon juft and honourable Grounds, have been pleafed to deolarej w. Scfij. ifai ' JD an a(3ual War with France., and to enter into feveral Confederacies for carrying ,on the 'fame; .and 2- i^- y- ^- '- ■* that it hath been found by longExperience, that the importing df/r^^c/^ Wines, Vinegar, iirandy, liinen, 5^'^ w.&M. ' Silks, Salt, Paper, and other the ■Commodities of the Growth, ProduiEL, or Manufacture of j^Yz/zii? or of '^' "" ^' '^'^' ' the Territories or Dominions of the 'French King, hath much exhaufted the Treafure of this T'J'atian, le{- XIX. And it is hereby ena£ted, That from and after the tenth Day of September one thoufand fix Retailers to felt hundred eighty-nine, no Vintner or Retailer of Wines whatfoever fhall fell or utter any Wines by "Retail, wir.e in Pewter, 2 other t. 12.
 * ^■w<*1c in Leather, freely to bu}^ alLSorts of red tanned Leather in any -open Fair or Marlcet, whether ''""s'^^nd .ibid.
 * Tehed the Value of the native Commodities and Manufaftures thereof, and greatly inipoverifhed ihe^.'EngUJJ}
 * ■ Artificers ana Handicrafts, and caufed great Detriment to this Kingdom Ln general :' ...