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 A. D.I 695' Anno fexto & feptimo GuLi ELMi III. C. 17. 585 Wharfs, Carriages, and Rates for Carriages, by or through tlie faiJ Paffage; and to fet, lay, do, and exe- cute all Things concerning the fame, as in the faid firft recited Aft are ordained and directed, iubje£l ne- verthelefs to fuch an Appeal as is therein mentioned; and alfo, 'I'hat upon the Death or Removal of any of the prefent Commiffioners for executing the faid recited Adl, the furviving Conmiiffioners for the Uni- verfity and City of Oxford refpeflively may, at any Time hereafter, by virtue hereof, nominate and eleft any Perfon they think fit to be a Commiflioner, and with theni to execute all and every the Powers in the faia recited Aft, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, and of this prefent A&. VIII. Provided alfo. That nothing herein contained fhall be conftrued to impeach or Icflen any Jurif- This Aft n^t to diftion. Power, or Authority of the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of Z/Sw^'ot, or of any ''^1"':" 'hi; Ai:- other Body Politick or Corporate, or other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, thoriiy of Lcn- IX. And for the better preventing the Damages and Mifchiefs frequently done and committed by the rude B""'cmen and diforderly Perfons rowing and managing the faid Barges, and that the Owners of inch Barges may be chargeaLio Tor more careful to prevent the fame; be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That every Barge-mafter, and anv Mifchicf Owner of any Barge or Boat, fhall be and is hereby made anfwerable and refponfible for any Damage or <*""= '<> Locks, Mifchief that fliall be done by his Barge or Boar, or the whole or any of the Crew of his Bargemen, to any ^'- 5,"!'° ''^i' of the Wears, Locks, Bucks, Winches, Turnpikes, Dams, Floodgates, and other Engines in and upon "' " ** the faid River; and the faid Barge- maflers, or Barge-owners, fhall and may be fued and profecuted for the fame, and, if found guilty, the Plaintiff fliall not only recover his Damages thereby fuftained, but his full Cofls of Suit ; any former Law or Ufage to the contrary notwithffanding. X. Provided always, That this Adl fhall continue and be in Force for the Term of nine Years, and ^a to continue from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. [Continued by 3 Geo. 2. c. ii. 9 years. §. 25. except as to the fcventh Sedtion, and by 22 Geo. 2j c. 46.] CAP. XVII. An Ad to prevent counterfeiting and clipping tlie Coin of this Kingdom. HE RE AS it is manifeft that of late Years the current Coin of this Kingdoni hath been greatly rMar.Scff.z, diminifhed by clipping, rounding, filing, and melting the fame, and likewifemany falfe and coun- '•^• ' terfc it Coins have been clipped for the better difguifmg thereof: And for as much as it is apparent that thefe '"^^'•'^•'i' ' Pradlices of diminifhing the current Coin is very much occafioned by thofe who drive a Trade of exchang- II. Be it therefore enadled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent Penalty upon of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of '''=i'o"/*"'"g. the fame, That from and after the firft Day oi May, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand m ^i^'"^ ^^^'' fix hundred ninety-five, if any Perfon or P.:rfons whatfoever fliail, at any one Time or Payment, exchange, th'jnijjjjoingj^ lend, fell, borrov/, or buy, receive or pay, any broad filver Money or filver Money undipped, of the Coin iHak'sP.C, of this Kingdom, for more in Tale, Benefit, Profit, or Advantage, than the fame was coined for and ought 376. by Law to go for, be lent, fold for, borrowed or bought, received or paid, fliall forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds for every twenty Shillings that fhall be fo exchanged, lent, fold for, borrowed or bought, received or paid, and fo in Proportion for any greater or leffer Sum; one Moiety thereof to Kis Majefty, and the other Moiety to the Perfon who fhall fue or inform for the fame, to be recovered (with Cofts of Suit) by Adlion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Privilege, Protedfion, or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, nor any more than one Im.parlance. III. And be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon do or fliall prefume to caft In- Penalty for caft- gots or Ears of Silver, in Imitation oi Spanijl) Bars or Ingots of Silver, nor do ftamp any Mark or Im- '"^ ^J*""^^.''' prefEon upon any Ingot or Bar in Likenefs of the Spanlfi Marks or Impreffions ; upon Pain that the Perfon Uiem liliTs'paf herein offending fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Silver fo caff, and alfo the Sum of five hundred nifh Money. Pounds, one Moiety to His Majefly, and the other to the Informer, to be recovered as aforefaid. IV. And for the better preventing the clipping, diminifhing, or impairing the current Coin of this King- Punidiment for ■ dom, be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon whatfoever fliall buy or fell, and buying or felling knowingly have in his Cuilody or PofTeflion, any Clippings or Filings of the current Coin of this King- Clippings, &c. dom; he fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit the faid Clippings or Filings, and alfo the Sum of five hun- dred Pounds, one Moiety to His Majefty, and the other to the Informer, to be recovered as aforefaid, and fhall be alfo branded in the Right Check with a hot iron with the Letter R. and until Payment of the faid five hundred Pounds fliall fuffer Imprifonment. V. And be it further enacted. That no Goldfmith, or other Perfon whatfoever, fhall from and after the No Perfon ftall faid firft Day oi May tranfport or caufe to be tranfported, out of this Kingdom of E>7g/a!id into any Parts tranfpcrt Bul- beyond the Seas, any molten Silver whatfoeve'-, but fuch only as fhall be marked or ftamped at Go/d/miths- i,?"4DTed''at' .hall by the V/ardens, fome or one of them, belonging to the faid Company of GokHmitliS, which Mark or (jojdfmiths- Stamp the faid Wardens are hereby required to provide, and therewith to m;irk or ftamp all fuch Silver as hail. fliall be proved before them, or one of them, in fuch Manner as is hereafter mentioned, to Iwlav.'ful Sil- ver ; nor unlefs a Certificate be firft had and obtained under the Hand ot one or more of the faid War- dens, of Oath having been made before him or them by the Owner or Owners of fuch molten Silver, and likewife by one credible Witnefs, that the fame is lawful Silver, and that no Part thereof v.'as (before the fame was molten) the current Coin of this Pvealm, nor Clippings thereof, nor Plate wrought v.'ithin this Kingdom ; which Oath the faid V/ardens, or any one of fhcm, are and is hereby required and authorized to adminiffer, and likewife to make and grant a Certificate thereof without Fee or Reward, ah Entrv of which Certificate fhall be duly made by the faid Wardens, in a Book to be kept for that Purpofe ; and in cafe any Perfon v/hatfoever, who fliall offer any molten Silverto be marked, as is aforefaid, fliall not prove Vol. III. 4 F by
 * ing broad Money for clipped Money, and by other Arts and Devices :'