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 i A. D. 1697, Anno odavo 8c nono Guliei.mi III. C. 10. 641 Perfon or Perfons, except of the Owner of fuch Cloth, othcrwife than for ready Money ; that then, and "■'^y Money, in every fuch Csfc, the Fiiftor or Fa.flors, Pcrf--.;i or Perfe.ns felling fuch Cloth, (hall within twelve Days '"'' "fi'-^'ng next afier the Sale and Delivery of the fame, take or demand a Note in Writing from the Perfon or Per- J^ol^f'if * fons buying fuch Cloth, tcftifying under the Hind of the IJuyer the Cloth fo fold, and the Sum of Money [("ycrinVs fuch Cloth was fold for, and payable by fuch Buyer, to the Owner of fuch Cloth, according to the Con- D^ysaucr Sale, tiaft, and fnall deliver on Demand fuch Note, with Notice of fuch JJuyer's ufual Place of Abode thereon fubfcribed, to the Owner of the Cloth fo fold, or to any Perfon authorized by the Owner to demand and receive the fame, on Pain to forfeit to the Owner or Owners of fuch Cloth, for every Neglect or Refufal of demanding fuch Note, or fuch Delivery thereof, with Notice as aforefaid, double the Value of the Cloth fo fold, to the Owner or Ov/ners of fuch Cloth ; and if any Merchant, Woollen Draper, or Trader in the Penalty on Woollen Manufacture, buying any Woollen Cloth ujion Truft, (hall refufe or negledl to give fuch Note Buyers rcr.fmg as aforefaid, upon Requeft to him for that Purpofe to be made at any Time after eight Days next after the " ^'"° ^"'^^ Sale and Delivery of the faid Cloth, he (hall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum of twenty Shillings °^ for every Cloth fo fold, to the Owner of the faid Cloth ; and every Piece of Cloth, not actually returned CInth notrr- within eight Days next after the Sale and Delivery of the fame, (hall be and is hereby adjudged, deemed, ""'"= i" 3Djyj and taken to be pafTed and approved of by the Buyer as a merchantable Cloth ; and all Contra£ts, Promifcs ^cem^"''!^^'^ and Agreements, for the allowing of any longer Time for the pafling of any Cloth, (hall be and are hereby chantablc."" declared to be void. V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Forfeitures and Penalties impofed penalties, &c. by virtue of this Aft, (hall or may be fued for and recovered by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Informa- how to be tjo- tion, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record, in which no tffoin. Wager of Law, or Prote£tion, and "cred. but one Imparlance fhall be allowed ; and if not otherwife herein before difpofed of, one Moiety thereof fliall be to the Ufe of His Majefty, His Heirs and Succe(rors, and the other to the Informer. VI. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if the Owner of the Cloth o-.vrcrsofCloth all negledl to fue for any of the Penalties and Forfeitures he (hall be intitled to by virtue of this A£t, by notfuing forPc- ihe Space of fix Months next after the Offence committed, then it (hall and may be lawful for any other "'>''y '" ^ "•erfon to fue for and recover the fame, and one Moiety thereof (hall be to the Ufe of His Majefty, His Heirs ^1°^"'^'^ " e ,nd Succe(rors, and the other to the Informer. _ AiteteTby T' VII. And to prevent fraudulent Praflices of Faftors as to the Effe£ts of Clothiers in their Hands, and as Geo. i. flat. z. to the Debts due to Clothiers, contracted for by fuch Fadtors ; Be it further enafted by the Authority afore- e- 15. V i3- (aid. That every Perfon being a known or reputed Faftor for felling Cloth in the faid Market of Blackwell Faftorstogive Hall, fliall, before the four and twentieth Day o^June one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, if thereunto Accountof the requefted by any Clothier or Owner of Cloth, give and deliver a true and particular Account in Writing to u'^'^'?'' '"/pr"^!, fuch Clothier or Owner of Cloth, of theEffeCts of fuch Clothier or Owner of Cloth, which now are, or f^j'j" I'ndofMo- before the firft Day o^ May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, (hall be in the Hands of fuch Fadror, ney'due. and the particular Cloths of fuch Clothier or Owner of Cloth fold by fuch FaClor, and of the particular Sums of Money due to fuch Clothier or Owner of Cloth by any Contradt of fuch Fadtor, and of the re- fpedtive Names and Places of Abode of every Perfon from whom (lich Sums are due ; and if any fuch Fadtor (hall refufe or negledl to give and deliver fuch Account as aforefaid, he (hall forfeit to the Perfon or Perfons Penalty, to whom he ought to give and deliver fuch Account ten Pounds, to be recovered and fued for as aforefaid. CAP. X. An Aft to enable the Returns of Juries as formerly, until the firft Day of November 1 697. ■ H E R E A S by an Adl made in the firft SefTions of this prefent Parliament, intituled. An AEi for _ ^ g ■yy the Eafe of Jurors, and better regulating of Juries, it is amongft other Things enadled. That all .j_ ' Conftables, Tithingmen, and Headboroughs of Towns in each County, or their Deputies, or fome or ' one of them, fliall yearly at the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace to be holden for each County, ' Riding or Divifion, or any Part thereof, in the Week after the Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel, upon ' the firft Day of the faid Seffions, or upon the firft Day that the faid SeiTions fliall be held by Adjournment ' at any other particular Divifion or Place, return and give a true Lift in Writing of the Names and Places ' of Abode of all Perfons within the refpedlive Places for which they ferve, qualified to ferve upon fuch ' Juries, with their Titles and Additions, between the Age of one and twenty Years and the Age of fe- ' venty Years, to the Juftices of the Peace in open Court; which faid Juftices, or any two of them at the ' faid Se(Tions, in the refpedlive Counties, Ridings or Divifions, fliall caufe to be delivered a Duplicate of ' the aforefaid returned Lifts by the Clerks of the Peace of every County or Riding, to the Sheriffs or their ' Deputies, on or before the firft Day oi January next following, and caufe the faid Lifts to be fairly entred ' cords of the faid Court of Seflions ; and no Sheriff (hall impanel or return any Perfon or Perlons to try ' any of the Iffues joined in any of the faid Courts, or to be or ferve in any Jury at the AlTizcs, SefTions ' the (aid Lift : And whereas feveral Conftables, not being apprized of their Duties, have negledled to make ' Returns of Jurors in fuch Manner as by the fold Adl is diredled, infomuch that there are really no Lifts ' or Duplicates of Perfons out of which the Jurors are to be returned or impanelled by the Sheriffs for the ' Trials of fuch Iffues as aforefaid, ever made up, or entred into Bonks as the faid Adl diredls, in feveral Vox. III. 4 N ' vifioft
 * into a Book l3y the Clerk of the Peace, to be by him provided and kept for that Purpofe amongft the Re-
 * of Oyer and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, or SelTions of the Peace, that (hall not be named or mentioned in
 * Counties of this Kingdom ; and the Sheriff's being as aforefaid obliged by the faid Adl, neither to return
 * or impanel any Perfon or Perfons that (hall not be named or mentioned in the faid Lifts, there will, in
 * all and every the faid Counties where there have been fuch total Negledls as aforefaid (unlefs other Pro-