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 64 C. 4. Anno duodecimo & decimo tertio Gulielmi III. A. D. 1700. Abode, may proceed thereon; and for want of an Appearance or Anfwer, or for Non-performance of and fcquefter the any Order or Decree, or Breach thereof, may fequefter the real and perfonal Eftate of the Party, as is Party's Eftaie, ufed and pradifid w'lere the Defendant is a Peer o'f this Realm, but flial! not arreft or imprifon the Body ^utnotarrefthis-Qf ^j^y ^f j},g f^^^ Knights, Citizens and Burgeffes, or other privileged Perfon, during the Continuance _° ^' .^ of Privilege of Parliament. rdtomProfecuI I^I- And be it enadcd by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Plaintiff (hall, by Reafon or Oc- ■jion by Privilege cafion of Privilege of ParliaiTient, be {layed or prevented from profecuting any Suit by him commenced, of Parliament,- luch Plaintiff fliall not be barred by any Statute of Limitation, or nonfuited, difnilled, or his Suit dif- i)ot to be barred continued, for want of Profecution of the Suit by him begun, but {hall from Time to Time, upon the byany Statut9of.j^jf;^g ^f (.[^g Parliament, be at Liberty to. proceed to Judgment and Execution. Limitation, &c. jy_ And it is hereby enafted, That no Aftion, Suit, Proc fs, Order, Judgment, Decree or Proceed- _ No Aaion, &:c. ing in Law or Equity againft the King's original and immediate Debtor, for the Recovery or Obtaining againft the King's Qf ^^y Debt or Duty originally and immediately due or payable unto his R4ajefl:y, his Heirs or Succeffors, Debtor ""fcc °'' ^o^'"^ ^'"'7 Accountant, or Perfon anfwerable or liable to render any Account unto his Majefly, his Heirs or Succeffors, for any Part or Branch of any of his or their Revenues, or other original or imme- diate Debt or Duty, or the Execution of any fuch Procefs, O.der, Judgment, Decree or Proceedings, fhill be ftayed by fhall be impeached, flayed or delayed, by or under the Colour or Pretence of any Privilege of Parliament ; Privilege of Par- ygj [q neverthelefs, that the Perfon or Perfons of any fuch Debtor or Accountant, or Perfon anfv/erable foiTnot'liable to' °'^ liable to account, being a Peer of this Realm or Lord of Parliament, fliall not be liable to be arrefted be arrefted, &c. o'' imprifbned by or upon any fuch Suit, Order, Judgment, Decree, Procefs or Proceedings, or being a Member of the Houfe of Commons, fhall not, during the Continuance of the Privilege of Parliament, be arrefted or imprifoned, by or upon any fuch Order, Judgment, Decree, Procefs or Proceedings. Provifo, V. Provided neverthelefs. That neither th.is Aft, nor any thing therein contained,, ft all extend to give Farther Promfr any Jurifdi61:ion, Power or Authority, to any Court, to hold Plea in any real or mixt Action, in any oKs concerning Other Manner than fuch Court might have done before the making this A6f. Parlianientf 2 (^ 3 Am:, c. i8. 6 Ann. c. y & aj. g Ann. c. 5. 10 Ann. c. ig (S/ 23. 1 Geo. I. c. 3S & 56. z Geo. 1. c. 24. 6 Geo. 2. c. 23. 8 Geo, a. c. 30, g Gn, s, c. 38, II Geo, %. c, 24. 13 Geo. 2, c. 20. 15 Geo. 2. c. 22. 19 Geo. 2. c. 28. 31 Geo, a. c. 14. 33 Geo. z. c. 20. C A P. IV. An Afl for appointing Wardens and AfTay Mafters for afiaying Wrought Plate in the Cities of Tork, Exeter, Brifiol, Chsfter, and Norwich, ' ^T7 HERE AS the Goldfmiths, Silverfmiths, and Plateworkers of this Kingdom, remote from the ' VV City of London, are under great Difficulties and Hardfhips in the Exercife of their Trades, for Cities appointed ' want of AfTayers in convenient Places to afiay and touch their Wrought Plate ;' For Remedy whereof, ■Wrought"platc!' .^"'^ ^°^ preventing all Frauds and Corruptions therein, be it enaiSed by the King's rnofl excellent Ma- • By lAnna, ' j^fly, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this flat. I. c. 9. prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fiime, That the feveral Cities within this King- ^. 3. Newcaftle dom, where the Mints were lately erefted for recoining the Silver Money of this Kingdom, {viz.) Tork, the'^ik^ P^w r ' ■^^^^'^' ^^^ft^U Chejler, AwA Norwich, fhall be, and are hereby appointed for the affaying and marking of C°ldf'^'ih°*&' ^°"Sht Plate, and for executing the Powers, Authorities, and Direftions given by this A&. in^thefaid Cities .■'■■'■• "^ '*■ ^'■'^^^^^ by the Authority aforefaid. That in every of the Cities aforefaid, the Goldfmidis, jncorporated a Sijyerfmiths, and Plateworkers, who are or fhall be Freemen of, or inhabiting within, any of the faid Company, and Cities, and having feived an Apprenticefhip to the faid Trade of a Goldfmith, Silverfmith, or Plate- ffiailchoofe War- worker, fha)l be, and are hereby refpe£i:ively incorporated a Company of or belonging to fuch City, and dent apjiually. fl^^ll be called and known by the Name of The Co,npany of Goldfmiths of fuch City refpeaively : Which Company of fuch City ftall be enabled, and are hereby authorized, annually to choofe two Pcx-fons to be the Wardens of the faid Company in each of the faid Cities refpedively : Which faid Wardens ftall con- tinue for the Space of one Year, and no longer, unlefs re-elefled by the faid Company : And if any of the faid Wardens fo chofen as aforefaid, ftall happen to die or remove out of fuch City, then the faid Company ftall, within one Month after fuch Death or Removal, choofe another Perfon of their Com-r pany to be Warden in his Room, and fuch Perfon fo chofen, ftall, and is hereby authorized and re- quired to a£l: accordingly. &c to°ma"ke'"' ^^^' ^^^ ^^ '* further en afted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Goldfmith, Silverfmith, or Plate- Plate "lefs^in*^ worker in any of the faid Cities, fhall work or make, or caufe to be wrought or made, any Silver Vef- Finenefs than ^^. PJ^te, or Manufacture of Silver, lefs in Finenefs than according to the Standard of this, Kingdom, Standard, nor which for the Time being is or ftall be appointed by Law for Wrought Plate, nor ftall put to fale, ex- fhali fell any up- change, or fell any Plate or Manufafture of Silver made after the nine and tv/entieth Day of September j'aGeo 2"^' ^^e °"^ thoufand feven hundred and one, until fuch Time as fuch Plate or manufaftured Silver fhall be °'^'^*' 'marked as followeth, viz, with the Worker's Mark, to be expreffed with the two iirft Letters of his Surname, to denote the Maker thereof, and alfo with the Lion's Head erafed, and the Figure of aV/oman commonly called Britannia, and with the Arms of fuch of the Cities aforefaid; wherein fuch Plate ftall be affayed and marked, to denote the Goodnefs thereof, and the Place where the fame was aflayed and marked, and alfo with a diflinft: variable Mark or Letter in Roman CharaiEler ; which Mark or Letter ftall be annually changed upon the Election of new Wardens for each refpedfive Company, to denote penalty, the Year in which fuch Plate is made ; upon Pain that all fuch Silver Veffels, Plate, or other manufacr foi:c[.t)ofl, tured Silver (except fuch Things as by reafon of their Smallnefs are not capable of receiving a Touch) 3 - whici)