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 126 C. i8. Amio priino Annje Regiiiffi. Stat. 2. A. 0.1701. S'crfon by Ncg- IX. Provided alv/ays, That any Perfon, who by any Negleft or Rcfufal, according to this A6t, (hall '"^bffira a""^°'"'^ °' forfeit any (3ffice, may be capable of a new Grant of the faid Office, or of any other, and {hall be°capable or7 ^^^^ '^"'^ ^°^ ''"^ fame again, fuch Perfon taking the faid Oath, and fubfcribing thereunto, in fuch Man- .nc^v Grunt, &c. 'I*;'}' ^3 aforef;ud, fo as fuch Office be not granted to, or aflually enjoyed by, fome other Perfon a,t the I'ime of the re- granting thereof. No Peer of Ire- X. And be it further enacSed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the five and twentieth land to fit in ihe Day of Afmrh one thoufand feven hundred and three, no Perfon that now is, or fliall be hereafter, a Peer Houfc ot I'ecis; of the Realm of Ireland^ or Member of the Houfe of Peers there, fhall vote or make his Proxy in the faid Houle of Peers, or fit there during any Debate in the faid Houfe ; nor any Perfon after the faid five and nor Member of twentieth Day of M??-^;, who fhall be elefted a Member of the Houfe of Commons in that Kingdom, Comrnonsca a- P'^^' ^^ Capable to vote 1)1 the faid Houfe, or fit there during any Debate in the fame, after their Speaker tie to vote, un- '^ chofen ; until fuch Peer or Member fhall from Time to Time refpectively take the faid Oath, and fub- tii-thcy take tbe fcribe the fame, at the fame Time, and in fuch Manner as is directed for their making, fubfcribing, and • Oath, &c. 3 W. repeating the Declaration mentioned and expreffed in the faid Ad, intituled, An Act for abrogating the &M. c, 2. Oath of Supremacy 'inKiA^^ and appointing other Oathi. XI. And be it further enacted, 'I'hat if any Perfon that noiv is, or hereafter fhall be, a Peer of the faid Jenalty. Realm of /nVm;,'!', or Member of the H^oufe of Commons there, fliall, after the (aid five and twentieth Day oi March prefume to vote or make his Proxy, not having taken the faid Oath, and fubfcribed the fame as aforefaid, every fuch Peer and Member fhall from thenceforth incur, be fubjeiSt, and liable unto the Forfeitures, Penalties, and Difabilities in the faid firft mentioned AcSt expreffed, touching Peers ia Parliament, and Members in the Houfe of Commons in England. Aft net to ex- XIL Provided always. That this Act or any Thing therein contained (hall not extend to the Office of tend to the Of- any High Conftable, i'etty Conliable,, Tythingman, Headborough, Overfeer of the Poor, Churchwar- fice of any Con- dens. Surveyors of the Highways, or an.y like inferior Civil Officer in the faid Kingdom oi Ireland; or to fiabic, ^c. any Office of Forefter, or Keeper of any Park, Chafe, Warren, or Game, or BailifF of any Manor or Lands, nor to any like private Offices, nor to any Perfon or Pcrfons having only any the before n:ention- ed or the like Offices in the faid Kingdom. CAP. XVIII. An ABc for the more effeflual preventing the Abufes and Frauds of Perfons imployed in tfie working up the Woollen, Linen, Fuftian, Cotton, and Iron Manufaftures of this Kingdom. Zn-pJainei ani ' "^TTHERE'AS many Frauds are daily committed by Perfons imployed in the working up of the amended by ' Wj Woollen, Linen, Fuftian, Cotton, and Iron Manufadtures within this Kingdom, by imbezil- 23 Cso. a. £. 8. ' iiig j^jjjI purloining of the Materials v/ith which they are intrufled, to the great Prejudice of Trade and ' Commerce ;' Be it therefore enadted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, Penalty on Per- ^'^"^ ^Y ^^ Authority of the fame. That from and after the tw^enty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven fons imployed in hundred and three, if any Perfon or Perfons employed in the working up the Woollen, Linen, Fuftian, the Woollen or Cotton, or Iron Manufadlures within this Kingdom, fliall imbezil or purloin any Wefts, Thrums, or Linen Manu- Ends of Yarn, or any other Materials of Wooll, Hemp, Flax, Cotton, or Iron, with yi^hich he, flie, or ,iaiftures, Sec. jj^gy jg ^j. ^j^jj j^g i,1t;J-^{^ed to v/ork upon, or fhall reel fliort or falfe Yarn, being thereof lawfully con- ehcfamer""^ vifted by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or WitnefTes, or by the Confeffion of the Party or Parties accufed of the fame, before one Juftice of the Peace of the faid County where fuch Offence Ihall be committed, fhall forfeit double the Value of the Damages done, for the Ufe of the Poor of the faid Parifli : And in cafe the Offender or Offenders fo convicted as aforefaid, fliall negledl or refufe to pay their Forfeiture or Forfeitures as aforefaid, that then it fliall and may be lawful for the faid Juilice to caufe the faid Offender to be committed to the Houfe of Correction, until Satisfafllon fhall be made ; And in cafe it fhali appear to the faid Juftice, that the faid Oilender is not able to make Satisfaction, then the faid Offender fliall be there publickly whipped, and kept to hard Labour, for any Time not exceed- ing fourteen Days. The like OS Per- fL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon or Perfons buying or re- fcns buying, &c. ceivjng any Wefts, Thrums, or Ends of Yarn, or any other Materials of Wool, Hemp, Flax, Cot- fuch Goods iip- ton, or Iron, and being thereof lav/fully convifted, in Manner as aforefaid, fhall fuftcr the like Pe- iiezjleiS. palties and Forfeitures, as one convided, purfuant to this A£t, for purloining and imbeziling of the faid Materials. III. And to prevent the Oppreffion of the Labourers and Workmen imployed in the Woollen, Linen, Laboureri and Fuftian, Cotton, and Iron Manufacture, be it enaCted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Payments Workmen to he and SatisfaCtjons hereafter to be made to any of the fame Labourers and Workmen, for any Work by jjaid in Money, them done in the fame Manufacture, fhall be by the lawful Coin of this Realm, and not by any Cloth, AUWoolltobe Vi(3:,uals, or Comniodities, in lieu thereof: And all Wooll delivered out to be wrought up, fhall be fo wrought fliall delivered, with Declaration of the true Weight thereof, on Pain that every Offender, in either of the 1° w'^T^ °'* '^^ Cafes, fiiall forfeit and pay to fuch Labourer or Worker, double jhe Value of what fliall be due for f^Ml°y!^'' ^^'^^'^ Work by him, her, or them done ; and if any fuch Labourer or Worker fliall be guilty of any fuch ■■' ■ Fraud or Default in the Work by him, her, or them done, then fuch Labourer or Worker fhalj allow and anfwer to the Owner of fuch Work double the Damages thereby fuftained, J IV, And