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 A..D. J'jo6; Anno quinto Ann^ Reginas; C. 34, 267 CAP. XXXIV. An Kdi for continuing the I^aws therein mentioned, relating to the Poor, and to the buying and felling of Cattle in Smithfield, and fp-r fuppreffing of Piracy. ' W beneficial, are expired or near expiring ; therefore, for continuing the fame,' Be it enafted 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 aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That 13 & i4Car. 2. an kSt made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, inti- <:■ n. for Relief tuled, An AEl for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, which was enadled to have Continuance °^P° ™""""*" (except v/hat related to the Corporations therein mentioned, and thereby conftijiuted) until the twenty- "' ^ ^"°' ninth of May one thoufand fix hundred and fixty-five, and from thence to the End of the fii-fl Seflion of the next Parliament; which faid Aft, by an Ait made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King James the Second (except what related to the Corporations therein mentioned, and thereby confiituted) i jac. 2. c. 27. was enaiSted to be in force from the firft Day of May one thoufand fix hundred eighty-five, and fo to con- tinue for the Space of feven Years, and from, thence to the End of the next Sellion of Parliam.ent ; and by an kSt made in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William, the faid 3&4 v/. &M. Aift (as to what therein related to the Settlement of the Poor) was ena£ted to be in force from the firft ■=• 'J- Day of March one thoufand fix hundreJ ninety-one; but no Provlfion was thereby made for continuing divers other Parts of the faid Ait ; which faid Aft, for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, as to all Parts thereof not mentioned and continued in and by the faid Aft made in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of their late Majefties pother than, and except what relates to the Corporations men- tioned in the faid Aft for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, and thereby conftituted) was, by an Aft made in the fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of their late Majefties, continued for the Space 4 & 5 V/. 3, of feven Years, from the thirteenth Day of February one thoufand fix hundred ninety-two, and from =• 24- thence to the End of the next Selfion of Parliament ; which faid Aft afterwards, by an Aft of the ele- venth and twelfth Years of King William, intituled. An ASl for continuing feveral Laws therein men- 11& iiW. 3. tioned, was continued for feven Years, from the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hun- '^^^ ^^ ^j^.. dred, fhall be in force from the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and feven ,^ Anna^ftatr (except what relates to the Corporations therein m,entioned, and thereby conftituted) for feven Years, 1, c. 18.'' and from thence to the End of the next Seffions of Parliament. IL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That fo much of an Aft made in the twenty- ai & 23 Car. 2, fecond and twenty-third Years of King Charles the Second, intituled. An A£i to prevent Frauds in the «• ^9; to prevent buying and felling of Cattle in Smithfield and elfewhere, which relates to the preventing Butchers within the ^^^"y||I^'^of'°^ Cities of Londm and IVefiminfter, or ten Miles thereof, to buy fat Cattle, and fell the fame again to any cattle, continu- other Butcher, either alive or dead ; as alfo fo much as relates to the preventing fat Cattle bought in ed for 7 Years. Smithfield in one Market to be fold there again alive ; which was expired, and was afterw .rds, by an Aft made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King James the Second, enafted to be in force from the * J*'^- -• <^" '7* four and twentieth Day of fiine one thoufand fix hundred eighty-five, for feven Years, and fro^^ thence to the End of the next Seflion of Parliament, with a Provifo, that the faid Aft fhould not extend to Salef- men or Faftors employed by Farmers or Feeders ; and the faid Afts were after continued by an Aft made ^^^ -^^ ^ y^. in the fourth and fifth Years of King William and Queen Mary for feven Years, from the thirteenth _ ^^_ of February one thoufand fix bundred ninety-two ; and by another Aft made in the eleventh and twelfth I'l & u w. 3.
 * "IT 7 HERE AS the temporary Laws following, which by Experience have been found ufeful and
 * Years of King William, was continued for feven Years, from the twenty-ninth Day of September one c 13.

j thoufand feven hundred, fhall be continued, with all the Claufes and Provifoes therein mentioned (ex- Except one ! cept one Claufe which was afterwards repealed by an Aft made in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign Claufe. • of King Charles the Second, intituled. An ABfor Repeal of a Claife in a former All to prohibit Salefmen is ^"- 2- '■ 4« ', frm felling fat Cattle) for and during the Space of^feven Years, after the faid twenty-fifth Day March one E^P' I thouland Yeven hundred and feven: And whereas there is, notwithftanding the Provifion of the aforefaid Aft, a pernicious Praftice, now in '{Jk, for one Butcher to buy a greater C^antity of fat Cattle or Sheep in Smithfield, and may be a very great Inconvenience both to the Graziers and Houfekaepers, by fubjeft- I ing both the one and the other to ftich Price as they fliall think fit to give or demand ; Be it therefore ■enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand ^^^^^ 5^^ I feven hundred and feven, no Perfon ufing the Trade of a Butcher ihall fell, or offer to fale, in any Mar- ,^0^. no But- j- ■ ket or elfewhere, either by himfelf or any Servant or Agent whatfoever, within the Cities of London and chei- to fell ia Wejlminfler, or within ten Miles thereof, to any Perfon or Perfons exercifing .or ufing the Trade of a any "^^^^J... i Butcher, any fat Cattle or Sheep, either alive or dead, upon Pain to forfeit the Value of the Cattle, or of ^^ ^^^^^^ ^''" I each Sheep fo fold or offered to Sale as aforefaid ; one Moiety of which Forfeiture fliall be to the Queen's another Butcher Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other Moiety to him or them that v/ill fue for the fame in any any fat Cattle or i of her Majefty's Courts of Record, by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no EiToin, Sheep, dead or ?r-oteftion or Wager of Law Ihall be allowed, or any more than one Imparlance. »)'™' ^y7 ■Ojie Butcher may fell to another dead Cal-ves, &E. Mm 2 IIL And
 * than he can vend, unlefs by felling them again to other Butchers, which reduces the Number of Huyers