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 414 C. 18. Anno octavo Ann ^ Reginas. A/D. 1709/ may henceforward be duly obferved and kept, in the making and affixing of the feveral Sort* of Bread made for Sale ; He it enaSted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con- fent of the Lords Spiritual and Ternporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by So much of the the Authority of the fame, That fo much of the faid Statute, [intituled, Ajjifa Pants et Ccrvijia] as relates faid Statute, in- to the Affile of Bread, fhall be and is hereby repealed, annulled and made void ; and that from and after titu.led, Aflifa ,-jjg £j^ j)j^y Qf Jlf^y [^ the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and ten, the Court of Lord as*TtlatesTothe' Mayor and Aldermen, within the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, or the Lord Mayor of the Aflife of Bread, faid City for the time being, by the Order of the faid Courts- and the Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or other repealed. Chief Magifttates for the time being, of any other City, Town Corporate or Borough, or two or more ■And after May Juftices of the Peace, i& fuch Towns and Places where there fliall be no fuch Mi-^or, Bailiffs, Aldermen i'^M '^ f °'^ Chief Magiftrates, fhall feverally and refpedtively, and from time to time, as there fhall be Occafion, londonXo a" d f*^*^' afcertain and appoint, within their feveral and refpedtive Jurifdictions, the Affife and Weight of all the Major, &c. Sorts of Bread, to be fold or expofed to Sale by any Baker or other Perfon whatfoever, within the Limits of other Cities, of their feveral Jurifdiftions, haying Refpeft to the Price, the Grain, Meal or Flour, whereof fuch Bread &c. and Juftices fj^all be made, fhall bear in the feveral publick Markets, in or about the City, Town Corporate, Bo- Pkcc° wh"e '" ''°^S^' °^ Place where fuch Affife fhall be fo fet, and making reafonable Allowance to the Bakers for their there is no May- Charges, Pains and Livelihoods ; which faid Affile fhall be fet in Averdupois., and not Troy Weight. or, ^c. (hall fet the Aflife aad Weight of all Sorts of Bread, hjaving refpeft to the Price of the Grain, &c. After the faid IL And that the faid Affife may be the more eafily afcertained and appointed ; Be it likewife enafted firftof May, no hy the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firft Day of May no Perfon or Perfons what- ^"'sre^d^'other ^°^^^'' ^'^^^ make for Sale, or fell or expofe to Sale, any Sort or Sorts of Bread, other than the feveral than fuch as^fliail Sorts of Bread herein after-mentioned; that is to fay, White, Wheaten and Houlhold, and fuch other beallowedbythe Sort and Sorts of Bread as fhall be publickly licenfed and allowed by the faid Court of Lord Mayor and Lord Mayor, &c. Aldermen' within the faid City of London and Liberties thereof, or by the faid other Chief Magiftrates or Bread 10 be Juflices of the Peace within their feveral and refpective Jurifdi£tions ; all which feveral Sorts of Bread to^^he^Tabl'"^ fhall be made in their feveral and refpeftlve Degrees, according to the Goodnefs of the feveral Sorts of Grain^ foUowiog. whereof the fame ought to be made, and the Affife and Weight of the faid Wh-*-e, Wheaten and Houf- hold Bread made of Wheat, fliall he fet and afcertained according to the Table hereafter following. A Table