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 4i6 C»i8. Anno octavo Ann ^ Reglnae. A. D. 1709. III. And to the Intent that the good Defign of this A£l may be efFe(3;ually complied with, Be it further. enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every common Baker, and- every Perfon, who {hall make or bake for Sale, or any Ways expofe to Sale, any Sort of Bread whatfoever, ihall, from and after the faid Bakers to mark firft Day oi May, fairly imprint or mark, or caufe to be fairly imprinted or marked, on every Loaf fo by, their Bread. him made or expofed to Sale, the Sort, Price, and Weight of fuch Loaf, or any other Mark as fhall be appointed by the faid Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen, or by the faid other Chief Magiftrates and Lord Mayor, &c. Juftices of the Peace rtfpeftively, within the Limits of their faid feveral Jurifdiclions; and the faid Court to direft how of Lord Mayor and Aldermen within the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, and the faid other the Bread fliall Chief Magiftratcs or Juftices of the Peace, within the Bounds of their feveral Jurifdiftions, fhall have full be marked. Power and Authority, from time, to time, to limit, direct and appoint, how and in what Manner each Sort of Bread fhall be marked, for knowing the Baker or Maker, Price, Vv^eight and So;t thereof; and to make and fet down any other reafonable Rules and Orders for the better regulating the Myftery of baking Bread, and the Sorts, Aflize, Price, and Weight thereof, and all things concerning the lame, as in their Penaltv of Of- Judgments they fhall find necefTary and convenient; and if any Baker or Bakers, or other Perfon or Per- fend.-rs. fons baking or making Bread for Sale, or expofing Bread to Sale, fhall not obferve the Affize, to be afcer- tained by virtue of this Aft, or fhall bake or make for Sale, or fell or expofe to Sale, any Bread wanting the due Weight, or that fhall not be marked according to the Direftion of this Aft, or fti-all break fuch Re-ealed as to Regulations and Orders as fhall from time to time be made by virtue of this Adl, or fhall in any Sort or the Penalty, by Way break or infringe any of the Matters or Things before appointed by this Act, he or they fo doing, iGeo. i.ftat. 2. being thereof convidted by the Confeflion of the Party, or by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs and farther Pro- °'^ WitnefTes, before the faid Lord Mayor or any one or more of the faid Aldermen, or before the faid vifions relating Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates, or one of them, or in fuch Towns and Places where there are not any hereto. fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, before one or more Juftices of the Peace of the County wherein the Of- By 3 Geo. 2. c. fence fhall be committed, or the Party offending apprehended, fhall, for every fuch Oifence, forfeit the 29. §. 2. Offen- gyjjj of forty Shillings, to be levied by Way of Diftrefs upon the Goods and Chattels of every fuch Of- los."* '" *^^ fender, by Warrant from the faid Lord Mayor, Alderman or Aldermen, or Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates To be given to Juftice or Juftices, before whom fuch Conviction fhall be made; the faid Forfeitures to be given to the the Informer. Informer or Informers. Conviaionsto IV. And it is further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Convi<5tions made as aforefaid, up- be certified to on this A(£t, fhall be certified to the next General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace for the county or Place the Quarter-Sef- ^i^gre fuch Conviftions were made, to be there kept upon Record by the refpe£tive Clerks of the Peace, to be feen without Fee or Reward. Profecution to V. Provided always. That no Perfon fhall be convi£l:ed in Manner aforefaid, for any of the before-men- lie within 3 tioned Offences, unlefs the Profecution, in Order to fuch Conviftion, be commenced within three Days Days. next after the Offence committed. Part rieved ^^" Provided alfo, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon fo convie- ■mlyz^llzlto ^^^ ^3^^ think him or herfelf aggrieved, he or fhe fhall and may make his or her Appeal in Writing to the theSeifions, next Qiiarter • Seffions of the Peace for the City, Town or County where fuch Conviftion fhall be made, whofe determi- where the fame fhall be heard, and finally determined; and if the faid Perfon fo appealing fhall not make nation fiuU be good fuch his or her Appeal, or profecute it with Effect, the faid Court of Seifions fhall award fuch Cofts AnVihey may ^^ ^^^^ ^^" ^^^^^ reafonable to the Profecutor or Informer, and commit the Offender to the Common allow Cofts, and Gaol, until he or fhe fhall make Payment of the faid Cofts, and alfo of the Penalty adjudged on the Con- commit the Of- viiStion, to the Informer; but in cafe the faid Appellant fhall make good his Appeal, and be difcharged. of fender till Pay- his or her faid Conviction, the like reafonable Cofts fhall be awarded for the Appellant againft fuch.In- ri^l*' « ,1 former, who fhould (in cafe of Convidion) have been intitled to the faid Penalty, to be recovered as IftheAppellant r r?, ^ ' " make good his atoreiaia. Appeal, the Informer fliall pay Cofis. Penaky of fel- VII. Provided alfo. That if any Baker or Seller of Bread fhall put into any Bread by him fold or ex- ling Bread mixed pofed to Sale, any mixture of any other Grain than what fhall be appointed by the Affize fettled in the •with other Grain Place where fuch Bread fhall be fo fold or expofed to Sale, every fuch Perfon fo offending fhall, for every bTheAffiz&'* ^^'^^ Oifence, forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be had and recovered in the Manner and Form Penaky of'any herein before-mentioned; and if any Mayor, Alderman or Juftice of the Peace, fliall, on any Information Migiftrate ne- made to him of any Offences committed againft this Aft, wilfully and wittingly omit the Performance of gleftinghis his Duty thereupon, in the Execution of tnis Aft, he fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be re- J^u'y- covered by Aftion, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of her Majefty's Courts at Weftminjier, wherein no Effo in. Protection or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, or any more than one Imparlance. Vni. And that the good Defign of this Statute may be the more effeCtually accomplifhed, Be it further The Lord May- ena£ted,*That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Lord Mayor and Aldern:an of th; City of or, &c. may en- London, or any one of them, within the faid City and Liberties thereof, and alfo to and for the faid Chief terthcHoufesof Magiftrate or Magiftrates, or Juftices of Peace, or any one of them, within the Limits of their feveral Ju- '^h ''r" '^ ^"^^^ rifdiCtions, at all Times hereafter, in the Day-time, to enter into any Houfe, Shop, Stall, Bake-twufe, the Bieid, Ware-houfe or Out-houfe, of or belonging to any Baker or Seller of Bread, there to fearch for, view, and if it be weigh and try, all or any the Bread of fuch Perfon, or which fha'l there be found; and if any Bread fhall found wanting, there be found wanting, either in the Goodnefs of the Stuff, whereof the fame fnall be made, or be defi- jn Goodnefs, cient in the due baking or working thereof, or fhall be wanted in the due Weight, or ftiall not be truly Baking, Weight, marked according to the Directions of this ACt, or fliall be of any other Sort than fhall be allowed by vir-
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