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 526 C. 16,, Anno decimo Ann^ Reginse. A. D. 1711, traftors with fuch Bankrupt and Bankrupts, as aforefaid, fhall be and ftand chargeable with, and liable to Farther Prmi- pay fuch Debt and Debts, and to perform fuch Contracts, as if the faid Bankrupt and Bankrupts had fi^^trdatmgt^ never been difcharged from the fame. Bankrupt- y 7 CtOt ^ I,, c. 31. 5 Grt. 4. c, 30. (which is cuntlnued by 31 Geo, z. c. 35. fa 2^li Seft, 176/^, J 19 Geo.z. c, 3*. and z/^ Gen, s. f. 57. CAP. XVI. Aa Aft for regulating, improving, and encouraging the Woollen Manufafture of mixt or Medley Broad Clotli^ and for the better Payment of the Poor imployed therein. m£./. 3.^.3 « TT 7 HERE AS by the ill Praftices of fome Makers of Mixture or Medley Broad Cloth, and the ©■5. z:Ed,i,i yy UnfKilfulnefs of others, by exceffive flraining fuch Clothes, and other Abufes committed in coEd'i'^c, J ' working the fame, great Damages and Difappointments have happened, not only to the Buyers and. 'iR.2.'c.i. ' Wearers of the faid Cloth, but much to the Difreputation of the faid Manufadture both at home and 1.7 R. 2, c. z. ' abroad, and the Workers or poor Labourers, employed in working and making up the faid Manufafture, 4 Ed. 4. c. I. « have been impoveriflisd, and are daily difcouraged by impofmg on them Goods and Wares of feveral ■jEd.^.c.z&y. e K.jnds for their Labour inftead of ready Money, which Pra£lices have been. great Difcouragements to the 1 //. 7. f. 11. ' good Makers of, and fair Dealers in the faid Mixture or Medley Broad Cloth :' For Remedy therefore of the faid ill Pradlices or Abufes, and in order to the reviving and preferving the Reputation of the faid Cloth both at home and abroad, and for the Improvement thereof, and Encouragement of all good Makers After June 24., and fiir Dealers therein, may it pleafe your Majefty, that it may be eriadled ; and be it enafled by the. i'"; ^y'^^]^^ Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- fhallbem'eafured P0''^'> and- Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from atthe Fulling' and after the tv/enty-fourth, Day of June, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven Mill, by the hundred and tv/elve, all Mixture or Medley Broad Cloth to be made, fliall be mcafurcd at the Fulling Mafter, &c. Mill, after the fame fhall be fully milled and fcoured, and throughly wet, by the Matter, Owner, or Oc- who^ftalitakeancupier of every fuch Fulling Mill, who fhall, and he is hereby obliged to take an Oath before fome Juftice pf.rform"fach °^ ^^^ Peace near to fuch Fulling Mill, that he will v^ell and truly perform fuch meafuring, (which Oath meafuring, fuch Juftice of Peace is hereby authorized and required to adminifter, and thereof to give fuch Mafter, and fliall affix a Owner,, or Occupier of fuch: Fulling Mill, a Certificate of his having fo done) and that every fuch Mafter Seal toeach_ of every Fulling Mill fhall affix, or caufe to be affixed, at the Head-end of every fuch Cloth, before it fhall Cloth, mention, jjg carried from the Mill, a Seal of Lead, (to be furniflied by the Clothier) and the Mafter or Occupier' Breadth fecf ' °f every fuch Fulling Mill fliall rivet the fame on every fuch Cloth, and ftamp his Name thereupon, mentioning in Figures the Length and Breadth of every fuch Cloth, for which he {hall be paid by the If damaged after Owner of every fuch Cloth one Penny, and no more ; and the Length and Number of Yards fo ftampt meafuring, it on fuch Seal, fhall be a Rule of Payment for every fuch Cloth by the Buyer of the fame. Provided al- fu' V&r™'^''' ■ '^^yS' That if it (hall happen,, that after any Cloth hath been milled, fealed, and ftampt, as aforefaid, or urci, c, again. ^^^ jS^^j thereof, fnall by any Accident be damaged and taken off, fuch Part of the fame, as fhall not be damnified,, fhall be again meafured, fealed, and ftampt, as is before direiSled. Neglcfting to n. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if fuch Mafter or Occupier of fuch Ful- ir.eafure, coun. ling Mill fliall refufs or neglecEl to fix fuch Seal, as aforefaid, upon the Head-end of the faid Cloth; or if Jerfeit ng the _ j^y Perfon fliall afterwards take off^ fuch Seal, or deface, counterfeit, or alter the Figure of any fuch Seal, " ^ ! f^f'eldf''^ before the Cloth is fold, and if the Buyer of fuch Cloth or Clothes fliall refufe to accept or take the fame. Cloth. purfuant and according to the Meafures herein before direiSled to be taken ; every fuch Perfon and Perfons that fhall fo oft'end, and be thereof lawfully convicted upon the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs. or Witneffes, fhall, for every fuch Neglect or Offence, forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings for every fuch. Cloth to be recovered and diftributed as in this Act is afterwards provided for. Penalty of over- III. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Clothier or Cloth-worker or any Per- fs retching, &C. fon or Perfons employed by him, after any mixt or Medley Broad Cloth is fully wet, fealed, and ftampt^ as aforefaid, fhall, from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and: twelve, ftretch or ftrain any fuch mixt or Medley Broad Cloth above one Yard in twenty Yards Length thereof, or above one Nail of a Yard in the Breadth thereof; and that every Perfon or Perfons offending therein, fliall, for every Offence, (being duly conviiSt.'d thereof before fuch mixt or Medley Broad Cloth is fold, or expofed to Sale) forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be recovered and diftributed as in and by this Aft is afterwards direfied'.. Method to be IV. And to prevent any Objection that may arife from the different Method or Manner of meafuring obferved in, any Mixture or Medley Broad Cloth ; Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from artd af- incafuricg, (,gf the faid: twenty-fourth Da.y of June one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, every Mill-man, Owner, or Occupier of every Fulling Mill, fliall have in fome convenient Place in his faid Mill, one Table or Board twelve, Foot long, and three Foot wide at leaft, whereon the faid Cloth fliall be doubled or creffed, and laid plain, with the Length of a Yard nailed or marked thereupon, to which fliall be added one Inch more, which fliall be ufed inftead of that which is commonly called a Thumb's Breadth, fo that the fame Length fhall contain thirty- feven Inches, to prevent any Difpute in refpe£l of fuch meafuring by the Yard ; and in • Default of fuch Table or Board being provided and conftantly kept for the Ufe thereof, every Perfon ne- glecting the fame, fhall forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds, to be recovered and diftributed in fuch Manner as- in this A£l is afterwards provided. Cloth made be. V. And be it further enacted by the A-uthority aforefaid. That as to any Stock of the faid Mixture or. ibrethefaid24th Medley Broad Cloth, which hath been made before, and which upon the faid twenty- fourth Day of June of jnne,andan- oiic thoufand feveii hundred aqd twelvsj, fhall be in hand and unfold,, it fhall and may be lawful for any;. ioWmaybe ClothicE