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 A. D. 1 7 14. Anno prirno Georgii Regis, Stat. 2. C. 27. 71 ' VI. And whereas in the faid recited Act of the eighth Year of her faid Majefty's Reign, there is no ' Provifion made for making and felling Peck, Half-peck, Quartern, and Half-ciuartern Loaves, which ' to allow of and licence in fome Places, while others have thought fit not to allow of or licence the fame: fe And forafmuch as feveral of his Majefty's Subjects are defirous to have fuch Sort of Bread;' Be it therefore -Peefe-loavet, further declared and ena.ted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Baker or Bakers fliall and may, from &c ' '° bc mj( ! c and after the fail firft Day of S.ftanber one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, make, bake, fell, and'TZJ-r^ <n expofe to Sale, Peck, Half-peck, Quartern, and Half-quartern Loaves, fo as the fame are made and fold, 8 Ann*, c. i8 r both as to Weight and Price, in proportion to the Afiize-Table contained in the fiiJ former Act. ' VII. And to the Intent that the Affize of Bread may be truly fet, according to the real Prices of ' Wheat, Meal, or Flour, whereof fuch Bread is made;' Be faid, That from and after the faid r Time the Affize is or fhall be all of Grain, Meal, and Flour in the adjacent Markets where fuch Affize ihall bc fet (the faid Prices to beOiii. before the afcertaincd according to the IVinchfler Meafure) fliall, from Time to Time, be given in and certified u " d Mjyor, See upon Oath before the faid Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Loudon, or to the faid chief Magi- strate or Magistrates, or Juftices, who by the faid Act are respectively authorized and impowercJ to fet fuch Affize, by the Clerk or Clerks of the rei'pective adjacent Market, or fuch other Perfon or Perfons as the faid Magiftrate fliall appoint ; fo that they may fet the Affize accordingly, and make fuch a reafonabie The Amz " of Allowance to the Bakers for their Charges, Pains, and Livelihood, as heretofore has been accuftomed :.^" d J c or ,^ n ~ And that the Affize of Bread for the City of London and weekly Bills of Mortality (the City of M&??S«K--minftcr, i-c/ Southwark and weekly Bills of Mortality in the County QJaw'myexccpted) to he jreof fuch Bread is made;' Be it further enacted by the Authority afore- After s ';P t - '.■ lid firft Day of Septendcr one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, every f Gr in &"" altered, according to the Powers by the faid recited Act given, the Prices to be ccrtified'oi excepted) fhall, from Time to Time, be fet by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of fer h > t!ie Cc ° rC Loudon, or by the Lord. Mayor of the faid City, for the Time being, by Order of the faid Court; any ° { ^°I^ I: ' y ° r Thing in the faid former Ait contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' VIII. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the fecond Year of the Reign of King Ed- tvard the Sixth, intituled, An Ail for the keeping of 'the Great Scjfions, Shiarter-Sejfwns, and County-Courts at the Town of Beaumaris in the County of Anglefea; It was enacted, That as well the Great Seffions of D )" r T 3S> the faid County of AnglefcOy. as all and every Shire, and County-day or Days, and S'effions of the Peace, to 1 ' 1, I4 ' be holden for the faid County of Anglefea, fhall be holden and kept witliin the faid .Town of Beaumaris,. and within the Liberties of the fame Town, and not elfewhere, except as in the faid Act is excepted ; any Grant, Law, Ufage, or Prefcription theretofore had, obtained, or ufed, in any wife to the contrary notwithftanding :' Be it neverthelefs hereby enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Juftices of the Peace The Juftices; of the faid County of Anglefea, to adjourn the Quarter-Seffions to be holden for the faid County, from ™ a >' ad J°'™ Time to Time, to any other i'art of the faid County, as to them fhall feem meet and convenient, for theLft^sofAni- Eafe and Benefit of fuch as fhall be obliged to take the Oaths appointed by Law to be taken to his Majefty, glefca, for the" his Heirs and Succeffors, and to aad for no other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoeveiv Eafe .of .fuch as. fhall take th<j: Oaths}. CAP. XXVII. An Aft for taking and ftating the Debts due and growing due to Scotland by way of Equiva- lent in the Terms of the Union ; and for Relief of the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland? and the Commiffioners of the Equivalent. ' "IX/^^RE AS by the fifteenth Article contained in the Acts for Union of the two Kingdoms of i?^- Recitlng-the ' V y land and Scotland, It is recited or mentioned, That by the Term's of the Treaty for the faid ~ T f h. u - A - rtlc jf ^ ' Union, the Subjects of Scotland, for preferving an Equality of Trade throughout the united Kingdom, ' AnnaaTc. S»" ' would be liable to feveral Cuftoms and Excifes then payable in England, which would be applicable ' towards Pa3'nient of the Debts of England contracted before the Union : And it was agreed, that Scotland 1 fhould have an Equivalent for what the Subjects thereof fhould be fo charged towards Payment of the ' faid Debts of England, in all Particulars whatsoever, in Manner therein mentioned, viz. That the Sum.; ' of three hundred ninety-eight thoufand eighty-five Pounds and ten Shillings fhould be granted to her late ' Majefty by the Parliament of England, for the Ufes therein mentioned, being thfi Equivalent to be' ' anfwered to Scotland, for fuch Parts of the faid Cuftoms and Excifes upon all excifeable Liquors, with. ' which that Kingdom was to be charged upon the Union, as would be applicable to the Payment of the; ' faid Debts of England, according to the Proportions which the then prefent Cuftoms in Scotland,, being;. c thirty thoufand Pounds per Annum, did bear to the Cuftoms in England, computed at one million three ' hundred forty- one thoufand five hundred fifty-nine Pounds per Annum ; and which the then prefent ' Excifes on excifeable Liquors in Scotland, being thirty-three thoufand five hundred Pounds per Annum^ ' did bear to the Excifes on excifeable Liquors in England, computed at nine hundred forty-feven thoufand - ' Liquors, as in England, as well upon that Account, as upon the Account of the Encreafe of Trade and ' People, the faid Revenues would much improve beyond the before-mentioned annual Values thereof, of ' which no Efti-mate could then be made : Yet neverthelefs, for the Reafons aforefaid, it is in the faid ' Article declared, That a proportionable Equivalent ought to be anfwered to Scotland;, and k was- 4 Scat land,
 * fome Magiftrar.es, purfuant to the Power and Authority to them given hy the faid Act, have thought fit
 * fix hundred and two Pounds per Annum ; and in regard that after the Union, Scotland becoming, liable to-
 * the faid Cuftoms and Duties payable on Import and Export, and to the fame Excifes. on all excifeable
 * thereby agreed, That after the Union there fhould be an. Account kept of tbe faid Duties arifing i»