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 2g6 C. 13. Anno fexto Grorgii Regis. A. D. 1719. T3ritifli Mer- V. And for the further Encouragement of the Wine-trade, Ee it enacted by the Authority aforefaid chants {hall have That from and after the fecond Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and twenty, every Britifi Mcr- r8 Months, and^jrtj. f na ]j h av e eighteen Months Time from the Importation of all Wines to export the fame ; and every ^'""t'w'es Alien or Stranger mall have fifteen Months Time from the Importation of all Wines to export the fame imported, to be which Importation fhall be reckoned from the Matter's Report of the Ship; and (hall have the like Be- .computed from nefit and Drawback by fuch Exportation, as if the fame had been exported within twelve Months or the Mailer's . n j ne Months refpectively, as mentioned in the fecond and fourth Rules annexed to the faid Act: of Ton- iTr" d b na S e ant * Poundage ; an Y Law, Cuftom or Ufage' to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding; Provided 7Geofi. c. ii. Certificates and Oaths be made, and all other Requifites performed, according to the Laws now in berfigj . to. Provided relating to the Importation and Exportation of Wine. Certificates and Oaths be made, &c. Thi Exporter ■ VI. And as a further Encouragement, Be it likewife enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That over to be allowed and above the prefent Duties drawn back on the Exportation of Wine, the Merchant Exporter be fix hundred ninety-three, which by feveral fubfequent Acts is continued and ftdl in Force ; any Thing in the faid Act, or in any other Ait to the contrary notwithftanding. This- Ad (hall VII. Provided, and it is hereby declared and enacted, That any Thing in this Aft contained or to be iKit L-.ik-n the j one ; n Execution thereof, fhall not extend or be conftrued to extend to diminifh or leffen the Duties zai'e &c °f Prizage and Butlerage of Wines due upon the Importation of the fame, but that the faid Duties fhall be collected, taken and received in the fame Manner as if this prefent Act had never been made. FartbcrProviJiom .onccrnhgWinur, S Geo. i. c. iS. fed. 19. 12 Geo. 1. c. 2S. fell. 20. 1 Geo. 2. c. 17. 10 Geo. 2. c. 19. 17 Geo. 2, c. 40. 18 Geo. 2. c. 9, 26 Geo. 2. c. 12. 30 <?•"■ 2. e. 19. 32 Geo. 2. c. 19. CAP. XIII. An Act for afcertaining the Breadths, and preventing Frauds and Abufes in manufacturing Serges, Piadings and Fingrums, and for regulating the Manufactures of Stockings in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. ' ^' Tyl/'f^EREAS many Frauds and Abufes are daily committed by Perfons imployed in the working This Afi is ex- V V up of Serges, Piadings and Fingrums, and alfo in the working and knitting of Stockings in plained and <■ t h at p art f Q rea t Britain called Scotland, to the great Prejudice of Trade and Commerce: For the better io'g C i y 1 3 ' P revent; i n g whereof, and the afcertaining the Breadths of Serges, Piadings and Fingrums, and for the ' ' regulating the Manufactures of Knit Stockings in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland,' Be it enacted Breadths, &-c. by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and ofPladingand Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament atTernbled, and by the Authority of the tame, That Fingrums ; to be f rom anc | a fter the tirft Day of September which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred land after " " anc ^ twenty, every Piece of Plading, and narrow and broad Fingrums, which fhall be wrought and made Sept.' 1, 1720. m a ny Part of Scotland, fhall be of the feveral Breadths and Dimenlions herein after mentioned ; (that is to fay) Every Piece of Plading and narrow Fingrums that fhall be fo made, fhall be wrought and made of the fame Sort of Wool and Yarn, and of equal Work and Finenefs from one End of the Piece to the other, and fhall be at the leaft twenty-eight Inches in Breadth; and that every Piece of broad Fingrum fhall be alfo wrought and made of one intire Sort of Wool and Yarn, and fhall be of equal Work and Finenefs from one End of the Piece to the other End thereof, and fhall at leaft contain thirty-eight Inches in Breadth. II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Stockings thaf fhall be made in Scotland, fhall Stockings, how be wrought and made of three Threads, and of one Sort of Wool and Worfted, and of equal Work and they (Hall be Finenefs throughout, free of left Loops, hanging Hairs, and of burnt, cutted or mended Holes, and of rM em Scot- j- ucn grapes an j Sizes refpectively as the Patterns which fhall be marked by the feveral Deans of Gild of the chief Boroughs of the rel'pective Counties, according to the Dimenfions following; viz. The Stockings for Men, called Long Stockings, fhall not be above thirty-fix, nor under thirty-four Inches in Length from the Top to the Heel ; and not above eight, nor under feven Inches in Breadth _at the Top ; not above feven, nor under fix Inches in Breadth at the broadeft Place of the Calf; not above five, nor under four and an Half Inches Breadth at the narroweft Place of the Ankle; and the Stockings of thirty-fix Inches in Length, to be feventeen Inches hetwixt the Top and the narroweft Part of the Ham, and twenty-one Inches in Length from the Top to the broadeft Part of the Calf; and that thofe of thirty-four Inches in Length, be fiftetn Inches in Length from the Top to the narroweft Part of the Ham, and nineteen Inches in Length from the Top to the broadeft Place of the Calf; that the Feet of both the two Sizes aforefaid, be full twelve Inches in Length from the Heel to the Toe, and from four and an Half to five Inches in Breadth: Stockings for Men, called fhort Stockings, fhall not be above twenty-eight, nor under twenty- feven Inches in Length from the Top to the Heel, and not above feven, nor under fix and an Half Inches Breadth at the Top; not above feven, nor under fix Inches in Breadth at the broadeft Place of the Ham ; not above five, nor under four and an Half Inches at the narroweft Place of the Ankle ; and the Stockings of twenty-eight Inches in Length, to be nine Inches from the Top to the nar- roweft Part of the Ham, and thirteen Inches from the Top to the broadeft Part of the Ham ; and -thofe of twenty-feven Inches in Length, to be eight Inches from the Top to the narroweft Part of the Ham, and twelve Inches from the Top to the broadeft Part o £ the Ham ; that the Feet of the two Lift 2 mentioned