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 A. D. 1720. Anno feptimo Georgii Regis. Stat. 1. C. 7. 00' Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this*prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Autlioiity of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of December which fhall be in the Year of our Lord After 25 Dei-. one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, It fliall not be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever to '7"» nope (hall ufe or wear in Great Britain, in any Garment or Apparel whatsoever, any printed, painted, ftained or dyed X" r . in Gr 'i l: Callico, under the Penalty of forfeiting to the Informer the Sum of five Pounds of lawful Money of Great m "mof wiou?" Britain for every fuch Offence, being lawfully convicted thereof by the Oath or Oaths of one or more ere- & c . Ciiico.' un- dible Witnefs or Witnefles before any one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace; which Juftice or Jiiftices <i« ih« Pi is and arc hereby lefpectively authorized and ftrictly enjoined and required, upon any Complaint or Infor- °' 5 1, 'otl" ln- mation upon Oath exhibited or brought of any fuch Offence committed, contrary to this Ait, within fix ■■'JS"'h"f ^°"" Days after Commitment thereof, to fummon the Party accufed, and upon his or her Appearance or Con- i u ake ^nd" tempt to proceed to Examination of the Matter of Fact, and upon due Proof made thereof either by volun- Complaint with- tary Confeffion of the Party, or by the Oath or Oaths of one or more credible Witnefs or Witnefles (which in fix Day« af- Oath or Oaths the faid Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby refpecSlively impowered and required to admi- 1 " Cl,l «tom. nifter) to hear and determine the fame, and upon fuch Conviction to caufe the faid Penalty, by Warrant un- n,ntcd - der his or their Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals refpectively, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, rendring to the Party the Overplus (the Charge of fuch Diftrefs and Sale being firft deducted ;) neverthelefs it fhall be lawful for any Party aggrieved to appeal to the Juftices of the Appeal to Scf- Peace at the next General Quarter-Scffions to be holden for the County, City, Riding or Place where fion '> wll °fe the faid Offence or Offences fliall have been committed, giving fix Days Notice at the leaft of fuch Appeal ■J ud / m f nt (ha " to the Profecutor or Profecutors ; which Juftices at fuch General Quarter-Seffions are hereby authorized and impowered to hear and determine the fame, and their Judgment therein fhall be final. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Mercer, Draper, Upholder, or After the faid any other Perfon or Perfons or Corporation whatfoever, fliall at any Time or Times after the faid twenty- 25 Ccc. Mercer, •fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two fell, utter or expofe to Sale any printed, & f- ( ^' n& a "^ painted, ftained or dyed Callico, or any Bed, Chair, Cufhion, Window-Curtain or other Houfliold Stuff [j""'^'^^" or Furniture whatfoever, made up of or mixed with any printed, painted, ftained or dyed Callico, unlefs & c . 'made there- for Exportation thereof, and unlefs the fame fliall be cleared outwards accordingly, as is ufual in cafe of of, unlefs fo- Sale for Exportation ; every fuch Perfon p or Corporation fo offending fliall for every Offence, being lawfully Exportation, convicted thereof, forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, to be re- forfeit 20I. covered as is herein after directed ; and every Steward or other Officer of fuch Corporation, or his De- "d Officer of a puty, offending herein, and being lawfully convicted of fuch Offence, fliall, over and befides the Forfeiture f c °„']", a j°n " or Penalty aforefaid, forfeit and lofe his Office and Employment and be incapable to hold the fame. moreover lofe, III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day his Office. of December one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, it fhall not be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons No fuch Callico to ufe or wear in Great Britain, in or about any Bed, Chair, Cufhion, Window-Curtain or any other Sort tobeufedin any of Houfliold Stuff" or Furniture, any printed, painted, ftained or dyed Callico (except as herein after is ex- Bed, chair, &c. ceptcd) under the Penalty of forfeiting (being thereof lawfully convicted) the Sum of twenty Pounds of vn Paln of 20 J - lawful Money of Great Britain, to be recovered as herein after is directed. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That one Moiety of all pecuniary Penalties How the Forfci- and Forfeitures impofed by this Act, where the fame fliall exceed five Pounds, fliall be to the Informer or tujes fliall be ap- Profccutor, and the other Moiety to the Poor of the Parifli or Place where the Offence fliall be committed ; plled * ni r "°" and fuch Penalties as are not herein directed to be otherwife recovered, fliall be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at TVeftminfter, for Offences committed in England, Wales or Benvick upon Tweed, or in his Majefty's Court of Seftion, Court of Jufticiary, or Court of Exchequer in Scotland, for Offences committed in that Part of Great Britain, together with full Cofts of Suit, by any Perfon or Perfons who fliall fue for the fame within fix Calendar Months next afcer the Offence committed ; and that in any fuch Action or Suit no Effoin, Protection, Privilege or Wager of Law fliall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance. Perfons convict V. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if it fliall appear, that any Perfon convicted of any cd may be ta)c(, * Offence againft this Act fhall be flickered or protected, or doth or fliall refide or inhabit in any pretended out of anypre- egc fliall be by any fuch Juftice, Lord of Seffion, judge or Baron committed to the Common Gaol of the Lords of Seffio , County or Place where the Offence was committed, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, till Pay- &c. in Scotland, roent and Satisfaction of all Penalties and Forfeitures impofed by this Aft, with full Cofts. _ "ramm^Cs VI. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act, or any tM^vment of Thing therein contained, fliall not extend or be conftrued to extend in any wife to anv Callicoes which the Forfeitures, have already been, or which before the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and Not to exteiv to twenty-two fliall be made up or itfed in any Bed, Chair, Cufhion, Window-Curtain or other Sort of Callicoes made Houfliold Stuff or Furniture : Provided the fame be continued to be worn and ufed in fuch Houfhoid Stuff U P in an y 3ed . or Furniture, and not otherwife, * c before Lfc - VII. Provided alfo, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to repeal, jrorto^'eal make void or alter any Law now in Force for prohibiting Callicoes printed, painted, dyed or ftained in fo- &c- anyLawfbr reign Parts, or for prohibiting any other Goods or Manufactures whatfoever. prohibitingCalli- VIII. Provided alfo, and be it "enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That all Perfons and coes primed in Bodies Corporate who fliall, on or before the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred fore 'g n ' « and twenty two, export any Callicoes, fliall be entitled to and have fuch and the fame Allowances and Ad- Expmrersoi ■ x-x2 vantages ^=;t;. :;■;