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 6o5 C. 35, '31 Anno duodecimo Georgii Regis. A. D. 1725. This Aft to ex- tend to Combers and Frame-work Knitters. See farther Pro- vi/tons concerning Woollen Manu- faclurciy T3 G:o. I, c, 23. 5 Geo, 2- c. 21. J z Geo. -2. c. 2'. IjGco. 2. c. 27. syEdvv. 4. c. 4. 1.9 Hen, 7.C. 7. ' VIII. And whereas the Myfteries of Combing of Jerfey or Wool, and of Frame-work Knitting and ' Making of Stockings, are confiderable Branches of the Woollen Manufacture of this Kingdom :' Be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That this A£t, and all the Claufes, Provifoes, Pains, Penalties and For- feitures therein contained, fhall extend, and be conftructed and adjudged to extend, to Combers of Jerfey and Wool, to Frame-work Knitters and Weavers or Makers of Stockings, and to all Perfons whatfoever employed or concerned in any of the faid Manufactures, in as full and ample Manner as any other Part of the Woollen Manufacture is provided for by this A£l_; and the Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures which ■fhall be incurred by Virtue hereof, fhall be inflicted, levied and taken in the fame Manner, as the Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures before-mentioned in this A£t are directed, ordered and appointed, 25 Geo. 2. c. 14. 26 Geo. 2. c. 8 & II. 29 Geo. 2. c. 33. 30 Geo. 2. c. 12. CAP. XXXV. An Aft to prevent Abufes in making of Bricks and Tiles, and to afcertain the Dimenfions thereof, and to prevent all unlawful Combinations amongfl any Brickmakers or Tilemakers within fifteen Miles of the City of London in order to advance or enhance the Price of Bricks or Tiles. I. tI?HEREASby an A£t of Parliament made in the feventeenth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- VV jefty King Edward the Fourth, intituled, The Preparation of Earth for making of Tile, divers good Provifions and Directions were made for the good and fufEcient making of Plain-Tiles, Roof-Tiles and Gutter-Tiles : And whereas her late Majefty Queen Elizabeth, by her Letters Patent or Charter under the Great Seal of England, bearing Date the third Day of Augujl which was in the tenth Year of her Reign, did for herfelf and her Succeffors grant unto the Perfons therein named, and all other Freemen of the Myflery or Art of Tilers and Bricklayers of London, and the Suburbs thereof, to be one Body Cor- porate, by the Name of the Mafter and Keepers or Wardens of the Society of Freemen of the Myflery and Art of Tilers and Bricklayers, and by that Name to have perpetual Succeffion, and amongfl: other Matters and Things in the faid Charter mentioned, gave to the faid Company the Search, Correction and Govern- ment of Perfons ufing the faid Myftery or Art, and of all other Things and Matters whatfoever to the faid Myftery or Art any Ways belongingor appertaining, as well within the faid City of London and Liberties and Suburbs thereof, as within any Place or Places within fifteen Miles of the faid City : And whereas fe- veral Orders and Ordinances have been made by the faid Mafter and Wardens of the faid Society, for. fearching, viewing and making good Bricks and Tiles, which have been confirmed, purfuant to an A6t made in the nineteenth Year of his late Majefty King Henry the Seventh, intituled, For making Statutes by Bodies incorporate, And whereas, notwithftanding the before-mentioned Act of Parliament, Orders and Ordinances, feveral Perfons, efpecially within the Compafs of fifteen Miles of the City of London, dig the Clay or Earth for making of Bricks at unfeafonable Times in the Year, and continue to make Bricks of bad StufF and unfizeable Dimenfions, and do not well burn the fame ; and in making thereof mix great Quantities of Soil called Spanijlo, and in burning thereof ufe frrrall Ames and Cynders commonly called Breeze, inftead of Coals, and burn the Bricks commonly called Grey-Stock Bricks in Clamps, and the Bricks commonly called Place-Bricks in the fame Clamps, on the Outfide of the faid Grey-ftock Bricks, by Means whereof great Part of the Bricks now ufually made are lb hollow and unfound, that they will fcarce bear their own Weight : And whereas there is at prefent no Provifion made by any Law for the Di- menfions of Bricks to be made and ufed in Buildings, or for the Lengths, Breadths and Thickneffes of Pan- tiles, which are but a late Invention in England,' May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that for the common Good and Benefit of your Majefty's Subjects, and the Duration of Buildings, and the better afcer- taining the Times of digging the Earth, and the Manner of making and burning Bricks and Pantiles here- after to be made for Sale, and the Lengths, Breadths and Thickneffes of fuch Bricks and Pantiles, That it may be enacted, tec. EXP. Brick Earth or Ereeze may be made ufe of, 3 Geo 2. c. 24. icc~t. 2, 3- Searchers are to he appointed by the Jultices, &c. •z Geo. 2. c. 15. feci. 1. All Earth for making Bricks for Sale, fhall be dug and turned between the firft of November and the firft of February, and no Part fhall be made into Bricks 'till after the firft of March, and no Bricks fhall 'be made for Sale but between the firft of March and the twenty-ninth of September, and no Spanijh fhall be mixed with Brick Earth, nor any Breeze ufed in the burning ; and all Bricks fhall be burnt in Kilns, or in diftinct Clamps, the Place-bricks by themfelves and the Stock-Bricks by themfelves ; and Place- Bricks fhall be not lefs than nine Inches long, and two Inches and an Half thick, and four Inches and a Quarter wide ; and Stock-Bricks fhall be of the fame Dimenfions as to the Lengths and Breadths, and one eighth of an Inch thicker ; and Pantiles fhall be not lefs than thirteen Inches and an Half long, and nine Inches and an Half wide, and Half an Inch thick. Mafter and Wardens of the Tilers and Bricklayers Company may fearch. Mafter and Wardens may fummon the Makers before them, and fine Offenders. Juftices may nominate Perfons to fearch in other Places. Who are to make their Prefentments twice in the Year. Mafter and Wardens, &c. to fearch twice in the Year the making of all Tiles, fcV. and the Juftices in all other Places. Contracts for ingrofiing Bricks or Tiles, fcff. illegal." [Determined and X P. 2 Geo. 2. c. 15. fee. 5.] CAP. XXXVI. An A£t for building a Bridge crofs the River of Thames from the Town of Fulham in the County of Middle- fex, to the Town of Putney in the County of Surrey. P R. Commiffioners appointed to lay out the Bridge, and the Ways thereto, cifc. Burning or dsftroying the Bridge, Felony. His Majefty may incorporate the Commiffioners. A Pontage to be paid for every Coach, 3 &c.