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 A. D. 1730. Anno tertio Georgii II. & 29. 37 fail for Carolina, as foon as they or either of them fhall receive the faid Licence fo indorfed, or one of the Copies of the Indorfement attefied by the Mafter or other Perfon having or taking Charge of fuch Ship or Veffel as aforefaid (which lhall firft come to the Hands of the laid Commilfioners, or the Collector and Comptroller) may and lhall demand from any of the Perfon or Perfons who entred into Bond before the Ship let fail from Great Britain as aforelaid, the full Sum due for the Half-Subiidy for all the Rice mentioned in fuch Indorfement, or the Copy thereof attefted as aforefaid ; and in cafe the fame is _. not paid within thirty Days after fuch Demand made, the Bond fhall be forfeited, and fhall and may be < conTinuedl'v put in Suit, and the Perfons bound therein fhall pay treble Cofts. 20000.2.0.47.' VI. And be it enacted, That this Act lhall continue and be in Force five Years, to be reckoned Comhuid farther from the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, and from thence fo S%Ga^ifc,.- the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. TartbtrPrtmifmi concerning Plantations, 4 Geo. a. f. 15. 5 Geo, 2. c. 7 & 9, 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. %-Gco, 2, c. 19. 12 Geo. 2. c, 30. 15 Geo. 2. c. 31 & 33. 24 G«.2.<:.5i ti 53. 29 Geo. 2. c. 5 & 35. 30 Geo. 2. c. g v G A P. XXIX. An Acl for continuing and amending an Act for regulating the Price and AfTrze of Bread ; for Relief of Bankrupts whofe Certificates were not allowed before the Expiration of a late Act (For the better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts) for allowing further Time for Inrolment of Deeds and Wills made by. Papifts, and for Relief of Proteftant Purchafers and Leffees;. and for making further Provifion concerning Certificates relating to the Perfons. ' 'T7'HEREAS an Act of Parliament was made and paffed in the eighth Year of the Reign of 8 Ann, c iS, " W her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Acl to regulate the Price and Ajjize of Bread, and ' was found very ufeful and beneficial, but the fame is now near expiring;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid Act, together with fuch Alterations as were continued to 25 made thereto, in and by an Act paffed in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George ^Geo^stafa' the Firft, intituled, An Acl for continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned relating to Coals, Hemp and Flax, c . 26. ' Irifh and Scotch Linen, and the Affize of Bread; and for giving Poiuer to adjourn the £hi L irter-SeJJions for the ' Amended and County of Anglekz for the PurpoJ'es therein mentioned, fhall be and is hereby further continued from the n uedby COnt '~ Expiration thereof until the twenty- fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-eight, 22 Geo. 220.46,' and from thenceto the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. ' II. And whereas the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, and fome other ' Magiftrates, have thought fit, in letting the Affize of Bread, to fet down and afcertain the Price for 'which the Peck, Half-Peck and Quartern Loaves ought to be fold; which Prices the Bakers have ' fometimes complied with, but at other times have refufed fo to do, to the Deceit and Oppreffion of his '* Majefty's Subjects, efpecially of the poorer fort of People : And whereas fome Doubts have arifen ' touching the Penalty they have incurred for fuch their Refufal,' For Remedy whereof be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty- fourth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one Penalty onEaker thoufand feven hundred and thirty, if any Baker or other Perfon or Perfons baking or making Bread for ^ti'Ac/prtce ' Sale, or expofing Bread to Sale, fhall fell any Peck, Half-Peck or Quartern Loaf or Loaves at any than fet by the greater or higher Price than fhall be fet and afcertained by the faid Court of Lord Mayor and Alder- Lord Mayor, &c- men, or by the Lord Mayor of the faid City for the Time being, by Order of the faid Court, or by the Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or chief Magistrates for the Time being of any other City, Town Corporate or Borough, or by any Two or more Juftices of the Peace in fuch Towns and Places where there fhall be no fuch Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or chief Magifcrates, he, (he or they fo doing, being thereof lawfully convicted, fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of ten Shillings ; the faid For- feiture or Forfeitures to be given to the Informer or Informers, and to be adjudged, levied and recovered ' in fuch Manner, as the Penalty of forty Shillings is by the faid Act of the eighth Year of her faid lase 8 Ann. c. iS. Majefty's Reign to beadjudged, levied and recovered. III. Provided always, That before any Reduction is made in the Affize of Bread by the Court of Before Reduc- Lord Mayor and Aldermen, a Copy of the Prices delivered in by the Meal Weighess for the faid-City for ^ gJea'da'c'cpy the Time being lhall be left at the common Hall of the Bakers Company by the Space of twelve Hours to be left at before any fuch Reduction, to the Intent that the faid. Company fhall have an Opportunity to be heard Bakers Hail. thereupon before the faid Court. . Concerning Bread fee farther, 31 Geo. t.'c, 29, 32 Geo. 2. e. 18. ' IV. And whereas by an Act of Parliament paffed in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 5 Geo. is 2. 24. "* Commilfioners named and authorized in or by any Commiffions of Bsnkrupts to be awarded againft ' them, and fhouid in all Things conform as in the faid Act is directed, fhouid be difchargeti from all ' certify.
 * Settlements of poor Perfons, and the Charges of maintaining . and removing certificated
 * ' the fame was to continue in Force for three Years, and from thence to the End ot the then next Sef-
 * ' fion of Parliament : And whereas the faid Act, having been by fubfequent Acts further continued,
 * jefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Acl for the better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts,
 * it was enacted, That all Perfons who mould become Bankrupts, and fhouid furrender themfelves to the
 * Debts by them due or owing at the Time they did become Bankrupts, in- cafe the Commilfioners fhouid