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 54^ C- 7- Anno vicellmo feptimo Georgii If. A. D. 1754. ' the Tinners and Miners employed in the faid Stannaries are frequently fubjciSlcd to great DifHcukies and Hardihips, and put to great Expences in recovering their Wages: And whereas it would be for the Eafe ' and Bcnciit of the faid Tinners and Miners, if the faid Provifions and Regulations were extended to the ' faid Stannaries ;' Be it therefore enafted by the King's mofr Excellent Alajcfty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prcfcnt Parliament aflembled, The recHed and by the Authority of the fame, That the Provifo in the fiid Acl made in the twentieth Year of his pre- CUu x r.pcaiea, fgjij Majcfty's Reign (that nothing in the faid 7cl: contained fitall extend to the Stannaries in the Counties oi Devon and Cornwall) fhall from and after the firft Day of May one thotifand fevcn hundred and fifty- four be, and the fame is hereby repealed. TheProvinons IL And be it further enadled and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid firft lelat.ngtoSer- Day oi May all the Provifions and Regulations in the faid A£t mentioned and contained, relating to Ser- tt"dedfo''thr ^^'-^^^ '" Hufbandry, Handicrafts-men, Miners, Colliers, Keel-men, Pit-men, Glafs-men, Potters and Tinners, &c. of Other Labou rers, flrnll extend to fuch Tinners and Miners as are or fhall be employed in the Stannaries in Deranand the Counties o'i Devon and Connvall refpectively, as fully and effeclually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if Coinvvall. the faid Provifions and Regulations were herein particularly repeated and fet forth ; any Law, Statute, Ufage, Privilege or jurifdiciion whatfoever to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. TheStanrary Jlf. Provided neverthclefs, That nothing in this Act contained Ihall be confrrued to hind.r or reftra'n ai'Xcd""^ ""^ any Perfon from applying to the Stannary Courts, or to the Warden, Vice-warden or Stewards of the Stannaries, in relation to any of the Matters herein before-mentioned, in the fame manner as fuch Perfon. might have done before the making of.this A6I:. c A P. vir. An Aft for the more effcftual preventing of Frauds and Abiifes committed by Perfons em- ployed in the Manufacture of Clocks and Watches. yiffir 10 ^ a?!H !o ' TT/HEREAS many Perfons employed in- the making of Clocks and 'Watches have of late been- ft'-. 3. c.2i, i yy guilty of divers Erauds and Abufes by purloining, imbezilling, fecreting, felling, pawning, or ' otherv/ife unlawfully difpofing of the Clocks and Watches, or fuch Parts thereof, or the Materials for ' making the fame, with which they have been intrufted, to the great Lofs of their Employers; and the '■ Laivs in Being have been found infufficient to prevent fuch Frauds and Abufes, and to punifli the OfFen- ' der;' Be it therefore enadted by the King's mofl: Excsllent Majelty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commonf, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by thfe- Penalty on Con- Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who fliall bs hired or employed by any viftion or Frauds pgj.f|3j-) qj. Pej-fons pradtifing the Trade or Trades of Clock-making or Watch making, or any Part or Pevfons empfoy- Branch, or Parts or Branches of fuch Trade or Trades, to make, finifh, alter, repair or clean any Clock. ed in the M.inii- OX Clocks, Watch or Watches, or any Part or Parts of a Clock or Clocks, v atch or "^Vatchcs, or be in- f.iaure of Clocks trufted by any Perfon or Perfons pradifmg the faid Trade or Trades, with any Gold, Silver or other and Watches.- Metal or Material to be, or that fhall be, in the Whole or in Part wrought or manufidfured for any Part 'or Parts of a Clock or Clocks, Watch or Watches, or any Diamond or other Precious Stone to be, or that fliall be fet or fixed in or about any Clock or Clocks, Watch or Watches, fliall after the firft Day of. Afny one thoufand feven hundred, and fifty-four, purloin, inibczil, fecrete, fell, pawn, exchange, or cthcrwife unlawf"ully difpofe of any Clock or Watch, or any Part or Parts of any Clock or ^'atch, or any Gold, Silver or other Metal or Material, or any Part thereof, or any Diamond or other Precious Stone, v</t which fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be intrufted by any Perion or Perfons praclifing the faid Trade or Trades, or any Part or Branch, or Parts or Branches of fuch Trade or Trades, and fhall Iv^ thereof convifted by the Oath of the Ov/ner of fuch Goods, or by the Oat'i of any other credible Witnefs or Witnefles, or by the ConfelTion of the Perfon or Perfons charged with fuch Ofience, before any one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the County, Riding, Divillon, City, Liberty, Town- or Place, where fjch Offence fhall be committed, or where the Perfon or Perfons fo charged fliall refide or inhabit (vv'hich Oath the faid Juflice or Juftices is and are hereby impowered and required to adminifter) .Tu-n 0;Te,-.cc. eveiy fuch Offender fliall for the firft Offence forfeit twenty Pounds; and in cafe the faid P'orfeiture fhall. not be forthwith paid, the Juftice or Juftices before whom fuch Conviiftion fliall be had, fhall commit the i^arty or Parties. fo convided to the Floufe of Correction or other publick Prifbn of fuch County, Riding,-. Divifion, City, Liberty, Town or Place, there to be kept to hard Labour for the Space of fourteen Days, unlefs fuch Forfeiture fhill be fooner paid ; and if within two Days before the Expiration of fuch fourteen. Days, fuch Forfeiture fnall not be paid, the faid Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby impowered to order the Perfon or P,;rfons fo convicted to be publickly whipped at the Market i lace, or fomc other publick Place of the City^ Town or Place, where fuch Offender or Offenders fhall be refpectively committed;, and in cafe of a further Convifiion in manner before prefcribed by this AiSt, for or upon a fecond or other fubfequent Offence of the fame Kind, the Perfon or Perfons fo again oftcnding, "being thereof convicted in. manner aforefaid, fliall for every fecond or other fubfequent Offence forfeit forty Pounds ; and in cafe the faid Forfeiture fhall not be fbrthwith paid, ths Juftice or Juftices before whom fuch Conviction ihall be had, fhall commit the Perfon or Perfons ib again offending to the Floufc of Corr«.T;ion or other publick Frifon as aforefaid, there to be kept to hard I^abour for any Time not exceeding throe Months, nor l_efs than one Month, unlefs the faid Forfeiture fliall be fooner paid; and if w.thin ken Days before the Ex:-. piration of the Time for which fuch Offender or Offenders fliall be committed, the faid Forfeiture ihall not be paid, the faid Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby impowered to order the Perfon or Perfons fb. again OH'-^nte,