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 A. D. 1757- Anno tricefimo primo Ge org 11 IT. C. 2Cj, 263. fuch Mann^i ftnd by fuch Perfon or Perfons, and on fuch Day in every Week, as any ftich refpco- tive Court, Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen, Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates, or Julliccs, as aforefaid, ^Within their refpeftive Jurifdiftions, {hall from time to time appoint ; and the Price which fhall be fo the Pricw to be entrrcd terttfied, fhall, from time to time, be entered by the refpeflive Perfon or Perfons who fhall certify nnHcotitied in a proper the fame in fome Book or Books to be provided by fuch refpedive Perfon or Perfons, and kept by him- Sock; or them for (hat Purpofe : And within two Days after every fuch Price (hall be fo returned, the Aflize an^the AiTizs anj Price and Wefgh-t -of Bread for every fuch other refpe(^ive City, Town Corporate, Boiough, Town and ^ ^"''' ^^'/^^ '^■^•^'^^' Place, and the Price to be paid for the fame^ fhall, from time to time, be fet by the Court of Mayor '" ^ Daysa ur; and Alderm?n of every fych other City where there fhall be any fuch Court, and when the fame fhall fit ; and when fuch Court fhall not fit, by the Mayor of every fuch other refpe6live City ; and where there fhall be no fuch Court of Mayor and Aldermen in any fuch other City, then by the Mayor, Bailiffs or other Chief Magiftrate or Magiflrates of every fuch other City ; and in Towns Corporate and Boroughs^ by the Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or other Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates of every iuch Town Corporate or Borough ; and by two or more Juftices of the Peace in Towns or Places where there fhall be no fuch Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates : And the AfTize and Weight of Bread, and Price to be paid for the fame, which fliall be fo from time to time fet in every fuch other City, and in every Town Corporate or Borough, and in every Town and Place where there fhall be no fuch Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or Chi?f Magiftrate or Magiftrates, as aforefaid, fliall commence and take Place on fuch Day in every Week, and be in Force for fuch ar.d to take Place, an f Time, not exceeding feven Days from the Setting of every fuch Affize, and fliall be made Publick in continue (notexceeiing fuch Manner, as fuch Court of Mayor and Aldermen in every fuch other City where there fhall be I'^^'i^) and to be pub. _ .. _ . . . _ .. . - . _ . ■'"''', as the Comt cr ftrates (hall dirsia. men or other Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates, as aforefaid, of every fuch Town Corporate, or Bo- rough ; and in Towns and Places where there fhall be no fuch Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates, as aforefaid, as any fuch two Juftices, as aforefaid, fhall, within their re- fpefiive Jurifdiclions, from time to time diredl. VIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- Tvoormore jti^irej ninth Day o{ September, if any two or more Juftices of the Peace of Counties at I^arge, Ridings or *!'"'^'" their jurjidic- Divifions, fhall at any Time think fit to fet an Affize of Bread, for any Place or Places within the nlT«f Bre'ld an"d faufe Limits of their refpedllve Jurifdidtions, then, and in any fuch Cafe, it fliall be lawful for any fuch Rer-.ims to'b' madefy two or more Juftices, within the Limits of their refpe£live Jurifdi(ftions, to caufe the Price which the Clei-ks of thercigh- Grain, Meal and Flour, fit to make the feveral Sorts of Bread which fhall be made for Sale in any touring Maikets of the fuch Place or Places, fhall, from time to time, bona fide ^ fell for in the refpecSlive Publick Corn Mar- 1^"^^"^ "t.'^^' ^"''•'^'". ket or Corn Markets, in or near any fuch Place or Places refpedively, during the whole Market, and (jj;'^ JJj ^^ not at particular Times thereof, or on fpecial Contrails only, to be from time to time given, and cer- ' ' tified on Oath, to them at their refpc£tive Houfes or Places of Abode, in any fuch County, Riding the Returns to be made or Divifion, on fuch Day in every Week, as any fuch two or more Juftices fhall for that Purpofe fix »" a certain Day, on and appoint, by the refpedlive Clerks of the Market of the feveral Markets in or near fuch refpec- tive Place or Places, or fuch other Perfon or Perfons as any fuch two or more Juftices as aforefaid re- fpe6lively, within their refpedlive Jurifdidions, fhall for that Purpofe appoint ; and that the Price of and to he entered and Grain, Meal and Flour, which fhall be fo returned, fliall, from time to time, be entered by the re- figncd in a Boole to be fpe(Stive Perfon or Perfons who fhall fo return the fame, in fome Book or Books to be provided by him '^'-"?' ^^ '^' •'" ^"■"P" "" » or them, and kept for that Purpofe; and within two Days after any fuch Return of the Price ©f ^J'^ ^^^-^^ ^"'' ^""of Grain, Meal and Flour, fliall be made, to any fuch two or more Juftices, as aforefaid, the Price and DaTs Xr%pa"to'con-^ AlTize of Bread may be by them, or any two of them, fet for every fuch Place or Places, for any tinue"(not'e"x"ceeding"'4 Time not exceeding fourteen Days from every Setting thereof: And the Allize which fhall be fo from Days)^and to commence time-to time fet, fhall commence and be in Force, at fuch Time after every Setting thereof, and be and be pubhihed as /hall made Publick in fuch Place or Places for which the fame fhall be fo fet, in fuch Manner as the Juftices ^^ ordered. • who fhall fet the fame, fliall order or dire6l. IX. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That any Maker of Bread for Sale in any Bakers may fee the Re- fuch other City, Town Corporate, Borough or Place, where the Price and AfEze of Bread, in pur- '^"'"^j the Day after the fuance of this Acl, fliall at any Time be thought proper to be fet, fliall have Liberty, at all feafon- ^'""^ ^'''^^ '°^ ^^^^^ able Times, in the Day Time, the next Day after every Return of the Price of Grain, Meal and Flour, fhall he made for any fuch other City, Town Corporate, Borough, Town or Place, and en- tered in the proper Book hereby dire6i:ed to be provided and kept for that Purpofe, to fee the Entry which fhall be made in fuch Book, of the Price of Grain, Meal and Flour, without paying any Thing for the fame; to the Intent that every fuch Maker of Bread for Sale may have an Opportunity on that they m?.v have the fiiid next Day after any fuch f^ntry as aforefaid fhall be made as hereby is direfted, to offer to any Time to nhjeft to the fuch Court, Mayor, Bailiffs, Aldermen or other Chief Magiftrate or Magiftrates, or Juftices, as Advarxe nr RcHL-flion aforefaid, who fhall think fit to fet any fuch Affize of Bread within their refpeitive Jurifdiftions, and o° B*ri%'V'^' h''"'^ before any fuch AfTize fhall be fet, fuch Objedtions as any fuch Maker of Bread for Sale can reafon- Affiz^elie'fet! "'^'^ ' * ably make againft any Advance or Reduction being at any Time made in the Affize or Price of Bread in any fuch other City, Town Corporate, Borough, Town or Place. X And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Baker or Maker of Bread for Raker not liable topny Sale fhall be liable or compellable to pay any Fee, Gratuity or Reward, to any Perfon or Perfons for, Fe«son Account of the 4 Qj. AiTuc of Bread, I