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 A. D. i757« Anno tricefimo primo Georgii IT. C. 29. 267 XXI And belt further cnaiSled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after tlie twenty- fourth The feveraS Sorts of Day of*7«w one thoufand (even hundred and fifty-eight, the feveral Sorts of Bread which (hall be ^^J^^^^'^^'j^^J^weU madr made for Sale, or fold, or expofcd to or for Sale, in any Place or Places, fhall always be well made, ^°nd^ '"(he<t^DezreL^' and in their feveral and refpedlive Degrees, according to the Goodnefs of the fcveral Sorts of Meal according, totheC-ood- or Flour whereof the fame ought to be made; and that no AUum, or Preparation or Mixture in nefs of the Sorts of Me4 which Allum ihall be an Ingredient, or any other Mixture or Ingredient whatfoever (except only o"" f'^y ths '"a^e ought the genuine Meal or Flour which ought to be put therein, and common Salt, pure Water, Eggs, 'o be made of, Milk, Yeaft and Barm, or fuch Leaven as (hall at any Time be allowed to be put therein by the f7^|Jl'°"'f.^"xcvK"'^'"' Court, or Perfon or Perfons who fliall, by virtue of this A<51, have fct an Affize of Bread, for the j'^""g°/^yjj]g'^|(j^|;;^^"i'* Place or Places where any fuch Leaven fhall be ufed, and where no fuch Aflize fhall have been fet, Flow, Salt, Water, then fuch Leaven as any Magiftrate or Magiflrates, Juftice or Tuftices of the Peace, within his Eggs, Milk, Yeaft and or their Jurifdi6lion, fhall allow to be ufed in making of Bread j fliall be put into, or in any wife ^a'^, or fuch Leaven ai ufcd in making Dough, or any Bread to be fold, or as or for Leaven to ferment any Dough, or f^fj^ occafionaliy al. on any other Account, in the Trade or Myflery of making Bread, under any Colour or Pretence ' f i or •whatfcever ; upon Pain that every Perfon (other than a Servant or Journeyman) who fhall knovv-fJ°"g^f^"fJ^^j^^ '^'^^j.^3 ingly offend in the Premises, and fhall be cojividled of any fuch Offence, either by his, her or their ing'the Servant" or Jour- own ConfefTion, or by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, before any fuch neyman) not exceeding Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juflices of the Peace, within the Limits of his or their Jurif- lol. nor lei's than 40s. ditSlion, fliall, on every fuch Coiivii5lion, forfeit and pay any Sum of Money not exceeding ten Pounds, and not lefs than forty Shillings; or fliall, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal, or or being committed, and fhall have been committed, or the Offender or Offenders fhall be apprehended, there to remain and be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding one Calendar Month, nor lefs than ten Days, from the Time of fuch Commitment, as any fuch Magiftrate or Magiftratcs, JuUice or Juflices, {hall think fit and order; and if any Servant or Journeyman Baker fhall knowingly offend in the and if the Offender be a Prem-ifles, and fliall be convi6ied of any fuch Offence, either by his, her or their own Confeffion, Servant or journeymm, or by the Oath of one or m.orc credible Witnefs or Witnefles, before any fuch Magiftrate or Magi- ?° ^^en.iity of his t. rf nc- flratcs, Juftice or Juflices of the Peace, within the Limits of his or their Jurifdiction, he, ^^e or '^"^^^ "^,-5^^^"^^ ^^^^^^^^ they, v/ho fhall fo offend, fhall, on every fuch Conviction, forfeit and pay any Sum of Money not exceeding five Pounds, and not lefs than twenty Shillings ; or fhall, by Warrant under the Hand or being committed, and and Seal, or Hands and Seals, of any fuch Magiftrate or Magiltratcs, Jultice or Juftices, within his ^^^^ *.<> l^^^d Labour for or their refpe£tie Jurifdiction, be apprehended and committed to the Houfe of Correction, or fome ^"p^J^'l^^ "*^[ exceeding Prifon of the County, City, Town Corporate, Borough, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place, where loOays-"" ^ ^ ^ ^'^ the Offence fhall have been committed, or the Offender or Offenders fhall be apprehended, there to remain and be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding one Calendar Month, nor lefs than ten Days, from the Time of every fuch Commitment, as any fuch Magiftrate or Magifjrates, Juftice or Juftices, fhall think fit and order ; and it fliall and may be lawful for the Magiftrate or and the Maglfirate may, Magiltrates, Juftice or Juftices, before whom any fuch Offender fhall be convicted, out of the Mo- °"t of the Money of the ney forfeited, when recovered, to caufe the Offender's Name, Place of Abode, and Offence, to be f^^^"''^' P"^'"'^ '"" publifhed in fome News Paper, which fhall be printed or publiflied in or near the County, City or Ser'sTamerPkce of' Place, where any fuch Offence fhall have been committed. Abode, and Offence. XXII. And be it further enaited by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- The Penalty of anuite- ninth Day of September no Perfon fhall knowingly put into any Corn, Meal or Flour, which fhall rating Com, Meal or be ground, drefted, bolted or manufactured for Sale, either at the Time of grinding, dreffing, bol- ^^°"''» whether at the ting or in any wife manufacturing the fame, or at any other Time or Times, any Ingredient, Mix- fi^"'^"!,^,""'^'"^' '^'"^^" ture or Thing whatfoever; or fliall knowingly fell, offer or expofe to or for Sale, any Meal or "^^ °^ ° ""§• ^^c. Flour of one Sort of Grain as or for the Meal or Flour of any other Sort of Grain, or any Thing as or fW S onVsort^f'^ °' for, or mixed v^ith the Meal or Flour of any Grain, which fhall not be the real and genuine Meal or Cram for another °Sort • Flour of the Grain the fame fhall import to be and ought to be; upon Pain that every Perfon who or any Thing mixed * fhall offend in the Premiffes, and fliall be thereof conviCted in Manner herein after prefcribed, fhall which ftaii not be of forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence, any Sum not exceeding five Pounds, nor lefs than forty Shil- fljegenume Meal or lings, as the Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, before whom any fuch Offender or Of- fam"'if fold for"'" '^'' fenders fliall be conviCted, fliall think fit or order. is not to exceed - nor be lefs thjn-4os. XXIII. And be it further eniCted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid tvven- Where Bread fliaii be of ty-ninth Day of Septcm/jer no Perfon fhall knowingly put into any Bread which fhall be made for a different Mixture of Sale, any Mixture of Meal or Flour of any other Sort of Grain than of the Grain the fame fhall ^°''" than what it im. import to be, and fliall be allowed to be made of, in purfvance of this Ad ; or fhall put into any E, ° "" ' " Bread whi^ch fhall be made for Sale, any larger or other Proportion of any other or different Sort or or whIiethePro or*;© Sorts of Grain, or the Meal or Flour thereof, than what fhall be appointed or allowed to be put of the Mixture a^Wed therein by this ACt; or any Mixture or Thing as for or in lieu of Flour, which fliall not really be ofihallnotbe duly ob- the genuine Flour the fame fhall import to be, and ought to be ; upon Pain that every Perfon who ferved, not exccednig 5 1, not l«fs than ao9.