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A.D. 1763. XV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons shall forge or counterfeit the Common Seal of the said Corporation, to be established in pursuance of the this Act, or shall forge, counterfeit or alter any Deed, Bill, Bond or Obligation, under the Common Seal of the said Corporation, or shall offer to dispose of, or pay away any such forged, counterfeited or altered Bill, Bond or Obligation, knowing the same to be such, or shall demand any Money therein mentioned or pretended to be due thereon, or on any Part thereof, of and from the said Corporation, or any Members, Officers or Servants thereof, knowing such Bill, Bond or Obligation to be forged, counterfeited or altered, with Intent to defraud the same Corporation, or their Successors, or any other Person or Persons whomsoever; every Person so offending, and being convicted thereof in due Form of Law, shall be judged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

XVI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons shall by Day or Night break into any House, Shop, Cellar, Vault, or other Place or Building, or by &c Force enter into any House, Shop, Cellar, Vault, or other Place or Building, with Intent to steal, cut or destroy any Linen Yarn, or any Linen Cloth, or any Manufacture of Linen Yarn belonging to any Manufactury, or the Looms, Tools or Implements used therein; or shall wilfully or maliciously cut in Pieces or destroy any fuch Goods, either when exposed to bleach or dry; every such Offender, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be judged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer as in Cases of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

XVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Cambricks and Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known under either of those Denominations, which from and after the tenth Day of May now next insuing shall be wove or fabricated in England, or the Principality Wales, shall be marked or sealed at each End of every Piece with such Mark or Seal, and by such Officer or Officers, as the Commissioners of Excise in England shall direct or appoint for that Purpose.

XVIII. And for the greater Ease and Convenience of the Person or Persons, who shall make, weave or fabricate any such Cambricks or Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known by or upon under either of those Denominations; Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Commissioners of Excise for the Time being, or the major Part of them, from time to time, upon Request made to them by any such Person or Persons, and at the Expence of such Person or Persons, to provide such Seals or Marks as to them the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them shall seem proper; and to direct or appoint one or more Supervisor, or other Officer or Officers of the Excise, of the District or Division in which any such Manufacture shall be carried on, to seal or mark each and every Piece of such Cambrick or Lawn, or Goods of the Kind usually known under either of those Denominations, which shall be made, wove or fabricated by such Person or Persons applying as aforesaid, with such Seal or Mark, or Seals or Marks, in Manner herein after mentioned and directed; and the Officer or Officers of who are to be paid for Excise who shall be so appointed to mark or seal such Goods, shall by the Fabricator, Maker, Weaver or Proprietor of such Goods, be paid for every Piece of such Goods which he or they shall taken out mark or seal in pursuance of this Act, before the same shall be cut or taken out of the Loom, such Sum as the Commissioners of Excise for the Time being, or the major Part of them shall direct and appoint.

IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Person and Persons who shall weave, fabricate, or make any such Cambricks or Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known by or under either of those Denominations, shall before the same shall be taken or cut out of the Loom, give Notice in Writing, of the finishing of every or any Piece or Pieces of such Goods, to such Supervisor or other Officer as aforesaid, who, before any such Piece of Goods shall be cut out of the Loom, shall mark or seal both the Ends of every such Piece of Goods, with such Stamp, Mark or Seal, which shall be provided and appointed for that Purpose, in Manner aforesaid; upon Pain that every Person who shall weave, make or fabricate such Cambricks or Lawns, of Goods of the Kind usually known by or under those Denominations, and shall cut or take any Piece of such Goods out of the Loom, after the same shall have been finished, or permit the same to be done without having first given such Notice in Writing, and having the Ends Ends marked thereof marked or sealed as aforesaid, shall for every such Offence forfeit five Pounds; and the Loss of the Goods, Goods so cut out of the Loom without such Notice being given, and such Marks or Seals being let thereon in Manner herein before directed, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of the Customs or Excise.

XX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Supervisor or other Officer of Excise, of the District in which any such Manufacture of Cambricks or Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known by or under either of those Denominations, shall be carried on, who shall be so as aforesaid appointed by the Conmissioners of Excise, or the major Part of them, to mark or seal such Goods, upon reasonable Notice given to him or them by any Person or Persons who shall make, weave or fabricate any such Goods, that any Piece of such Goods is finished, shall forthwith, or as soon as conveniently may be confident with other the Duty and Business of his Office, in Manner herein before directed, mark or seal both Ends of such Piece of Goods with such Mark or Seal which shall be so as aforesaid appointed and provided for that Purpose, and also fix or set a distinct and separate Number to every Piece of such Goods before the same shall be