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208 taken out of the Loom; and also make a just and true Entry in Writing, in proper Books to be provided for that Purpose at the Expence of the Manufacturer of such Goods, of the Number set to each Piece of such Goods, and of the Number of Yards which each Piece of such Goods shall contain in length and also of the Number of Threads contained in the Warp of each Piece of such Goods ; upon Pain that every Supervisor, or other Officer of Officers so appointed as aforesaid, who shall upon reasbnable Notice given as aforesaid of the finishing of any Piece of such Goods, neglect or refuse to mark or seal the Beginning and End of every Piece of such Goods in Manner herein before directed, or to fix or set a distinct and separate Number on each Piece of such Goods, or to make a true and just: Entry in Manner aforesaid, of the Number set or affixed to each Piece of such Goods, and of the Number of Yards which each each Piece thereof shall contain in Length, and also the Number of Threads contained in the Warp of each Piece of such Goods, shall for every such Refusal or Neglect, forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds.

XXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any such Supervisor, or other Officer or Officers of the Excise, who shall be so appointed to mark or seal fuch Cambricks or Lawns, or who shall have the Custody of any Mark or Seal which shall be so provided and appointed to mark or seal such Goods, shall therewith mark or seal any Cambricks or Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known by or under either of those Denominations, which shall not have been made, wove and fabricated in England, or the Principality of Wales, or shall knowingly permit it to be done, or shall mark or seal any Piece of such Goods after the same shall have been taken out of the Loom ; every such Supervisor, or other Officer or Officers so marking or sealing any such Cambricks or Lawns, or Goods of the Kind usually known under either of those Denominations, or wilfully or knowingly permitting the same to be done, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, shall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds for every Piece of such Goods which he or they shall so mark or seal, or peimit or suffer to be marked or sealed, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, to be sued for and recovered in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, by Bill, Plaint or Information, by any Person or Persons who will inform or sue for the same; and such Supervisor, or other Officer or Officers, upon being convicted of any or either of the Offences aforesaid, shall lose his or their Office or Offices and lmployments under the Excise, and is and are hereby declared and rendered ever after incapable of having, using or injoying any Office or Place of Trust under his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors.

XII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons shall, by Bribery, Fraud, Covin, Deceit or Imposition, or in any Manner whatsoever prevail on or procure any Officer or Officers of the Excise, or other Person who shall be appointed to mark or seal any Cambricks or Lawns, or who shall have the Custody of any Seal, Stamp or Mark provided and appointed for that Purpose in pursuance of this Act, to set or affix such Mark, Seal or Stamp, to any Piece or Pieces of Cambrick or Lawn, or of Goods of the Kind usually known under either of those Denominations, which shall not have been actually and bona fide made, wove or fabricated, in that Part of Great Britain called England, or Principality of Wales, or after the same shall have been cut or taken out of the Loom, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ; all and every such Offender and Offenders, and his and their Aiders, Abetters and Assistants (being thereof lawfully convicted) shall for every such Offence forfeit and lose the Sum of one hundred Pounds, and be adjudged to Hand in the Pillory two Hours ; and if any Person or Persons shall give, pay or secure, or offer to give, pay or secure, to any such Officer or Officers, or other Person as aforesaid, any Bribe, Recompence or Reward, of any Kind whatsoever, in order to corrupt, persuade or prevail on such Officer or Officers, or other Person, to set or affix such Mark, Stamp or Seal as aforesaid, to any Piece or Pieces of Cambrick, Lawn, or other Goods directed by this Act to be stamped or sealed, which shall not have been actually and bona fide made, wove and fabricated in that Part of Great Britain called England, or the Principality of Wales, or after the same shall have been taken out of the Loom, such Person or Perfons so offending shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and lose the Sum of fifty Pounds.

XXIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Supervisor or other Officer or Officers of Excise, who shall in Manner aforesaid be appointed to mark or seal any Cambricks, Lawns, or such Kind of Goods, in pursuance of this Act, shall yearly and every shall stamp, and a Copy Year (while such Officer or Officers shall have the Custody of any such Seal provided or appointed of all Entries relating for that Purpose in Manner aforesaid) in the Month of June transmit and send to the Commissioners of Excise in London, a full, true and just Account in Writing of all and every Piece and Pieces of such Goods, which he or they shall seal or stamp in pursuance of this Act ; and also a true Copy of all and every Entry or Entries of any Kind whatsoever, which he or they shall make in any such Book or Books provided for that Purpose, in any wife relating thereto, for or during the twelve Calendar Months next preceding the said Month of June; distinguishing in such Accounts the several Manufacturers or Proprietors, if there shall be more than one such in such Officer's District, who shall have made or be Owners of such Goods, upon Pain of being dismissed from his or their Employ as an Officer or Officers of Excise; and all and every such Officer or Officers having the Custody of any such Stamp, Mark or Seal as aforesaid, his or their Executors or Administrators, or such other Person or Persons in whose Custody or Power the same shall fall or come by the Death of such Officer or Officers, or in any other Manner, shall, upon Demand or Order from or by the Commissioners of Excise, or the major Part of them, deliver up to such Comissioner, or such Person or Persons as they shall appoint to receive the same, all and every such Seal