34 C. 12. Anno tricefimo Georgii II. A.D. 1757. delity before the fald Juftice or chief Magiftrate, it fhall and may be lawful for fuch Officer, from whom he has received fuch Money as aforefaid, to detain or confine fuch Perfon or Perfons, until he or they fnall take the Oath before required ; and every Officer of Marines that fliall act contrary hereto, or offend herein, upon Proof thereof upon Oath made by two WitnefTes, before a General Court-martial to be thereupon called, fhall for fuch Offence, be forthwith cafliiered and difplaced from fuch his Office, and fhall be thereby utterly difabled to have or hold any Civil or Military Office or Employment within this Kingdom, or in his Majefty's Service. Marine Forces XLII. Provided always, and it is hereby declared. That all his Majefty's Marine Forces, as well I'm^of'theCom- ^'^'^^^ ^^ private Men, fhall from time to time, during their being refpeclively borne as Part of the piement of ^ny Complement of any of his Majeffy's Ships or VelTels, be fubjccl or liable in like Manner, in all Refpe6ls, Ships 0/ War, as any Officers or Seamen employed in his Majefty's Sea Service are fubjeil and liable to be governed, are liable to be and proceeded againft, and punifhed for Oftences committed by them, during the Time they fhall be RlleTeftawlhL^J ^^"^ ^^ ^^^^ °^ ^^^ Complement of fuch Ships or VefTels, according to the Purport, Tenor, EfFeft, bv A£ -21 Geo. 3 ...--.„- , . . , ly Thing herein contained notwithflanding. CAP. XII. An Acl to amend an A61 made in the twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, Jn ASi to render more effeSlual an A£t pnjfed in the twelfth Tear of the Reign of his late Majefty King George, to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the Woollen Manufactures y and for better Payment of their Wages •, and alfo an A£l paffed in the thirteenth Tear of the Reign of his faid late Majejly, for the better Regulation of the Woollen Manufacture ; and for preventing Difputes among the Perfons concerned therein ; and for limt-^ ting a 'Time for frofecuting for the Forfeiture appointed by the aforefaid A5f, in cafe of Payment of the Workmens Wages in any other Manner than in Money. a9Geo.i.c.33. « "ITT HERE A S by an A(Sl made and palTed in the twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of his prefent 11 Geo. I.e. 34. ' Yy Majefty, intituled, Jrt JH to render more effectual an Act paffed in the twelfth Year cf the Reign ' rf hi% late Majejiy King GeoRGE, to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen employed in the Woollen 13 eo. 1.C.23. 4 Ma7mfa6iures and for better Payment of their Wages and alfo an A£i paffed in the thirtieth Year of the ' Reign of his faid late Majefly^ for the better Regulation of the Woollen ManufaSlure^ and for preventing Dif- ' ptdcs among the Perfons concerned therein ; and for limiting a Time for profecuting for the Forfeiture appointed ' by the aforefaid Atl^ in cafe of the Payment of the Workmens Wages in any other Manner than in Money ; It
- was amongll other Things enaded. That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of fune one thoufand
- feven hundred and fifty-fix, it fliould be lawful for the Juflices of the Peace allembled at any of their
' General or Qi.iarter Seffions held next after Michaelmas yearly, to make Rates for the Payment of ' Wages to Weavers, and others employed in the Woollen Manufactures, according to the Number of
- Yards that the Chains are laid ui:>on the Warping Bars, and not otherwife j which Rates by the faid
- Aft were to continue for one Year from the making thereof: And whereas from the great Variety of
' the faid ivlanufadture of Broad Cloth, as well in refpe6t to Breadth and Colour, as to the Quantity and
- • Quality of the Material of which the fame is compofed, it is found impracticable to form any general
- Rate of Wages that would be juft, adequate, and fuitable to the feveral Branches and Circumftances
- of the faid Manufacture : And whereas great Mifchiefs and Inconveniencies have arifen, and may arife,
' from the Excrcife of the aforefaid Power and Authority given by the above recited Aft to the Juftices
- of the Peace, to make Rates for the Payment of Wages, as therein mentioned : For Remedy whereof
- May it pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enacted j' And be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent
Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That fo much of the faid recited f/'d^Aft le*^ al- ^^ ^^ enacts. That it fhall and may be lawful for the Juftices of the Peace aflembled at any of their cite » pea- (^^.j^^.j-jj Qj. Quarter Seffions held next after Michaelmas yearly, to make Rates for the Payment of Wages to Vi/'eavers, and others employed in the Woollen Manufactures, according to the Number of Yards that the Chains are laid upon the Warping Bars, and not otherwife, fhall be, and the fame is hereby rep'jakd. Ae'rirrents tn- I[. And be it further cnaCted by the Authority aforefaid, That all or any Contracts or Agreements '^'r** "ci* r" "^*^» or hereafter to be made and entered into, between any Clothier or Maker of Mixed, Medley or and Weavrr'" ^^ hite Hroad Cloth, and the Weaver or Weavers employed by fuch Maker, in refpect to any Wages be b.nding,' to be paid to fuch VVcaver or Weavers, fliall, from and immediately after the firft Day of May one thou- fand {kz hundred and fifty-feven, be and are hereby declared to be good, valid and efFeitual, to all Intents and Purpolcs ; any Rate made or to be made in purfuance of any Law, Statute or Ufagc to the contrary thereof in any wife notwilhflanding. IIL And
