A. D. 1757* Anno tricefimo Georgii II. . C. 20. 55 III. And it is hereby further cna6tcd and declared, That all the Powers and Authorities given by the Powers given by faid Order of Council, or which fliall be given by any fubfequent Order of Council, by Virtue of the ^^"J^1^°^^^^°""C'l Authority aforefaid, to Juftices of the Peace and other Magi itratcs, and to Commiffioners of the Land ^"^{"^^5*3*^^ ^^3 Ta^ Infpeilors and other Officers appointed in that Behalf, ihall be duly executed, and are hereby elta- ficers, confirmed] blifhed and enadted, and declared to be as good and valid in the Law, to all Intents and Purpofes, du- ring the Continuance of the faid Order or Orders, as if the fame were herein repeated and exprefly enacSled. IV. And be it further enabled, That from and after the hrft Day o^ June one thoufand feven hundred S^'- Penalty on and fifty-feven, all and every Perfon and Perfons who (hall by Force or Threats intimidate, hinder or jj,^°^^j^^J"j.^^* prevent the faid Juftices, Magiftrates, CommiiTioners, Infpe61ors or other OfEcers from executing the ecu'tion'of Or- " faid Rules, Orders and Regulations, or from performing their refpeitive Duties in Relation thereto; orders, who {hall enter into any Combination, Confederacy or Subfcription to difobey the faid Order or Orders or entering into in Council, or to defeat, hinder or prevent the Execution thereof, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of fifty a Combination Pounds, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, Suit or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at '° difctey or de- Wefiminjier^ by any Perfon or Perfons who fliall inform and fue for the fame, to go and be paid to and ^*^ * « '^me- for the fole Ufe and Benefit of fuch Perfon or Perfons refpecStively, with full Cofts of Suit.
- V. And, to the End that all Perfons may know how to demean themfelves in the Premilfes ;' Be it fur- ^'"^ A>C*, and
ther enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That this A6t, and his Majefty's Order in Council, dated the Ord^tnc-' "i twenty-fecond Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, on fuch Sunday in every Ca- of 22 March lendar Month as the Minifter Ihall think proper, fliall be publickly read immediately after Prayers, in 1747, 10 be read all Parifh Churches, Chapels and other Places i'et apart for Divine Worfhip ; and that when and as often publickly in as his Majefty, his Heirs or SucccfTors, fliall make any Rules, Orders and Regulations, or fhall vary or Church on Sun- repeal the fame, by Virtue or in Purfuance of this A(5f, every fuch Rule, Order, Regulation, Variation ^ew Ord'^ ^"&^ and Repeal, fhall be notified and publifhed in fuch Manner as his Majefty fliall think proper, and fhall as fhall hereafter be publickly read upon the next Sunday after the Receipt of the fame, and on fuch Sunday in every Calen- be made, to be dar Month as the Minifter fliall think proper, during the Time fuch Rules, Orders, Regulations and read in like Variations fliall continue in Force in fuch Manner as aforefaid, within fuch Counties, Ridings, Divi- ^^^""". permit any Perfon refiding within his Parifh, Chapelry or Place to read the fame, during the Time fwch 'his Aa, to be_ Rule, Order or Regulation fhall continue in Force; and the Churchwardens or Chapel wardens of every ^^' ^y^^^J^^- Parifh or Place fliall provide a printed Copy of this A(Sl:, for the Purpofe aforefaid, at the Expense of the ufe^oV'theVa- Parifli or Chapelry. ' rifhioners; and to be provided at the PariiTi Expenre, VI. And be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for the His Majefiy im- King's moft Excellent Majefty, by one or more Proclamation or Proclamations, to be ilTued at any Time powered topro- or Times during the Continuance of this Act, under the Great Seal oi Great Britain, to prohibit and if^'^^^t-by^Jroda- forbid all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate whatfoever, to import or bring, ^nly,h^fm' or caufe to procure to be imported or brought, directly or indire6tiy, or export, carry or fend, or caufe portation or Ex- cr procure to be exported, carried or fent, dire£lly or diredly, into or from or out of Great Britain, Ire- ponation of land, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, or any Part thereof, any Ox, Bull, Cow, Calf, Steer or loomed Cattie, Heifer, or any raw Hides or Skins, or any other Part of fuch Beaft, for fuch Time or Times, under otlTer^ptt' 7 fuch Rules, Orders and Regulations, as his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeftbrs, by the Advice aforefaid, fuchBeafts. fliall judge moft expedient and eftet?tual to prevent or ftop the Spreading of the faid Diftemper, ' VII. And, to prevent the Diftemper amongft the horned Cattle being fpread and increafed by Tan- ^^Y^^rt Tufti
- ners and others buying the Hides and Skins of infeded Beafts,' It is hereby further enaded, That v/hen prohibi- t"he'"*
the Juftices^ of the Peace at their General Quarter- SefTions, or at any Adjournment thereof within their holding Fairs or refpe£tive Counties, Ridings and Divifions, Ihall prohibit the holding of any Fair or Fairs, Market or ^^'■='sfo'"Sa'e Markets, for buying and felling of fuch horned Cattle, every Tanner, Tawer or Drefier of Hides and "'"^"""^ ^^'^' Skins fliall, before he brings any raw Hide or Skin of any Bull, Ox, Cov/, Calf, Steer or Heifer, into f i^^nneristo his 1 ari-yard, g' anc Time being, and produce to the faid Officer a Certificate under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, ^^='° t'heOfB- ef one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, or Comraiffioner or Commirfioncrs of the Land Tax, T n-^^'l'^ °^ Keaor ej- Vicar, qualified as herein after mentioned, fpecifying the Colour of fuch Hide or Skin, the Ldorodncesa Name and Place of Abode of the Owner of fuch Hide or Skin, and that, upon Examination on Oath of Ccit',fKat. con- one ox more credible Perfon or Perfons, it appeared to the Perfon or Perfons figning and fealing fuch remme tlie Certificate, that the Beaft, from which fuch Hide or Skin v/as taken, was found and free from Infedion; Heahhof the which Certificate fhall, by the faid Officer, be entered into a Book to be Icect for that Purpofe: And if ^^^' any Tanner, Tawer or Drcfler of Hides or Skins, fliall bring, or fuff'cr to be brought, into his Tan- ^^'^'.^^ ^he om. yard or Tan-pits, cr other Place ufed for dreffing or inanufacUiring Hides or Skins, any fuch raw Hide "'aBo^'ok"^" or Skin, or fliall tan^or drefs, or manufadure any fuch raw Hide or Skin, wit.iout giving fuch N-otice, Tanner gjilty of and producing fuch Certificate as aforelaid, every Perfon fo offending fliall, for gveiy fuch Offence, for- a Breach or Or- feil '^^'^s, forfeits jol.
