540 C. 24. Anno imdecimo Georgii Regis. A. D. 1724, None to make XVII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth e!° th , s but / uch .Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five? no Perfon or Perfons who (hall not have their Appren- 6 f ervea f° r the Space of feven Years as an Apprentice to or in the Trade of a Broad Clothier, or has not ticefliips to the Deen in" the Exercife and Ufe of fuch Trade for the Space of two Years before the Commencement of Trade, &c. this Aft (except the Widows of Clothiers, and Perfons marrying fuch Widows) fhall make or caufe to Penalty 10I. per be made any Broad Cloth in the faid Weft-Riding, under the Penalty of forfeiting ten Pounds for every Month. Month that fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall continue to ufe or exercife the faid Trade of a Broad Clothier, to be recovered and levied in fuch Manner as the other Penalties and Forfeitures in this Aft 'are to be re- covered and levied. EXP. Cards with Wire ' XVIII. And whereas the ufing of Cards made with Wire or Wire-teeth, in Dreffing of Cloth, hath Dreffin Cloth'" ' ^V Experience been found to be very prejudicial to the faid Woollen Manufacture :' Now to the End en Pan of col. t ^ ie ^ a ^ Woollen Manufacture may be improved as much as poffible, Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons within the faid Weft-Riding of the faid County of York fhall, > from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June, ufe or caufe to be ufed in Drefllng of Cloth any Card or Cards made with Wire, or with Teeth of Iron, or any other Metal whatfoever, every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo ufing the fame, fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit fifty Pounds : Provided that Information upon Oath fhall be given of the Offences mentioned in this Aft, within the Space of twenty Days next Offences how to- after fuch Offence fhall be difcovered; and all and every the Offences in this Aft mentioned (except fuch U enquired of, for which any other Remedy is hereby provided) fhall be inquired of and determined, and Conviftions thereon made, upon Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, by any one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, not being a Dealer in Woollen Cloth as aforefaid, Notice being firft given of the Charge to the Perfon or Perfons therewith charged; and that all fuch Penalties and Forfeitures as fhall or may happen by reafon of this Aft, except fuch as are otherwife exprefly difpofed of, fhall go and be difpofed of, one Half to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall give Information of the Offence, on which the Conviftion fhall be made, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parifh where fuch Offence fhall be com- mitted; and if any Offender or Offenders fhall', by the Space of ten Days next after he or they fhall be convifted of any the Offences aforefaid, and have Notice thereof to him, her or them given at his, her or their Dwelling-houfe, or laft Place of Abode, refufe or negleft to pay any Forfeiture by him, her or them incurred by reafon of this Aft, or fhall not appeal as is herein after provided, to the Quarter- Seflions; then, and not before, it fhall and may be lawful for the Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, before whom fuch Conviftion fhall be made, or any other Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the faid Riding,, or any Corporation within the fame, not being a Dealer in Woollen Cloth, upon a Certificate of fuch Conviftion fent to them from the Juftice or Juftices before whom fuch Conviftion was made, who is and are hereby authorized and required to iffue out one or more Warrant or Warrants under his or their Hands and Seals, to the Conftable of the Town or Place, or Bailiff or Bailiffs of the Liberties, Wapen- takes or Limits where fuch Offender or Offenders doth or fhall inhabit, thereby commanding him or them to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, returning the Overplus, if any be, after paying likewife the Charges of fuch Diftrefs and Sale, to the Offender or Offenders de- manding the fame; and where no fufHcient Diftrefs can be found, to commit the Offender or Offenders to the Houfe of Correction within the faid Weft-Riding, there to be kept to hard Labour for the Space . of fix Months. ml a" peTto XIX - Provided always, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon. the Quartei-Sef- or Perfons fhall find him or herfelf aggrieved by any Order or Warrant made by any Juftice or Juftices, Sons. upon any Conviftion before him or them, in Purfuance of this Aft, fuch Perfon or Perfons may appeal to the next General Quarter-Seflions to be held for the faid Riding of the faid County of York, giving ten; Days Notice of fuch Appeal to the Perfon or Perfons difcovering the Offence on which the Conviftion was made; and if the Juftices at their faid Quarter-Seffions fhall think fit either to confirm or difannul the Orders or Proceedings of the faid Juftice or Juftices, they fhall allow fuch Cofts and Charges to the- Party aggrieved thereby as they fhall think reafonable, to be levied and paid in fuch Manner as is ufual in Cafes of Appeals from any Order of the Juftices of the Peace to the Seflions, whofe Order herein fhalL be final, th.'s Aa°to 3 be'* XX ' Ancl be n *" urtner ena ft ed by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Aftion or Suit after the Corn- laid inborn' 11 mencement of this Aft, fhall be brought, commenced, fued or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons,, Eb or '. by this Aft authorized to put the lame or any Part thereof in Execution, in every fuch Cafe the Aftion. fhall be laid in the faid County of York, and not elfewhere; and every fuch Perfon and Perfons fo fued or General Iffiie. profecuted, may to fuch Aftion plead the General Iffue, and give this Aft and the Special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in Purfuance and by Authority of this Aft; and if it fhall appear fo to be done, or that fuch Aftion or Aftions fhall be brought in any other County, that then the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants; and that upon fuch Ver- dict, or if the Plaintiff fhall be nonfuited or difcontinue his Aftion, after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared, or upon Demurrer Judgment fhall be given againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Publirk Act- Defendants fhall and may recover treble Cofts, for which he and they fhall have the like P„emedy, as in
- Made perpetual' Caf;s wherein Cofts are by Law given to Defendants; and" that this Aft fhall be taken and allowed as a.
and amended by publick Aft in all Courts within this Kingdom; and all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons are hereby 7 Geo. j c. 25. required to take Notice thereof as fuch, without fpecial Pleading the fame; and that this prefent Aft fhall and.i^Geo.a. cor)t j nue j n Force for the Term of feven Years,, and from thence to. the End of the then "next Seffion of %JL-i?L J .l Parliament and no longer, U la
