A. D. 1726. Anno decimo tertio Georgii Regis. C. 24. 62*?
which he and they fliall have the fame Remedy, and all Advantages as in Cafes wherein Cofls are by Law given to Defendants. XIX. And be it further enacted, That this Ac* {ball be taken and allowed as a pubUck Act, of whieh all p . u "«" k A &- "Courts and Jufticcs are required to take Notice, without fpecial pleading the fame. , * 110 j- wri .,, .,„,, r V/.ulii TiUnvJitdure, $Geo. z, c. 21. 12 Geo. z. c. zi. 15 Gm. 2. «. 17. 25 Ci •. 2. £. 14, 2O G'.o. 2. c. 8, G' 11. j) C», t, t, ;j, 30 6«. 2. «. jz. C A P. XXIV. An Act for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Dying Trade. i I. II'HEREAS divers Peifons within this Realm, ufing the Myftery or Craft of Dyers, have of late tj BK c. 9. - VV iifed and exercifed fa lie and deceitful Ways in Dying Bays and other Woollen Mack, '3 '- ' 4 Car. «. ' without ufing Woad, Indigo or Mather, and for paffing off fuch Goods as true mathcred Blacks, (though '• II ' ' falfly dyed as aforefaid) the Corner only thereof hath been dyed red, and a red Rpfe or other Mark, fot a ' true dyed Mather Black, tied up at fuch Corner, when the reft of the faid Bays and Woollen Goods, or ' great Part thereof, are falfly dyed without Woad, Indigo or Mather as aforefaid, and fuch or the like de- ' ceitful Practices have been and are ufed in dying of black Cloths, Bays and other Woollen Goods, to imi- ' tate and referable true woaded Blacks, without ufing any Woad or Indigo in the dying thereof, and a blue ' Rofe or other Mark for a true woaded Black hath been fixed to the Corner thereof, to- deceive the Buyer j ' and whereas great Deceit hath been practifed in the dying of Blues with Logwood inftead of Woad and In- ,' digo, or mixed therewith, which Frauds and Abufcs tend to the great Deceit and Kurt of his Majefly's '.Subjects at home, and to the Difcrcdit and Slander, as well of the Merchants as of the Dyers of this c Realm, and the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom are thereby greatly difparaged in foreign Parts;' For Redrefs of the PremifTes, May it pleafe your molt Excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted, and be it Af " ,er ** J unc enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual * 7 * 7 J Xtfvfvte. and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, that EaUor Woollen if after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-feven, any Perfon or Per- Goods, but with, fohs whatfoevcr fhall, within that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales and Berwick upon Tweed, dye Woad, Indigo or caufe to be dyed black, or as or for black, any Bays or other Woollen Goods, as or for Mather Blacks, the an j i M 3 tn '« fame not being dyed throughout with Woad, Indigo and Mather only, without any otherlngredient or °" i "' Mixture, giving Tincture or Colour, or fliall dye or caufe to be dyed black, or as or for black, any Cloths, Or any Cloths, Long Ells, Bays or other Woollen Goods, as or for woaded Blacks, the fame not bein°- woaded throughout, &c- notbeir| g every Perfon offending in the PremifTes fhall forfeit and pay for fuch deceitful and falfe mattered Blacks as ^ t adcdtlirau 5 h - followeth (that is to fay) For every long Backing Bays, containing feventy Yards or upwards, forty-four Shillings. Penalty. For every Cokbejier Bays or fhort Bays, containing thirty-five Yards or upwards, the Sum of twenty-two Shillings, and fo in Proportion for any greater or lefs Quantity of any fuch Bays, or of any other Wool- len Goods falfly or deceitfully mathered or pretended tobemathered as aforefaid. For every Cloth falfly and deceitfully dyed black without being woaded throughout, containing forty-four Yards or more, the Sum of forty Shillings. For every Piece of Bays falfly and decietfully dyed as aforefaid, containing feventy Yards or upwards, thirty Shillings. For every Colchejler or Short Bays, containing thirty-five Yards or upwards, twelve Shillings. For every Perpetuana or Stuff, falfly and deceitfully dyed as aforefaid, the Sum of four Shillings, and fo in Proportion for any other Woollen Goods falfly and deceitfully dyed, as and for woaded Blacks as aforefaid. . II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Woollen Goods and Manufactures which fhall Woollen Goods be truly mathered Black, according to the Directions of this Act, fhall be marked with a red Rofe and a t"'^"^"^' blue Rofe, and all Woollen Goods and Manufactures which fhall be truly woaded black throughout, according w ; tn a ,cd and to the Directions of this Act, fhall be marked with a blue Rofe only ; and if any Perfon or Perfons what- bh;e Rofe, and! foever fhall, after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June, counterfeit or forge, or caufe to be counterfeited or truly woaded forged any of the faid Marks, or fhall dye, ftain, imprint or affix any fuch Mark or Marks to any of the ?! sck .{ ? lth a Woollen Goods or Manufactures aforefaid, falfly and deceitfully dyed as or for Mather or Woaded Blacks ue as aforefaid, every fuch Offender fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay four Pounds for every Piece Penalty for for- of Goods to which the faid Mark or Marks fhall be affixed as aforefaid. , 6 ln e Ma f-ts. III. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if after the faid twenty- fourth Day of June any Penalty for ufing Perlon or Perfons whatsoever fhall ufe or caufe to be ufed, any Logwood in dying of blue, every fuch Perfon Lrgwood in dy- fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of forty Shillings for every Piece of Cloth fo dyed, ln s b ' uc> in Length twenty-four Yards or more, and fo in Proportion for all other Sorts of Woollen Goods dyed blue with Logwood, contrary to this Act. IV. Arid for more effectual preventing the Frauds and Abufes aforefaid, and for better Difcovery thereof, Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Perfons occupying the Trade, Art or Myftery of Dyers InLon- Dying any Manner of 'Woollen Cloth, Stuffs or Woollen Manufactures whatfoever, within the City of? i,n '* c - ', j!, ~ London or the Suburbs thereof, or within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, or within ten Miles EMmiii° «o ■ of Ccmpafs of the fame City, fhall be fubject to the Examination and Inflection of the Incorporate Company lne Ccipuajiy. of Dyers of London ; and that it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Mafter, Wardens and Court of Af- Company may ' fiftantsof the faid Company of Dyers, by Writing or Writings, or under their Common Seal, to appoint appoint Search- honeft and fkilful Perfons to' be Searchers within the Limits aforefaid; and out of the Limits aforefaid it ers V 1 LonQOn j 4 L 2 fhall &c - •
