3 r 4 C. 28. Anno imdecimo Georgii II. A. 0.1738, reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the fame fhall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regi- ments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot lately difbanded in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken oft" the Eftablilhment ot Half-pay in Great Britain. ' XXV. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the tenth Year of his Majefty's Reign ' intituled, An Ac! for repealing the prefent Duty on Sweets, and for granting a lefs Duty thereon; end fir ' explaining and enforcing the Execution of an AEt paffed in the ninth Year of his Majeflfs Reign, intituled ' >/*, >//7 fn*- IsHuviir sr J~}ijt.i uhA*i tha T? otsulm nf /-hi-rifil/int T imi/w< /mn Tnv liretlGnfr the J? otsiilnvr *l . r been granted to his Majefty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to feveral Ufes and Purpofes ' therein expreffed, amongft which, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding forty-four thoufand fix ' hundred eighty-five Pounds two Shillings and fix Pence, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced ' Officers of his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, fubject neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved
- in the Application of the faid Half-pay, as in and by the aforefaid Act were prefcribed in that Behalf:'
Surplus Money N ow it is hereby provided, enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid duced Officers Sum of forty-four thoufand fix hundred and eighty-five Pounds two Shillings and fix Pence, as is or (hall be more than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the faid Rules by the faid Acl prefcribed to be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch Overplus, (hail or may be difpofed of to fuch Officers who are maimed or loft their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their long Service or otherwife his Majefty fhall judge to be proper Objects of Cha- rity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch Warrant or Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Manual, as fhall be figned in that Behalf ; any thing in this Act, or the faid former Act to the contrary notwithftanding. for the Year 1737, how difpofed of. Preamble. Performer Laws refer to 4 Ed. 4. c. 1. 1 S. 3. c. 8. SV. Makers of nar- row Woollen Cloth to fet the initial Letters of their Names at the Head of every Piece of Cloth. Exception. The fame to be meafuied, and how. renaMfes. CAP. XXVIII. An Aft for the better regulating the Manufacture of narrow Woollen Cloths in the Weft Riding of the County of Tork. ' TT7HEREAS it hath been found by Experience, that the Laws now in being, concerning the ' W making and manufacturing of narrow Woollen Cloth in the Weft Riding of the County of Tort, ' have hitherto proved ineffectual to reftrain and prevent the Deceits, Frauds and Abufes which are ' ufed and practifed in the making and working the faid Cloth, particularly in ftretching and (training ' the faid Cloth ; which ill Practices tend very much to the difcrediting the faid Manufacture both at ' Home and in Parts beyond the Seas ;' For Remedy whereof, be it enacted by the King's moft Ex- cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the firft Day of Augufl, which (hall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and thirty- eight, every Maker of Narrow Woollen Cloth within the Wefl Riding of the faid County of York, (hall weave or fet in the Head of every Piece of Narrow Woollen Cloth by him to be made (except White Kerfeys, and Cloths called Half Thick;) the initial Letters of his Chriftian and Surname ; and that every Piece of Narrow Woollen Cloth made, milled or expofed to Sale in the faid Weft Riding of the faid County (except as before excepted) fhall be meafured at the Fulling-mill, when it is fully wet, and before it is carried from the faid Mill, both by the Mill -Man, or Owner or Occupier of the faid Mill, and by the Searcher (to be appointed as herein after is mentioned) who (hall meafure the fame down the Middle of each Cloth for the Length, and within the Lifts for the Breadth thereof; and every fuch Mill-man, or Owner or Occupier of every fuch Fulling-mill, (hall affix or caufe to be affixed at one End of every fuch Cloth, before it (hall be carried from the Mill, a Seal of Lead, to be fur- nifhed by the Clothier ; and the faid Mill-man, or Owner or Occupier of every fuch Fulling-mill, (hall rivet the fame on every fuch Cloth, and (hall ftamp his own Name in plain Words at Length thereupon, and (hall likewife ftamp the Length and Breadth of every fuch Cloth in plain and legi- ble Figures upon the fame Seal of Lead ; and every fuch Searcher (hall alfo affix a Seal of Lead at the other End, whereon he (hall ftamp his Name, and the Length and Breadth of the Cloth in plain Words and Figures, and in the fame Manner as the faid Mill-Man is hereby directed and required to feal and ftamp the fame ; and the faid Mill-Man, or Owner or Occupier of every fuch Fulling- mill, and alfo every fuch Searcher, (hall reflectively keep Books, wherein they (hall enter in plain and legible Words and Figures the Day and Year when every fuch Piece of Cloth is or (hall be fulled or milled, and alfo the Name and Place of Abode of the Owner of every fuch Piece of Cloth, and the Length and Breadth thereof. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firft Day of Auguft one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-eight, if any Maker of any fuch Cloth (hall refufe or neglect to weave or fet the initial Letters of his Chriftian and Surname in the Head of each Cloth fo by him i made ; or if any Mill-man, or Owner or Occupier of any fuch Fulling-mill, or any fuch Searcher, (hall I refufe cr neglect to fix fuch Seals at the End of every Piece of fuch Cloth, before it (hall be carried i from the Mill, in the Manner and with fuch Stamp or Impreflion, as is before directed; or (hall neg- lect or refufe to make fuch Entries in Books to be kept by them refpectively for that Purpofe, as are herein before directed ; or (hall refufe to permit and fuffer any Buyer to infpect fuch Entries, when thereunto reafonably required ; every Perfon or Perfons fo offending (hall, for every fuch Ne- glect or Offence, forfeit the feveral Sums herein after-mentioned ; that is to fay, Every Maker of fuch Cloth
