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A. D. 1741. Anno decimo quarto Georgii II. C. 34, 35. 425 be mod convenient for the pafling fuch Perfon or Perfons ; any thing in the faid Act contained to the Fartta- cmarn- contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. ir g fog"""', /«  17 Get. z. c g, 25 C«. 2. o 16. z(j C;,, i, c. 14- CAP. XXXIV. '* An Act: to continue an Aft for Relief of Debtors, with refpeel to the Imprifonment of their Perfons, and two fubfequent Acts for explaining and amending the fame ; and alio to continue an Aft for the free Importation of Cochineal and Indico. ' XT TH E R E A S the Laws herein after mentioned are found to be ufeful and beneficial to the Pub- PreamMc. < W hck, and are fo near expiring, that it is lit they mould now be continued ;' Be it therefore en- abled by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alfembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That an Act made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, ifnAAsGee. i. Ail for the Relief of Debtors with refpeel to the Imprifonment of their Perfons ; which Act was to con- c ' **■ tinue in Force for live Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Sefiion of Parliament, and no longer; and alfo an Act made in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ait 3 Geo. 2. c. z~. for explaining and amending an Ail made in the lajl Seftion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the Relief ™^ 8 ^™r** of Debtors with refpeel: to the Imprifonment of their Perfons; and alfo an Act made in the Eighth Year ji c fui Debtors, •of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ail to explain and amend an Ail pafj'ed in the fecond Year tf the Reign of his prefent Majejly, intituled, An Act for the Relief of Debtors with refpect to the Impri- sonment of their Perfons ; which faid Acts were to continue in Force until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty, and from thence to the End of the then next Selfion of Parlia- continued Ce- ment, and no longer; lhall, with the feveral Articles and Claufes therein contained (except the Claufe ^ Y = ar ' l ° n j ^' r - in the faid laft mentioned Act for fetting mutual Debts one againft the other, which by the laid Act is ziGeo!l. c. 5-,. made perpetual) be and are hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the firft Day of - , . June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next oe£—zOa.z'.c.'z%. fion of Parliament, and no longer. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That an Act made in the feventh Year Aft 7 Ceo. z. of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ad for the Revival of an Ac! made in the thirteenth % r ^^>chl- Year of the Reign of his late Majejly King George the Firft, intituled, Act Act for the free Importa- neat, tion of Cochineal during the Time therein limited, and alfo for the free Importation of Indico; which was to continue in Force from the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty- con tinued for four, for the Term of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliameni, 7 Years longer. and no longer, fhall be and is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the firft Day Continued by of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Sef- ^Jkdfartbn'by ' fion of Parliament, and no longer.] 33 Gu.z. c 16. CAP. XXXV. An Act: for continuing an Act patted in the feventh Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, To explain and amend a former Acl paffed in the eleventh Tear of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, For the better regulating the Manufacture of Cloth in the Weft Riding of the County of York, and for making the faid Ads more effectual. Preamble, re - . ..citing the Aft ' "1X7 HE RE AS by an Act of Parliament made and palled in the feventh Year of the Reign of 7 Geo. 2. c. 25.

  • V y h,s prefent Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Ail to explain and amend an Ait paff- f°f/°' " ! "' E j'" es

♦ td in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majejly King George the Firjl intituled, An Act for the "j, '" 4 ' 4 * Hiouia, auer 111c iwciuy-iuuiui jLvay ui juuc 111 mc 1 cat ui uui xjuiu uuc muuiauu icylh inmuuu •"»" c /f. s. r. 1. thirty-four, neglect or refufe to ftamp on fuch Seal of Lead, as is therein mentioned, before fuch 6 as. r.sftfo. < Cloth mould be carried from the Mill, in Figures plainly to be feen and known, the true Length **& 2 5 H - 8 -

  • and Breadth of fuch Cloth, and alfo his Name, or Part thereof, upon the Rivet of the faid Seal, ,' s ;/,' g, f . ,g.
  • Perfons concerned in the Cloth Trade in the laid Weft Riding ; but at> feveral of the Directions and <■• «■ p „

' Proviiions in the faid Act have not proved effectual to anfwer the Purpoies thereby intended, and as the * 5 , 5 ' " ' fame Act being made temporary will expire at the End of this prefent Seflion of Parliament ;' Where- 1 si. c . 14. fore, for continuing fo much of the faid Act as hath already been found beneficial, and for explaining » j^- '- J- 2 ?- and amending the fame fo far as to make the Law more effectual for the Preservation or^a Tradefp W^^'^^, Vol. VI. ' I i i laidcioifc