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A.D. 1757* Anno tricefimo primo Georgii n. C. 29. 269 eiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, before whom any fuch Offender or Offenders fhall be convi£led, fhall think fit' and order, every Time he, {he or they, fhall fo offend and be convi6led. XXVII. Provided further, and it is hereby likewife enacted, That from and after the (liid twenty- Bread of any inferior ninth Day of Septeniber no Perfon fhall fell or ofl'er to Sale, any Bread of an inferior Qiiality to Quality to Whcaten, is Wheaten Bread, at a higher Price than Houfhold Bread fhall be fet at by the AfTize; ^^^^'^^ ^"^y l^^^^^J^'l^^^V}^'"^ Perfon fhall offend in the PremiiTes, he fhall forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence, on being con- B-eTdk^fet at*^ " vided thereof, either by his, her or their ConfefTion, or by the Oath of one or more crediible Wit- onPcna)ty of 20 s. nefs or Witneffes, before any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice; or Juftices, within whofe Jurifdic- tion any fuch Offence fliall have been committed, the Sum of twenty Shillings. XXVIII. And, that the good Defign of this Statute maybe the more effedlually accomplifhed, be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the fiid twenty-ninth Dav of Magiftrates, Juftices or Scfitemher it fhairbe lawful for any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, ^^»« Office. s, properly within the Limits of their refpeaive Jurifdiaions, and alfo for any Peace Officer or Officers, ^^- 'CZyTi^'JthT '"^ thorized by Warrant under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, of any fuch Magiftrate or Ma- Houfes, Shops,' &c. of riftrates, Juftice or Juftices ; and which Warrant any fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Bakers, and fearch for. or And if any Bread, on any fuch Search, fhall be'found to be wanting either in the Goodnefs of the Goodrefs°"d"uVBakin^ Stuft whereof the fame fhall be made, or to be deficient in the due Baking or Working thereof, Weight,^' "^ "^ or fhall be wanting in the due Weight, or fliall not be truly marked according to the Directions of^^ not properly marked, this A<Si', or fhall be of any other Sort of Bread than fhall be allowed to be made by Virtue of this A<51 ; or of any diiTercnt Sort' any fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, Peace Officer or Peace Officers, within the than is allowed of. Limits of their refpeftive Jurifdiaions, may feize the fame; and any fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, and difpofe thereof at Juftice or Juftices, may difpofe thereof as he or they, in his or their Difcretion fhall think fit. their Difcietijn, XXIX. And be it further enaaed by the Authority aforefaid. That if at any Time, after the faid whereany Miiier.Meal- twenty-ninth of Septef?d>er, Information fhall be given, on Oath, to any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, ^f or Baker, fhall be Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, that there is xeafonable Caufe to fufpea that any Miller who grinds £ J^ pbuf ""^ any Grain for Toll or Reward, or any Perfon or Perfons who doth or do drefs, bolt or in any wife * manufaaure any Meal or Flour for Sale, or any Maker of Bread for Sale, within the Limits of the Jurifdiaion of any fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, doth or do mix up with, or put into, any Meal or Flour ground or manufadured for Sale, any Mixture, Ingredient or Thing whatfoever, not the genuine Produce of the Grain fuch Meal or Flour fnall import and ought to be, or whereby the Purity of any Meal or Flour, in the PolFtffion of any fuch Miller, Mealman or Ba- ker, is or fhall be in any wife adulterated ; then, and in every fuch Cafe, it fhall be lawful for any the Magiftrate, &c. upon fuch Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, and alfo for any Peace Officer or Officers, au- information made thereof thorized by Warrant or Warrants to him orthem direaed, under the Hand and Seal, or Hands and Premi£X?fuf-'*' Seals of any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices, within the Limits of their refpective Ju- peae'd Perfon himfdf, rifdiaions; and which Warrant or Warrants every fuch Magiftrate and Magiftrates, Juftice and and make Search, or ' Juftices, is and are hereby impowered to grant; at all feafonable Times in the Day Time, to enter may grant a Search v/ar- into anyHoufe, Mill, Shop, Bake-houfe, Stall, Bolting-houfe, Paftry, Warehoufe or Out-houfe, ^^^'^^^"^^'"^^^^"O^- of or belonging to any fuch Miller, Mealman or Baker, and to fearch and examine whether any Mix- "' * ture. Ingredient or Thing, not the genuine Produce oftheGrain fuch Meal or Flour flial! import and ought to be, fhall have been mixed up with, or put into, any Meal or Flour in the PofTeffion of any fuch Miller, Mealman or Baker, either in the grinding of any Grain at the Mill, or in the dreffing, bolting, or manufaauring thereof, or whereby the Purity of any Meal or Flour is or fliall in any wife adulterated : And if on any fuch Search it fhall appear that any OfFence hath been committed in any and fuch Meal and Flour Mill, Bolting-houfe or other Place allowed to be fearched, contrary to the true Intent of this Act; as fhall be deemed to then and in every fuch Cafe, it fliall and may be lawful to and for any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, ^^^^ been aduksrated, fuflice or Juftices of the Peace, Officer or Officers authorifed as aforefaid refpeaively, within the "^^y^^J^^^^^, together; timits of their refpeaive Jurifdiaion, to feize and take any Meal or Flour which fhall be deemed, an?i!g,'edient5 ■I'nd'if on any fuch Search, to have been adulterated, and all Mixtures and Ingredients which "fhall be feized by a Peace' Officer found and deemed to have been ufed, or intended to be ufed, in or for any fuch Adulteration ; and it 's to be carried before' fuch thereof as fhall be feized by any Peace Officer or Officers authorifed as aforefaid, fhall with all ^ Magiftrate; convenient Speed, after Seizure thereof, be carried to fome Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, within the Limits of whofe Jurifdiaion the fitme fhall have been fo feized : And if any Magiftrate or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, who fliall make any Seizure if feized by the Magi- in purfuance of this Aa, or to whom any Thing feized under the Authority of this A6t (hall be ftrate or adjudged by brought, fhall adjudge that any Mixture or Ingredients, not the genuine Produce of the Grain any ^"^ to be aduUciateJ, fuch Meal or Flour which fhall have been fo feized, fhall import and ought to be, fhall have been put into any fuch Meal or Flour, or that the Purity of any fuch Meal or Flour fo feized, was adul- terated by any Mixture or Ingredient put therein ; then and in any fuch Cafe, every fuch Magiftrate ^g ^^ ^-^f Cg (%„ <-. or Magiftrates, Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby required, within the Limits of their refpeaive heSmk.' propc/j'^'^° Jurifdiaion, to difpofe of the fame as he or they, in his or their Difcretion, fhall from time to time think proper. XXX. And