302 C. 40. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. Proteftant Line^ and for ext'mgiiijlnng the Hopes cf the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other Preten- ders^ and their open and fecret Abettors •, or in one other A£l made in the Parli: and X Ceo. i. c. 13. liament begun and holden in the firft YeaV of the" Reign of the late King George, intituled, Jn A£i for the further Security of his Majcjlys Perfon and Government^ and the Succeffton of the Crown in the Heirs of t^ late Princefs bophia, being ProtefiantSy and for extinguijhing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and hit open and fecret Abettors. nor is their Seat in Par- XVI. Provided alfo, and be it enafled, That fuch Commiflioners as his Majefty (hall nominate L»ment vacated thereby, fo^ the Purpofes in this Ad:, or any of them, (hall not by reafon thereof in any fort be difabled or difqualified from fitting in the Houfe of Commons, or their Election thereby become void j any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XL. An A<5b to afcertain the Weight of Trufles of Straw, and to punlfh Deceits in the Sale of Hay and Straw in Truffes in London^ and within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and within the Diftance of thirty Miles thereof; and to prevent common Salefmen of Hay and Straw from buying the fame on their own Account, to fell again ; and alfo to rc- (Irain Salefmen, Brokers, or Faftors in Cattle, from buying on their own Account, to fell again, any Live Cattle in London^ or within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, or which are driving up thereto. Preamble. * "IT 7 HE RE AS great Abufes are committed by Perfons felling Straw in Bundles or Trufles
- W in the City of London, and within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and other
- Places about London^ of lefs Weight than the fame ought to be, and are pretended to be, betweeh
- Buyer and Seller ; and alfo by putting into Bundles or Trufles of Straw and Hay expofed for
- Sale, Straw and Hay different in Goodnefs or Quality from what the Straw or Hay, by the Out-
- fide of fuch Bundles or Trufles, appears to be, and alfo by putting other Things into or amongft
- fuch Bundles or Truflfes of Straw and Hay, to make up or add thereto a falfe Weight:' For Re-
medy whereof, be it enacted by the King's moft: Excellent Majefl:y, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one Straw to be Told within thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, all Straw which fliall be fold or delivered in, or brought to the Weekly Biilj, is to or expofcd for Sale in London^ or any Place comprifed with the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mor- be made up into Trufles tality, Ihall be fold and delivered in Bundles or Trufles, each whereof {hall be firmly bound or tied ■%rmly bound, and to ^p . ^^j f^^^ every fuch Bundle or Trufs of Straw fhall be the full Weight of thirty-fix Pounds of weigh 361b. of found ^^^^ ^^^ found Straw, exclufive of any other Thing which fhall be put therein; and if any Perfon 'Whe'^e Straw is ufaally or Perfons (hall, after the faid twenty-ninth Day of September^ fell or deliver, or bring into, or ex- fcJd in TrufTes, whether pofc for Sale, in London, or within the Limits of the faid Weekly Bills of Mortality, or in any within the faid Weekly Place within the Diftance of thirty Miles from the Extent of any Part of the Limits of the faid Bills, or 30 Miles Di- Weekly Bills of Mortality, where Straw fhall be fold in Bundles or Trufles, any Bundle or Trufs ftance, and (hall be want- ^^ v.^^^^ whiclv fliall be of Icfs Weight than thirty-fix Pounds of good and found Straw, or which or^fhali* be^n tht infide fhall be in the Infide of any fuch Bundle or Trufs of different Goodnefs or Qiiality from what the of a worfc Quality than fame by the Outfide of any fuch Bundle or Trufs, fhall appear to be, he, (he or they, who (hall the Outfide imports, {q offcnd in the Premifles, on being convicted thereof, in Manner herein after mentioned, fhall for- thc Oficnder forfeits, for j-^-jj. ^^^^ p^y every Time any fuch Straw (hall be brought for Sale, or fold or delivered in London^ -l,Verl7fnTniIrif°4ot' or within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of iMorcality, not in Bundles or Trufles, the Sum of anTfor'fvcr^Trufs un- twenty Shillings ; and the Sum of one Shilling for every Bundle or Trufs of Straw, which^ he, fhe der Weight, or of a or they fhall Icil, Or bring into, or expofe for Sale in London, or within the Limits of the faid i*ixt Quality, 1 s. Weekly Bills of Mortality, or in any Place within the faid Diftance of thirty Miles from the Ex- tent of the Limits of the faiJ Weekly Bills of Mortality, where Straw fliall be ufually fold by the Bundle or Trufs, which fliall not be of the faid full Weight of thirty-fix Pounds of good and found Straw, or which fliall be proved to be, in the Infide of any fuch Bundle or Trufs, of differeftt Goodnefs or Qiiality from what the fame, by the Outfide of any fuch Bundle or Trufs, fhall ap- pear to be. TrufTesof Hay to be ' II. And be it further enacted by the Authority a^rcfaid, That every Trufs of Hay which, aftfcr riade up in like Manner, jf^g f^jj twcnty-ninth Day of September, fhall be fold in, or brought into, or expofed for Sale, ?n ot good and found Hay jT^^^^^,, ^r any Place comprifed within the Limits of the faid Weekly Bills of Mortality, or which °e'rthrm.hour'?nT'*' ft^^ hc fold in any Place within the faid Diftance of thirty Miles from the Extent Of the Limits of theVoun°d'Hayobcal- the faid Weekly Bills of Mortality, where Hay fliall be fold in Bundles or Truffes, fhall be made 'iowcd in Weight only, up with good and found Hay only, and fuch as the fame fliall appear to be by the Outfide of every fuch Bundle or Trufs ; and that fuch Hay only as fliall be good and found fhill be deemed and taken to be the H;.'y which is to make up the Weight evcrv Trufs of Hay by Law ought to be. ' Wri«.ht of <h<- Bands of III. And be it further cna<I;led by the Authority aforefaiJ, That the Pair of Bands with which any a iruk of Hay hot to Xriifs of May fhall be bound, fliall not exceed the Weight of five Pounds j upon Pain that every ,xccc <iib. on Penalty, p^.j-jon who fhall fell any Trufs of Hay with Rands of a greater Weight than five Pounc^^, fliaW for •*' 'w-at'og ' '• J. very fuch Oficnce forfeit and pay the Sum of one Shilling. I IV. AiKli
