Given under my Hand this thousand eight hundred and

Day of

One

N. B.-A Copy of this Notice to be served upon one of the Overseers of the Poor, and upon one of the Constables or other Peace Officers of the Parish in which is situate the House kept by the Person whose Notice it is.

C.

FORM OF LICENCE.

AT the General Annual Licensing Meeting [or an Adjournment of the General Annual Licensing Meeting, or at a Special Petty Session] of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting for the Division [or Liberty, &c., as the Case may be] in the County of Day of

of

holden at

and

on the in the Year One thousand eight hundred and , for the Purpose of granting Licences to Persons keeping Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses, to sell exciseable Liquors by Retail, to be drunk or consumed on their Premises, we, being of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting for the said County [or Liberty, &c. &c. as the Case may be], and being the Majority of those assembled at the said Session, do hereby authorize and empower A. L. now dwelling at in the Parish of keeping [or intending to keep] an Inn, Alehouse, or Victualling House at the Sign of the in the of in the Division and County aforesaid, to sell by Retail therein, and in the Premises thereunto belonging, all such exciseable Liquors as the said A. L. shall be licensed and empowered to sell under the Authority and Permission of any Excise Licence, and to permit all such Liquors to be drunk or consumed in his said House or in the Premises thereunto belonging; provided that he [or she] do not fraudulently dilute or adulterate the same, or sell the same knowing them to have been fraudulently diluted or adulterated; and do not use in selling thereof any Weights or Measures that are not of the legal Standard; and do not wilfully or knowingly permit Drunkenness or other disorderly Conduct in his [or her] House or Premises; and do not knowingly suffer any unlawful Games or any Gaming whatsoever therein; and do not knowingly permit or suffer Persons of notoriously bad Character to assemble and meet together therein; and do not keep open his or her House except for the Reception of Travellers, nor permit or suffer any Beer or other exciseable Liquor to be conveyed from or out of His [or her] Premises, during the usual Hours of the Morning and Afternoon Divine Service in the Church or Chapel of the Parish or Place in which his [or her] House is situated, on Sundays, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, but do maintain good Order and Rule therein; and this Licence shall continue in force from the Day of next until the

Day of then next ensuing, and no longer: Provided, that the said A. L. shall not in the meantime become a Sheriff's Officer, or Officer executing the Process of any Court of Justice,

Given

in either of which Cases this Licence shall be void.
under our Hands and Seals, on the Day and at the Place first
above written.

CA P. LXII.

6 G.4. c. 122.

Repealed.

All Appointments of Trustees, and of the

Authorities and
Salaries of their
Officers and
Servants,
revoked.

All Flax sold in

Fair or Market to be of equal Cleanness and

Quality, under

Penalty not exceeding 1s. per Stone.

An Act for the Regulation of the Linen and Hempen Manu-
factures of Ireland.
[15th July 1828.]

W HEREAS an Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the

Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for the "better Regulation of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland; and it is expedient that the said Act should be repealed, and that the Powers required by the said Act to be executed by or under the Authority of the Trustees for encouraging the ' said Manufactures should cease and determine, and that other Regulations should be made for encouraging and protecting the Linen Manufacture of Ireland;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the said recited Act shall be and the same is hereby repealed; except so far as the said Act repeals the Whole or any Part of any other Acts, and except as to Matters and Things done and performed under the Authority of the said Act at any Time before the Commencement of this Act.

II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act all and singular the Appointments of Trustees for encouraging the said Manufactures, whether made before or since the passing of the said recited Act, shall cease and determine, and shall be and the same are hereby declared to be null and void; and that all Appointments made by the said Trustees of Officers and Servants, or Persons employed or deputed by such Officers and Servants to assist them in their respective Duties, save as hereafter mentioned, shall also cease and determine, and shall be and the same are hereby declared to be null and void; and that all and singular the several Powers, Authorities, and Duties assigned to the said Officers and Servants, or other Persons so employed or deputed by them, under and by virtue of the said recited Act, together with all Salaries, Allowances, or other Emoluments payable to the said Officers, Servants, or other Persons, under the Authority of any Appointment or Appointments made by the said Trustees, save as hereinafter mentioned, shall cease and determine.

III. And be it further enacted, That all Flax of the Growth of Ireland, sold in open Fair or Market, and all Flax sold by Sample in Fair or Market, shall be of equal Cleanness and Quality throughout each Parcel, upon Pain that any Person selling such Flax, or the Owner thereof at the Time of Sale, shall forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding the Amount of One Shilling for every Stone of Flax so sold which shall not be of equal Cleanness and Quality throughout each Parcel; and in all Cases of Fraud or false Representation in the Sale of Flax, whether the same shall have been sold in open Fair or Market, or otherwise sold, and in

all

all Cases of Fraud or Neglect by Persons employed by the Owners of Flax in cleaning and preparing the same for Sale, whether such Flax shall have been afterwards sold in open Fair or Market, or otherwise sold, the Person selling such Flax, or the Owner thereof at the Time of Sale, or the Persons so employed to clean such Flax, shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding One Shilling for every Stone of such Flax so sold as aforesaid.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Magistrates Justice or Justices of the Peace, or Chief Magistrate of any may cause Flax Town in Ireland, before whom any Complaint shall be made in to be examined. respect to Flax for not being of equal Cleanness and Fineness throughout, or on account of any Fraud having been practised in the Sale thereof, in all Cases where it shall seem to him or them to be expedient or necessary, and such Justice or Justices or Magistrate is and are hereby required, to summon before him or them Three Persons skilled in Flax, and to swear such Persons well and truly to examine the Flax which shall be the Subject of Complaint, and a true Verdict to give, whether such Flax be of equal Cleanness and Quality throughout, or whether it has been fraudulently made up, or whether there has been any Fraud or false Representation in the Sale thereof, or whether there has been any Fraud or Neglect in the cleaning or preparing of such Flax for Sale, and their Opinion thereupon shall be final and conclusive: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained Not to extend to shall extend or be construed to extend to, nor shall affect, the Manufacture and Sale of Flax, unless the same be sold in Fair or Market, or unless in Cases of Neglect in the Preparation of the same for Sale, or of Fraud or false Representation in respect to the Sale thereof.

Flax unless sold

in open

V. And be it further enacted, That all brown or unbleached or unpurged Linen Yarn of Irish Manufacture, sold in open Fair or Market, shall be well and sufficiently spun and made up into Hanks, each Hank to consist of Twelve Cuts, and no more; and every such Cut shall contain One hundred and twenty Threads, and no more; and every such Hank shall be One Yard and One Quarter in Length, or Two Yards and One Half in Circumference, and no more; and each such Cut in every such Hank shall be separated as the same shall be reeled, and not afterwards; and in reeling such Linen Yarn, no more than One Thread at a Time shall be reeled; and all the Yarn contained in every such Hank shall be of Flax Yarn only, or Tow Yarn only, of the same Colour and Fineness throughout each Hank; and when the Hank or Twelve Cuts are reeled, the same shall be made up in such Manner as to admit of opening thereof at every Part, at Ten Inches at least, for the Purpose of spreading on the Bleach Green; and all Yarn of Irish Manufacture under the Size or Grist of Two Hanks in the Pound, commonly called Pound Yarn or Head Yarn, shall be reeled according to the above Regulations, and such coarser Description may be made up and sold in Half Hanks of Six Cuts, and no less; and in case any Person or Persons shall sell in open Fair or Market any Yarn which shall not be conformable to the above Regulations respectively affecting the same, or which shall be deficient in Quality, Length, or Count, the Person or Persons selling such Yarn, or the Owner or Owners thereof at

the

open Market or in case of Fraud.

Regulations as to reeling and counting Linen

Yarn when sold in Fair or

Market.

Penalty for

selling Yarn not conformable hereto.

Penalty in case of Fraud.

Magistrates

may cause Yarn to be examined.

the Time of Sale, shall forfeit a Sum after the Rate of not less than Two-pence nor more than Four-pence for every Hank of such Yarn so sold as aforesaid; and that in all Cases of Fraud or false Representation in the Sale of Linen Yarn, whether such Yarn shall have been sold in open Fair or Market, or otherwise sold, the Person or Persons selling such Yarn, or the Owner or Owners thereof, shall forfeit a Sum after the Rate of Four-pence for every Hank of such Yarn so sold as aforesaid: Provided always, that nothing hereinbefore contained shall extend or be construed to extend to Mill-spun Yarn, and that no Mill-spun Yarn shall be subject to the Regulations aforesaid.

VI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices, or the Chief Magistrate of any Town, before whom a Complaint shall be made in respect to Yarn not conformable to the Regulations contained in this Act, or on account of any Fraud having been practised in the Sale thereof, in all Cases where it shall seem to him or them to be expedient and necessary, and such Justice or Justices or Magistrate is and are hereby required, to summon before them Three Persons skilled in Yarn, and to swear such Persons well and truly to examine the Yarn which is the Subject of such Complaint, and a true Verdict to give, whether such Yarn is conformable to the Regulations hereinbefore contained, or whether it be deficient in Quality, Length, or Count, or whether it is Mill-spun Yarn, or whether there has been any Fraud or false Representation in the Sale thereof, and their Opinion thereupon shall be final and conclusive. VII. And be it further enacted, That all Linen Yarn which Hours of Sale of shall be sold or bought in any Fair or Market shall be sold or bought within the Custom Gaps or Custom Gates of such Fair or Market; and no Linen Yarn sold or brought to Sale in any Fair or Market shall be sold before the Hour of Eight of the Clock in the Morning on the respective Fair or Market Days; and any Person who shall sell or offer or contract to sell, or shall buy or offer or contract to buy, in such Fair or Market, otherwise than as aforesaid, shall be subject and liable to a Penalty after the Rate of Two-pence on each Hank of Yarn so sold.

Places and

Linen Yarn.

Disputes between Buyers and Sellers of

adjusted.

VIII. And Whereas Disputes frequently arise in Fairs or Markets between the Buyers and Sellers of Linen Yarn, in respect ' of Yarn bought or sold or agreed to be bought or sold;' Be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Seller of any Yarn in any Fair or Market, in all Cases where the Buyer of such Yarn shall refuse to pay the Person selling the same the Price Yarn how to be agreed upon between them, or for the Buyer of such Yarn, if the Seller shall, without just Cause, refuse to deliver such Yarn to the Person buying the same, on being tendered the Price agreed to be paid for the same, to complain immediately or within Twenty-four Hours after to the next Justice of the Peace, or to the Chief Magistrate of the Town where such Dispute shall have arisen; and such Justice or Chief Magistrate respectively are hereby required and authorized to summon forthwith the Parties to appear either before such Justice and other Justices of the Peace, or before any Two Justices of the Peace, or before such Chief Magistrate; and if it shall appear to such Two Justices of the Peace or Chief Magistrate, that the Buyer of such Linen

Yarn

Yarn shall, without just and reasonable Cause, refuse or have
refused to pay to the Seller of such Yarn the Price first agreed
upon between them, it shall and may be lawful for such Jus-
tices of the Peace or for such Chief Magistrate, by Warrant under
Hand and Seal respectively, to order such Yarn to be returned
to the Seller thereof, and by such Warrant to direct any Penalty,
not exceeding the Sum of Ten Shillings, to be levied off the
Goods and Chattels of the Buyer of such Yarn; and if it shall
appear to such Justices of the Peace or to such Chief Magistrate,
that the Seller of such Yarn shall, without reasonable Cause, re-
fuse or have refused to deliver up the said Yarn to the Person
or Persons to whom he had sold or agreed to sell the same, such
Justices of the Peace or Chief Magistrate may, by Warrant under
their Hand and Seal respectively, order such Yarn to be delivered
up to the Person who had bought or agreed to buy the same,
and may also, by such Warrant, direct any Penalty, not exceed-
ing the Sum of Ten Shillings, to be levied off the Goods and
Chattels of the Seller of such Yarn: Provided always, that nothing
hereinbefore mentioned shall extend or be construed to extend
to, nor shall affect, the Manufacture and Sale of Yarn, unless the
same be sold or offered to Sale in open Fair or Market, or unless in
Cases of Fraud or false Representation in the Sale thereof.
IX. And be it further enacted, That every Linen Weaver or
Linen Manufacturer shall, across each End of every Piece of
Linen Cloth woven by him or by his Journeymen or Apprentice,
weave or cause to be woven Two coarse Threads or Cords, distant
from each other about One Fourth Part of an Inch, and shall also
write or cause to be written with Pen and Ink, close to such
coarse Threads or Cord on each End, in legible Characters, his
Christian Name, Surname, and Place of Residence, and shall also
write or mark in Figures, or cause to be written or marked, upon
the outside Fold thereof, the Length and Breadth of every such
Piece of Linen; and in case any Weaver shall neglect to weave
such coarse Threads as aforesaid, or to cause the same to be
woven, or to write or cause his Name to be written as aforesaid, or
shall neglect to write or mark, or to cause to be written or marked,
the Length and Breadth thereon, he shall forfeit a Sum not ex-
ceeding Five Shillings for every such Offence; and if the Length
or Breadth written or marked on any such Piece of Linen shall
be afterwards found by the Purchaser thereof to be less than what
was written or marked thereon, upon the said Linen being mea-
sured, either by a public Sealmaster or by the Purchaser himself,
the Seller or Owner of such Linen shall, upon Complaint and
Proof of such Deficiency, forfeit a Sum not exceeding Twenty
Shillings for every such Offence, according to the Judgment and
Discretion of the Justices or Chief Magistrate before whom any
such Complaint shall be made.

X. And be it further enacted, That no Person shall sell, in open Widths of Fair or Market, any Piece of Brown Linen Cloth, being of or Linen Cloth; exceeding the Set of Twelve hundred, made or intended to be

of the Denomination commonly called Yard-wide, that shall not Yard-wide. be, when brown, and before the same shall be bleached, Thirtyseven Inches and a Half broad at least, and that all Cloth of the Denomination of Yard-wide, being under the Set of Twelve hun9 GEO. IV.

A a

dred,