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Cap. 68.GEORGE III. REGIS
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parlance, shall be allowed, and wherein the Ordinary Costs
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of the Suit shall be paid; One Moiety of which said
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Forfeiture, when recovered, shall belong and be paid to
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His Majesty and His Successors, and the other Moiety to
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the Person who shall sue for the same.
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Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no-
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thing in this Act contained shall ertend, or be construed to
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extend, to six, Controul, or regulate, the Wages or Al-
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lowances to be paid to Servants in the said Business of a
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Weaver, bona fide retained and employed as Foremen.
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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
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That, from and after the passing of this Act, no Person or
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Persons, being Silk Weabers, residing within the Di-
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stricts aforesaid, shall bade in his or their Service at any
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One Time more than Two Apprentices, upon Pain of
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forfeiting for every Offence the Sum of Twenty Pounds;
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to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Offender's Goods
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and Chattels, upon Conviction, on the Oath or Oaths
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of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, before
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Two Justices of the Peace within either of the Jurisdic-
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tions aforesaid where the said Offence shall be committed;
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and the said Penalty, when recovered, shall be paid into
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the Hands of the Master of the Weavers Company, to
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be applied by him as aforesaid, and the said Justices are
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hereby authorised and required to discharged every such
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Apprentice or Apprentices exceeding the Number of Two,
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Provided also, and be it further enacted, That it shall
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and may be lawful for any Person convicted, before any
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Two Justices of the Peace, as Mentioned, to ap-
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peal to the Justices of the Peace assembled at the next
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General Quarter Sessions or General Sessions to be
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held for the County, City, or Place, wherein such Con-
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viction shall be made, giving immediate Notice of such
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Appeal, and finding sufficient Security to the Satisfac-
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tion of such Justices for being personally present at such
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General Quarter Sessions or General Sessions, and for
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prosecuting the said Appeal with Effect, and abiding the
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Judgement of the Court; and such Justices, in such Ge-
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neral Quarter Sessions or General Sessions, shall finally
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hear and determine the Matter, and shall have Power.
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1379
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Forfeitures
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how to be ap-
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plied.
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Not to fix the
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Wages of
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Foremen
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No silk Wea-
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vers residing
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within the
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Districts
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aforesaid to
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have more
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than Two
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Apprentices
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at One Time
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under Penal-
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ty of 20l.
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Penalty to be
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applied as
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aforesaid
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Persons con-
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victed before
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Two Justices
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may appeal to
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the Quarter
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Sessions.
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Determina-
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shall be final.
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