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Shillings per Thousand on the Makers of all Bricks and
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Ten Shillings per Thousand on the Makers of all Tyles
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Contrary to that Act, Which powers, if duely executed, would
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probably in great Measure have produced a Stricter
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observance of that Law, But those powers are now by the
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Act of the first of his present Majesties Reigne repealed
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and extinguished, And all the power now remaining in
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this Court is, to appoint Searchers, as they have already
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done, Which Searchers can only view, and take an Account,
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of bad or unlawfull Bricks and Tyles, having noe
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Authority to Seise or destroy them, or to prevent the use
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of them, Nor is there any Remedy against the Maker's
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of them , but by Accon at Law for the Penaltys of
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Twenty Shillings and Ten Shillings per Thousand,
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which Accons the Searchers are not obliged to prosecute,
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and which any other person has a Right to bring as
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well as they, And the Comittee Considering the
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Incertainty Expence and Difficulties attending these
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actions by Comon Informers, which have hitherto
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proved ineffectuall, Submitt to the Judgment of this
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Court, Whether any and what Application Shall be
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made to our Superiors, in Order to the amending and
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reinforcing the present Lawes, And if this Court Shall
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think fitt to proceed see farr, The Comittee Crave
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leave to recomend, the following particulars,
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That the Bricks be made of the usuall Size, or if thought
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fitt to be altered, to be all of one Size, with respect to there
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Length bredth and thickness, Itt being found by
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experience, that the new bricks will not work up
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with the old without Severall inconvenientys
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ariseing from their different Dimensions. And the
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like as to Tyles.
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That the present provisions as to Searchers, and alsoe as
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to the time & manner of digging and preparing the
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