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To the
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and to the Aldermen of the same
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The Humble Petition of the several
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Journey men Taylors in the said City.
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That by an Act of Parliament made in the 7th. Year of the Reign of
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King George the first for regulating the
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within the weekly Bills of
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Mortality It is amongst other Things enacted that the Hours of Work for all Journeymen
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and Apprentices to Taylors and other Persons employed or to be employed
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or retained as Taylors in making up Mens or Women's Cloaths or such Servant or
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Apprentices within the Citys of London and
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Weekly Bills of Mortality shall be from Six of the Clock in the Morning untill Eight of the
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Clock at Night Excepting only that there shall be allowed by the Master one Penny half
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Penny a Day for Breakfast and one Hour for Dinner in the Time aforesaid and for the said
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Time or Hours of Work aforesaid there shall be paid unto every Journeyman Taylor or
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other Person employed or to be employed or retained as a Journeyman Taylor for his
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Work during the Hours aforesaid the Wages and Sums following (that is to say) From
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the 25th. Day of March to the 24th. Day of June any Sum or Sums not exceeding Two
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Shillings a Day, and for the rest of the Year One Shilling and Eight Pence a Day.
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That the Legislature then perceiving it would be reasonable and necessary upon
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some Occasions thereafter to alter the Wages and Hours of Work aforesaid It is thereby
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further enacted that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the
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Justices of the Peace
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in
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their respective Jurisdictions within the Limits aforesaid at their General Quarter
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Sessions and they are thereby authorized and required upon Application to be made to then
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for that Purpose to take into their Consideration the Plenty or Scarcity of the Time, and
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and Servants retained or employed in the Art or Mistery
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of a
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as aforesaid within the Limits aforesaid and what Hours they shall
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work and shall make such Alterations therein from Time to Time as such Justices
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at such General Sessions shall think fit upon Application to be made to them
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