To his Majesties Justices of the peace for the County
of Middlesex in their Generall Quarter Sessions
Assembled.

Report from the Comittee
appointed to Consider of
the present Laws for Regulating
the making of Bricks & Tyles
near London }

In pursuance of an Order made at the Generall Quarter
Sessions held on Thursday the tenth day of July last,
Whereby it was referred to the Severall Justices therein
named or to any Three of them, to Consider of the best
methods for putting in Execution and rendring effectuall,
the late Acts of parliament for Regulating the making
of Bricks and Tyles within Fifteen Miles of London, Wee
Whose Names are Subscribed being Five of the Said Justices
and Referrees, having mett together Severall times at
Hicks hall , And issued out our Sumons to the Searchers
appointed by this Court, to give an Account of their
proceedings, which having received from them, wee
have leave to annex, But observing that it was too
generall, Wee directed them to give a particular Account of
the Names of all who had made any Bricks contrary to the
Laws now in force, And also the Names and professions
of all persons now under prosecution by their Direccons,
And for what offences, that wee might be the better enabled
to Judge of their Behaviour, But they have not hither to
Complyed with our Directions therein,.

Wee then proceeded to Consider what Sort of persons were
most fitt to be appointed Searchers, and are unanimously
of opinion That noe persons now using the Trade of a
Brickmaker Bricklayer or Tyle maker are proper for this
Imployment, In regard of the Ill use they may be
tempted to make of their power in Streening themselves or
partners, and oppressing others, in order to in gross the
making and Sale of the unparliamentary Bricks & Tyles
for their own profitt, as was notoriously practised under
the first Brick Act by Some of those professions, But that
other persons of Still and Judgment be chosen to be