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To the Worshipful His Majesty's
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in their General Quarter Session of the
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Peace Assembled.
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The humble Petition of the Several Persons Whose Names
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are hereto Subscribed
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Journeymen Weavers
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Working with
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the Said County in that Branch of the Silk Manufacture
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and Silk mixed with other Materials Called Engine
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Weaving on behalf of themselves and other
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in the said Branch Working within the Jurisdiction of
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the Said County.
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Sheweth,
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That in and by an Act of Parliament made and Passed
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in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of his Present Majesty Intitled
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An Act to impower the Magistrates therein mentioned to Settle
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and Regulate the Wages of Persons Employed in the Silk Manufacture
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within their respective Jurisdiction It is Enacted (among
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ther things) that the Wages and Prices for Work of the
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within the
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Shall be Settled regulate
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for the Said County at
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General Quarter Session of the Peace and the Said
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are thereby authorized and impowered from time to
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time upon application being made to them for that purpose to
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settle regulate order and declare the Wages and Prices of Work
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of the
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working within their Jurisdiction
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as aforesaid And by a certain other Act of Parliament made
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in the Thirty Second Year of his Present Majesty's Reign the
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Provisions of the Said Act and the Powers of the Magistrate
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extended to the Manufacture of Silk mixed or wrought up with
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any other Materials.
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That Some time after the Passing of the said first mentioned
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Act of Parliament upon Application made at the Quarter
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Sessions for the said County the
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did Settle
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in the
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said Branch Since Which time a great number of other new
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works having arisen in the Trade which were not included in
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the Book of Prices then established great Discontent has
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