104 ^' iS. Anno vlcefiiiio primo Jacobi I. A. D. making of de- ceivable Cloth, the Church war- d.sns, &c. ihall levy the Forfei- ture. In Default of Dirtrefj. the eed to thi! com- mon Gaol. 43 Eliz. c, s. cover double ' Coils. 7 pc, I. c. 5. 1623. Overfeers (for the Time being) of the Poor of the Parifti or Parifhes where fuch deccivable Cloth or Clothes iliall be made, under the Hands and Seals of the faid Juftices. Upon Certificate V. And be it furtlier enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That immediately from and after fuch Cer- 7 "^^.J"'^^^* .tificate Ihall- be delivered to any or the Church-wardens and Overfeers of the Poor of any Parifh or Pa- iVconv!fed?or rifles where fuch Offender or Offenders (hall dwell, and Warrant by them made to the faid Overfeers and Church-wardens, for the levying of the faid Forfeiture^ it fliall and may be lawful to and for the faid Church-wardens and Overfeers for the Time being, or any of them, or for the Succeffor or Suc- ceffors of them the faid Church-wardens and Overfeers, to levy the Sum or Sums of Money which by the faid Certificate and Warrant fhall appear to be forfeited, by Way of Diftrefs and Sale of the Of- fender's Goods, rendring to the Party fo offending the Overplus which ffiall arife by the Sale of fuch Goods, more than the Forfeiture for fuch Offence or Offences Ihall amount unto : (z) And in Defe<5l of fuch Diftrefs, it fhall be lawful to and for the faid two Juftices of Peace to commit the Party or Par- fliYimcomia^- ^'ss fo certified to have offended to the Common Gaol, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize until Payment fhall be made of the faid Sum or Sums fo forfeited, to the faid Church-wardens and Overfeers, or fome or one of them, to the Ufes aforefaid, who fhall yearly be accountable for fuch Sum or Sums fo received and levied, at fuch Times and in fuch Manner as the faid Church-warden j and Overfeers are to account for other Monies which they are to colleft to the Ufe of the Poor, by Force of an A(5t of Parliament made in the three and fortieth Year of the Reign of the late Qiieen Elizabeth : (3) And that if any AcSion or Adions fhall at any Time or Times hereafter happen to be brought or commenced againft any Perfon or Perfons, for taking of fuch Diftrefs or Diftreffes, or for or about any The Ofiioer be-" Matter or Thmg concerning the fame; that then it fhall and may be lawful to and for every fuch Per- ingfued (hall be foh or Perfons againft whom fuch Action or Actions fhall be brought or commenced, to plead the Ge- the°Gene°arif'"' ^^^^^ Iffue, and to give in Evidence, and to be allowed double Cofts in every Refpeft and Degree, as in fue, &c"a!rK! re', ^^d by the Statute of the feventh Year of the King's Majefty's Reign of Engkrid that now is, intituled, ' An A6t for Eafe in pleading againft troublefome and contentions Suits profecuted againft Juftices of the ' ' Peace, Mayors, Conftables, and certain others his Majefty's Officers, for the lawful Execution of their ' Office,' is already provided and enadled. ' VI. And whereas divers Clothiers be and are of late Time mueh troubled and grieved by and with ' feveral Searchers, Aulnegers and Viewers of Clothes, who after that Clothes have been fearched, ' viewed and fealed by the Searchers and Overfeers of the feveral Parifh and Pariflies where fuch Cloth,*, • and Clothes have been made, and alfo by the King's Aulneger of Cloth, or by his Deputy, do ne
- Verthelefs for their own Gain and Lucre review or fearch again the fame Clothes, to the great Trou-
' ble, Difturbance and Hindrance of the faid Clothiers, the Lofs of their Market and Sale of their Cloth, , ' although towards the End or Conclufion of tlie faid Adt of the fourth Year of the King's Majefty's* ' Reign of England that now is, aforefaid, it is mentioned, that after fuch Cloth be once lawAillyv ' fearched, and lawfully fealed, the fame be not compelled to be further viewed, fearched, meafured or ■ ' fealed :' VII. Be it therefore likewife ena<5ted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Overfeers and Searchers authorized by the faid laft mentioned Statute, or by any former A6t, to fearch, view and weigh any of of the faid Clothes for the Lengths, Breadth and Weight of the faid Clothes, fhall and may certify the fame by their Seals affixed to fuch Clothes, and with the Word Faulty thereon ftamped, (if there be Caufe) and that none of the faid Clothes being formerly fearched, viewed, weighed and fealed by the faid Overfeers and Searchers of the Parifli, Town or Place, where the faid Cloths fhall be made, fliall afterwards be viev^ed, fearched or weighed by any other Perfon or Perfons, Officer or Officers whatfoever, contrary to the faid Statute made in the faid fourth Year of his Majefty's Reign; (2) upon Pain of Forfeiture of live Pounds to the Party grieved, who fhall and may fue for and recover the fame by Bill, Plaint or Information, at or in the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace to be holden for the County, City or Town Corporate v.'herein fuch Offence fl:iall be committed, wherein no Effoin, Protection, Privilege or Wager of Law fhall be allowed. VIII. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That all and all Manner Woollen Cloths, of what Nature, Kind or Name foever they be or fliall be of, to be woven in any City or Town Corporate within the Realm of England or Dom-nion of Wales, from and after forty Days next after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, fhall be fearclied, tried and fealed, by the feveral and refpe(5tive Overfeers of Cloth, appointed or to be appointed of or for the Cities and Towns Corporate, or of or for fome of the Places or Parifhes in them, where the fame Cloths fhall be woven, before fuch Cloths (hall be fold, or offered to be fold. ! IX. And be it further ena6led by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That from and after forty TheMesfureof Days next after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, no Tenter or Tenters for Broad Cloths to itoiTmadein ^'^ made within the County of York, to be fold, (hall have or fliall or may be allowed any further Chafe Vorkhihe; or Liberty for or to the under Bar of fuch Tenter or Tenters, than only half a Qiiarter of a Yard at the moft: (z) And that no Tenter or Tenters for Narrow Cloths to be made within the faid County of 2'"cir/, Sf.mHet:; finil ^o be fold, (hall have or (hall or may be allowed any further Chafe or Liberty for or to the under Bar of rnr.ka Sejrch of f.ich Tenter or Tenters, than only Half of a Half Qiiarter of a Yard at the moft : (3) And that the Yortfivre" Overfeers and Searchers of Cloth, or any of them, appointed or to be appointed within the feveral and jii Kli;. :%o, rcfpedtive Parifhes within the faid County of 3^wX-, (hall, upon the Penalties of their Recognizances! taken or to be taken by Virtue of the Statute made in the nine and thirtieth Year of the Reign , of the lite Qiieen Elizabeth, or of any other Statute, make due Search and View of the Tenters to be j ui'ed in the aforefaid County of Torky (4} And if they or any of them (hall happen to find any Tenter or ; Tenters 1 «Jac. I. c. », The Searcher that fearcheth, &c, Cloth al- ' leady fearched, &c. (hall forfeit five Pounds. 4 Jac, I. c. 2. All Woollen Cloths (hall be fearched, &c. before they be fold.
