A. D. 1662. Anno decimo tertio & quarto Caroli II. C. 7, 8. ,235 ers and other Officers belonging to the Cuftoras, and to qnd for all Juftices of the Peace, Mayors, and rjluef Officers of Corporations, within this Realm, Dominion of IVales^ or -Town of Berwick upon ^weed from Time to Time, as well by Land as Water, tio fearch for and feize any Leather, or raw I Hides ' wrought or unwrought, cut or uncut, packed up of unpacked, intended or purpofed to be tranf- 1 ported by any Perfon or Perfons into any the- Parts, beyond the Seas, or into Scotland, other than Calve- i ndns and Sheep-fkins as aforefaid. , , , ' " , , . . , ' VIII And whereas divers Tanners do fhiave, cut and rake their Upper-leather Hides all over, and shaVmRofLea ' the Necks of their Backs and Butts, to the great impairing thereof, and the extreme Prejudice of the ther by Tanner.,
- Kingdom-' (2) Beit therefore enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That every Tanner, who after the
"nine and twentieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fixty and two, fhall commh any fuch Offence;as aforefaid, fhall forfeit all the faid Leather, Backs, Butts or Calve-fkins The Penalty, fo fnaved cut or raked, or the Value thereof, and it Ihali be lawful for the Searchers and Sealers of Leather to feize the fame. • IX And be it further enatfted. That the Market for Leather in Leaden-Hall in London, fliall be kept oa LeaSen-Haill ' ■rie Tuefday, as now it is; any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary in any wife notwith Handing. , London. X And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Penaltieb and Forfeitures, and HowthePenal- everv Sum and Sums of Money, for any Offence or Offences herein before mentioned, fha'l be recovered ties (haii bere- ■bv Aiftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, to be brought for the fame in any Court or Courts at '=°^««' i WeftminlUr or in any Court or Courts of Record in the City, Town, County or Place where the faid 1 Offence (ha'll be committed, wherein no Wager of Law, Protedion or Effoin Ihall be admitted, neither I iball the fame be removed out of the faid County, City or Town Corporate; (2) the one Half of the ■faid Forfeitures to be to the Ufe of the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Half thereof to the Ufe of the Infortner or Informers that {hall fue for the fame. XL Provided alfo, and be it enadedj That all fuch, Exportation or Tranfportation of any Hides or xranrportatron Leather contrary to this A61, is hereby adjudged and declared to be a common and publick Nufance. of Leather de- XII. Provided neverthelefs, ■ That this A6t (hall not extend, or be conftrued, to prohibit the carrying ^aredacommon or conveying of any fuch Hides or Leather which (hall be ufed or employed for the neceffary Ufe or Pro- Le"ath"e7 "for ne- i vifion of any Ship or Veffel in any Voyage beyond the Seas, and which ihall not be fold in any Foreign .ccffary ufe of 'Parts fo as the Number do not exceed fix raw Hides, and three tanned Hides, ' swps inVoy- Xl'll Provided always neverthelefs, and be it further enadled by the Autliority ^forefaid. That all and ^^"' •every Artiiicer dealing in cutting of Leather, or other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, which (hall hereafter Ing'^'cmri^rf •buy any red tanned Leather within the City of Londoji, or three Miles thereof, (liall before the next Leather in Lon- Market-Day within the faid Place for Sale of Leather, give Notice thereof to one or more of the Com- don, or witiiin pahy of Curriers then exercifmg and ufing the Art and Myitery of a Currier within the faid City of Lon- thraeof. " Wfl« and three Miles thereof, and within three Weeks after fuch Notice fhall deliver, or caufe to be de- . liv«-ed the faid Leather fo bought, except fuch Part thereof as (hall be ufed for Soals without being Cur- ried Tallowed or Dreffed, unto the faid Currier or Curriers to whom fuch Notice was given, to the Intent that the fame may be Curried, TaUpwed pr otherwife Dreffed, as is diredled and appointed by onp A(5V made in the firft Year of King James-, Chapter twenty-fecond, touching the Duty of Tarmers, Cur- 1 Jac. i.c.is, Tiers Shoe-makers and others; (2) upon Penalty of the Forfeiture of fix Shillings eight Pence for every Back Butt, Hide or Calve -fkin fo bought and not delivered as aforefaid, for the Ufes, and to be reco- vered, as aforefaid. ' i. : "-' ■ - - . , ' XrV. And whereas it is enadled amongft, other Things, by the faid A<51 made in the firft. Year of , jao. ,, c, laj, , ' King James, That no Perfon or Perfons .(ha,ll;by .any Means occupy, or put in any made Wares within §. 24." ' .' , ' the City of London, or three Miles of the fai^ie City,- any curried Leather, before the fame, (hall be J-eatherufed in ' fearched and allowed by the Wardens of the Curriers of London for the Time being, or fuch Perfons witLin"three ' as they Aiall thereto alTign, and be fealed with a Seal therefore to be prepared; upon Pain that every Miles, to be ' Shoe-rnaker and other Artiiicer Cutter of Lea^lier, offendisig againft that Article, (hould forfeit for every ^^^"^^I^ ^i^ ^
- Hide or Skin otherwife curried or employed as 'is aforefaid, fix Shillings eight Pence, and the Value 'of wardens of the
' every fuch Hide or Skin;' (-2) Be it therefore further enacfted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Curriers there. Mafter and Wardens of the Company of Curriers for the Time being, or fuch Perfons as they fliall there- "^^^ Penalty, to allien (hall from Time to Time, and at allfeafonable Times in the Day-time, enter into any Ware- houfe Shop, Cellar or other Place within the faid City of London, or three Miles of the fame City, be- lon^in? unto' any of the faid Cordwainers, Sadlers, Girdlers, or other Perfon or Perfons, being Artificers dealing in cutting Leather, and in thePrefence of any two or more of them, to feaich for and feize all fuch Leather intended to be prohibited to be ufed by the faid Claufe, Branch or Article, as aforefaid, as alfo for all Wares made of fuch Leather 5(3) and if any fuch Perfon or Perfons, Artificers or Dealers as aforfe- faid fhall oppofe, or reftife to permit the faid Mafter and Wardens of the Company of Curriers,, or fuch Perfons as they fhall thereto aflign, to make any fuch Search or Seizure as aforefaid, he or they (hall forfeit for every fach Oifence the Sum of tv^enty Pounds for the Ufes, and to be recovered, as aforefaid; (4.) and if any of the faid Artificers and Dealers in cutting of Leather, do refufe to be prefent with tfie penalties for op. laid Searchers, whenfoever the fame ftiall be defired by the faid .Mafter and Wardens of the Company' pofing.ths of the Curriers, or fuch Perfons thereto affigned by them as aforefaid, then for every fuch Default the Searching. Perfons fo refufi'no- ftiall forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds for the Ufes, and to be recovered, as aforefaid. ■ • , Farther Pn-vU;- «, iW.&M, SeJ[. I. f. 33. 9^.'n. c.6,.cs";iii Jo,j*;«,*. 26- l^ Am, SUz. c.^, 3 Geo., i. c. 4, 5 Geo..!, f. z. oai.ia Cea.z. c.is C A P. VIII re thoufa ^ _ ces, and ( EXP. 22 £3" 23 Car, 2,~cap.. 21, An Ait for Dlftrlbution of threefcore thoufand Pounds amongft the truly Loyal and Indigent Commiffi'on Officers, and for affeffingof Offices, and diftributing the Monies thereby raifed for their further Sujiply. H h 2 CAP,
