A.' D. 1664. Anno dccimofexto Caroli Hi C. 8. ^gi | i jney) or fhall bett on the Sides or Hands of fucli as do or fhall play thereat, and fliall lofc any Sum or Sums ' I of Money, or other Thhig or Things fo played for, exceeding the Sum of one hundred Founds at any , ^.^m;,. { one Time or Meeting, upon Ticket or Credit, or otherwife, and fhall not pay down the fame at the Time i Luiw.'ji'c.. 1 iwhen he or they Ihall Co lofe the fame, the Party and Parties who lofeth or Ihall lofc the faid Monies, or z Mud. 54. j i other Thing or Things fo played or to be played for, above the faid Sum of one hundred Pounds, (hall not ' ^'"'- 344' '; |in that Cafe be bound or compelled or compellable to pay or make good the fame; (3) but the Contract *^f"/^*' i land Contracts for the fame, and for every Part thereof, and all and fmgular Judgments, Statutes, Recogni- ' '*°^' j Izances, Mortgages, Conveyances, Afllirances, Bonds, Bills, Specialties, Promiffes, Covenants, Agree- : ! ments and other Afts, Deeds and Securities whatfoever, which fhall be obtained, made, given, acknow- j 'ledged or entred into for Security or Satisfaflion of or for the fame or any Part thereof, fhall be utterly void j and of none Efl'edt : (4) And that the faid Perfon or Perfons fo winning the faid Monies, or other 'T'hings, 1 {hall forfeit and lofe treble the Value of all fuch Sum and Sums of Money, or other Thing or Things, The Penalty. i which he fliall fo win, gain, obtain or acquire, above the faid Sum of one hundred Pounds; (;j the one ^ . | i Moiety thereof to our faid Sovereign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succeflbrs ; and the other R4oiety there- f"fX w' - ' iof to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall profecute or fue for the fame within one Year next after the Time orl°"^'.'„"f/^"^^ • ' fuch Offence committed ; (6) and to be fued for by A6fion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of iS g.o. 2." /. 34! j his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejlminjier., wherein no Eflbin, Protection or Wager of Law fhal! be 25 Gm. 2. c 36. j allowed : (7) And that every fuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, Informer or Informers, fhall in every fuch Suit ""'^1'^'^" *• and Profecution, have and receive his treble Cofts againft the Perfon and Perfons offending and forfeiting **' 1 [as aforefaid j any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. ; CAP. VIII. An kdi. for Continuance of a former hSt for regulating the Prefs. EXP. tj & 14 Car. i, j _^__^ t- 33* i Anno decimo fexto & feptimo Caroli fecundi Regis. j T the Seflions of Parliament begun the eighth oC May one thoufand fix hundred fixty-one, held at : Wejlmtnjier the twenty-fourth of November 16 Car. 2. And there continued to the twenty-firfl of ' June 17 Car, 2. being the fourth Seflion of the Parliament. ' Tt is the fecnnd j of March 17 Car. ' (^ _^ p J_ 2. in the former An AQ: for granting a Royal Aid unto the King's Majefty, of twenty-four hundred threefcore and feventeen thoufand and five hundred Pounds, to be raifed, levied and paid in the Space of three Years. EXP. Editions.' CAP. II. An A(5t for regulating the Meafures and Prices of Coals,
- T7 OR avoiding the manifold Deceits, Exaftions and Abufes ufed in the Meafures and Sales of Coals,
' J/ and for preventing the like, and the better Regulation thereof for the Time to come ;' (2) Be it ^ , ^' ■""'■ ^' enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual Ducci'cs anH Fx- and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, aaionf in felling That from and after the fixth Day of March in the Year of our I/Ord one thoufand fix hundred fixty-four, of Coals, all Sorts of Coal, commonly called Sea-Coals, brought into the River of Thames, and fold, fliall be fold by Sea-Coal Mea- the Chaldron, containing thirty-fix Bufhels heaped up, and according to the Buihel fealed for that Purpofe fure. ztGuild-Hall'm- London, and fo for a greater or leffer Qiiantity ; (3) and that all other Sorts of Coals co- , , . ^ ming from 5tc/A7»t/ and other Places, commonly fold by Weight, and not by Meafure, fhall be fold ^y J^^^^'^'™™ -"t- Weight after the Proportion of a hundred and twelve Pound to the Hundred, of j^voir die Jiois Weight, withaut any Fallacy or Deceit; (4) upon Pain of Forfeiture of all the Coals which fliall be otherwife fold or expofed to Sale by any Woodmonger or Retailer of Coals, and the double Value thereof, to be recovered by any Perfon or Perfons that will profecute for the fame in any Court of Record, or by Way of Com- plaint rhade unto the Lord Mayor of London for the Time being, and Jufiiices of Peace within the City of London and Liberties thereof, or to any two of them, or to the Juflices of Peace of the feveral and refpec- tive Counties and Places v/here fuch Coals fhall be expofed to Sale, or any of them ; who are hereby im- powered and required to call the Parties before them, and to hear and examine fuch Complaint upon Oath, .which by Virtue of this Aft is to be adminiftred by them, or any two of them ; and upon due Proof there- ■of made to their Satisfa<51:ion, to convift the Offenders, and to give Warrant under their Hands and Seals for levying the Forfeitures accordingly; (5) the one Half thereof to be to and for the Ufe of the Perfon or Perfons fo profecuting or complaining; and the other Half to and for the Ufe of the Poor, or repairinp- of the Highways within the fame Parifti, or any other adjoining Parifh or Parifhes, to be appointed and ap- portioned by the DireiStion of the faid Lord Mayor and Juftices, by fuch their Warrant as aforefaid: (6) And the faid Lord Mayor of London, and the Court of Aldermen for the Time being, and the Juftices of who msv fet Peace of the feveral Counties refpediively, or any three or more of them, whereof one to be of the ^uo- Rates uporCoafs rum, are hereby impowered to fet the Rates and Prices of all fuch Coals as fliall be fold by Retail, as they '" London, from Time to Time fhall judge reafonable, allowing a competent Profit to the faid Retaileij beyond the Price paid by him t9 the Importer, and the ordinary Charges thereupon accrewing. P P 2 IL And
