A. D. 174.S. Anno vicefimo prlmo Georgi I IL C. 27, 115 Cambrick or French Lawn, and fuch Perfon fliaH difcover upon Oath, before any one or more Jiiftice or fufiices of the Peace, the Perfon or Perfons who fold fuch C;'.mbricks or French Lawns, to fuch Perfon V'earing the fame, fuch Perfon fo difcovering as aforefaid, fhaH be, and is thereby difcharged from all Pe- nalties and Forfeitures inflriSed by the fald Acl ; and that the Perfon or Perfons fo Jelling fuch Can-brick or French Lawns, fliall be liable to the Penalties and Forfeitures laid and infliiSted by the faid A& : And whereas fome Doubts have arifen, or may arife, whether by the Words of the faid recited A€t any Penalty can be inf.icled, either upon the Wearer of any fuch Cambrick or French Lawn, who fhall difcover the Vender or Seller thereof, or upon the Vender or Seller fo difcovercd by the Wearer thereof, in cafe it Ihall appear that the faid Cambrick or French Lawn was fold to fuch Wearer, previous to the aforefaid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight; by which Means fuch Cambricks and French Lawns may happen to be worn for a great Number of Years, without any Penalty whatfoever laid or in- fli£l;ed, either on the Wearer or Seller thereof, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid AS, fo evidently advantageous to this Kingdom: And whereas it nwy be difficult for many Perfons to afcertain upon Oath, where or from v/hom iiich Cambricks ox French Lawns were bought, which have been for any confiderable Time in their PoffcfTion :' For the avoiding therefore of pll fuch Doubts and DifSculties as aforefaid, be it enafied and declared ; and it is hereby enacted and declared by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this ■prefent Parliament Efflemblcd, and by the Authority of the iame. That if any Perfon or Perfons, who after perfons profc- the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, and before the twenty-fifth Day cntcd hi- of Alarch one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, fhall be profecuted for Wearing in or on any Gar- 'vyeanjig Cam- ment or Apparel, any Cambricks or French Lawns, fliall make an Affidavit, or bring fufficient Proof, or by ^"'^h P'"-'"^;"^ the Oath or Affidavit of the Hufband or Wife of the Party accufed, or by the Oath or Affidavit of any other fa^Vas'bUMu credible Perfon, before one or more Juftice or Juflices of the Peace, that the fame was bought on or before before 7,4 Jnna the. twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, fuch Wearer Ihall be, and is 174S, diichar- hereby dilcharged from any Penalty or Forfeiture infliiied by the faid A£f. E<:<^- II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That at any Time from and after the twenty- TheVendsrcin. fourth Day of ji/?z^ one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, if any Wearer of Cambrick or ivw/cA ^^'^"f '^^J."S Lawn, who (hall be profecuted by virtue of the faid in Part recited Adl for wearing the fame, and who fliall ?^ y ,nJ "'^l'^ have purchafed the fame after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, t^LcHabk. ' fhall difcover, to the Satisfadlion of the Juflice or Juftices, the Vender or Seller of fuch Cambrick or French Lawn, and likewife that the fame was lold by fuch Vender jr Seller after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, fo as fuch Vender or Seller be conviiSted, and become liable to the Penalties and Forfeitures laid and infiifted by the faid AcTt, then, and not otherwiie, fuch Wearer fo profecuted fhall be and is hereby difcharged from any Penalty or Forfeiture laid or inflifted by the faid AH ; any thing in this or in the faid Adl to the contrary notv/ithftanding. III. And it is hereby further enafled by the Authority aforefaid, That whenever any Perfon informed P^"-""^-'.*" ?" againfl: for wearing fuch Cambrick or French Lawn fhall be excufcd from the Penalty by difcovering the '" Iniauncr. Vender or Seller thereof, the Penalty to be levied and inflicted on luch Vender or Seller in every fuch Cafe, fhall |0 and belong to the Perfon who informed againfl the Wearer thereof. ' IV. And whereas the Penalties to which Wearers of Cambricks or French Lawns are made fubjeft, ei-
- ther by the faid former Law, or this prefent Aft, cannot in cafe the Perfon convicfed be a Feme Covert, be
- levied by Law on the Goods and Chatties of her Hufband, by Means of which the Intent of the faid for- .
' mer and of this prefent Adf may happen to be evaded :' For Remedy thereof, be it further enaft ed by the ""cities incur- Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes where the Offender fhall, at the Time of the Offence committed, or cov.-rt to'^be it the Time of the ConvitSlion, happen to be a Feme Covert, living with her Hufband, the Penalties which levied en the fhould be levied on the Goods and Chatties of fuch Offender, in cafe flie had been tlien unmarried, fliall Goods of tha and may be levied on the Goods and Chatties of her Hufband ; any Law to the contrary notwithflanding. Hufband. V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Milliner, Sempflrefs, or other Per- Milliners ma- foil whatfoever, fhall for Flire, from and after the laid tvi^enty- fourth Djy of June one thoufand feven hun- ^.'■"^"i"n" dred and forty-eight, make up any Cambrick or French Lawn for, in or upon any Garment or wearing tile Penalties ** Apparel, fuch Milliner, Sempftrefs, or other Perfon, fliall be liable to the like Penalties and Forfeitures, as the Sellers of Cambrick or French Lawn are liable to, by virtue of the faid Ail: of the eighteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, to be profecuted and levied, and the faid Penalties and Forfeitures .to be applied in the like Manner, as the feveral Penalties and Forfeitures arc diretSed to be profecuted, levied and applied, by this or the faid in Part recited AQ.. VI. And be further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes wherein by this Act an Oath QH^'^^." '*^- is required to be made and taken, the folemn Affirmation of any Perfon, being a fierier, fhall and may be taken. °" accepted and taken in lieu thereof ; and that every Inffance of wilful and corrupt falfe Affirming, fliall fub- pp„p|,.y ^f .f^jC^ jcft fuch Perfon to the fame Penalties and Forfeitures, as he would by Law have been liable to, if the fame affirming. Matter had been declared upon Oath or AfHdavit diredled by this Aft. •svc fintcr 24 Geo. 2. c. 46. CAP. XXVIL ^gGeo.z.c.is, 32OCC, 3. f. 3Z(, An Aft for repairing the High'Road from Pelrsbr'idgc to Kirkmerrhigton in the County of Durham, and from thence to the Turnpike Road at Tudhoe Lane End in the faid County. PR, Certain Tolls granted for 2 1 Yess-s. 0.2 • CAP.
