Counties. Parishes. Occupiers Names. Description of Property. SCHEDULE (B.) referred to in this Act. Owners Names. CA P. XXXVI. An Act to amend an Act passed in the present Session of WE WHEREAS an Act has been passed in this present Session of Parliament to consolidate the Laws relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland, and it is expedient to amend the said Act in certain respects: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to fix and appoint such annual Salary as to him or them may from Time to Time seem proper to be paid to each Paymaster appointed or to be appointed under the said Act, not exceeding Two hundred Pounds instead of not exceeding One hundred Pounds as limited by the said Act; and in like Manner to fix and appoint such annual Salary as to him or them may from Time to Time seem proper to be paid to each Sub-Constable appointed or to be appointed under the said Act, not exceeding Twenty-eight Pounds instead of not exceeding Twenty-five Pounds as limited by the said Act. II. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of calculating the Proportion of the Monies advanced out of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund under the Provisions of the said Act, to be raised by Grand Jury Presentment off the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns liable to the Repayment of the same, as in the said Act mentioned, all such Sums as shall be or have been advanced for the Purposes herein-after mentioned, or any of them, shall, in addition to the Salaries and Expences by such Act directed to be excepted out of such Advances in calculating such Proportion as aforesaid, be deducted from the Amount of such Advances; (that is to say,) all such Sums as shall be or have been advanced for the Purchase or Repair of Arms, Ammunition, Accoutrements, and other Articles of Outfit, Horses, Forage, Livery, Grazing, Saddlery, and all other Horse Appointments and attendant Expences, Postage, Stationery, and Printing, or for the Salaries and necessary Expences of the Four County Inspectors to be appointed under the said Act; and a Moiety of the Residue only of the Amount of such Advances, after making therefrom such Deductions as by the said Act and this Act directed, shall be raised by Grand Jury Presentment off each County, County of a City, or County of a Town, as the Case may be, to which the same shall be declared by the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors to relate; any thing in the said recited Act contained to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. Salary of Paymasters under 6 W. 4. c. 13. to be 2007. instead of 100%, and of Sub-Constables to be 287. instead of 251. Counties not to be liable for Expences of Horses, Arms, &c. nor of County Inspectors. 6 & 7 GUL. IV. Р CAP. 9 G. 4. c. 106. All Acts relating to the making and selling of Bread, &c. out of the City of London and beyond the Bills of Mortality, repealed. Bread made of the Articles herein mentioned may be sold. CA P. XXXVII. An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force relating to 6 WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal the Acts now in force relating to Bread to be sold in the City of London and the Liberties thereof, and ' within the Weekly Bills of Mortality and Ten Miles of the Royal Exchange; and to provide other Regulations for the making and Sale of Bread, and preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour, and Bread within the Limits aforesaid, certain Regulations and • Provisions were made relative to the making and selling of Bread, ' and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour, and Bread, 'within the aforesaid Limits, which have been found beneficial to 'the Public as well as to the Bakers within the said Limits: And 'whereas it is deemed expedient that the several Acts of Parlia'ment now in force relating to the making and selling of Bread, or to the Assize and Price thereof, or to the Adulteration of • Meal, Flour, or Bread, beyond the Limits aforesaid, should be 'altogether repealed, and that in lieu thereof the Regulations, 'Provisions, and Penalties herein-after contained, and which are similar to those contained in the said recited Act of the Third Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Fourth, should be substituted: But inasmuch as the Purposes 'aforesaid cannot be effected without the Aid and Authority of Parliament: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six all and every Acts or Act of Parliament now in force relating to the making and selling of Bread, or to the Assize and Price thereof, or to the Punishment of Persons who shall adulterate Meal, Flour, or Bread, or who shall sell Bread deficient in its due Weight, out of the City of London and the Liberties thereof, and beyond the Weekly Bills of Mortality and Ten Miles of the Royal Exchange, be and the same are hereby repealed; and there shall be no longer any Assize of Bread beyond the Limits aforesaid, or any Regulation respecting the Price thereof. II. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the several Bakers or Sellers of Bread out of the City of London and the Liberties thereof, and beyond the Weekly Bills of Mortality and Ten Miles of the Royal Exchange, to make and sell, or offer for Sale, in his, her, or their Shop, or to deliver to his, her, or their Customer or Customers, Bread made of Flour or Meal of Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats, Buck Wheat, Indian Corn, Peas, Beans, Rice, or or Potatoes, or any of them, and with any common Salt, pure Water, Eggs, Milk, Barm, Leaven, Potatoe or other Yeast, and mixed in such Proportions as they shall think fit, and with no other Ingredient or Matter whatsoever, subject to the Regulations herein-after contained. III. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the several Bakers or Sellers of Bread beyond the Limits aforesaid to make and sell, or offer for Sale, in his, her, or their Shop, or to deliver to his, her, or their Customer or Customers, Bread made of such Weight or Size as such Bakers or Sellers of Bread shall think fit; any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Bakers to make Bread to be sold by Weight and in no other Manner. IV. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act all Bread sold beyond the Limits aforesaid shall be sold by the several Bakers or Sellers of Bread respectively beyond the said Limits by Weight; and in case any Baker or Seller of Bread beyond the Limits aforesaid shall sell or cause to be sold Bread in any other Manner than by Weight, then and in such Case every such Baker or Seller of Bread shall for every such Offence forfeit Penalty. and pay any Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings, which the Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted shall order and direct: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent or hinder any such Baker or Seller of Bread from selling Bread usually sold under the Denomination of French or Fancy Bread or Rolls without previously weighing the same. Proviso for French and Fancy Bread and Rolls. Penalty for using any other. V. And be it enacted, That the several Bakers or Sellers of Bakers to use Bread respectively beyond the said Limits in the Sale of Bread Avoirdupois shall use Avoirdupois Weight of Sixteen Ounces to the Pound, Weight. according to the Standard in the Exchequer, and the several Gradations of the same for any less Quantity than a Pound; and in case any such Baker or Seller of Bread shall at any Time use any other than the Avoirdupois Weight, and the several Gradations of the same, he, she, or they shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, as the Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices before whom such Conviction shall take place shall from Time to Time order and adjudge. Bakers to provide in their Shops Beams, Weights, &c., and to weigh Bread, &c. Scales and VI. And be it enacted, That every Baker or Seller of Bread beyond the Limits aforesaid shall cause to be fixed in some conspicuous Part of his, her, or their Shop, on or near the Counter, a Beam and Scales with proper Weights or other sufficient Balance, in order that all Bread there sold may from Time to Time be weighed in the Presence of the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, except as aforesaid; and in case any such Baker or Seller of Bread shall neglect to fix such Beam and Scales, or other sufficient Balance, in manner aforesaid, or to provide and keep for Use proper Beam and Scales and proper Weights, or Balance, or shall have or use any incorrect or false Beam or Scales or Balance, or any false Weight not being of the Weight it purports to be, according to the Standard in the Exchequer, then and in every such Case he, she, or they shall for every such false Beam and Scales and Balance, or false Weight, forfeit and pay any Sum not Penalty. exceeding Five Pounds, which the Magistrate or Magistrates, P 2 Justice Bakers and Sellers of Bread, &c. delivering by Cart, &c to be provided with Scales, Weights, &c. for weigh ing Bread. Penalty. Adulterating Penalty. Justice or Justices before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted shall order and direct. VII. And be it enacted, That every Baker or Seller of Bread beyond the Limits aforesaid, and every Journeyman, Servant, or other Person employed by such Baker or Seller of Bread, who shall convey or carry out Bread for Sale in and from any Cart or other Carriage, shall be provided with and shall constantly carry in such Cart or other Carriage a correct Beam and Scales with proper Weights, or other sufficient Balance, in order that all Bread sold by every such Baker or Seller of Bread, or by his or her Journeyman, Servant, or other Person, may from Time to Time be weighed in the Presence of the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, except as aforesaid; and in case any such Baker or Seller of Bread, or his or her Journeyman, Servant, or other Person, shall at any Time carry out or deliver any Bread without being provided with such Beam and Scales with proper Weights, or other sufficient Balance, or whose Weights shall be deficient in their due Weight according to the Standard in the Exchequer, or shall at any Time refuse to weigh any Bread purchased of him, her, or them, or delivered by his, her, or their Journeyman, Servant, or other Person, in the Presence of the Person or Persons purchasing or receiving the same, then and in every such Case every such Baker or Seller of Bread shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, which the Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices, before whom such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted shall order and direct. VIII. And be it enacted, That no Baker or other Person or Persons who shall make Bread for Sale beyond the Limits aforesaid, nor any Journeyman or other Servant of any such Baker or other Person, shall at any Time or Times in the making of Bread for Sale beyond such Limits use any Mixture or Ingredient whatsoever in the making of such Bread, other than and except as herein-before mentioned, on any Account or under any Colour or Pretence whatsoever, upon pain that every such Person, whether Master or Journeyman, Servant or other Person, who shall offend in the Premises, and shall be convicted of any such Offence by the Oath, or in case of a Quaker by Affirmation, of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, or by his, her, or their own Confession, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds nor less than Five Pounds, or in default thereof shall, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of the Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices, before whom such Offender shall be convicted, be apprehended and committed to the House of Correction or some Prison of the City, County, Borough, or Place where the Offence shall have been committed or the Offender or Offenders shall be apprehended, there to remain for any Time not exceeding Six Calendar Months with or without hard Labour from the Time of such Commitment, unless the Penalty shall be sooner paid, as any such Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices, shall think fit and order; and it shall Offenders to be be lawful for the Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices published. before whom any such Offender or Offenders shall be convicted to cause the Offender's Name, Place of Abode, and Offence to be published in some Newspaper which shall be printed or published Names of |
