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§ 10. AND be it further enacted by the Penalty on Authority aforefaid, That if any Weaver weaving as fhall neglect to weave any Linen Yarn, de- contracted livered to him by any Perfon or Perfons, bezzling. into fuch Cloth, and within fuch Time, and in fuch Manner as was contracted and agreed for; or fhall wafte, embezzle, or damnify, or fuffer to be wasted, embezzled, or damnified, any Linen Yarn delivered to him; fuch Weaver, being thereof convicted in fuch manner as is after mentioned, fhall, for every fuch Offence, make good the Party's Damage, and fhall further forfeit and pay to the Perfon aggrieved a Sum not exceeding forty Shillings Sterling, nor lefs than five Shillings Sterling, to be recovered in fuch Manner as is herein after mentioned.

SII. AND whereas great Prejudice arifes to the Linen Manufacture, by reason that the Perfons who deal therein make their Cloths of fuch Lengths and Breadths, for which there is no great Demand, either at home or abroad; for preventing thereof, be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That, from and after the faid firft The Standard Day of November, all Linen Cloth of any Lengths and Kind that shall be made in Scotland, fhall Linen Cloth, and is hereby directed to be made and measured by the Standard Yard Wand, and of the feveral Lengths and Breadths following, viz. each Piece of plain Linen,

intended

Breadths of

intended to be whitened, fhall be in Breadth, when whitened, full half Yard, or full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full seven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and eighth, or full Yard and quarter, or full Yard and half; and that all brown or green Linen, not intended to be whitened, made after the said first Day of November, fhall be in Breadth full half Yard, or full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full feven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and quarter, or full Yard and half; and that each Piece of plain Linen Cloth, that is whitened, fhall contain in Length, at least twelve Yards and an half; that all stripped Linen Cloth fhall be in Breadth full three quarters of a Yard, or full feven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and eighth, or full Yard and quarter; and all Sorts of Ticking fhall be in Breadth full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full seven eighths, or full Yard; and all Checks fhall be in Breadth, full three quarters, or full feven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and eighth; and all chequered Handkerchiefs made of Linen only, or of Linen and Cotton, or of Cotton only, fhall be in Breadth full half Yard, or full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full feven eighths, and fhall be of the fame Length with the Breadth, that they may be fquare; and that all ftripped, plain,

dropped,

dropped, or spotted Muflin, when whitened, fhall be in Breadth full three quarters, or full seven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and eighth, or full Yard and quarter, or full Yard and an half; and that all Cambricks, when whitened, fhall be in Breadth full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full feven eighths, or full Yard, and fhall not contain lefs in Length, in each Piece, than feven Yards and an half; and all Mullins made for Aprons, when whitened, fhall be full Yard and eighth in Breadth, and the same in Length; and all Muflin Handkerchiefs, when whitened, fhall be full three quarters, or full feven eighths in Breadth, and the fame in length; and all Muflin for Neckcloths or Cravats fhall, when whitened, be in Breadth full half-yard, or full five eighths, and in Length full three quarters, or full Yard and half of made Cloth; and all Sorts of Bengals, made of Cotton and Linen, fhall be in Breadth full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full feven eighths, or full Yard, or full Yard and fixteenth, or full Yard and eighth, or full Yard and quarter; and that each Piece of broad, double, or fingle Dornick or Diaper, made for Table-cloths, fhall be full two Yards, or full two Yards and quarter in Breadth; and each Piece of double or fingle Dornick or Diaper, made

for

Stampmafter to mark the

for Table-napkins or Towelling, fhall be in Breadth full half-yard, or full five eighths, or full three quarters, or full feven eighths, or full Yard; and that all dyed Yarn, that fhall be wrought into any chequered Linen or Handkerchiefs, Tickings, or Bengals, fhall be of a fufficient Dye that will hold in washing.

12. AND be it further enacted by the juft Lengths Authority aforefaid, That when any Perand Breadths fon or Perfons fhall offer any Cloth to be

of Pieces.

inspected and stamped in manner herein after directed, the Stampmafter or Lapper, that fhall be appointed for that Purpofe, in fuch manner as hereafter is mentioned, fhall, after infpecting the Cloth, measure the fame, and mark upon each End thereof the juft Length or Number of Yards each Piece contains, and fhall likewife mark upon each End of the Piece the Breadth of fuch Piece, he fhall find upon meafuring thereof; and if any Piece which fhall be offered to be ftamped, as of five-eighths of a Yard broad, comes fhort of that Breadth in any Part of fuch Piece, that then the faid Piece of Cloth fhall be marked as of the next lower De nomination, viz. half-yard; and so of all the other Breadths herein mentioned.

13. AND to the Intent that every Buyer of plain, brown, or white Linen Cloth, may the easier discover and judge

of

run a coarse

Two hundred

coarfe the Warp,

and another

hun- through every forty Threads

faid of the Warp,

of the Goodness, Quality, and Value thereof, and may know the exact Number of Threads in the Breadth or Warp thereof, be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That, from and after the faid Weaver to first Day of November, every Weaver fhall, Thread at the End of every fuch Piece of Cloth through every which he fhall weave, or caufe to be Threads of weaved, run, or caufe to be run, a coloured Thread through every two dred Threads of the Warp of the Cloth, fo as to distinguish the Number of Hundreds of Threads in the Breadth of the faid Cloth; and alfo another coarse coloured Thread, as aforefaid, within a quarter of an Inch of the former, in like Manner through every forty Threads of the Warp of the faid Cloth, fo as to diftinguish the Number of Biers or Scores of Threads in the Breadth of the faid Cloth: And in cafe any Weaver fhall omit to weave, or caufe to be weaved, fuch Threads, as aforefaid, or shall so mark his Cloth with a coloured Thread, as to make it appear to contain more Threads in the Breadth than it really does, he fhall, for every fuch Offence, being thereof convicted in manner after mentioned, forfeit a Sum not more than five Pounds, nor less than twenty Shillings, to the Ufe of the Informer, to be levied and recoD vered