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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03314	An abstract of such parts of several statutes relating to silks called alamodes and lustrings, as may guide officers, and others, in the execution thereof ; and direct all dealers in such silks, to avoid the penalties therein contained.	England and Wales. Laws, etc.	1699 (1699)	Wing E864; ESTC R225218	3,384	2

An ABSTRACT of such Parts of several Statutes relating to Silks called Alamodes and Lustrings as may guide Officers and others in the Execution thereof and direct all Dealers in such Silks to avoid the Penalties therein contained THAT no Person shall buy or sell or send beyond Sea any Black Alamodes or Lustrings unless they have the Seal or Seals Mark or Marks used for Foreign Goods at the Custom-House or the Seal and Mark used by the Lustring-Company for Goods manufactured by them under Forfeiture of all such Goods and also the Sum of 100 l. for every Offence 6 7 W. 3. chap. 18. That if the Buyer of such Goods not sealed do within Twelve Months after discover the Person of whom he shall buy the same he shall not only be discharged of the Penalty but shall receive one Moiety of the Sum hereby imposed upon the Party so selling or disposing of such Silks The same Stat. All Black Alamodes and Lustrings wheresoever manufactured which shall be found in the Custody or Possession of any Person not marked or sealed with the Mark and Seal of the Custom-House or of the Royal Lustring-Company shall be forfeited and may be seized as forfeited whether the same have been before bought and sold or not and the Person in whose Custody or Possession the same are found shall incur the Penalties in the precedent Clause 8 9 W. 3. chap. 36. No Alamodes and Lustrings that after the 10th of April 1697. shall be seized and forfeited shall be used in England but immediately on seizure shall be carried to the Custom-House Ware-house in London and there sold by Inch of Candle on Condition to be Exported and Security given for Exportation Which Security shall be discharged by Certificate from the Chief Magistrate or Officer of the Port ●here such Goods shall be landed or Oath made that they were lost at Sea The same Stat. On Exportation of Foreign Lustrings or Alamodes the Exporter shall not receive draw back or be repaid the Customs or Impositions paid or secured on Importation of the same or any part thereof Same Stat. From and after the 1st of July 1698. no Foreign Alamodes or Lustrings shall be Imported into any other Port than London and Notice shall be given to the Commissioners of the Customs of the Quality and Quantity with the Marks Numbers and Package of all such Silks intended to be Imported with the Name of the Importer and the Ship and her Burthen and of the Commander on which they are to be laden and the Port where they are to be taken on board and a Licence shall be taken under the Hands of the said Commissioners or any Three of them for the Importing the same 9 10 W. 3. chap. 43. In which are also the following Clauses The said Commissioners shall cause to be marked and sealed all such Alamodes and Lustrings which shall be Imported according to this Act and keep a Registry thereof in the Custom-House London And if any such Silks shall be Imported into any other Port than London or Imported without Notice and Licence and the Duties paid or shall not be so sealed or marked such Silks or the full Value shall be forfeited And Silks seized and forfeited by Virtue of this or any former Act shall be Sold and Exported and the same Rules shall be observed in the Selling or Exporting thereof as are mentioned in the precedent Stat. of 8 9 W. 3. chap. 36. All Persons who shall Import or bring or cause or procure to be Imported or brought into this Kingdom any Alamodes or Lustrings contrary to this Act or knowingly receive or take the same into their House Ware-house Custody or Possession or sell barter or offer to sale or cause to be sold or bartered or offered to sale any such Silks so fraudulently Imported and their Aiders Abett●●● and Assistants knowing thereof shall forfeit 500 l. If any Commission or Warrant-Officer or other Person in the Service of his Majesty and having the Command of any Ship shall import bring send or convey or procure or suffer to be imported or take on board any Alamodes or Lustrings in order to be imported or unship or suffer to be unshipt into any Boat or other Vessel any such Silks knowing thereof he shall over and above the Forfeitures and Penalties in this or any other Act be ipso facto rendered incapable of serving his Majesty by Sea or Land or of having any Benefit which he may be intitled to by Virtue of any such Service And if any Seaman or other Person belonging to any Ship shall discover any Alamodes or Lustrings imported or unshipt into any Boat or other Vessel in order to be imported contrary to this Act such Persons shall over and above their Part of the Forfeitures by this Act be immediately discharged from on board such Ship if they desire the same and the Captain or Master shall immediately give them a Ticket intitling them to all their Wages due on board such Ship If any Persons alter counterfeit or misapply either of the Seals or Marks of the Custom-house or of the Royal Lustring Company they their Aiders Abettors and Assistants shall for every Offence forfeit 500 l. and stand in the Pillory two Hours And all Persons who shall buy or sell or have in their Custody or Possession any Alamodes or Lustrings with a Counterfeit-Seal or Mark or with the Custom-house or Company 's Seal or Mark not lawfully affixed thereto knowing thereof and not discovering shall forfeit the Goods and 100 l. Any Persons with a Writ of Assistance from the Exchequer or a Constable or Officer and a Justice of Peace's Warrant may in the Day-time enter any House Shop or other Place to search for and seize any Alamodes or Lustrings imported contrary to this or any other Act or not sealed and marked as aforesaid or sealed or marked with any Counterfeit Seal or Mark and in case of Resistance to break open Doors Chests and other Package there to seize and from thence to bring any such Silks And the Justices of Peace are to grant such Warrants to credible Persons making Oath they suspect there are such Silks where they intend to search And if any Dispute arise whether such Silks were manufactured beyond the Seas or imported contrary to this Act the Proof shall lie upon the Importer Claimer or Owner and not upon the Prosecutor All Officers of the Customs and all other Officers shall be assisting in the Execution of this Act And if any Officer of the Customs knowingly connive at the fraudulent Importation delivering receiving buying or selling any Alamodes or Lustrings or if any Persons taking upon them to seize or prosecute in Pursuance of this or any other Act shall by Collusion desist or delay Prosecution they shall forfeit 500 l. and be incapable of any Office or Employment Persons convicted for any Offence against this or any other Act relating to Alamodes ôr Lustrings and shall offend a second Time or oftner shall so often as they offend forfeit Double the Sum inflicted by this Act. All Persons offending contrary to this or any other Act relating to Alamodes or Lustrings may be prosecuted in any Action Suit or Information and thereupon a Capias specifying the Penalties sued for may issue and sufficient Bail shall be given by natural born Subjects or Denizons to appear at the Return of such Writ and at the Time of Appearance sufficient Bail to answer the Penalties in case of Conviction or to suffer Imprisonment All Penalties and Forfeitures imposed hereby or by any former Law relating to Alamodes or Lustrings shall be Two Third Parts to his Majesty and One Third to the Prosecutor the Charge of which Suit shall be borne by his Majesty out of his Majesty's Part of the Forfeitures No Claim shall be entered to any Silks seized as aforesaid till Security be given by Recognizance to answer the Penalties and Forfeitures with full Costs of Suit in case a Verdict shall pass or Judgment be entered for the Plaintiff And in Default of such Security within the limited Time the Goods to be forfeited and Judgment entered accordingly This Act to be construed most beneficially for the Prosecutor and for preventing the Mischiefs hereby provided against All Informations or Actions brought by any Informer for any Offence against this Act shall be commenced within Two Years after the Offence committed For the more effectual Execution of the said Statutes the Royal Lustring-Company give Notice That if any Person will give Information to them whereby any the Offences aforesaid may be discover'd they will Assist such Persons in Prosecuting the Offenders And to prevent all Abuses in the Execution of the said Laws the Company upon Application to them will take care that no Person Dealing in Alamodes and Lusirings made by them be in any wise injured And for the Accommodation of all Dealers who may have occasion to cut their Silks into small Parcels for Sale The Company will at any Time upon Request affix a convenient Number of Seals to their Pieces which contain generally upwards of Sixty Ells which Seal hath been made of Lead and is now made of Tin and hath on one side the Arms of the City of London viz. a Cross and Dagger and on the other side the Arms of the Company being a Mulberry-Tree Two Flyes and Three Cocons which in form resemble an Egg and for the Crest a Justice And together with each Seal there is also upon the same String which is of one entire Piece a Mark being a small Indent made in Parchment on which is the Number of the Piece Registries of which are kept by the Company for the better Discovery of Counterfeit Seals and Marks and such as may be misapplied