same to be weighed in their presence, and if any loaf is deficient in weight, the purchaser shall have the deficiency made up with other bread, or another loaf given in lieu; and baker offending, on conviction, shall forfeit not exceeding 10s. either on the oath of one or more witnesses, or by confession. s. 2.

No bread, rolls, or cakes to be baked on Sunday between the hours of ten in the forenoon and half past one in the afternoon; and no baker shall sell or expose to sale any bread, rolls, or cakes, &c. or bake or deliver any meat, puddings, &c. at any time after half past one o'clock in the afternoon, or in any other way carry on the trade of a baker, except as far as it may be necessary in setting, &c. the dough for the following day's baking; and no meat, &c. to be brought to or taken from any bakehouse during divine service, nor within a quarter of an hour after the commencement thereof. Every person offending, shall forfeit for the first offence 5s. for the second 10s. and for the third and every subsequent offence 15s. The conviction to be within two days from the commission of the crime, on view of a justice, confession, or proof by one or more witnesses, and the offender to pay the costs of the conviction, to be ascertained by the justice convicting; the amount thereof, not exceeding 3s. per day, to be paid to the prosecutor, and the residue to the poor of the parish where offence committed; and if penalty and costs not paid within three days after

conviction, the same may be levied by distress and sale, and in default the offender to be committed to the house of correction, for the first offence not exceeding seven days, second offence fourteen days, and for third and every subsequent offence not exceeding twenty-one days, unless penalty and costs sooner paid. s. 3.

By 31 Geo. II. c. 29, s. 24. all former acts relating to the assize of bread are repealed, and it is by this act enacted, that it shall be lawful for the persons therein authorized, to set the assize and weight of bread, and the price to be paid for the same, s. 2. which shall be made with reference to the price of grain, meal, or flour in the markets near which such assize is set; and where an assize is set, no person shall sell or expose to sale any sort of bread, except wheaten and household, and such other sorts of bread as shall be allowed in the assize; and if any person offend and be convicted, by confession or oath of one witness, before any magistrate, within his jurisdiction, he shall forfeit not more than 40s. nor less than 20s.

By 53 Geo. III. c. 116, it is enacted that as often as the court of mayor and aldermen in any city where such court is; and if no such court, or being such when the same does not sit, the mayor, bailiff, or other chief magistrate of such city; and in towns corporate or boroughs, the mayor, &c. or two or more justices, if no mayor, &c. shall deem it expedient to fix the assize of bread, they

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shall appoint a fit person (not being a corn-factor, miller, maltster, baker, clerk, agent, or person dealing in wheat, flour, or bread,) residing in or near such city, &c. to be a receiver of assize returns; and such mayor or justices shall require all cornfactors, mealmen, &c. to make returns on a certain day of all wheat and wheaten flour bought or sold by them within seven days preceding, with the prices and the names and residences of the persons of whom bought, or to whom sold, s. 3. receiver of assize returns, shall make up a general return, and within two days after such general return, the mayor or justices to set the assize; such assize to commence and continue as directed by the court of mayor, aldermen, &c. and where wheat or flour has been brought from a distance, an addition may be made to the assize. s. 9.

Any corn-factor, &c. making a false return, to forfeit not exceeding £io. and in order to ascertain the correctness of such return, the person making it, or any other person who can give information thereof, may be summoned and examined, and if they neglect to appear, they shall forfeit a like sum of £10; any person wilfully forswearing himself, shall be deemed guilty of perjury. s. 12.

The act 36 Geo. III. c. 22, is partly amended and partly repealed by 41 Geo. III. c. 12, which enacts, that bread shall not be marked according to the directions of that act, but that wheaten bread of an inferior quality, or any mixed bread, shall be

marked with a roman H, and a mixed loaf with a roman X.

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Any person omitting such marks, or who shall not well make, or shall adulterate such wheaten or mixed bread with any mixture or ingredient not used in making bread; or shall make, bake, or sell any loaves deficient in weight, according to the assize, such persons offending shall be liable to the like punishment as any bakers or makers of bread are for the like misdemeanor, s. 4. as provided by 31 Geo. II. c. 29, by which act a penalty of not more than £10. nor less than 40s. is inflicted for such offence, on conviction by confession or oath of one witness, or imprisonment not more than one month, nor less than ten days; if a servant is convicted of the offence, he is to forfeit not more than £5. nor less than 20s. or like imprisonment; magistrate may, out of the penalty, publish the of fence, with names and additions of offenders, in the newspapers; and the mixing adulterated with good meal, incurs the same penalty. s. 21.

Bread, inferior to wheaten, shall not be sold at a higher price than household (by assize,) on penalty of 20s. on oath of one witness, or confession. s. 27.

Mixing any meal or flour of any other grain than that of the grain which the same shall import to be, or putting in any mixture in lieu of flour, incurs a penalty of not more than £5. nor less than 20s. s. 23. and for selling at a greater

price than the assize price, not more than 40s. nor less than 10s. s. 26.

Mills and other places may be entered by warrant of a magistrate, on information on oath of reasonable suspicion that adulterated meal is concealed, and if any found, the same may be seized and disposed of as the magistrate shall think fit; s. 29. and any unlawful ingredient, for the purpose of mixing with meal or flour, in the possession of any miller, mealman, baker, &c. such person shall forfeit not exceeding £10. nor less than 40s. unless it can be proved that such ingredients were not bought for the purpose of adulteration. s. 30.

Penalty for obstructing search, not more than £5. nor less than 20s. s. 31.

If baker, &c. make appear to a magistrate, upon oath, that he hath been convicted and paid any penalty through the misconduct of his servant, such servant on proof shall recompense his master, or be committed to the house of correction for one calendar month. s. 33.

Under this act one magistrate may hear and determine offences in a summary way; the party accused to be summoned, and if he does not obey the summons, or shew reasonable excuse, then warrant may issue on proof of the offence complained of; but if he cannot be found, the justice shall proceed to examine the matter, and if the offender is convicted, and the penalty not paid in 24 hours, may levy the same by distress, or commit the offender for