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A market provided in south and north suburbs, with seales, &c. for selling has and straw
sold by weight only, penally 5*.
no bundle of straw under 7l6.
penalty 15.
hay or straw mixed with dirt, &c. or wet, to increase weight, forfeited, and 58.
penalties to prosceutor.
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X. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor of the said city for the time being shall be impowered to provide two sufficient yards or market places, one in the south suburbs, and the other in the north suburbs, of said city, with proper scales, beams, and weights, for the selling of hay and straw by weight; and that no hay or straw shall be sold in the said city, or the suburbs thereof, except by weight, under a penalty of five shillings on the seller, to be recovered in a summary way before the mayor or any of the aldermen of the said city according to the summary jurisdiction established in the said city, by the first persons who shall sue for the same; and that no straw shall be made up in a bundle of less weight than seven pounds under a penalty of one English shilling on the seller, to be paid to the first person who shall sue for the same, and to be recovered in manner aforesaid; and that if any person shall expose to sale in the said city or suburbs hay or straw mixed with dirt, stones, or gravel, or made wet to increase the weight thereof, such person shall forfeit such hay or straw, and incur, besides the forfeiture of the said hay or straw, the said penalty of five shillings, to be determined in the summary way aforesaid, and to go to the first person who shall sue for the same.
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