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in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and Sheffield, and the wardens and 

 aflliyers of gold in York, Exeter, Briflol, Chefter, Norwich, and New- 

 caftle upon Tine, are authorized to aflay and mark fuch gold. But gold 

 ware may ftill be made of the ftandard of twenty-two carats, and ftamp- 

 ed, as before, with the figure of the lion. And all gold wares muft be 

 of the one or the other of thefe flandards, and ftamped accordingly. 

 The acl contains fundry regulations and penalties to prevent counterfeit 

 ftamps. [c. 69] 



The artifts employed in making models and cafls of bufls and other 

 figures in alto and baflb relievo, finding themfelves injured by the fale 

 of pirated copies of their works, obtained for themfelves and their af- 

 figns the exclufive property for fourteen years of all original models and 

 cafts, which muft be marked with the name of the proprietor and the 

 date of the publication, [r. 71] 



The fum of ^SGy, gi6 : 13 : 4 was raifed by a lottery of 50,000 tickets 

 at /^i 3 : 17 : 2 each. The fum deftined for prizes being £^00,000, there 

 remained a profit of £i6y,C)i6 : 13 : 4. [c. 75] 



June 28"" — For the better prote6tion of the commerce of the country^ 

 it was thought prudent to prohibit vefl'els from failing without convoy, 

 except in certain cafes. The commander of every veiTel failing under 

 the protection of a convoy is required to ufe his beft endeavours to con- 

 tinue with the convoy ; and if he fails without convoy, or wilfully fepar- 

 ates from the convoy during the paiTage without leave obtained from 

 the commanding officer of the convoy, he fhall forfeit ^1,000, or, if 

 naval ftores form any part of his cargo, j(^i ,500. But the courts are 

 authorized to mitigate thefe penalties in their difcretion, fo as not to 

 bring them under /^jo. Moreover, all policies of infurance, wherein 

 the commander failing without convoy, or deferting convoy, or any 

 perfon interefted in the vefi^el directing, or being inftrumental in, fuch 

 defertion of convoy, is concerned, are declared null and void : and 

 every underwriter making any fettlement on fuch a policy fliall forfeic 

 ^200. The officers of the cuitoms are alfo diretfted not to clear out any 

 vefiel, till the commander give bond with proper fecurity not to fail 

 without convoy, nor to defert from his convoy at lea. 



VelTels not required to be regiftered, vefl^els licenced by the admiralty 

 to fail without convoy, veflels proceeding with due diligence to join a 

 convoy, vefl^els bound to or from Ireland, veflels- bound from any one 

 port to another within Great Britain, vefl^els in the fervice of the Eaffc- 

 India company, vefTels in the fervice of the Hudfon's-bay company, 

 and all veflels in ballafl:, are exempted from the obligations and penalties 

 of this ad. Neither are vefl^els, coming from foreign ports, whei'e no- 

 convoy may have been appointed, liable to trouble or cenfure for fail- 

 ing without convoy. — Every commander of a merchant vefftl is requir- 

 ed to provide the proper flags, vanes, and other articles necellary foe 



