APPENDIX 
Proceedings of the Legislature of the State of 
JVew- York and the Society for the Promotion of 
Useful Arts , for the Encouragement of the Man¬ 
ufacture of Woollen Cloth . 
In compliance with a representation from the Society - } 
the Legislature at their session in 1807-8, passed the fol¬ 
lowing law : 
An act to Encourage the Manufacturing of Woollen Cloth 
within this State. 
Passed April 8, 1808. 
WHEREAS the public interest will be essentially pro¬ 
moted by the manufacturing of woollen cloth within this 
state : Therefore, for the encouragement thereof, 
I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of JYew-Yorky 
represented in Senate and Assembly , That the person who 
shall produce, on or before the third Tuesday of February 
next, the best specimen of woollen cloth, of uniform tex¬ 
ture and quality, not less than two hundred yards, manu¬ 
factured in this state, of a breadth not less than three quar¬ 
ters of a yard, shall be entitled to receive a premium of 
one hundred and fifty dollars ; that the person who shall 
produce the next best specimen of woollen cloth, of uni¬ 
form texture and quality, manufactured in this state, not 
less than one hundred and fifty yards, and three quarters 
of a yard in breadth, shall be entitled to receive a premium 
of seventy-five dollars ; and that the person who shall pro¬ 
duce the next best specimen of woollen cloth, of uniform 
texture and quality, manufactured in this state, of at least 
