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miums, by the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, 
would be calculated to aid the advancement of the said 
manufactures, and promote other objects of the first im¬ 
portance to the national respectability and prosperity, and 
highly conducive to the wealth and happiness of the com¬ 
munity : Therefore, 
I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New •York , 
represented in Senate and Assembly , That the person who 
shall produce to the Society forthe Promotion of Useful Arts, 
at the city of Albany, at any of their weekly meetings, during 
the session of the legislature, on or before the third Tues¬ 
day of February, in each year hereafter, during the contin¬ 
uance of this act, the best specimen or specimens of wool¬ 
len cloths, of uniform texture and quality, as nearly as 
may be, not less than one hundred yards, wholly manufac¬ 
tured in this state, and of wool produced in this state, not 
less than six quarters of a yard in breadth, exclusive of the 
list, shall be entitled to receive a premium of one hundred 
dollars ; and that the person who shall produce, in the man¬ 
ner aforesaid, the next best specimen or specimens of wool¬ 
len cloths, of uniform texture and quality, as nearly as may 
be, manufactured as aforesaid, not less than seventy-five 
yards, and not less than six quarters of a yard in breadth, 
exclusive of the list, shall be entitled to receive a premium 
of fifty dollars ; and that the person who shall produce, in 
manner aforesaid, the next best specimen or specimens of 
woollen cloths, of uniform texture and quality, as nearly as 
may be, manufactured as aforesaid, at least fifty yards, not 
less than three quarters of a yard in breadth, exclusive of 
the list, shall be entitled to receive a premium of thirty 
dollars. 
II. And be it further enacted , That the person who shall 
in his family, or under his immediate direction, at his ex¬ 
pense, manufacture or cause to be manufactured, within 
any of the counties of this state, of wool shorn from sheep 
owned in said county, the best specimen of woollen cloth, 
