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miffory note, undertaking, or order, with- 
out an auchority in writing from fuch fo- 
reign prince, ftate, or country, &c. or 
from fome perfon duly authorized to give 
fuch authority; or, without lawful excufe, 
have in his cuftody any fuch plate or de- 
Vice; or any impreffion from the fame; 
and every tuch offender fhall be guilty of 
a mifdemeancr, and liable for the fir of. 
fence, to be imprifoned for fx months, or 
to be fined, or publicly or privarely whip- 
ped, or to fuifzr one or more of the faid 
punifhments ; and fer the fecond offence, 
to be tran{ported for.14 years. § 2. 
If any perfon fhall, within the United 
Kingdom, make, coin, or counterfeit, any 
kind of coin, not the proper coin of this 
realm, ner ordered by the royal proclama- 
tion to be taken as current moncy, but re- 
fembiing any. copper coin, or any other 
coin made of any metal, or mixed metals, 
of lefs value than the filver coin of fuch 
foreign ftate, he fhall be guilty of a mift 
demeanor, and fhal!, for the firit offence, 
be imprifoned for one year; and for the 
fecond, be tranfported for feven years § 3. 
If any perfon fhall have in his cuftody, 
without lawful excufe, any greater number 
than five pieces of falfe cr counterfeit coin 
of any kind, re(embling any fuch copper 
or other coin, fuch perfon, being convict- 
ed upon the oath of one witnefs, befure 
one jultice, fhall forfeit fuch coin, which 
fhall! be cut in pieces, and fhall forfeit not 
exceeding gos. nor le{s than 10s. for every 
fuch piece found in his cuftody ; one moi- 
ety to the informer, and the other to the 
poor of the parifh; and if fuch penalty 
fhall not be forthwith paid, the offender 
fhall be committed to gaol, to lzhour for 
three calendar months. § 6. 
Any one juftice, upon the oath of one 
prrfon, that there is caufe to fulpect any 
perfons of being concerned in making or 
counterfeiting any foreign coin, by war- 
rant under his hand, fhall caufe the houfe 
to be fearched; and if fuch counterfeit 
coin, or tools, implements, or materials, 
for making or coining the fame, fhall be 
found in the poffefion of any perfon, it 
fhall be lawful to feize, and carry the fame 
forthwith to a juftice, to be fecured, and 
and produced in evidence again{t any per- 
fon profecuted for any of the offences 
aforefaid. § 7. 
“© An Act for eftablifhing a free Market, in 
the City of London, for the Sale of Coals, 
and for preventing Frauds and Impofition 
in the Vend and Delivery of ali Coals 
brought into the Port of London, within 
certain Places therein mentioned. 43 
Geo, III. (Pafled 27th July, 1303-) 
New Aéts of the Britifo Legiflature. 
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Of this laft aé&t the following are the 
moft material claufes, which affeét the in- 
habitants of the metropolis in general. 
The lord mayor, aldermen, &c. are to 
purchafe the coal exchange in Lower 
Thames-street, and lands adjoining, and 
convert the fame into a free coal marke’. 
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Such market fhall be holden every Mon- 
day, Wednefday, and Friday in the year, 
(Good Friday, Chriftmas Day, and fat 
days by proclamation, only excepted,) 
from twelve at noon until two in the af- 
ternoon. § 25. ; 
The clerk of fuch market fhall, pre- 
vious to the opening of the market next 
after the receipt of the copy of the ftter’s 
certificate or account, fix up, ia fome con- 
fpicuous part within the !atd market, a 
perfe& copy thereof in legible characters, 
with the words ‘** For fale” exoreffed 
thereon; and in cafe any fuch certificate 
fhall be received during the hours of hold 
ing fuch market, and before one half hour 
of the clofe thereof, then fuch clerk thail 
fix up a true copy thercof, with the 
words ‘€ For fale’? exprefled thereon ; 
and if fuch clerks fhall refufe or neglect 
to fix up fuch copy in manner or within 
the time aforefaid, he fhall forfeit not ex- 
ceeding 2ol. nor lefsthan sl. § 29. 
If any vender of or dealer in coals, 
fould knowingly fell one fort of coals for, 
and as a fort which they really are not, 
within the port of London, or within the 
cities of London or Wefiminfter, or the 
libertics thereof, or within Tuch part of 
the counties of Middlefex, Surrey, Kent, 
and Effex, as is within twenty-five miles 
from the Royai Exchange, fuch vender 
and dealer fhall forfeit for every offence 
2ol. per chaldron ; but no perfon having 
the care of any fhip or veflc] within the 
faid port of London, thall be fubje& to 
fuch penalty in refpect of any number of 
chaldrons exceeding twenty-five for the 
fame cargo of coals. § 36. 
Every lighterman, or perfonhaving the 
care of ‘any craft, fall deliver gratis, he- 
fore any part of the coals fhall be taken 
out thereof, to the holder of the landing- 
place, or to his fervant, the certincate of 
the quantity of coals given to fach lighters 
man by the meter, for the infpeétion of 
perlons interefted in the delivery; and if 
any holder of a wharf fhall neglett to per- 
mit any perfon concerned in the purchale_ 
or delivery of fuch coals, to in{peét or 
take a copy of fuch certificate, fach whart- 
inger fhall forfeit not exceeding 20]. 5 or 
if fuch lightertsan fhall alter or deftroy 
fuch certificate, or permit che fame to be 
K 2 done, 
