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<HEAD>Anno Sexto &amp; Septimo Gulielmi III. Regis.</HEAD>
<HEAD>An Act to Prevent Counterfeiting and Clipping the <HI>COIN</HI> of this Kingdom.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas it is Manife&s;t that of late Years the Currant Coin of this Kingdom hath been greatly Dimini&s;hed by Clipping, Rounding, Filing and Melting the &s;ame, and likewi&s;e many Fal&s;e and Counterfeit Coins have been Clipped for the better Di&s;gui&s;ing thereof:</P>
<P>And for as much as it is Apparent that the&s;e Practices of Dimini&s;hing the Currant Coin is very much occa&s;ioned by tho&s;e who Drive a Trade of Exchanging Broad Money for Clip|ped Money, and by other Arts and Devices.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from, and after the Fir&s;t Day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninty five, if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;o|ever, &s;hall at any one Time or Payment, Exchange, Lend, Sell, Borrow or Buy, Receive or Pay any Broad Silver Money, or Silver Money Unclipt, of the Coin of this Kingdom, for more in Tale, Benefit, Profit or Advantage than the &s;ame was Coined for, and ought by Law to go for, be Lent, Sold for, Borrowed or Bought, Received or Paid, &s;hall Forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds for every twenty Shillings that &s;hall be &s;o Exchanged, Lent, Sold, Borrowed or Bought, Received or Paid, and &s;o in proportion for any Greater or Le&s;&s;er Sum, One Moie|ty thereof to His Maje&s;ty, and the other Moiety to the Per&s;on who &s;hall Sue or Inform for the &s;ame, to be Recovered (with Co&s;ts of Suit) by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Informa|tion, wherein no Priviledge, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed, nor any more than One Imparlance.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid. That no Per&s;on do or &s;hall pre&s;ume to ca&s;t Ingots or Bars of Silver, in imitation of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Bars or Ingots of Silver, nor do Stamp any Mark or Impre&s;&s;ion upon any Ingot or Bar in Likene&s;s of the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Marks or Impre&s;&s;i|ons, upon pain that the Per&s;on herein Offending, &s;hal for every &s;uch Offence Forefeit the Silver &s;o ca&s;t, and al&s;o the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, one Moiety to his Maje&s;ty, and the other to the Informer, to be Recovered, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And for the better preventing the Clipping, Dimini&s;hing or Impairing the Currant Coin of this Kingdom; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Per&s;on what|&s;oever &s;hal Buy or Sell, and knowingly have in his Cu&s;tody or Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, any Clippings or Filings of the Currant Coin of this Kingdom, he &s;hal for every &s;uch Offence forefeit the &s;aid Clippings or Filings, and al&s;o the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, One Moiety to his Maje&s;ty, and the other to the Informer, to be Recovered, as afore&s;aid, and &s;hal be al&s;o Branded in the Right Cheek with a Hot Iron with the Letter <HI>R,</HI> and until payment of the &s;aid Five hun|dred Pounds &s;hal &s;uffer Impri&s;onment.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That no Gold-&s;mith or other Per&s;on what&s;oever, &s;hal, from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t Day of <HI>May,</HI> Tran&s;port, or cau&s;e to be Tran&s;ported out of this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> into any parts beyond the Seas, any Molten Silver what&s;oever, but &s;uch only as &s;hal be Marked or Stamped at <HI>Gold&s;mith-hall</HI> by the Wardens, &s;ome or one of them belonging to the &s;aid Company of Gold-&s;miths; which Mark or Stamp the &s;aid Wardens are hereby requi|red
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to provide, and therewith to Mark or Stamp all &s;uch Silver as &s;hal be proved before them, or one of them, in &s;uch manner as is hereafter mentioned to be lawful Silver, nor unle&s;s a Cer|tificate be fir&s;t had and obtained under the Hand of one or more of the &s;aid Wardens, of Oath having been made before him or them, by the Owner or Owners of &s;uch Molten Silver, and likewi&s;e by one Credible Witne&s;s, that the &s;ame is lawful Silver, and that no part thereof was (before the &s;ame was Molten) the Currant Coin of this Realm, nor Clippings thereof, nor Plate wrought within this Kingdom; which Oath the &s;aid Wardens, or any of them, are and is hereby Required and Authorized to Admini&s;ter, and likewi&s;e to make and grant a Certificate thereof, without Fee or Reward, an Entry of which Certificate &s;hall be duly made by the &s;aid Wardens, in a Book to be kept for that purpo&s;e; And in ca&s;e any Per&s;on what&s;oever who &s;hal offer any Molten Silver to be Marked, as is afore&s;aid, &s;hal not prove by his or her Oath, and likewi&s;e by the Oath of one Credible Witne&s;s, that the Silver offered to be Marked is lawful Silver, and that the &s;ame was not before the Melting thereof the Currant Coin of this Kingdom, nor Clippings thereof, nor Plate wrought within the &s;ame, then and in every &s;uch Ca&s;e it &s;hal be Lawful, to, and for the &s;aid Wardens, or any one of them, to Seize and Detain &s;uch Molten Silver &s;o offered to be Marked, until &s;uch time as &s;uch Oath and Proof &s;hal be made, as is afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hal &s;hip, or cau&s;e to be &s;hipt or put on Board any Ve&s;&s;el any Molten Silver, not Stamped or Marked by the &s;aid Wardens, or one of them, and without Certificate fir&s;t obtained, of Oath having been before the &s;aid Wardens, or one of them, of the Lafulne&s;s of &s;uch Silver in manner, as is afore&s;aid, (which Certificate &s;hal be &s;hown to &s;ome one of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Cu&s;toms for the time being, before any Cocket be granted for the Exporting &s;uch Molten Silver) in &s;uch ca&s;e, it &s;hal and may be lawful, to and for any Officer or Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, to &s;eize &s;uch Sil|ver &s;o &s;hipped, and put on Board, one Moiety whereof &s;hal be to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moiety to the Officer and Officers &s;o &s;eizing the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Broger, or Broker, not being a Trading Gold|&s;mith or Refiner of Silver, &s;hall buy or &s;ell any Bullion, or molten Silver, every &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall &s;uffer for every &s;uch Offence, Impri&s;onment for &s;ix Months, without Bail or Mainprize.</P>
<P>And for the better Di&s;covery of Offenders in the Premi&s;&s;es, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for one or more of the Wardens of the &s;aid Company of Gold&s;miths, with any Two or more of the Court of A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid Company, within the Compa&s;s of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and to and for any two Ju&s;tices of the Peace within any County, City, or Town Corporat out of the Compa&s;s of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, to enter, into the Hou&s;e, Room or Work&s;hop of any per&s;on, who &s;hall be &s;u&s;pected to be Guilty of buying or &s;elling unlawful Bullion, and to &s;earch for the &s;ame; and in ca&s;e the Occupier or Occupiers of &s;uch Hou&s;e, Room or Work&s;hop, &s;hall refu&s;e to permit the &s;aid Warden and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or Ju&s;tices to make &s;uch &s;earch, as afore|&s;aid, it &s;hall and may be lawful to &s;uch Warden and A&s;&s;iants and Ju&s;tices, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of a Con&s;table, to break open any Door, Box, Trunk, Che&s;t, Cupboard or Cabinet, in order to &s;earch for, and di&s;cover &s;uch Bullion, as is afore&s;aid, and in ca&s;e the per&s;ons &s;o &s;earching, &s;hall at any time find any &s;uch unlawful Bullion, the per&s;ons &s;o finding the &s;ame, are hereby required to &s;eize, as well &s;uch Bullion, as the per&s;on and per&s;ons in who&s;e po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion the &s;ame &s;hall be found; and the &s;aid Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants and Con&s;tables, &s;hall bring him and her be|fore the next Ju&s;tice of the Peace, who &s;hall, upon Oath made of &s;uch finding, which Ju&s;tice within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and the &s;aid two Ju&s;tices without the &s;aid Bills of Mor|tality, &s;hall and may examine the per&s;on &s;o brought before him, or found by them re&s;pective|ly, upon Oath, whether the Bullion &s;o found, be lawful Silver, and whether the &s;ame was not (before the melting thereof) the currant Coin of this Realm, or Clippings thereof; and in ca&s;e the &s;aid per&s;on &s;o examined, &s;hall not prove by his or her Oath, or by the Oath of one cre|dible Witne&s;s, before the &s;aid Ju&s;tice and Ju&s;tices re&s;pectively, that the Bullion &s;o found is lawful Silver, and that the &s;ame was not before the melting thereof, the currant Coin of this Realm, nor Clippings thereof, then and in &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Ju&s;tice or Ju&s;tices re&s;pectively, &s;hall commit the per&s;on &s;o examined to Pri&s;on, and &s;hall &s;ecure the Bullion &s;o found, and &s;hall likewi&s;e oblige the per&s;ons that can give any Evidence concerning the &s;ame, to enter into a Recognizance, to pro&s;ecute the &s;aid Offender and Offenders; And in ca&s;e &s;uch Offender and Offenders, in who&s;e po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion &s;uch unlawful Bullion &s;hall be found, &s;hall not upon
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his, her or their Tryals on an Indictment for melting the currant &s;ilver Coin of this Re|alm, prove by the Oath of one credible Witne&s;s at the lea&s;t, the Bullion &s;o found to be lawful Silver, and that the &s;ame was not the currant Coin of this Realm, nor Clippings thereof, then, and for want of &s;uch Proof, &s;uch Offender &s;hall be found guilty of the Offence con|tained in &s;uch Indictment, and &s;hall &s;uffer Impri&s;onment for the &s;pace of &s;ix Months, without Bail or Mainprize.</P>
<P>And whereas the Coin of this Realm is of late much Clipped and Counterfitted for want of due Encouragement to be given to &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall Di&s;cover the &s;ame. Be it Enact|ed by the Authority afore&s;aid, that from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety five, all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, who &s;hall apprehend and take any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who have Counterfeited any of the currant Coin of this Realm, or that for Lucre or Gain, have Clipped, Wa&s;hed, Filed, or any ways dimini&s;hed the &s;ame, or &s;hall bring, or cau&s;e to be brought into this Kingdom, the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> any Clipt, Fal&s;e or Counterfeit Coin, and pro&s;ecute &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, until he, &s;he or they be convicted for any &s;uch Offence, &s;hall have and receive from the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the County, where &s;uch Conviction &s;hall be made, for every &s;uch Offender &s;o convicted, the Sum of forty Pounds (without paying any Fee for the &s;ame) within One Month after &s;uch Conviction and Demand thereof made, by tendring a Certifi|cate to the &s;aid Sheriff or Sheriffs for the time being, under the Hand or Hands of the Judge or Ju&s;tices before whom &s;uch Traytor or Traytors, Offender or Offenders, as afore&s;aid &s;hall be Convicted, Certifying the conviction of &s;uch Traytor or Traytors, done within the Coun|ty of the &s;aid Sheriff or Sheriffs; and that &s;uch Traytor or Traytors, was or were taken and pro&s;ecuted by the per&s;on or per&s;ons, claiming the &s;aid Reward, which Certificat as a|fore&s;aid, the &s;aid Judge or Ju&s;tices, are hereby Required to give: and in ca&s;e any Di&s;pute &s;hall happen to ari&s;e, between the per&s;ons apprehending, and pro&s;ecuting to Conviction &s;uch Traytors as afore&s;aid, touching their Right and Title to the &s;aid Reward, that then the &s;aid Judge or Ju&s;tices &s;o re&s;pectively Certifying as afore&s;aid, &s;hall in and by their &s;aid Certificat, direct and appoint the &s;aid Reward to be payed unto, and among&s;t the Parties claiming the &s;ame, in &s;uch &s;hare and proportions as to the &s;aid Judge or Ju&s;tices &s;hall &s;eem ju&s;t and rea&s;onable: And if default of payment of the &s;aid Sum or Sums of Money &s;hall happen to be made by any Sheriff or Sheriffs, &s;uch Sheriff and Sheriffs &s;o making Default, &s;hall Forfeit to the per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom &s;uch Money is due as afore&s;aid, double the Sum or Sums of Money he ought to have payed, to be Recovered by him or them, or his or their Executors or Admini&s;trators, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein but one Imparlance, and no Effoign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed, with treble Co&s;ts of Suit by him, or them Expended in recovery of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, that all Sheriffs, their Executors or Admini&s;trators, up|on producing &s;uch re&s;pective Certificats, and the Receipts for the Money by them payed in pur&s;uance of this Act, &s;hall be allowed, and are hereby Impowered to deduct upon their Ac|compting with His Maje&s;ty, all Moneys (other than the double Sum or Sums of Money and Co&s;ts of Suit) which they &s;hall Disbur&s;e as afore&s;aid, without any Fee or Reward what&s;o|ever.</P>
<P>Provided always, that if upon the Account of any Sheriff or Sheriffs, there &s;hall not be Money &s;ufficient in the hands of &s;uch Sheriff or Sheriffs to Reimbur&s;e him or them &s;uch Moneys payed by him or them, by vertue of this Act, That then the Sheriff or She|riffs having &s;o payed the &s;aid Moneys, &s;hall have the &s;ame Repayed by the Lord Trea&s;urer, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of His Maje&s;ties Trea&s;ury for the time being, out of the Revenue of the Crown, upon Certificat from the Clerk of the Pipe to that Effect.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, by the Authority afore&s;aid, that if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, being out of Pri&s;on, &s;hall, from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety five, be guilty of Clipping, Coyning, Counterfeiting, Wa&s;hing, Filing, or otherwi&s;e dimini&s;hing the Coyn of this Realm, and afterwards di&s;cover two or more per&s;on or per&s;ons, who already have, or hereafter &s;hall commit any of the &s;aid Crimes, &s;o as two or more of the per&s;on or per&s;ons Di&s;covered &s;hall be Convicted of the &s;ame, any &s;uch Di&s;coverer &s;hall him&s;elf have, and is hereby Intituled to the Gracious Pardon of His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">uch his Crimes which he or they have committed at any time, or times before &s;uch Di&s;cove|ry
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made: and if the per&s;on making &s;uch Di&s;covery be an Apprentice, he &s;hall be Deemed and taken, and is hereby declared a Freeman, and &s;hall have, and may exerci&s;e any lawful Trade, Profe&s;&s;ion or My&s;tery, with all Liberties and Priviledges, and in as full and ample manner, as if the &s;aid per&s;on had &s;erved the full time of his Apprentice&s;hip; any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom or Ordinance, to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e any Seizure &s;hal hap|pen of any Bullion &s;hipt to be Exported, and a Doubt ari&s;e thereon whether the &s;ame be <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> or Foreign Bullion, that then the Proof &s;hall lie upon the Owner, Claimer or Expor|ter of &s;uch Bullion, that the &s;ame is Foreign Bullion, and had not been melted down in this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons enter or &s;hip any Bullion, allowed by this Act to be exported beyond the Seas, other than in the Name of the true Owner and Proprietor or Importer, the Exporter thereof &s;hal forefeit the &s;ame, or the full Value thereof, one Moiety to his Meje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moiety to the Per&s;on who &s;hal &s;eize or di&s;cover the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hal not extend to prohibit the Exportation of &s;uch Bullion as &s;hal be Licen&s;ed by his Ma|je&s;ty (&s;uch Licences being Entred in the Books of the Cu&s;tom Hou&s;e for the Port of <HI>London</HI>) &s;o as the &s;ame be Exported before the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety five, and do not exceed Seven hundred thou&s;and Ounces of Silver, to be applied for the Payment of his Maje&s;ties Forces.</P>
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<P>EDINB&V;RGH, Re-printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Prin|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">r to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno Dom. 1695.</HI></P>
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