Act of Parliament 1819 to regulate the making and sale of bread
BTT 1086-12 Act of Parliament 14th June 1819 to regulate the making and sale of bread. First page only illustrated above.
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GEORGII III. REGIS
An Act to repeal certain Acts now in force for regulating the Making and Sale of Bread, out of the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, and beyond the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and Ten Miles of the Royal Exchange, where no Assize is set ; and for establishing other Provisions and Regulations relative thereto. [14th June 1819.]
Clause I. Explains the previous effective Acts to be repealed.
Clause II. Materials with which Bread may be made and sold.
Clause III. No Assize and priced Bread to be made at the same Time in the same Place.
Clause IV. Bakers not to use Alum etc. in making of Bread for Sale.
Clause V. Penalty for adulterating Corn, Meal, or Flour, whether at the Time of Grinding, dressing, or bolting, etc. or of selling the Meal or Flour of one Sort of Grain for another Sort.
Clause VI. Loaves made of the Meal of any other Grain than Wheat, to be marked with the Letter (M.), under a Penalty for Neglect.
Clause VII. Magistrates, or Peace Officers by their Warrants, may search Bakers Premises, and if any adulterated Flour, Bread, etc. be found, it may be seized and disposed of.
Clause VIII. Penalty on Bakers in whose Premises shall be found any Ingredients for adulterating Flour etc.
Clause IX. Penalty for obstructing any Search, or the Seizure of any Flour, etc. or Ingredients to adulterate it.
Clause X. Weight of the several Sorts of Loaves of Bread. Scales and Weights to be kept. Penalty for Neglect.
Clause XI. Penalty on short Weight.
Clause XII. Baking on Sundays, Exceptions, Penalty.
Clause XIII. No Miller, Mealman, or Baker, may act as a Justice of Peace in the Execution of this Act, on Penalty.
Clause XIV: All Offences against this Act may be heard in summary Way by Magistrates within their respective Jurisdictions.
Clause XV. Power to summon and compel the Attendance of Witnesses.
Clause XVI. Persons forswearing themselves, guilty of Perjury.
Clause XVII. Form of Conviction.
Clause XVIII. Conviction not removeable.
Clause XIX. Appeal.
Clause XX. If Conviction happen to be within Six Days of the Sessions, Appeal may then be made to the Sessions following.
Clause XXI. Limitation of Actions against Justices or Peace Officers.
Clause XXII. Limitation of other Actions.
Clause XXIII. Persons convicted under this Act, not liable to other Prosecution.
Clause XXIV. Application of Penalties.
Clause XXV. Saving the Rights of the Universities.
Clause XXVI. Commencement of Act.
Clause XXVII. Public Act.
LONDON: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King’s most Excellent Majesty. 1819.
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