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Establishes a further regulation against frauds and a
pretty complete check against fraudulent Sellers of any of the Articles of
Trade meant to come under the provisions of this Bill by obliging the
Dealers to keep a Book and to enter the names and places of abode of
every person from whom any considerable quantity of such articles are
purchased. This when taken in connection with the subsequent provisions
of the Bill will be found to be of the greatest use. —

This clause is a continuation of the same System of checks aginst
fraud. and it will a very and effectual one against all Dealers in
Rags who may attempt to sarry on business without a License. The List
to be kept by the Paper Makers of all from whom they purchase Rags
will prove an easy and effectual mode of detection, and under such a Regulation
it is not probable that any person will attempt to carry on any fraudulent
Dealings.

As a further check against the fraudulent Sale of Pewter Pots in
a melted State this Clause obliges all Pewterers not only to enter in a Book
the names of every person from whom they shall purchase any melted
Pewter, but also in cases where more than 7lb is purchased to make an
assay thereof so as to ascertain the quality whether it is of the Species
called Lay Metal, Triffle, or Hard Metal. This regulation will
excite caution and lead to a detection of fraud: for when the species of
Metal is once known it is not difficult to find out what articles have been
melted. The Metal for instance called Lay Metal being that which is
chiefly used for Ale House Pots. The Licensed Dealer finding a quantity
of this Species offered to him wold know almost to a certainty that it
was fraudulently obtained and would be able to put a Stop to such
practices, by the information which his Book would convey to the Inspectors
of the names and places of abode of persons Selling such Metals.

This is a very important Clause in as much as it is
meant to cure an evil of great magnitude namely that of assisting
coiners in uttering Base Money. A vast number of Men and Women
are engaged in these practices at present in the Metropolis not only
in passing bad Silver Coin but Halfpence and Farthings to a considerable
amount and in conveying from place to place what is called Blanks
or round pieces of Copper cut out for the purpose and of the respective

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	149	Main Headings
Folio number	029	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	benjamin constant
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	49883
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