Linen (Trade Marks) Act 1744
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1744 c. 24 |
| Year | 1744 |
(18 Geo. 2) C A P. XXIV.
'WHEREAS by Reason of the Bounty or Allowances granted on the Exportation ofBritish and Irish Linens, evil-minded Persons may fraudulently endeavour to export Linens of foreign Fabrick and Manufacture, and to receive the said Bounties or Allowances for the same, as if the same were of the Manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland : And whereas certain Stamps are required by Law, to be put upon Linens, made in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland , and in Ireland , which may have been put on foreign Linens, in order to vend them as Linens of the Manufacture of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland , or of Ireland ;' For Remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatfrom and after the twenty-ninth Day ofSeptember one thousand seven hundred and forty-five, no Stamp Master or Lapper in Scotland or Ireland , shall any way mark, stamp, or seal any Linens whatsoever, until such Stamp Master or Lapper shall have taken an Oath for the true and faithful Execution of his Office, before one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace in Scotland and Ireland respectively (which Oath the said Justice or Justices is and are hereby authorized and required to administer) nor until after the Owner or Manufacturerof any Linen brought to be marked or stamped, shall before the Stamp Master of the Place, next adjoining to the Place of Abode of the Owner or Maker of such Linen, take an Oath (which Oath the said Stamp Masters, severally and respectively, are hereby authorized and required to administer) that such Linens desired to be marked or stamped, and every Part thereof, is and are really and truly of the Manufacture ofScotland or Ireland , and of no other Place.
II Conditions of paying a Bounty on Linens exported.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Bounty shall be paid or allowed on the Exportation of anyBritish or Irish Linens, but on such only, at both Ends of every Piece whereof the Name and Place of Abode of the Manufacturer or Maker thereof, together with the Year of our Lord, wherein the said Piece was manufactured or made; and also a Number denoting the Order in which such Piece was so manufactured or made in such Year, beginning with Nº I. and proceeding progressively, according to the Number of Pieces made by such Manufacturer or Maker in each Year; and also the Name and Place of Abode of the Exporter or Seller thereof for Exportation, shall be severally marked or...
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