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Bakers.
Baker or meal-maker is to buy corn only in publick market in Cork, or from importer,
penalty 5l. before mayor. by distress and sale;
to informer and workhouse,
make same quantity of household as wheaten bread,
save otherwise ordered, and published by mayor,
penalty 40s.
bakers not meal-men,
penalty 5l.
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XVI. And whereas several frauds are committed by the bakers and meal makers of the said city of Cork: for remedy whereof be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no baker, or seller of bread, or meal maker, residing in the said city of Cork or suburbs thereof, shall by himself, or herself, or others for his or her use, buy any corn from any person or at any place but in the publick market, where corn is usually sold or exposed to sale within the said city of Cork, except where the same hath been imported, and then only from the merchant, factor, or owner importing the same; and if any baker, seller of bread, or meal maker, shall be convicted of buying corn in any other place or manner than as aforesaid by the consession of the party, or by the oath of one credible witness, before the mayor of the said city, such person for every such offence shall forfeit live pounds, to be recovered in a summary manner before the mayor of the said city, and to be levied by distress and sale of the offenders goods by warrant under the hand and seal of the mayor of the said city, one half of the said sum of five pounds to go to the informer, and the other half thereof to the governors of the work house of the said city of Cork for the use of the said work house; that every baker, or person making or exposing bread to sale, within the said city of Cork and suburbs thereof shall at all times make the same quantity of household as of wheaten bread, unless the mayor of the said city shall think it necessary, that greater quantities of household or other forts of bread should be made; and that the mayor of the said city shall publish the proportions to be so baked in the Weekly assize of bread, or otherwise, under his hand; which orders so published the said bakers or sellers of bread are required to perform; and if any baker or person making or exposing bread to sale shall omit to bake an equal number of household as wheaten loaves, or shall not observe such orders, that shall be published as aforesaid, for baking household or other sorts of bread, every person so offending, and being thereof convicted by the confession of the party or by the oath of one credible witness before the mayor of the said city, shall for every such offence forfeit forty shillings, to be recovered in the summary manner and to be applied as is before mentioned; that no person exercising the trade of a baker shall at the same time follow the occupation of a meal maker, or shall sell meal in the said city or the suburbs thereof, during the time of his or her exercising the trade of a baker on pain of forfeiting five pounds for every such offence, to be recovered in the summary manner, and to be levied and applied as is before mentioned.
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