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And to prevent monopolization by said corporation,
it is enacted they nor any one in trust for them shall deal or trade for goods, &c. with the stock of said corporation save as hereafter,
under penalty of treble the value of goods dealt for,
but said corporation may deal in bills of exchange, bullion, and goods deposited for money lent, and not redeemed at time agreed on.
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IX. And to the intent that your Majesty's subjects may not be oppressed by the said corporation by their monopolizing any goods, wares, or merchandizes: be it further declared and enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation, so to be made and created, shall not at any time, during the continuance thereof, deal or trade, or permit or suffer any person or persons whatsoever, either in trust, or for the benefit of the said corporation, to deal or trade with any of the stock, monies, or effects of, or any ways belonging to the said corporation, in the buying or selling of any goods, wares, or merchandizes whatsoever, save as herein after mentioned; and every person or persons, who shall so deal or trade, or by whose orders or directions, such dealing or trading shall be made, prosecuted, or managed for, or in any manner, on behalf of such corporation as aforesaid, shall forfeit for every such dealing or trading, and for every such order and direction, treble the value of the goods and merchandizes so traded for, to such person or persons as shall sue for the same, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information in any of your Majesty's courts of record at Dublin: provided, that nothing herein contained, shall in any ways be construed to hinder the said corporation from dealing in bills of exchange, or in buying or selling bullion, gold, or silver, or in selling any goods, wares, or merchandizes whatsoever, which shall really and bona fide, be left or deposited with the said corporation, for money lent and advanced thereon, and which shall not have been redeemed at the time agreed on, or within three months after, or from selling such goods as shall or may be the produce of lands purchased by the said corporation.
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