# Woollen Cloth Act 1662, Section V: Justices, Masters, &c. may appoint Searchers of Cloth, who are to be sworn.


And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Justices Masters Wardens and Assistants or any thirteen of them shall have power to nominate and choose Searchers of Cloth in the several places of the said Westriding who shall be sworn before them or any thirteen of them in manner aforesaid for the true searching of Cloth that it be of a due Weight Length and Breadth according to the Statute.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/14/32/section/V (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/woollen-cloth-act-1662/section-V
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