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Bill Number	3668	Session	1703
Title	For the better regulation of the markets and sale of goods within the city and suburbs of Dublin and the several liberties adjacent, and to oblige the retailers of salt and meal and other ground corn to sell by weight.
Variant Title(s)	To oblige all retailers of salt to sell the same by weight, and not by measure. [30 Oct., 9 Nov.] That all retailers of salt shall sell the same by weight. [2 Nov.] To oblige all retailers of salt to sell the same by weight. [22 Nov.] [IPC]
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		30 Oct 1703	Leave or Order to	Sir Richard Bulkeley	[0272]
Read & Committed		2 Nov 1703	Presented by	Sir Richard Bulkeley	[0272]
Reported		22 Nov 1703	Reported by	Sir Richard Bulkeley	[0272]
Sent to Chief Governor		22 Nov 1703
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Amended
Received & Referred to Law Officers		26 Dec 1703
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Amended
Engrossed		20 Jan 1704
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented		Commons
Presented		21 Feb 1704
Sent to Other House		—
Royal Assent		—
Statute Number

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[+] Further Details
Privy Council Notes: This appears in a list of bills transmitted by IPC on 16 Dec. 1703 as 'Regulation of markets and salt to be sold by weight' (BL, Add MS 9715, f.43). 'For the better regulation of the markets and sale of goods within the city and suburbs of Dublin and the several liberties adjacent, and to oblige the retailers of salt and meal and other ground corn to sell by weight' was the title of bill as presented to EPC. The bill transmitted appears to have been an amalgam of 2 heads of bills: 'To oblige all retailers of salt to sell the same by weight', sent by HC to CG on 22 Nov., and 'For the better regulation of the markets and sale of goods within the city and suburbs of Dublin, and the several liberties adjacent', sent by HL to CG on 15 Nov. On this basis Amend is assigned in the Decision of Irish Privy Council field. Subject: [752] Economy - Internal Trade - Weights, measures, standards, frauds Committee: Committee of the Whole House