Wool Act 1695

W. & M. c. 32,; continued by 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 24. § 9.

further continued.; Exception.

Whereas several Laws have been made to prevent the Exportac[i]on of Wooll yet neverthelesse the said Exportac[i]on is still continued whereby dayly Mischiefs and Evils doe happen and a Correspondence with France is maintained to the great Prejudice of the Government and Discouragement of the Manufacture of this Kingdom. And whereas in the First yeare of the Reigne of King William and Queene Mary there passed an Act intituled An Act for the better preventing the Exportac[i]on of Wooll and incouraging the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom which Act was continued by an Act made in the Fourth and Fifth yeares of King William and Queen Mary intituled An Act for reviving continuing and explaining several Laws therein menc[i]oed which are expired and neare expiring and will now soon expire And whereas for preventing the said Mischiefs it is necessary the said Act should be continued Be it therefore enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual & Temporal and Co[m]mons in this present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That the said Act and every Clause Matter and Thing therein contained (except what is hereafter otherwise altered explained or repealed) shall continue and remaine in full Force as if the same were herein and hereby particularly recited and mentioned.