for painting colors, and several other means
of support, which nature appears to have
thrown in the way,
$ XII.
In w h a t many- Woollen goods having, from
faaiieofwooil toost ancient times, been the
fhert^uted^in manufacture -of /the leer
Saiite'cS’ landers, and having in general
found a tolerably good demand,
partly even in foreign countries, their own
profit will probably stimulate the inhabitants
in future to continue exerting their utmost
industry in the improvement of this kind of
goods. But what different sorts thereof
would now be most profitable for them to
work, and of what quality they ought to
be, will in future solely depend upon a mutual
agreement between the traders and the
inhabitants ; and, consequently, the traders
themselves must furnish the inhabitants
with such samples and information, according
to which they may deem it most advantageous
for the latter to work. Now,
when the inhabitants have undertaken, according
to such samples, information, qr patterns,
to make the goods bespoken, whether
they be mittens, stockings, or woollen stuffs,
they ought diligently to endeavor to follow
such directions; it will consequently in the
present case, solely depend upon such goods
being duly and properly manufactured, in
regard to which the directions contained
in § 14 of the second chapter are to be
strictly followed; whereas, on the contrary,
all the directions and methods which have
hitherto been recommended by our colleges
and our magisterial persons, relative to the
manufacture, &c., of sundry kinds of woollen
goods, heretofore in use, are herewith
annulled and put out of force, from the
first January, 1788. But as the ground
on which the foresaid ordinances are invalidated,
is solely this, that they refer to
sundry specified kinds of goods, which may
undergo much alteration by opening a free
trade; so on the other hand, the inhabitants
of the country, in as much as they manufacture
the commodities hitherto in use, must
continue so to do in such manner as has been
heretofore prescribed^ The magistracy have
therefore, when any disputes arise, as well
in these, as in other cases, carefully to examine
and determine, whether the articles