The lawes or standing orders of the East India Company

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The lawes or standing orders of the East India Company
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East India Company.
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[London :: E. Allde?],
1621.
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East India Company -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
East India Company -- Administration -- Early works to 1800.
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"The lawes or standing orders of the East India Company." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21082.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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Clarke of the Iron Workes in the Yard.

CXXXV.

THE Clarke of the Iron Workes shall receiue from the Smith in the Yard weekely, or so often as neede shall require, all the Anchors, Nailes, Spicks, Bolts, Chaineplates, or whatsoeuer Iron Workes, by waight and tale, for the which he shall giue a Receipt of perticulars vnto the said Smith for his discharge, and the like to the Committees, to the Husband, or to any others, for Lead, Candles, Copper, or whatsoeuer else he shall receiue of them for the Company.

CXXXVI.

He shall receiue from the Companies Ships, which returne home, the Carpenters tooles, the Smiths tooles and Stores, all the Anchors, Polts, Spicks, Nailes, Chaines, Chaineplates and the like, by waight and tale, for the which hee shall accordingly giue a Receipt of the perticulars vnto the Committees for recouery of old Stores: And he shall giue a true note vnto the Clarke of the Yard, of the waight of all the old Iron workes, which shal be recouered and deliuered him in the breaking vp of the Companies Ships and sheathings.

CXXXVII.

He shall deliuer vnto the building & repairing of the Companies Ships, the Carpenters tooles Lead, Copper, and the like, all kinde of Iron workes, by waight and tale, by the hands of such persons, who shall be put in trust to serue them to the Worke men, & he shall take their Receipt in his Booke for his discharge, & likewise subscribe the true Copies of all in their books, to auoid difference and errour, and he shall examine the said Seruers of Iron workes, daily, concerning the expence and vse of all; and he shall likewise in his owne person (euery euening at the least) view the works, especially ta∣king notice where, and how many great Bolts, or the like things of valuo be driuen or vsed.

CXXXVIII.

He shall keepe a faire Booke with true Accompts, of all his proceedings in this Companies affaires, plainely and orderly setting downe euery perti∣cular to each Ship seuerally, and the said Bookes hee shall deliuer vp vnto the Clarke of the Yard, so often as he shall require, to the intent he may ex∣amine and digest all into his bookes of Accompts.

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