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APPENDIX
ORDERS
To be Observed in this
PRINTING-HOUSE.[18]

First, Every Member of this House forfeits for

• I. Going out of the House, and leaving his Candle burning, Four Pence.
• II. Breaking the Windows within a Year after they are made, Four Pence.
• III. Fighting in the Printing-House, Six Pence.
• IV. Playing at any Game in the Printing-House, Six Pence.

Secondly, Every Member of the Composing-Room forfeits for

• I. Mis-matching the Cases either in Frames or elsewhere, Two Pence.
• II. Letting any Case, or part of Case, hang out of the Case-Frame, Two Pence.
• III. Leaving any two-lin'd Letters, Braces, Rules, &c. in any Cases, Windows, Gallies, or
  upon Boards, &c. after using, Two Pence.

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• IV. Leaving any Distribution-Notes, Hebrew, Greek, or any other Distribution-Matter,
  Corrections, or Pye, in either Gallies, Cases, Window, or any other Place, longer
  than two Days at furthest, Four Pence.
• V. Not tying up all Letter (by him us'd) within one Week after using; or tying two-lin'd
  Letters, White Lines, and Letters of different Bodies, or Faces, up together, Two
  Pence.
• VI. Not Distributing all Titles, and Title-Pages, within a Weeks time after they be out
  of Chaces, except order to the contrary, Two Pence.
• VII. Cumbering either of the Imposing Stones with a Page or Pages, before he is ready
  to Impose, Two Pence.
• VIII. Neglecting to correct his Proof, or Proofs, for an Hour after they are Read, Two
  Pence.
• IX. Letting fall Letter under his Case, or elsewhere, and not taking up, and distributing,
  the same, Two Pence.
• [type fist] The youngest Prentice of this Room, every Wednesday and Saturday,
  that he neglects the sweeping, and carrying out the Dirt of this said Room,
  forfeits Two Pence.
• He that's ordered to hang up the Heaps, and does not within two Days after they
  are wrought off, likewise forfeits Two Pence.

Thirdly, Every Member of the Press-Room forfeits for

• I. Not setting the Friskets behind his Press, out of the way, Two Pence.
• II. Not putting the Wools in their proper Places, Two Pence.
• III. Not taking off the Balls on Saturday at Night, Two Pence.
• IV. Letting any Lumber and Trash lye on the Bank, or about the Press, Two Pence.
• V. Not washing the Form at Night, on which he has wrought all Day, Two Pence.
• VI. Not taking off to make a Proof, or Proofs, within an Hour after the Form, or Forms,
  are brought in, Two Pence.
• VII. Putting his Pelts, Balls, or Caps for Balls, &c. into the Lye-Kettle, or Washing-
  Trough, Two Pence.
• [type fist] The youngest Prentice of this Room, every Wednesday and Saturday, that
  he neglects the sweeping, and carrying out the Dirt of this said Room,
  forfeits Two Pence.
• And that Morning he stirs not the Lye, Two Pence.
• All Wagers lay'd in the House, are forfeited to the Workmen.
• All Money given to either Room (except the Donors stay) to drink, is to be kept in
  Bank, and spent Quarterly.
• All that are, or hereafter shall be, Members of this House, must be conformable to these
  Orders, or liable to the Penalties aforesaid.
• If any Contest shall arise in any of these Orders aforementioned, it shall be referr'd to
  the Major Part of the Workmen; and, if they do not decide it, then to the
  Master.