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1110 to the East Indies, of the One Part, and the several Persons whose Names and Seals should be thereto set and afixed, and who respectively were or claimed to be Creditors of His Highness the Nabob Wallah Jah formerly Nabob of Arcott and of the Carnatic, in the East Indies, and now. deceased, and of His Highness the Nabob Ondut ul Omrah, late Nabob of Arcott, and of the Carnatic, Eldest Son and Successor of His said Highness the Nabob Wallah Jah, and now also deceased, and of His Highness the Ameer ut Omrah, the Second Son of His said Highness the Nabob Wallah Jah, and now 'also deceased, or of some or one of them the said several Nabobs, and the said Ameer, of the other Part, in the said "Act mentioned: .And by the said Act it is enacted, That the Powers and Authorities by that Act given to the said Commissioners then appointed, and to the Person and Persons thereafter to be appointed Commissioners, as well in England as in India, should continue in-Force until the First Day of August which would be in the Year One thousand eight hundred and ten, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament: And whereas an Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to continue until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight bundred and thirteen, the Powers of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of an Act of the Forty-sixth Year of His present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners acting in pursuance of an Agreement between the East India Company, and the private, Creditors of the Nabobs of the Carnatic, the better to carry the same into Effect.", And whereas it is expedient, that the Time during which the Powers and Authorities given by the said first recited Act was to continue; should be further enlarged: May it therefore please Your Majesty, That it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal; and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Powers and Authorities given by the said first recited Act to the Commissioners thereby appointed, and to the Person or Persons hereafter to be appointed Commissioners, as well in England as in India, shall continue in Force until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and from thence until the End of the then nest Session of Parliament.

II. And be it farther enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a Public Act,and shall be judicially taken Notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.

53 GEORGII III. Cap. X. An Act for charging an additional Duty on Rice imported into Great Britain. [22d December, 1812.]

HERÉAS it is expedient that an additional Duty of Customs should be imposed on the Importation into Great Britain of Rice; be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in the present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirteen, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid to and for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, an additional Duty of Customs of Ten Shillings on every One Hundred Weight of Rice imported into Great Britain, except such as shall be directly imported from any of the Possessions of the East India Company, or from any British Colony or Plantation: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to compel the Importers, Proprietors, or Consignees of such Rice to pay the Duties upon the Importation and Landing thereof, in case such Importers, Proprietors, or Consignees shall lodge and secure the same under the joint Locks of the Crown and the Merchant, in Warehouses in the Port of London, under the Regulations of an Act passed in the Forty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for permitting certain Goods imported into Great Britain to be secured in Warehouse without Payment of Duty," or in Warehouses at the Out Ports, under the Regulations of an Act passed in the Forty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty; intituled "An Act to authorize the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to permit certain Articles to be warehoused in different Ports in Great Britain, upon giving Security for the Payment of Duties upon the Articles therein mentioned." II.