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A. D. 1640. son or Colour of his or their having not received or not taken upon him or them the said Order or Dignity: (3) And that all and every Writ or Process whatsoever, and all and every Proceeding which shall hereafter be had or made contrary to the Intent of this Act, shall be deemed and adjudged to be utterly void ; And that all and every Process, Proceeding and Charge now depending by Reason or Colour of the said pre-s tended Custom or Writs aforesaid, or of any the Dependants thereof, shall from henceforth cease and stand, be and remain discharged and utterly void: any former Law or Custom, Or any Pretence of any former Law or Custom, or any other Matter whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. 1 E. 2. Stat, 1.

HEREAS the Importation of Gun-powder from Foreign Parts hath of late Times been a gainst Law prohibited, and the Making thereof within this Realm ingrossed, whereby the Price of Gun-powder hath been excessively raised, many Powder-works decayed, this Kingdom very much weakened and endangered, the Merchants thereof much damnified, many Mariners and others taken Prisoners, and brought into miserable Captivity and Slavery, many Ships taken by Turkish and other Pirates, and many other Inconveniences have from thence ensued, and more are likely to ensue, if they be not timely prevented:-

Be it therefore declared and enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, and the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same. That it shall and may be lawful to and for all and singular Persons, as well Strangers as natural born Subjects of this Realm, to im- port and bring into this Kingdom any Quantities of Gunpowder whatsoever, paying such Customs and Duties for the same as by Authority of Parliament shall be limited and set down.

And be it further declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all and singular his Majesty's Subjects of this his Realm of England, to make and sell any Gun-powder tities of Gun-powder at his and their Will and Pleasure; and also to bring into this Kingdom any and import Quantities of Salt-petre, Brimfsone or any other Materials necessary or requisite for the Making of Gun-powder.

And lastly. Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons from and after the tenth Day of August, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred forty one, shall put in Execution any Letters Patents, Proclamation, Edict, Act, Order, Warrant, Restraint or other Inhibition whatsoever, whereby the Importation of Gun-powder, Salt-petre, Brimstone or other the Materials afore-mentioned or any of them from Foreign Parts, or the Making of Gun-powder within this Realm, shall be any way prohibited or restrained; That then the said Person and Persons so offend- ing shall incur and sustain the Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures contained and provided in the Statute of Provision and Præaemuimre made in the sixteenth Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second.

Farther Provisions relating hereto, 1 Jac. 2. c 8., 5 Geo. 2. c. 26. 11 Geo. 2. c. 23. 3 Geo. 2. c. 29. 15 Geo. 2. c. 31. 22 Geo. 2. x. 38. and 29 Geo. 2. c. 16.

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