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 A. D. 1685- Anno primo Jacobi II. C. 4. 405 fuch Claimer, and fliall not be Incumbent on his Majefty, or any Profecutor or Informer on Behalf o(^^'^^" "P"" his Majefty and himfelf. furtbir Vr'-vijloni cor.urmng fVmes, i yinn. Star. i. c, 12. §. 1 ii. j ^nit, c. 27. §.17. 6 Go. 1. e. 12. 8 Ceo, i . f. iS. |. ig. la f7«. i. c, l8. §. 20. I Geo.J.c-J7> 10 C?eo. 1. c. tg. 17 C«. a. <:. ' 1'obacco only) by, 2 W. & M. Seff. ?. c. 5. //// 24 June 1693, and from thence (as for Tahacco only) continued by ^ &c c^ W. & M. c. 15. //// 24 June 169b'. W Moft Gracious Sovereign, E your Majefty's mofl; dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons affembled in Parh'ament, for a fur- This /.a made . . ther Supply for the Repairs of the Navy, and providing Stores for the Navy and Ordnance, andP"F"^ll'y Payment of the Debt due to his late Majefty's Servants and Family, and other your Majefty's weighty and ',• ■'^j_^' "^^ "' important Occafions, have cheerfully and unanimoufly given and granted unto your > ajefty an Aid and^' ■Affiftance to he raifed and levied upon all Tobacco and bugar to be imported into your Majefty's Kingdom, according to fuch Rates, and during fuch Tim.e, and in fuch Mann'.r and Form, as herein aft.r followeth : And we do humbly befeech your Majefty that is may be enadted, and be it enadted by the King's moft Ex- cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Ti mporal, and of the Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That for all Sorts of To- ■bacco, as alfofor all Sorts of Sugar, which at any Time after the four and twentieth D-aj oifune in the izCv-z. f. 34, Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty and five, and before' the four and twentieth Day of June, v/hich fhall be in the Year of our Lord God one thoufand fix hundred ninety and three, fhall be imported into England, or Wales, or the Town and Port of Berwick upon Ivjcccl, there {hall be didy an- and ior all i^/i!^!3IW(7 Sugar of the aforefaid Plantations, Iflands, Lands, or Territories, One Farthing the ">*• Pound Weight above what it now pays ; and for every Pound Weight of Sugar of the Eji^lijh Plantations, '*'■'" Altered by g made fit for common Ufe or Spejiding, Three Farthings above v/hat it now pays; and for every Pound i V^ci^at oi A'lifcovndo Sugir of Braz/ie, or any other Foreign Part, not of fw^Z/y/i Plantations, One Half- Geo. I. from Tim.e to Time, and at all Times during the Continuance of this Aft, be levied on the Confumpticnerbe coHeaed ac ^f frU .i r„: J ^ ir..:^., :_ ?r ? j 7,?/-_/_- ^r-' _r d 'i .^ c7^,....j *.„ i, :j ;„ 1*,4- j.-_i frM-r'in,^ m tiio of the faid Commodities in England, or JVales, or Town of Bcrivick upon Tivecd, to be paid in Manner fol- (^fitiing xotha lowing (that is to fay) The Importer, Merchant, Planter, or other that fhail import the faid Goods, if he J;^^'^^^, ^. be aRetailer, Confumptioner, or Shop-keeper dealing in thofs Commodities, the Duties aforefaid {hall be sv/., 3/0. 10. paid and fatisfied by fuch Importer, Shop-keeper, Retailer, or Confumptioner, upon the importing or Retjiler to pay landing of his or their Goods, and before he or they be permitted or fufFered to carry away his or tneir before he cany Goods from the Cuftom-houfe or other Place in the Port, in which they may happen to be landed or brought ^'^ '^ ^}''',P^°^^ on Shore. _ ... houfe, &c. II. And be it further enaflred. That every Merchant or Importer, that is not a Retailer, Confumptioner, Merchant is to or Shop-keeper dealing in thofe Commodities, after Entry of his or their Goods, by Bill under hi; or their give Security to Hands, or the Hand of fuch Perfon for whom he or they fhail engage to be anfwerablc, prefently, before he [^ "^J-'""" or they be admitted or permitted to have any Warrant to receive his or their Goods out of the Ship, or from tfje'coads to 'any the Water-fide, fhall become bound untn his Majefty with one or more fuScient Sureties, or procure twoBuye.-." ' other Perfons to become bound to his Majefty, in fuch Sums of Money as fhall amount to the Value of the Duties hereby impofed upon his or their Goods, with Condition, that he or they fnall not and v.'ill not de- Lver orcaufe or fufrer any of the faid Goods to be delivered unto any of the Buyers thereof, or put or deli- f he do not 18 Months from the Importation thereof, that he v/ill pay all and every the Duties impofed by this Adt, and (^e Duties! '^^ and that every Merchant or o.her Importer of an^f the Commodities liable to the Duties impofed by this Adt, after he hath entered his Goods, and given Bond, as aforefaid, {hall afterv/ards, upon Sale of all or any Part of the fame, under his own Hand, or the Hand of fuch Perfon for whom he or they {hall be re- fponfible, certify in Writing the Qiiantity, and Quality, and Weight of his Goods fold, with the Name of ^^^ J^^^* the Buyer, who bringing and delivering of the fame to the next Of&ce appointed for the Collection ofthisjj^n^i,e/"f the - Duty,Good5,aiidNani: