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 A»D.i685. Anno primo Jacobi ir. C. ig — 2r. 413 CAP. XIX. An additional Afb for the Improvement of Tillage, I "pOrafmuch as by an A£i: made in the two and ' P ever blefled Memory, intituled, An ASi for I ^ ' amongfl: other Things, provided and enaded. That* from and after the nine and twentieth Day of 'June^ ^' ^' ^' ' Cuftom and Poundage of Foreign Corn and Grain imported into this Kingdom, according to the Prices 13- §• -• 9 Ann. ' o^ Engltjh Corn, at the Times, Havens, and Places, when and where the lame Ihouid be imported, asby'^-^- V^- ' the faid Aa particularly appeareth. 3 Geo. 1. c. 7. ' II. And inafmuch as no Provifion was made by the faid Adt for afcertaining and determining the Ca]d ship. Mr. ' paying the refpeftive Duties by the faid Aift appointed, contrary to the true Intent and Aleaning of the ' faid Ad :' III. Now for fuppiying the faidDefeft; be it enaflied by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and juftices upon with the Advice and Conient of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Par- the Ce.ifts h»ye liament alfembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the Feaft of St. Michael the^°'^,"^J' ''" Archangel next, and from thence forward, it fhall and may be lawful to and for all and every the Juftices l^l^ °^ j^^" . of the Peace for the feveral and refpedive Counties within his Majefty's Kingdom oi England, Dominion of mine the Prices Wales, and the Town of Benv'ick upon Tiveed, wherein Foreign Corn or Grain fhall or may be hereafter of Corn. imported, and they and every of them are hereby injoined and required, at their next refpe<Stive Qiiarter Seffions after Michaelmas znd Eq/ler Day yearly, by the Oaths of two or more honeft and fubftantial Perfons of the refpedtive Counties, being neither Merchants nor Faftors for the importing of Corn, nor any ways concerned nor interefted in the Corn fo imported, and each of them having a I reehold Eftate of twenty . founds per Annum, or a Leaf.hold Eftate of fifty Pounds per Annum, above all Charges and Reprizes, and being (kilful in the Prices of Corn (which Oaths all and every the faid Juftices are hereby impowered to adVninifter) and by fuch other Ways and Means as to them fhall feem fit, to examine and determine the common Market Prices of middling jB«^///?' Corn and Grain of the refpedive Sorts in the faid A6t mentioned, as the fame fhall be commonly bought and fold in the faid refpedtive Counties into which any Foreign Corn XfJ^^p^;"'^^ or Grain fhall be imported, and to certify the fame, with two fuch Oaths made as aforefaid in Writing the He^ad Cof- annext, imto his Majefty's chief OfHcer and Collector of the Cuftoms for the Time being, refidiiig in thelcaor; 10 be faid refpe£tive Ports or Havens where the faid Corn and Grain fhall be imported, to be hung up in fome^"""? "f '"'he publick Place in the Cuftom-houfe, to which all Perfons may refort for their Information. Cuftom-houfe. I¥. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid Feaft of 'St. Michael the Archangel next, the Cuftom and Duty of Foreign Corn and Grain imported into any ofl^<"'^'S" ^°'^ his Majefty's faid Dominions oi England, Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, appointed by the faid'° P^^.°"'^ A&. to be paid, fhall be colledled and paid according to the Prices contained in fuch refpedlive Certificates the°juftfce, as. aforefaid, and not otherwife ; any Thing in this A61, or in any other Law or Statute contained' to the Certificate.' contrary notwithftanding. V. Provided always, and be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all that by Virtue of this The fame A& is to be done by the Juftices of the Peace at their Quarter-SefTrons in their feveral Counties, (hall be f'"^^^!" '''* done and performed in like Manner in the City of London, in the Months of OSiober znd April yc?alyiy by j,"! ^f ^^ °j'(,„, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Juftices of Peace there, and that the Perfons making fuch Oaths fhall, be no " Corn-chandler, Meal-man, Fadlor, Merchant, or other Perfon interefted in fuch Corn fo to be imported, S«e further but fhall be fome fubftantial Houfe-keepers living in Middle/ex or Surrey, qualified as aforefaid. Provifions re- 2 Geo. 2. c. 18. 5 Geo. a. c. iz. 11 Geo, 2. c. 22, 24 Geo. 2, c, 56. andi6 Cto, 2. c. 15. CAP. XX. An AatoxenaMe the Inhabitants of the Parlfh of St. Anne within the Liberty o(> Wefim'njfery toraife Money? R» to build a Church to be the Parifh Church there. CAP. XXI. An A(El for repealing a Claufe for dividing of Commons, in an A6i of Parliament made in the fifteenth Year of Wmg Gbarks the Second, intituled, Jn AU for fettling the Breining of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, 'HERE AS in and by an A£t of Parliament, made in the fifteenth Year of the Reign, of his late 15 Car. i. c 17. y Majefty King Charles the Second, of ever blefled Memory, intituled, An Ali for fettling the ' Ibould aad.might be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, tiisir Heirs and Suc- i *■ ccfTors, !to ces
 * one thoufand fix. hundred ani feventy, and from thence forward, certain Rates fhould be paid for the Ann. ftlt! r. e.
 * Prices, by reafon whereof feveral great Quantities of Foreign Corn and Grain have been imported without
 * Dreining the Great Level of the FenSy called Bedford Level, there is a Provifo, and it was enadted, That it
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