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 A. D»i688. Anno primo GuLiELMi 8c Mart^. C. 22^ 23. 429 A. B. do fwear, That I have not, nor will piy any Sum or Sums of Money, or other Reward w'hatfoever, nor given any Bond or other Affurance to pay itny Money, Fee, or Profit Jircdly or in- dii-eftly to any Perfon or Perlbns whomfoever, for fuch Nomination or Appointment. • So help me God.' 'I i X. Provided always, That nothing in this Aft contained fliall any Ways affea or relate to the Clerk ^'^"^ '"^^^'^'j'* of the Peace for the Puchy and County Paktme of Lancajhr only ; which faid Ckrlc of the Peace holds^° ^"" ''*• his faid Office for Lives, by Grants from his late Majefty King CbarUs the Second, as his Predecefiors in the faid Place have done, from former Kings and Qiieens of this P..calm, in Right of their Duchy and County Palatine aforeiaid. This Adl to commence from the firll Day of May one thoufand fix hundred eighty-nine. CAP. xxir. An Ad for the Exportation of Beer, Ale, Cyder, and Mum. < 'pOR the Advancement of Trade and Encouragement of Tillage and Manufafture of this Realm,* j A* Be it enacted by the King's and Queen's moll excellent Majeflies, by and with the Advice and I Gonfent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fourth of 'June in the Year of our Lord one thou- ^J^^,'^ ^"[^j^™' fand iix hundred eighty-nine, it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon in any Sea-port, or upon any na-^,^^''^, i- 3j3. vigable River, ta export and fliip off as Merchandize, within any of the ufuaJ and allowed Ports by Law, and at the common Keys for Exportation and Lading on Board of Merchandize, or Keys to be appointed for that Purpofe, and within the ufual Hours of txcife, for Account of himfelf or any other (to be ex- poited into foreign Parts) in the Prefence of a fworn Gager, or other fworn Officer to be appointed by the J"armers, Commiflioners, or Sub-commiffioners of their Majefl-ies Excife, upon Notice thereof to then* given at the Office of Excife, within the Limits whereof the faid Ale, Beer, Cyder, and Mum, Was^ brev/ed or made, of the refpeftive Port or Place whence the fame fhall be (hipped, any Sort of Strong Ale, Strong Beer, Cyder, or Mum, to be fpent beyond the Seas, paying Cuftom for the fame after the Rate '
 * of one Shilling for every Ton, which fhall be exported in any Englijh or foreign Veffel, and no more or THe Cufiom.

other Duty whatfoever ; which faid Gager or Officer aforefaid fhall certify the Quantity of the faid- Beer, Ale, Cyder, or Mum fhipped off, to the Commiffioners and Officers of Excife, where the Entry thereof fhall be made, who are hereby required to make Allowance, or repay the Excife of the Beer, Ale, Gydfer^E*""^*^!''**' or Mum fo exported, unto the Brewer or Maker thereof, within one Month after fuch Exportation', de- ' j dueling three Pence per Ton for the Charges of their Officers, and no more. I II. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Merchant or Mafter of any Shipt^?"^'^ °F°" or Veffel, or other Perfon, fhall caufe or fufFer any of the faid Liquors fo fliipped in any VefTel, as Mer- ^^'^^^'t^
 * ehandize, to be unfbipped, unladen, and laid on Land, or put into any other Ship or v effel, within the ^ '"^*

Kingdom of England^ Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, he or they fhall forfeit the fame, and fifty Pounds of lawful Money of England more for every Cafk he or they fhall fo unduly land, or put on board any VefTel, to be recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record, by Information^ Bill, or Plaint ; the one Moiety of which Forfeiture fhall be to the Ufe of the King's and Queen's moft excellent Majefties, the other Moiety to the Informer or Profecutor. And to the Intent their Majef^ ' , ties Duties of Excife may not be prejudiced for fuch Beer, Ale, Cyder, or Mum, as fliall be fpent on '*'^^ 4^- 'Pp'* Shipboard, their Majefties Commiffioners and Officers of the Cufloms are hereby required and enjoined"" ^*"^'"'"** fo charge every Matter of any Ship or Veffel in his Viftualling Bill with fo much Beer, Ale, Cyder, or Mum, and no more, as fuch Number of Men ufe to fpend in fuch Voyages j the Excife whereof to l>e re- covered according to the Laws and Rules already eftablifhed. III. And- be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the aforefaid Rate of one Shilling theF".'*°™ '^"^ Ton for Beer, Ale, Cyder, and Mum to be exported, as aforefaid, fhall be levied and paid under fuch"^' i Rules and Penalties, and for fuch Time, and in llich Manner, as by the Laws of Tonnage and Poundage ace ordained. IV. Provided always, and be it ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Mum imported from fo- Excife, &c. for reign Parts, during the Continuance of this A£t, fhall have any Part of the Duty of Cuftom or Excife Foreign Muia which was jiaid at the Importation thereof, repaid upon Exportation ; any Law, Statute, or Ufege td°°' '^P**^* Ae contrary in any wife notwithftanding. farther Previa Jiom conarmr.g Ah, &c, II and la ^. 3. 15. 12 and 13 ^. 3. c 11, and it ^. 3. «, e, C A P. XXIIL An A£t for reviving two former A6ls for exporting of Leather. ijac.z, t, 13. Revived for ftven y«w», jAnn-efe, ^'4'/^* CAP.