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 444 C. 7 — 9' Anno fecundo GuLiELMi & Mari^. SefT. 2. A. D. 16S9. See 4. & < W & ^^ ^^^^ "^ '^'^^^y °^ '^^ '^'^ ^^^ ^ requires the colleaing of the faid Duty, by way of Excife, fliall hereby M. c. 5. §. j'3. ^«> 211(1 are repealed, as to that^'art only that requires fuch CoIIeilion. & 7 W. J. c. 7. 9 *; loW. 3. c. r^.. iz Sc 13 W. •;. c. 11. 3 &4 Annje, c. 4. 6 Aiinae, c. 22. 7 Anns, c. 7. §. 26. 10 Annas, c. 26. 3 Geo. i, c. 7. §, I. 10 ''-o- !• c. 10. 12 Geo. I. c. 23. §. 29. 4 Geo. 2. c. i,). 18 Geo. 2. c. 26. The Duties upon Coffee, &c. to be collcfted at the Cuftom Houfe. Half Uuty on Coftee after 25 March 1693. during this .-ift diirharged by 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 5 §.13. One Pound of Cocoa Nuts importcdfrom Englifh Plantations 6 d. from other Countries 8 d. One Pound of Tea is. One Pound Weight of Chocolate ready nude 1 s. Ail to be paid above Duties charced in the liook of J'-at". Penalty for Nonpayment. Two Thirds repaid upon Exportation. Nutmegs, S:c. how imported. See S Geo. i. c. ij, &. 17, EXP. CAP. VII. (41.) An A£^ for Review of the late Poll granted to their Majefties, and for an additional Poll, towards the re- ducing of Irehnd. EXP, EXP. ^, C A P. VI 11. (42.) An Afl for preventing vexatious Suits againft fuch as aifted in order to the bringing in their Majefties, or for their Service. ' TX/HEREAS about the Time of his Majefty's glorious Enterprize, for delivering this Kingdom ' W from Popery and Arbitrary Power, and in Aid and Purfuance of the fame, divers Lords, Qentle- ' men, and other good People, well affeiled to their Country, did a£t as Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, ' Juflices of the Peace, or other Officers, civil or military, though not fufficiently authorized thereunto, ' divers Horl'es, Arms, and other Things, and did enter into the Houfes and Poffeffions of feveral Per- ' fons, and did quarter, and caufe to be quartered, Soldiers and others there ; in which Proceedings fame ' therein indemnified : Neverthelefs, fome Perfons ill afFefted to their Majefties Government, and the Safety ' and Welfare of this Kingdom, have commenced and proi'ecuted, and threaten to commence and profecute ' Aitions and Suits ag-ainft their Majefties good Subjefe, for and by reafon of their Aftings and Doings ' aforefaid: Therefore for the preventing the Trouble and Charges which the faid good Subjedts might ' be put to by the Means of fuch vexatious Suits, dffV.' CAP. IX. (4,^0 An Adl for the better Security and Relief of their Majefties Proteftant Subjefls o^ Ireland. HE RE AS the Kingdom of Ireland is (as well by the Laws of this Kingdom, as thofe of Ire- land) annexed and united to the Imperial Crown of England, and all A6ts, Judgements, Sen- tences, Orders, Decrees, or other Proceedings, of what Kind foever, there had, made, or done, without or againft the Authority of the Kings or Queens of this Kingdom of England, are abfolutely null and void ; and all Perfons in Ireland that oppofe or fubmit not to the Government of the Crown of this Realm, are Rebels, and guilty of High Treafon ; notwithftanding which, feveral Perfons, fmce the happy Ac- c.ffion of their Majefties King IVilliam and Queen Mary to the Imperial Crown of this Realm, have been lately aflembled at or near the City of Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland, without any Authority from their faid Majefties, pretending to be, or calling themfelves by the Name of a Parliament, and in fuch rebellious Aflembly have made and paffed feveral pretended Adts or Statutes, in manifeft Oppofition to the Sovereignty, and to the inherent Rights and Dignities of the Crown of this Realm, and to the general Prejudice and Violation of the Rights and iroperties of their Majefties good Subjefts of that Kingdom : And although all the faid Proceedings are abfolutely null and void in themfelves, yet neverthelefs, for the more plain and exprefs declaring and afferting the Sovereignty, Rights, and Dignities of the Crown of England, and for the clearing all Doubts, and quieting the Minds of their Majefties good Subjects of that Kingdom, as alfo for the remedying, preventing, and avoiding the feveral Mifchiefs and Incon- veniencies intended by this A£k to be provided againft, i^c' S E S S I O
 * and did apprehend and put into Cuftody feveral criminous and fufpefted Perfons, and did feize and ufe
 * Force and Violence, and Defe£t of Form was unavoidable, which in a Time of Peace and common
 * Safety would not have been warrantable : And alfo fmce their Majefties happy Accellion to the Crown,
 * by reafon of the Wars and Troubles raifed and occafioned by the Enemies of their Majefties and this
 * Kingdom, divers like Matters and Things have been afted and done, all which were necefifary and al-
 * lowable in regard of the Exigence of publiclc Affairs, and ought to be juftified, and the Parties concerned