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 454 Q'.4" Anno fecundo GuLTELMi & MarivE. SeiT. 2. A. D. 1690. Value of Goods LIII. Provided always, and be it enafted, That where any Duties upon Goods and Merchandize hcre- not here memi- in before granted, are to be levied according to the Value of the fame, where fuch Goods or Merchandizes oned howleiiled. ^^^ particularly rated in the Book of Rates, the Value ihall be underilood and taken according to fuch Rate; Cco!^!c. yVand ^"^^ where they are not particularly rated, the Value fliall be taken by and according to the Oath of the other Provirions Importer, and not otherwife ; the Duties impofed by this Aft not to be reckoned into the Value of the made relating fame. hereto. LIV. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That for all additional Duties hereby im- 12 Months t, |r,e. J * " ■ -- . ,.. ,_ ,.____,_• ._, ...,.,. for paying CuU s tnm or 10 per ^^CU; Cent for pr( mpt wife hereby limited) for the Payment of the fiime, from the Importation, to be paid by four equal and quar- Payment. terly Payments ; or in cafe fuch Importer (liall pay ready Money, he fnali have after the Rate of ten Pounds Cuflom repjid ^^,. 'CtT.t. for a Year of the faid Duty abatid to him or her ; and if the Goods and Merchandize to be im- ottrupon e'x- ported as aforedud, for which the additional Duty is paid or fecured at_ the Importation thereof, be again portation, exported within twelve Months after the Importation, then the aforefaid Duties lliall be wholly repaid, or Knlavgcd to T, the Security vacated, as to what fhall be fo exported. YejtsbyyGeo. LY_ Provided neverthelefs, and be it enaiSled by the Authority aforeGiid, That the new or additional 3. ftat.i. c. 21. Duties^ impofed by this Acft, fhall not extend to affeiiit fuch foreign Stores as have been fold to the Life of YorA%n Stores ttie'r Majeflies Navy, by Contraft with the Navy Board, or Commiffioners of the Vitlualling, before the already Ibid to fifteenth Day of November one thoufand fix hundred and ninety, lo as a Certificate be given from the the Navy 0>"- CommifTioners of the Navy or Viftualling, that fuch foreign Stores have been fo contrafted for by them for fi.e, excepted, their Majefties Service as aforefaid, and fo as the Importer of the fame do make Oath before the Com- miirioners appointed to manage the Cultoms (which Oath they are hereby impowered to adminifter) of the Truth of the faid ContraiSt, and that he will deliver the faid Goods into their Majefties Stores, purfuant to the Contr;ict fo certified by the Commiffioners of the Navy or Viftualling. D"tic? hew to LVl. And be it enafted. That the fevtral Impofitions and_Duties above mentioned fhall be raifed, le- belcvied. vied, colleded, and paid unto their Majefties and their Succellors, during the Times afore mentioned, in in (he fiime Manner and Form, with t'uch Advantages, and by fuch Rules, Means, and Ways, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are mentioned and exprelled in one A£l: of Parliament made in the li C.r. 3. c. 4. twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, J Subftdy granted to the King of Tunnagc and Poundage^ and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandize exported and :?n!)orted, and the Rules and Orders thereunto annexed ; which faid ASt, and every Article, Rule, and Claufe therein contained, fhall ftand and be in Force for the Pin-pofes aforefaid, during the Continuance of this Aft. Cl.v/e of Credit LVII. Provided always, and it is hereby enadled, I'hat it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon at S per Cent, and Perfons to advance and lend unto their Majefties, upon the Security of this Aft, an/ Sum or Sums of Money, and to hav.' and receive for the Forbearance thereof any Sum not exceeding eight Pounds by the hundred for one whole Year, and no more, direftly or indireftly. An Office for LVIII. And to the End that all Monies, which fhall be lent unto their Majefties upon the Credit of this Rcci'ipt of thefe ^£)-^ y^^^y 'pg ^(.jj „j-n| fufficiently fecured out of the Monies arifing and payable by this Aft ; Be it further L^IdrVlnd" enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That there fliall be provided and kept in their Majefties Exchequer l>"tie's p-iid to (that is to fay) in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipts, one Book or Regifter, in which all Monies Rccever Gene- that Ihall be paid into the Exchequer hy Virtue of this Aft, fliall be entred and regiftered apart and di- rai of Cuft -m', flinft from all other Monies paid or payable to their Majefties upon any other Branch of their Majefties ^"d "^^d" ^:« Tl' ^'^venue, or upon any other Account v/hatfofver ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, who fhall fnto theExche-^^'^"'^ any R'loney to their M,^jefiies upon the Credit of this Aft, and pay the fame into the Receipt oi the q.ier. Exchequer, fhall im'n.cdiately have a Talley of Loan ftruck for the fame, and an Order for his Repays 2 w, A: M. IT. 2. ment, bearing the fame Date with his Talley; in which Order fhall be alfo contained a Warrant for ^ '?•. Payment of Intereft for Forbearance after the Elate fo to be allowed for the fame, fo as fuch Intereft do l{»i>°t irth" Ex. '^^^ exceed the Rate of eight Pounds per Centum per Annum., for his Confideration, to be paid every three chequer; T:ilrey,Montiis, until Repayment of his Principal; and that all Orders for Repayment of Money fhall be re- Oid-r. iiiid Pay- giftred in Courfc, according to the Date of the Talley refpeftively, without Preference of one before ano- meai in Courfe. t!er ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons fliall be paid in Courfe, according as their Orders fh.all ftand entred in the faid Regifter Book, lb as that the Perfon, Native or Foreigner, his Executors, Admi- niftrators, and Affigns, who fhall have his Order or Orders firft entred in the faid Book of Regifter, fliall be taken and accouiitej as the firft Perfon to be paid upon the Monies to come in by Virtue of this Aft ; and he or they who ftiill have his or their Order or Orders next entred, fliall be taken and accounted to be the fecond Perfon to be paid, and fo fucceffively, and in Courfe; and thvit the Monies to come in by this Aft fhall be in the fam.e Order liable to the Satisfaftion of the faid refpeftive Parties, their Executors, Adminiflra- tors, or Affigns fucceffively, without Preference of one before another, and not otherwife, and not to be di- vertifale to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoever ; and that no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, dir. ftly or indireftly be demanded or taken of any of their Majefties Subjefts for providing or making of any fucb Books, Regifters, Entries, View or Search in or for Payment of Money lent, or the Intereft, as aforefaid, by any of their Majelties Officer or Officers, their Clerks, or Deputies, on pain of Payment of treble Da- mages to the Party grieved by the Party offending, wi:h Cofts of Suit ; or if the Officer himfelf take or de- mand any fuch Fee or Reward, then to lofe his Place alfo. And if any undue Preference of one before ano- ther flial! be made, either in point of Regiltry or Payment, contrary to the true Meaning of this Aft, by any fuch Officer or Officers, then thp Party offending fhall be liable by Aftion of Debt, or on the Cafe, to pay the Value of the Debt, Damages, and Cofts, to the Party grieved, and fliall be forejudged from his Place 4 i