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 n 464. C. 10. Anno fecundo Gulielmi & Mari^. Seff. 2. A. D. 1690. XIII. Provided alfo, and be it ena£led, That all Charters and Letters Patents already made, or hereaf- ter to be made or granted, for the fole making of Brandy, Spirits, or Strong Waters from Corn of any Sort, or in any Manner whatfoever, as a new Invention, or whereby the Power and Liberty given by this A<i to all Perfons for the diitilling^and making Brandy, Spirits, or Strong Waters from Corn, fhall be in ' anjf Manner reilrained, fliall be, and are hereby declared and adjudged to be void to all Intents and Pur- pol'cs v/hatfoever. C A P. X. (20.) An AA for granting to their Majefties feveral additional Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors for four Years, from the Time that an Act for doubling the Duty of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, during the Space of one Year, doth expire. Aloft Gracious Sovereigns, ij Car. I. c. 14. "T /E your Majefties moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Com.mons aflembled in Parliament, taking in- i VV to ferious Confideration the great and urgent Occafions which do prefs your MajefHes to Sn ex- «j traordinary Expence of Treafure, for the Defence of your Kingdoms and Dominions againft Invafion, and for preferving to your faid Subjefts the Intercourfe of Trade ; for which Purpofe your Majefties have found yourfelves obliged to equip and fet out to Sea a Royal Navy, and to maintain a War againft the French King ; and in moft thankful Acknowledgement of your Majefties tender Care of the Welfare of your People, and for the augmenting the Naval Strength of this your Ki.ngdom, by building fome new Ships of War ; have cheerfully and unanunoufly given and granted, and do hereby give and grant to your Ma- Burn, r. 1. 336. jefties the feveral additional Rates and Duties of Excife herein after mentioned ; and do moft humbly be- leech your Majefties that it may be enafted ; A^aitional Ex- H. And be it enafted by the King's and Qiieen's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with the Advice and '^' Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and For the Confi- jjy (-he Authority of the fame. That from and after the feventeenth Day of November in the Year of our D'f-?cT fee"-"!'^ Lord one thoufand fix hundre.i and ninety-one, there fhall be throughout your Majefties Kingdom of En- 6W. &M.C. 7.^^'^'2<^, Dominion of fVaies., and Town of Beriuick upon Tweed, raifed, levied, and colletfed, and paid & c. 20. 4 Ann. unto your Majefties and your SuccefTors, during the Space and Term of four Years, and no longer, for c, 6. J Geo. I. Beer, Ale, Cyder, and other Liquors herein after exprefled, by way of Excife, over and above all other f^x^Th" •^'^'^^s, Charges, and Impofitions by any former Adl or Afts (then unexpired) fet and impofed, and in mw expire'^/" Manner and tbrm following (that is to fay) For every Barrel of Beer or Ale above fix Shillings the Bar- and otheis ' rel, exclufivc of the Duty of Excife, brewed by the common Brewer, or any other Perfon or Perfons who gv.ntsd. doth or fhall fell or tap out Beer or Ale, publickly or privately, to be paid by the common Brewer, or by s Bt'ur. fm;i-i other Perfon or Perfons refpeftively, and fo proportionably for a greater or lefler Quantity, over and Beerundcf6s. above the Duties pay, ble for the fime, one Shilling fix Pence; for every Barrel of Beer or Ale of fix Shillings the Barrel or under, brewed by the common Brewer, or any other Perfon or Perfons who doth or fhall fell or tap out Beer or Ale, publickly or privately, to be paid by the faid common Brewer, or by fuch other Perfon or Perfons refpettively as aforelaid, and fo proportionably for a greater or lefler Qiianti- VinegjiEngli(h. ty, over and above the Ducies payable for the fame, fix Pence; for every Barrel of Vinegar or Vinegar Beer, brewed, or made of any Englijh Materials, by any common Brewer, or any other Perfon for Sale, to be paid by the Maker thereof, and lb proportionably for a greater or lefler Quantity, over and above the ^inegarForeign, Duties of Excife, payable for the fime, three Shillings; for every Barrel of Vinegar, or Liquor prepared for Vinegar, made here for Sale, that hath run through Rape, or made with or palling through any foreign ^ Materials, or any Mixture with foreign Materials, to be paid by the Maker thereof, and fo proportionably Beer, &c. for a greater or lefler Quantity, eight Shillings ; for every Barrel of Beer, Ale, or Mum, imported from i beyond the Seas, or from the Iflands of Guernjey or jerjey, and fo proportionably for a greater or lefler | Quantity, -to be paid by the Importers before landing, over and above the Duties payable for the fame, fix Cyder ptr Ton. Shillings ; for cvery Ton of Cyder or Perry imported from beyond the Seas, and fo proportionably for a greater or lefler Quantity, to be paid by the Importer before landing, over and above the Duties payable Brandy fing!e. for the fame, eight Pounds; for every Gallon of Single Brandy, Spiritt, or Jqua Vita, imported from, beyond the Seas, to be paid by the Importer before landing, over and above the Duties payable for thelj fame, four Shillings. Repealed by /.^ ^ W. isf M. cap. 6. For every Gallon of Brandy, Spirits, or Aqua '. Brandy double. Vita above Pfoof, commonly called Double Brandy, imported from beyond the Seas, to be paid by the Im- porter before landing, over and above the Duties payable for the fame, eight Shillings. Repealed by i^ ^ Cyder retailed. JV. i^ M. ca^. 6. For all Cyder and Perry niade and fold by Retail^ upon every Hogfliead, to be paid b/ , the Retailer thereof, over and above the Duties payable for the fame, and fo proportionably for a greater i Methegiin. or lefler Meafure, two Shillings fix Pence ; for all Metheglin or Mead made for Sale, whether by Retail or otherwife, to be paid by the Maker, for every Gallon fix Pence. .w.injierof )e- III. And bc it further ehacled by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral Rates and Duties of Excife ii ''!'«'&• . hereby impofed on the Liquors aforefaid, fhall be raifed, levied, collected, recovered and paid unto their • • Majeiti' s and their Succeffbrs, during the Time before mentioned, and in the fame Manner and Form, and by fuch Rules, Ways, and Means, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are mentioned, ex- jjrefled, and direited in and by one Ad of Parliament made in the firft Year of their prefent Majefties Reign,; }