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 A. D. 1690. Anno fecundo Gulielmi 8c Marine. Seff. 2. C. 10. 465 Reign, intituled. An ASi for an additional Duty of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, or by any ''^•*^ •'^•'^- '• other Law now in Force relating to the Revenue of Excife. _ _ "^^ -+• of Excife upo.., — , , , ^ ^. , . , ■ i a -> - - - ""• quors, for any longer Time than the lame are refpedtively granted by the laid A6t, or any other Aft or i w.&m. fr. r, ASts for that Purpofe. _ , «• 24- V. And be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That it {hall and may be lawful for any Viftu- v ftuallers, &c, allers or Retailers, or common Brewers, who for or within the Space of one Year before the Seventeenth '"•'>' ^'"^ J.^>- of November la.il, have not b.eWed their own Beer and Ale, to brew and make the Strong Beer, fmall '"^ " ^*"''' Beer, or Ale, drank, confu...ed, fpent, or fold in their refpeftive Houfes, Out-houfes, or other Places, paying the Duty of Excife for the fame, in Manner as Brewers and Retailers of Beer and Ale brewing and making the fame are liable by the Laws of Excife now in Force ; and on their entring the Beer and Ale by them refpeftively made, at the Excife Office within the Limits wherein fuch Beer and Ale ihall be made, and on the Payment of the Duty of Excife for the fame, fuch Perfon and Perfons fhall not be lia- ble to the Penalty of one hundred Pounds impofed in an Aft made in this prefent Parliament, intituled, An Ante c. 3. Aa for doubling the Duty cf Excife upon Beer, Ale, attd other Liquors, during the Space of one Tear; any Thing in the fame Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. ' VL And whereas by an Aft made in the firft Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled, ^« i w. &M. (Ti, I ' ASi for appropriating certain Duties for paying the States General of the United. Provinces their Charges'^' '^^' 1 * for his Majtfty's Expedition into this Kingdom, and for other Ufes, the Money accruing and payable to their ' for an additional Duty of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors (together with other Money arifing and *^" *■*■ ' payable by certain orjier Afts of Parliament) was appropriated for and towards the Payment of fix hun- i * dred thoufand Pounds to the States of the United Provinces : And after the faid fix hundred thoufand ' Pounds fo paid, the Refidue of the Money which fhould accrue and be payable to their Majefties by 1 'of the War againft France: And whereas the Licreafe of the Naval Strength and Force of this Kingdom I * is one of the beft and moft efFeftual Means for carrying on the War againft: France, and for maintaining i * the Honour and Safety of the Realm ;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Monies
 * Majefties by Force of another ASk made in the faid firft Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled. An Ail ^^- * l^- '''• '•
 * virtue of the faid Aft, to be for and towards the fubduing of the Rebellion oi Ireland, and other Charges
 * which ftiall accrue and become payable to their Majefties by virtue of the faid Aft, intituled. An Ail for

an additional Duty of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and ether Liquors, from and after the faid fix hundred thoufand Appropriation Pounds {hall be paid to the States General: And alfo all Monies to be collefted, levied, and paid by virtue of this and the of this Aft, {hall be applied to the Ufes following (that is to fay) the Sum of five hundred and feventy Ref.due of the thoufand Pounds, Part thereof, {hall be applied and appropriated, and is hereby appropriated for the Build- ^^"^^ ^"^"'^ ing, and for the Guns, Rigging, and other furnifhing of feven and twenty Ships of War, whereof feven- |'J-^2i^° '^''^ teen to be of the third Rate, and to contain and meafure eleven hundred Tons, or thereabouts, and to Men ot^War. . carry eighty Guns apiece ; and ten to be of the fourth Rate, and to contain and meafure nirie hundred Tons iW. & M. K. 1. or thereabouts, and to carry fixty Guns apiece. c. 24. VIL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid feven and twenty Ships of War hereby direfted to be built, as aforefaid, fhall be, and are hereby directed to be built and furnifhed with all convenient Expedition, the whole Number to be compleated with Guns, Rigging, and Furniture, within the Space of four Years, to be accounted from the live and twentieth Day oi March one thoufand r u J J • .. „» The Refidue fix hundred mnety-one. ^^ ,^^, ,^^^^^ Excife and this to be kept apart, and paid weekly into the Exchequer, i W. & M. ff. i. c. 24. One third Part to be paid the Tfafurer at the Navy, &c. Treafurer of the Navy, $i<:. may aflign over the third Part. Officers of the Navy to fign Bills only for Building. Cljufe of Cr.dit for i ,000,000 1. upon , ihetwo Thirds, Annual Surplus of Duties arifing by 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 7. to be applied for Payment of Principal and Intereft due for two Thirds of the ' XX. And whereas by an Aft made in this prefent Seilion of Parliament, intituled. An A£i for grant- SefT. 2. c. 4. ' Silks, and feverai other Goods and Merchandize, to be imported after the five and twentieth Day of December ' one thoufand fix hundred and ninety, it is enafted. That it Ihall be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to ' advance and lend to their Majefties any Sum or Sums of Money upon the Security of the f<.id Aft ; and ' whereas by another Aft made in this prefent SefTion of Parliament, intituled. An A£i for the Co-ntinuance ca^. 5. ' of feverai former ABs therein mentioned, for the laying fveral Duties upon Wines, Vinegar, and Tobacco, it ' is enafted. That it {hall be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to advance and lend to their Majeflies any ' mer Afts therein mentioned, made in the Reign of the late King James, in fuch Manner as in the faid j may appear what Monies {hall arife or become payable to their Majefties by virtue of the faid Afts, where- i : hy the Monies advanced to their Majefties upon the Credit of the fame may be the better fecured, be it ^^ g^^^.^ ^f enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the five and twentieth Day of December one Receipt lor thoufand fix hundred and ninety, during the Continuance of the faid Afts refpeftively, there {hall be con-Cuftoms given tinued, and be within the City oi London, an Office for the Receipt of all the Duties and Sums of Money f^^Y'y^P"" cranted or payable to their Majefties by virtue of the faid laft mentioned Afts, or either of them ; in which ^^^^^^"^''^j .^^^ Office all the Monies arifing by the fame with in the Port of Z,«We«, or in the Out-ports, or elfewhere, b,°co, &c. to Vol. III. 3O fnall be in London.
 * E»?ife hereby granted. Money transferrablc. Punifhment upon Officers neglecfting or Mifapplying.
 * ing unto their Majeflies certain Impofitions upon all Eaft-India Goods and lAanufaElures, and upon all wrought
 * Sum or Sums of Money, as well upon the Security of the fame Aft, as upon the Security of two for-
 * laft mentioned Aft made in this prefent Seflion of Parliament is exprefTed :' Now to the End that it