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 A, p. 1692. Anno tertio GuLiELMi & Mari^. C.. i^ 4?^ C A P. XV. ) I An AA for the better ordtring and colledirtg the Duty upon Low Wines, and Strong Wa- I ters, and preventing the Abufes therein. FO R the preventing of the Frauds of Diftlllers, Makers, and other Retailers of Low Wines, Spiiits, Penalty upon i and Strong Waters, Be it enafted by the King's and Q2.:een's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with Diftillcr iViting j tlic Advice and Confent of the Lords Spuitual and Temporal, and Commons, now in Parliament alTem- "P ^."5' BrcwmB, bledf and by Authority of the fame. That no common Diililler or Maker of Low Wines, Spirits, or „J^,i,o,',t Notice j dred ninety and one, fet up, make ufe of, or alter any Tun, Caflc, Waftibatch, Copper, Still,, or other ... ' jVtffel, for the brewing or making of any Worts, Wafh, Low Wines, Spirits, or Strong Wateis-for. ' i iSaJc, or fhall keep or make ufe of any private or concealed Waiehouf?, Cellar, or other Place-, for. the ' jlayiiig of any Wafli, Low Wines, Spirits, or Strong Waters for Sale, without firft giving Notice there- ' ' ' i lof at the next Office of Excife, within the Limits or Jurifdiition whereof he or they do or fhall inhabit, ' 'upon Pain to forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds for every Tun, Cafk, Waflibatch, Copper, Still, or other j j Veli'el fo fet up, ufed, or altered, and for every private or concealed Warehoufe, Cellar, or other Place fo ' juledas aforefaid; and that all and every other Perfon or Perfons, in whofe Occupation any Houfe, Out- ihoufe, or other Place whatfoever, is or fhall be, where any fuch private or concealed Tun, Cafk, Wafh- j 'batch. Copper, Still, or other VefTcl fhall be found or difcovered, fhall alfo forfeit and lofe the Sum of twenty Pounds, one Moiety thereof to their Majefties, their Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other Moiety ■ thereof to him or them that fhall inform or fue for the fame. '> ! n. And be it further enaited by the Authority aforefaid. That if aiiy Common Difliller or Maker of Low Penalty upon I Wines,. Spirits, or Strong Waters, fhall at any Time hereafter hide, conceal, or convey any Low Wines, Diftili"s con- . I Spirits, or Strong Waters for Sale, from the Sight or View of the Gager or Gagers appointed fo to take ^^^''"S Spirits, j jAJccount of the fame, whereby their Majeflies fhall or may be defrauded of any the Duties due for the *" i jfame, that every fuch common Difliller or Maker of fuch Low Wines,, Spirits, or Strong W^aters, for ievery Gallon of Low Wines, Spirits, or Strong Waters for Sale, fo hid, concealed, or conveyed as afore-- j ifaid, fhall forfeit the Sum of five Shillings each Gallon ; all which Penalties to be fued for, recovered, and iKing CharL's, the Second, intituled. An ASi for taking away the Court of Wards., and Liveries, and Tenures TizCM.z.c.'z^,  I in Capite, and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for fettling a Revenue upon his M'ajejiy in lieu there- •of;, and alfo as by one other Aft of Parliament made in the fifteenth Year of his faid Majefty's Reign, in- i . tituled. An additional ASi for the better ordering and colleiting the Duties of Excife, and preventing the Abufes 15 Car. 2. c. 11. j ] therein, or in either of them, or by any other Law now in Force, relating to the Revenue of Excife on i Beer and Ale^, is directed. ' ■ .,: i ill. Provided always. That this Aft,- nor any the Forfeitures or PenaUies therein contained, fliall be Diftiller giving S Iconftrued to extend to any common Diftiller, or other Perfon or Perfons, who fhall from and after the ^'°''"^ ^<^' t*- faid firft Day of March one thoufand fix hundred ninety and one, give Notice to the Officer of Excife "^'"^ far the Place or Divifion where fuch Diftiller or other Perfon fhall live, as by this Aft is appointed., Anno Regni GULIELMI Sc MARI^ quarto. T the Parliament begun at Weflminjier the t^entie'th Day of March Anno Dom. 16 M, in the fecond Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Irelmd, King and Queen, Defenders of ' the Faith, &c. And from thence, continued' by feveral Prorogations and Adjournments to the fourth ' Day of November 1692. being the fourth SeiTion of this prefent Parliament. CAP. U lAn. Aft foT; granting to their Majefties". an .Aid of four Shillings in the Pound -for one .Year e x p, for carrying on a vigorous War againft Francef, ''E your Majefties moft dutiful and loyal Subjeft?, the Commons affembied Ja Parliament, having fe- liouflyconfjdered of the. great Occafions which engage your Majeflies.to maay extwordiajir/ Fx- . .. 3 Qlfz ' ' ' pences
 * Strx)ng Waters for Sale, fhall at any Time from and after the firfl: Day of March one thoufand fix hurt- given to Officii*. j
 * levied in fuch Manner, as by one A6t of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of the late 3