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 A. D. i694'' Anno fexto & feptimo GuLiRLMi III. C. 4, 5. 571 < Poundage, and other Sums of Money, payable upon MerchandizA's exported and imported, for carrying ■ on the War againft France with Vigour. j CAP. IV. i An Aft for exempting Apothecaries from ferving the Offices of Conftable, Scavenger, and other • Parifh and V/ard Offices, and from lerving upon Juries. ♦ TTTHEREAS the Art of the Apothecary is of great and general Ufe and Benefit, by Reafon of their j ' VV conftant and neceffary Affiftance to His Majefty's Subjc6ts, which fliould oblige them folely to I ' attend the Duty of their Profeflions ; yet by Reafon that thty are compelled to ferve fevcral Parifh, j ' Ward, and Leet Offices, in the Places where they live, and are frequently fummoned to ierve on Juries i ' and Inquefts, which take up great Part of their Time, they cannot perform the Trufts repofed in them as ^ ' by His Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England, did incorporate the Apothecaries exercifm^ that j ' Art within i«Kf/i3K and feven Miles Compafs, by the Name oiThe Mqjier, Wardens, and Society of the Art i ' and Myjiery of the Apothecaries of the City of London :' j II. Be it therefore enafled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent Apothecaries i of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Au- within London, ! thority of the fame, That all and every Perfon and Perfons, uling and exercifing, or that hereafter fhall ^(Jer^of J.^emrt ' ufe and exercife, the Art of an Apothecary within the faid City of London, and feven Miles thereof, being f,om Offices. ■ Free of the faid Society, and who already have been, or hereatter fliall be duly examined of his Skill in the j faid Myftery, and fliall be approved of for the fame, and every of them, for lb long as he or they fliall ufe "j and exercife the faid Art, and no longer, {hall and may at all Times hereafter be freed and exempted from the feveral Offices of Conftable, Scavenger, Overfeer of the Poor, and all other Parifh, Ward, and Leet Of- j iices, and of and from the being put into or ferving upon any Juries or Inquefts; and if at any Time here- j after any fuch Perfon or Perfons ufing the faid Art, and being qualified as aforefaid, fhall be chofen or elefted into any of the faid Offices, or returned, required, or appointed to ferve in any Jury, Leetj or In- '; queft, or be diCquieted or difturbed by Reafon thereof, that then fuch Perfon or Perfons, producing a Tefti- i monial under the common Seal of the faid Corporationj of fuch his Examination, Approbation, and Free- dom, to the Perfon or Perfons, by whom he fhall be fo eledfed or appointed, or by or before whom he fhall j be fo fummoned, returned, or required to ferve or hold any of the faid Offices or Duties, fhall be abfolutely j difcharged from the fame, and fuch Nomination, Eleftion, Return, and Appointment fhall be utterly ■ void, and of none EffeiSt; any Order, Cuftom, Law, or Statute, to the contrary in any wife notwith- '■ ftanding. ; III. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Perfons ufing and exercifing, or that Country Apo- hereafter fliall ufe and exercife the faid Art of an Apothecary within any other Parts of this Kingdom, Do- thecaries, who i minion of Wales, or Town of Berivick upon Txveed, and who have been brought up and ferved, or hereafter ''^'"= fetved 7 ^ fhall be brought up and ferve in the faid Art as an Apprentice, by the Space of feven Years, according to Years, exempted | the Statute of the fifth of Queen Elizabeth, fliall likewife from henceforth be freed and exempted from Jelc. 4. '" all and fingular the Offices and Duties aforefaid, within the feveral Counties, Cities, and Places, where they live and inhabit, ^ fo long as he or they fhall ufe and exercife the faid Art, and no longer; and if any ] Perfon or Perfons fo qualified fliall be eleiSted or chofen into any of the faid Offices, or returned to ferve in • any Jury, Leet, or Inqueft, fuch Nomination, Eleifion, Return, and Appointment, fhall be void, unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall voluntarily confent and agree to hold fuch Office, or ferve upon fuch Jury, : Leet, or Inqueft. Provided always. That nothing herein contained fliall be conftrued to exempt or excufe Apothecaries I any Apothecary that is or fliall^ before the Commencement of this Aft, be elected or appointed to ferve ^'■'^^'^y'^'io'en 1 ' any of the faid Offices, from ferving in the faid Offices for the ufual Time for which he was fo elefted and JJ^i^^'f'^'^" appointed. Provided always. That this AcSt fhall continue for the Space of feven Years, and from thence ^ontin^j " ' 1 to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. [Made perpetual by g Geo. i. Cap. 8. §. i.J Years. Farther contHued r. II. CAP. V. An A£t for enabling fuch Perfons as have Eftates for L.ife in Annuities, payable by feveral for- ; mer A^s therein mentioned, to purchafe and obtain further or more certain Interefts in fuch Annuities; and in Default thereof, for admitdng other Perfons to purchafe or obtain the ; fame, for raifing Monies for carrying on the War againft France. ' '/liZ^^'^-'^-^^ in and by an A£l of this prefent Parliament made in a Seffion which was held in the ' ' ' W fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of King William -aw A Queen Alary, intituled, Jn ASlfor ^Ss ^yf, Scl/l,- ' granting to their Majefties certain Rates and Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liqiiors, for fecuring c 3« i ' certain Reco7npences and -Advantages, in the faid Ait mentioned, to fuch Perfons as Jlxdl voluntarily advance the ' Sujn of ten hundi'ed thoufand Pounds towards carrying on the War againfi France, certaiji Rates or Duties ' ' of Excife upon Beer, Ale, Vinegar, Cyder, Perry, Brandy, and other Liquors or Commodities, therein. i ' enumerated and mentioned, are granted, charged, and made payable, during the Space and Term of ' Ninety and nine Years, commencing from the five and twentieth Day oi fanuary in the Year of Our 1 ' Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety and two, which Rates or Duties are thereby appointed to be levied, ' ' coilefied, and paid, during the faid Term of ninety and nine Years, and to be brought into the Re- , 4 D 2 ' ceipt )
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