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 A. D. 1695. Anno fexto & feptlmo Gulielmi III. C. 12. 581 the Defendant, or the Plaintiff become nonfuit, or difcontinue his Adion, then the Defendant fliall have .Treble Cofts. '; V. Provided always, and it is hereby enadled, That no Perfon fhall be profecuted or troubled for any "^'""^ ^°' P"- OiFence againft this Statute, unlefs the fame be proved or profecuted within ten Days next after the Of- """""^"e "po" fence committed. ''"^ ^"' VI. And it is further enaiSled by the Authority aforefaid, That this ASt ftiall be publickly read four fe- To he read m vcral Times in the Year in all Parifh Churches, and all publick Chapels, by the Parfon, Vicar or Curate <^hurthes, &c, of the refpediive Parifhes or Chapels, immediately after Morning Prayer, on four feveral Sundays (that is to fay) the Sunday next after the four and twentieth Day o{ June, the nine and twentieth Day of Septem- ber, the five and twentieth Day oi December, and the five and twentieth Day oi March, under the Pain of twenty Shillings for every fuch Omiflion or Negle(ft. ' ' VII. And be it further enaSed by the Authority aforefaid. That the Juftices of Peace, Mayor or other Conviaiousto ' tiead Officer, fhall regifler in a Boole to be kept for that Purpofe, all the Convidions made before him beregiftred. upon this Adl, and the Time of making thereof, and for what Offence, and fliall certify the fame to the next General Quarter-Seflions of the Peace for the faid County or Place where the Offences are committed,, "to be there kept upon Record by the refpe6tive Clerks of the Peace, to be feen without Fee or Reward. CAP. xn. granting feveral Duties upon Vellum, Parchment and Paper; and for afcertaining the Ad- tneafurement of the Tunnage of Ships. HERE AS feveral Doubts and Difficulties are arifen upon the Interpretation of feveral Claufes in' an Aft of Parliament made in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of their Majefties King ' William and Queen Mary, intituled, An J£f for granting to their Majejiies feveral Duties upon Vellum, 5 & 6 w. & M. ' Parchment and Paper, for four Tears, tovjards carrying on the War againji France:' For the explaining and c. zi, remedying the faid Doubts and Difficulties, II. Be it declared and enafted by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con- Recognizances fen t of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent- Parliament aflembled, and by before ju dice Authority of the fame, That the faid KSt, nor any Claufe therein contained, fhall be conftrued to charge °f'''"^^'^5' *-'"- with any Duty fpecified in the faid KSi, any Warrant made by, or Recogniz,ance taken before, any Juftice j^" °^c T!?"- or JufHces of the Peace, or any Surrender of any Copyhold Eftate, or Copies for fuch Eftate, or any Cer- emp'ted.' *" tificate of Marriage of any Widow of any Seaman, or any Proceedings of any Court Martial which re- late to the Trial of any common Soldier, or any Orders, Decrees or Proceedings before any Commiffioners of Sewers, or in the Court of Stannaries; but the faid Warrants, Recognizances, Surrenders, Copies, Cer- tificates, Orders, Decrees and Proceedings, fhall and are hereby declared to be exempted from the Payment " of any the Duties mentioned in the faid Aft. III. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Claufe in the faid Aft, Degree of whereby the Duty of forty Shillings is laid upon the Regifter or Entry of any Degree in any of the Two Batchelorof Univerfities, fhall not extend to charge with the faid Duty of forty Shillings the Regifter or Entry of any ^"''^ exempted. ■ Batchelor of Arts, who is hereby exempted from the Payment thereof. IV. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Claufe in the faid Aft, Commiffion of whereby the Duty of forty Shillings is laid upon Letters Patents, fhall not extend to Commiffions of Re- Rebellion ex-- bellion in Procefs; but that the Commiffions of Rebellion fhall be and are hereby exempted from the faid =™P"'^' Duty of forty Shillings. V. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Claufe in the faid Aft, Officers in in- whereby the Duty of forty Shillings is laid uDon Admittances of Officers in any Court whatfoever, fhall 2™"' '^°'""''' not be extended to charge any annual Officer in any Corporation or inferior Court, whofe Office is under *^' '^'^'^"'P'^'*' the Value of ten Pounds per Annum, in Salaries, Fees, or otlier Perquifites ; but the faid annual Officer is hereby exempted and difcharged from the faid Duty. . VI. And be it further enacted' and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Officers at Sea fhall pay Sea Officers to the fame Duty that the Officers at Land pay, and no more; anything in the faid Aft to the contrary in any pay as Laud ofw ^ • wife notwithflanding. '''^"^• VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Penalty of five hundred Pounds 500 1. Penaltjr ■ mentioned in the faid Aft fhall no longer ftand and be in Force, but is hereby altered and changed into the changed into 5 1. Penalty of five Pounds only ; and that for the future, in all Cafes where by the faid A£t the Offender was to forfeit five hundred Pounds, he fliall forfeit no more than five Pounds, to be recovered with Cofls of Suit; any Thing in the faid A6t to the contrary in any wife notwithflanding. VIII. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That all Perfons that have al- Perfons who ready incurred the faid Penalty of five hundred Pounds, upon any Claufe in the faid Aft, fhall be and are bave incurred hereby pardoned, indemnified, and difcharged from the faid Forfeiture of five hundred Pounds, and every |^°l^'^ j-^^J^'^^^ Part thereof, and of and from any Profecution thereupon ; any thing in the laid Aft to the contrary in any Aa pardoned, wife notwithftanding. IX. And for the better Diftribution of the faid Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, and that the Subjefts Prices to be an. may have the fame with more Conveniency, and at an eafier Rate, than formerly ; be it enafted by the Au- ""allv fet and thority aforefaid. That the Lord High Treafurer of J?Vfl«^, or Commiffioners of His Majefty 's Treafury ™™^^'^^^|^^P^°^"^ for the time being, ihail once in the Year, at leaft, fet the Prices of all Sorts of ftamped Velknn, Parch- arcimen meiit, and Paper, that it fhall be fold at ; and that the Commiffioners appointed for putting the faid Aft in ■ Execution
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