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 58S C. iS. Anno fexto 8c feptlmo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1695, Culm, reckoning fix and thirty Bufhels to the Chaldron Winchejler Meafure, the Sum of one Shilling. (3) And for every Tun of nil Sorts of Coals ufually fold by Weight, imported or carried in any Ship or VelTel from any Part of England or Wales, or from Scotland, into any other Part or Place in England or Wales, reckoning twenty hundred Weight to each Tun, the Sum of five Shillings. XV. Which laid fev€ral impofitions. Rates, Duties and Sums of Money aforefaid, fhall from time to time, during the laid Term of five Years, be anfwered and paid at the refpeclive Ports and Places of Im- portation, or landing of the faid Coals and Culm, unto His Majefly, His Heirs and Succeffors, or to fuch Officer or Perfon as fhall by His Majefly, His Heirs or Succeflbrs, or by the Commiffioners of His Ma- jefty's Cufl:oms, or any four or more of them for tlie time being, under their Hands and Seals, be thereunto appointed, by the Mafter, Owner or Owners, or other Perfon or Perfons having or taking the Charge of any Ship or V eflel on which any fuch Coals or Culm {hall be laden, or wherein they Ihall be imported, carried or brought, before Bulk of the faid Ship or Vefiel fnall be broken, or any the faid Coals or Culm unladen, and before any Meter, Meafurer or Weigher fhall be appointed for the Meafuring or Weighing thereof; upon Receipt wheieof, the Party appointed to receive the fame fhall without Delay, Fee or Re- Culm per Chal- dron I s. Coal perTun 5 : Increafed and continued by 7 &8W.3. c. 3J. 9& 10 W. 3. c. 13. 10 & II W. 3. c. 21. I Annrc, ftat. 2. c. 4. 4 Annse, c. 6, 5 AnnK, c. 19. 8 Ann^, c. 4, gAnnjE, c., ,. ■ ■ - n 6. & c. =2. 12 ward, deliver a Receipt under his Hand, to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall pay the faid Duty ; which Re- Anns, flat. 2. c ceipt fhall for fo much be a fufficient Difcharge ; of all which Ships and Veflels, and of the Coals and g.&c. 17. 1 Cyifji therein imported or brought, due Entries fhall be from time to time made in the Cuflom Houfe of c Ts.'q Ge'o^'i. 0'' belonging to fuch Port or Place, where fuch Importation fliall be made (if any Cufl:om Houfe be there) c.-j,' 5 Geo. I, or elfe in the Cuftom Houfe of the next Port or Place where fuch Importation Ihall be ; and in cafe any c. 9. & c. ig. of the faid Coals or Culm fhall be unfliipped, to be laid on Land, before the Impofitions, Duties or Sums 6 Geo. I. c. 4. afofefaid refpe6tively due for the iame fhall be paid or fecured, that then, as well the faid Coals and Culm 13 Geo. I.e. 2 j^ ^^ unfhipped, as alio the Ship or Vefiel out of which the fame fhall be fo unfliipped, with all her Guns, in UiePoito'fim- Tackle, Furniture and Ammunition, fhall be forfeited and lofl ; one Moiety of which Forfeiture fliall be portjtion before unto his A4ajefty, His Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other R'loiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall feize. Breaking Bulk, fue or inform for the fame, to be recovered in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminjier, by • ifCoalsbeiand- ^ftJon gf Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no EfToin, Proteftion or Wager of Law ihall be ed before Duties, ■ , ' ' '^ ''*^' ' XVI. And to the end that the faid Impofitions and Duties may be duly anfwered and paid, without Fraud or Covin, and for the better levying and colledling thereof, and for the Difcovery of the juft Qiumtities of all Sorts of Coals and Culm, to be Water-born, imported or unladen as aforefaid ; Be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty, His Heirs or Succeffors, or to or for any four or more of the faid CommiiTioners of the Cufloms for the time being, by Writing under their Hands and Seals, from time to time, to afTign and appoint, within each Port or Place within the faid King- dom of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, fuch and fo many Meters, Weigh- ers and Meafurers of the faid Coals and Culm, as fliall within the Term aforefaid be imported, brought or landed in fuch Port or Place, wherein or for which fuch Meters, Weighers or Meafurers, fhall be af- figned or appointed as aforefaid ; who fhall from time to time meafure and weigh all fuch Coals and Culm fo imported or brought, and when and as foon as any fuch Ship or VefTel fhall be unladen, fhall forth- with deliver a true Certificate in Writing, under his or their Hand or Hands, unto the Perfon or Perfons appointed to receive the faid Impofitions or Duties within fuch Port or Place, of the Sorts, Quantities and Numbers of Chaldrons or Tuns of Coals or Culm refpeiStively, which fhall be meafured or weighed, and delivered from on Board any fuch Ship or Vefl'el, under the Penalty of one hundred Pounds ; and in cafe it fhall appear by fuch Certificate or otherwife, that there was on Board any fuch Ship or VefTel a greater Number of Chaldrons or Tuns of Coals or Culm, than for which the faid Impofitions or Duties hereby impofed fliall have been anfwered and paid as aforefaid, that then in every fuch Cafe there fhall be paid unto His Majefly, His Heirs and SucceflTors, by the Mafter or Owners of fuch Ship or VefTel, for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals or Culm fo concealed, over and above the Impofitions and Duties aforefaid, the Sum of ten Shillings ; for which, in cafe of Refufal to pay the fame, fuch Ship or VefTel, with the Tackle, Furniture, and Apparel thereof, or any Part thereof, fhall and may be attached and detained by the Oflicer or Officers for the time being, in fuch Port or Place appointed to receive the faid Impofitions or Duties, or to meafure or weigh the faid Coals or Culm, until Payment thereof, and to fell the laid Ship or V^ eflel. Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, or any Part thereof, in cafe all the faid Impofitions, Duties or Payments before mentioned, for the faid concealed Coals or Culm, fliall not be paid and fatisfied, with reafcnable Cofts and Charges for fuch attaching, detaining and felling, rendring the Overplus; which Sale fhall be good and efiecSlual in Law. XVII. Provided neverthelefs. That if the Importer, upon fuch Certificate delivered in by the Meafurer or Weigher, fliall within the Space of fix Days after the Delivery of fuch Ship or Vefiel, give in his Poft-entry, and fatisfy and pay the whole Duty for the Surplufage of the faid Coals or Culm, appearing upon the unlading of fuch Ship or Vefifel, then upon fuch Payment the Penalty aforefaid fhall be dif- charged. XVIII. And for the Manifefiation of the Truth and Certainty in the PremiJTes, be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Officers to be appointed in each Port and Place for the receiving of the faid Impofitions or Duties, and for the weighing and meafuring of the faid Coals and Culm, fhall re- fpe£tively keep one or more Book or Books for every fuch Port or Pl.^.cc, wherein they fhall refpeftively and Ship are forftiled. The King or Four Corpmif- iioners of the ^Cuftoms, may appoint Weigh ers, who fliall certify the Weight of the Coals. 10 s. per Chal- dron foifelttd for paying lefs than certified. Forfeiture faved hy Port entry yfd Tayintnt wi'.hin 6 Days, Ofiicers to keep a Bock ii^ Aecountr, and to p.ry tlur Rc'cdvers'of the cHtfif down a true Account of all fuch Sums of Money, which fhall be paid or received for or upon Account Cu(!oms,whoare to return it into llie Exchequer. of the laid Impofitions or Duties, and of all the Payments and Difburfements of the fame ; and alfo a true Account of the Numbers of Chaldrons and Tuns of Coals and Culm fo imported and unladen in any fuch Port or Place, and of the reljjeSive Sorts thereof; and the Monies arifing by the Impofitions and Duties aforefaid are to be paid into the Receiver or Receivers Gener.al of the Cuftoms for the time being, and by them to be paid and returned into the Receipt of His Majefiy's Exchequer, for His Majeily's Ufe, where