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 .D. 1 701. Anno primo Ann^e Reginae. Stat. i. C. 21. 101 ' V. And whereas feveral Perfons do make ufe of Brine taken out of Brine Pits or Brine Pans, for cu- Pe"3'ty on Pef- • ring or pickling of Flefh and Fifti, or forprefeiving of other Provifions, without boiling the fame '"to ^°^ ^"J|!'^» '™^ ' Salt, and alfo of Rock Salt or Salt Rock, without refining the fame into White Salt, whereby her Ma- p'icid'ing"of°l le(h ' jefty's Duties on Salt are mnch prejudiced :' For Prevention thereof be it enafted by the Authority a- or l-ifh, i-r. forefaid, T'hat from and after the faid four and twentieth Day of jfnne one thoufand fcven hundred and 'The like Pe- two, no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall make ufe of any fuch Brine before the fame is boiled into Salt, nahy or» Perfons or of any Rock Salt or Salt Rock, before the fame is refined into White Salt, for the pickling or curing ""'""jf^ p"^;"^ of FleOi or Fifh, or for the preferving of any Provifions ; upon Pain of forfeiting the ,Sum of forty Shil- except Propri'e- lino-s for every Gallon of fuch Brine or Pound of Rock Salt or Salt Rock fo made ufe of, contrary to the torsofPans, &c. true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, and fo in Proportion for a greater or lefier Quantity. 5 Geo.^ i. c. x8. • ' V.'. And whereas her Majefty is very much defrauded of her Duties .upon foreign Salt, by the difFe- §• '7-' ' rent and uncertain meafuring of the fame, upon the Importation and Exportation thereof :' For Reme- „ _ , dy thereof be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid four and twentieth Day -vveigh" dfemed of June eighty-four Pounds Weight of foreign Salt fhall be deemed and taken to be a Bufhel of foreign a Buihel of to- Salt, both upon the Importation and Exportation thereof; any thing herein, or in any former Law to the reign Salt, contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ' VII. And whereas the Importers of foreign Salt do bring the fame in VelTels on the feveral Coafts of ' this Kingdom, and Dominion of V/ales, and lie hovering off the faid Coafts, and will not bring the ' fame in Port, or land the faid Salt, until they can get an Opportunity of running fuch Salt v/ithout En- ' try or Payment of Duties ; and in many Cafes where they do bring the fame into Port, yet continue ' fuch Salt in Port on board their VeiTels, and refufe to enter or land the fam.e, and in the Night-time, or ' Abfence of the Officers from on board fuch Veflels, privately run the faid Salt on^ Shore, without En- ted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid four and twentieth Day of June, where any Ship or Veffel laden with S^t fhall be found' hovering on the Coafts of England or Wales., not direttly proceeding on her Voyage to fome Port, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Officers of the Cuftoms, or the Officers for the faid Duty on Salt, to go on board fuch Veffels, and compel the fame to come into officer may com- Port, and to continue on board fuch Ships or Veflels until the Salt fhall be unladen, or the faid Ship or pel Siiip laden Veffel fhall depart from the faid Port, on her intended Voyage, to fome other Place ; and if the Perfons with Salt, aod on board fuch Ship or Veffel, or any_ other Ship or Veffel importing Salt, fliall neglett or refufe to enter 'i°""'"S°" '*'•'= or unlade fuch Salt, for the Space of twenty Days after the fame is come into Port, or within that Time in°oPort"&c. to depart and proceed regularly on their Voyage to fome other Place, unlefs permitted by the Chief Offi- and on Refufal cer of the Cuftoms for that Port to make a longer Stay, then and in fuch Cafe, all the Salt on board fuch mayen'er, &c. Ship or Veffel fhall be forfeited, and double the Value thereof, to be recovered of the Mafler of fuch Ship Salt forfeited, or Veffel, or the Perfon commanding the fame in that Voyage. ^'^' VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid four No foreign Salt and twentieth Day of jum no foreign Salt fhall be imported from Parts beyond the Seas, in any Ship or to be imported Veffel of lefs Burthen than twenty Tuns, and in Bulk only (except for the neceffary Provifions of the many Veffel left Ships) upon Pain of forfeiting the faid Salt, and double the Value thereof, to be recovered of the Perfon ^^ce ^t?on""^' importing the farrie. Penalty. IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid four and twen- 65 Pounds tieth Day of y««^, fixty-five Pounds Weight of Rock Salt fhall be deemed and taken to be a Bufhel of Weight of Rock Rock Salt ; any Thing in the faid former Acts contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwith- Salt deemed a ftanding. ^""'f X. And it is hereby alfo enafted. That from and after the faid four and twentieth Day of j^zot^, no No Rock Salt to Rock Salt whatfoever fhall be refined or made into White Salt in any Place or Places whatfoever, v/ithin be refined b^t the Kingdom oi England, Dominion oi Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed (except fuch Places as withm 10 Miles are or fhall be within ten Miles Diflance of the refpedtive Pit or Pits f"rom whence fuch Rock Salt fhall "^^wn March be taken, or at fuch Places as upon or before the tenth Day oi May one thoufand feven hundred and two provided for hj fhall have been ufed for the refining of Rock Salt) under the Pain of forty Shillings for every Bufhel of 2&3 AnnK,c. Rock Salt that fhall be melted or refined in any Houfe, Place or Places, not by this A6t allowed for that 14 S- ^°- '"^ Purpofe, and fo in Proportion for a greater or leffer Quantity. ''y 6 Annae, c Farther Provifions 5 Annae, c. 29. §. i6, 8 Geo. z- '• 12. §. 3.' ' XI. And v.'hereas by the feveral Afts for laying Duties upon Salt, any Perfon exporting Salt to Parts ' beyond the Seas, is intitled to a Drawback of the whole Duty of the Salt fo exported ; and it is found ' by Experience, that many Exporters of Salt and Rock Salt, after they have obtained the faid Draw- back, or a Debenture for the fame, do privately rejand fuch Salt or Rock Salt in ii«^/(7/?^/or /> /' ale. ' without paying the Duties thereof upon fuch Relanding:' For Prevention thereof, be it enatted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid four and tv,reritieth Day of June no Debenture fhall be ^j j,',. made or granted, or Drawback allowed to be paid, for or upon Account of the Exportation of any Salt ^jjowed on'tx- or Rock Salt for Ireland, until the Exporter of the faid Salt or Rock Salt fhall produce, to the Oilicer ap- pcnationof Salt, pointed to makefuch Debenture, a Certificate under the Hand of the Colledtor of the Cuftoms ofthePort without Ccnifi- in Irelatid, where fucli Gait or Pvock Salt fhall be landed, or the Perfon executing his Office, of the parti- •?!'"= °^'^'"" cular Quantity of Salt or Rock Salt actually landed, to be computed after the Rate of fifty-fix Pounds Ig^"^^^^^^"^' Weight to the Bufhel, in cafe the fame Hiall be EngUjh White Salt, and after the Rate of fixty-five j-^. (,. j,-. a' Pounds to the Bufhel, in cafe the fame iliall be £n_g//yZi Rock Salt, and after the Rate of eighty-four Dr.iwiwck is to Pounds to the Bufhel, in cafe the fame fhall be foreign Salt ; which Salt and Rock Salt is hereby direfted ^f allowed for . ^ ' . ,„^ Salt loft, W
 * try or Payment of Duties, or giving Security for the fame :' For Prevention thereof, be it further enac-