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 A.D.I y OS' Anno fecundo & tertfo Ann^ Reglnae. C. 12 — 14. 153 CAP. XII. An A& for raifing the Militia for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and four, notwithftanding the '3 *= 14 Car, a. Month's Pay formerly advanced be not repaid. Militia Forces may be drawn out into actual Service '• 3° any Time before 24 June 1705. notwithftanding the one Month's Pay formerly advanced be net re- paid. EXP. CAP. XIII. An Aft for prolonging the Time by an A£l of Parliament: made in the firft Year of her Majefty's Reign, 2 'W. & M. for importing Thrown Silk of the Growth of Sicily, from Leghorn. EXP. ^- ^- '=■■ 9- CAP, XIV. An A6b for the better fecuring and regulating the Duties upon Salt. I Annae, fiat. c. li. ' of Debentures for Salt fhipped to be exported to foreign Parts ; and it; is found by Experience, ' landed in Ireland, or other Places out of England and JVaks, have been fhipped off again from thence, ' and fraudulently brought into England or Wcdes ; by which evil Prafticcs her Majefty's faid Dutips are ' much prejudiced and difcouraged in their Trade, by reafon they cannot fell their Salt in Places which ' are fupplied»with Salt run as aforefaid :" For Remedy whereof be it ena£ted by the Queen's moft ■Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- ■ mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That no Salt whatloever, be- ^° ^ j J^'^'"'"S ing of the Produce or Manufa£l:ure of England, Wales, Berijcick upon Tweed, Scotland, or Ireland, nor Scotland or 'the any other Salt coming from Ireland, Scotland, or the Ifle of Man, fhall, after the firft Day of june one Me of Man, to thoufand Teven hundred and four, be imported or brought into any Port or Place within England, Wales, be imperted. or Berwick upon Tweed, nor be taken out of any Ship or Veflel, nor put on ftiorc within any of the faid ' Fu'th^r Pfo- Ports or Places, upon Pain that all the Salt fo imported or brought in, taken out of any Ship or Vefiel, p['°" f/"^ ^'^ ■or landed or put on ftiore, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Adl, fliall be forfeited and, Geo.°i. 'c. i. loft ; and that the Ship or Veflel in which any fuch Salt fhall be fo imported or brought in, or out of f. 23.' ' - " be forfeited and loft; and every Perfon that fhall take any fuch Salt out of any fuch Ship or Veifel, or ' carry the fame on ftiore, or convey the fame from the fhore when landed, or be aiding or affifting therein, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds for every fuch Off"ence, or fufFer fix Months Imprifonment. II. And be it further enaSed, That it fliall and may be lawful to and for any of the Officers for th« ^^'' f" '"?""'«* faid Duties upon Salt, at any Time within two Months after the Importation or Landing any fuch Salt, Momhs after be •and not afterwards, to feize the Salt fo imported or taken out of any Ship or Veflel, or landed or put on feized ; fhore, or coiweying from the ftiore; and alfo the Ship or VeflTel in which fuch Salt was imported, toge- alfo the Ship; ther wit 1 all her Tackle and Apparel : And in cafe the Owner of fuch Salt or Ship fhall not, within ^""l '*^ "°"^ twenty Days after fuch Seizure, claim the Salt and Ship fo feized, and alfo give fufficient Security to SJ^'ip^^ '" ^'^ anfwer the Value thereof; then and in every fuch Cafe, the Salt and Ship, with all her Tackle and i-JJ* ""^ Apparel, fhall be fold to the beft Advantage. III. Provided neverthelefs, That nothing in this A£t fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any Salt •carried Salt which ftiall be ftiipped, to be carried Coaftwife, by Certificate from one Port to another in England, Coaftwife ej:- ■JVales, or Berivick upon Tweed, according to the Direftions of the former Afts relating to the faid Duties. "P'*'^- IV. Provided alfo. That in cafe where any Salt fhall have been entred and fliipped to be exported to Salt forced Into foreign Parts, according to the Directions of the former AiSs in that Behalf, and the Ship or Veffei, r^|-''°f ^. ■laden with fuch Salt, ftiall by Strefs of Weather, Enemies, or other unavoidable Neceffities, be forced ther^&c. inay ■into any Port or Place within England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, it fhall and may be lawful to and be re- landed. for the Owner of fuch Salt, or Mafter of fuch Ship, withirt twenty Days after her coming into fuch Port, to reland the faid Salt,- fo as due Entry be made, and the Duties again paid down for the whole •Qiiantity of Salt that was entred to be exported, before any Part thereof fliall be relanded, and not other- wife ; any thing in this Acl: or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding.. V. Provided alfo. That in cafe where any Fifherman fliall have taken any Salt on board his Boat or Fi1i«rnian may Veflel from any Part of England, Wales, or Bet;wick upon Tweed, for the faking of Fi'h at Sea, it ftiall land Salt taken -and may be lawful for any fuch Fiftierman to bring in and land any fuch Salt fo taken on board, fo as "^^aa^'pnh' on Oath be made before the Landing thereof (which Oath the Officer for the faid Duties hath hereby Power, Oathmade' &c. and is hereby direfted to adminifter, without Fee or Charge) thafthe particular Qiiaiitity of Salt, fo to ■, : be landed, was taken on board from fome Part of England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tiueed, and at what . Place it was taken on board, and that no Part thereof was taken out of any Ship or VeflTel at Sea ; any thing in this A£t: or any other Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. VI. Provided alfo. That in cafe where any Ship or VeflTel fhall come into any Port of England, Wales, Allowance of 1 or Berwick upon Tweed, from Ireland, or any other foreign Part, having on board any Quantity of Salt, Salt for Ship's ' .■which was taken in only for the necelTary Provifions of the Ship for fuch Voyage, or for curing of Fifti, Provifion, or for it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Mafter of fuch Ship or VeflTel to land the faid Salt, fo as Entry cuHngFifli, tc Vox. IV, X b'g • What forfuted upon Neg'.eft of fad; Entiles by 5 Ceo. i. c. i3. i". 18.'
 * ^TT HE RE AS great Sums of Money are paid out of her Majefty's Duties upon Salt, on account jW.SfJlf. c 7,
 * that great Part of the Salt, for which fuch Debentures have been paid, h'lth been fraudtiientiy landed
 * on the Coafto of Englmui and Wales, and not exported to any foreign Parts, or having been a<51:ual!y
 * very much leffened in the Produce thereof, and the Salt Makers, who, pay their full Duties, are very
 * which any fuch Salt fhall be taken or put on fhore, together with all her Tackle and Apparel, fhall alfo Forfeiture.