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 A. D. 1705. Anno quarto Annje Regmse. C. 12. 199 Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, trading or dealing in Whalebone, having in his, her, or their Cuftody) any fuch P'oreign cut Whalebone, (other than in Fins regularly imported jfhall forfeit the Sum of thirty Pounds, and alio be fubjecl to the like Penalties and forfeitures as the Importers thereof, by the aforefaid recited Adt are liable unto ; and alfo that the Mafters of fuch Ships and Veffels, knowingly bringing or Penalty on Ma.» importing any foreign cut Whale-fins or Whalebone, as aforefaid, fhall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds ; »«" of Ships un- one Moiety of the aforefaid Penalties to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety r°"'"^ "'"• to fuch Perfon or Perfons as (hall feize and fue for the fame, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejiminjler, wherein no EiToin, Protection, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance (hall be allowed ; and if any Difpute, Queftion, or Doubt fhall arife, whether any cut Whalebone found, feized, or received, as aforefaid, were cut in Parts beyond the Seas, the Proof ftiall be incumbent only upon the Proof where cut Importer, Claimer, Owner, Proprietor, or fuch Perfon or Perfons, in whofe Hands or Cuftody fuch cut tolieonimpor- Whalebone ihall be found refpedively, and not upon the Seizer, Informer, or Profecutor ; any thing to ^"> ^'^• the contrary notwithftanding. ' VII. And whereas feveral Perfons have, (fince the double Duties upon ftampjt Vellum, Paper, and |j,"g?'J^T'"' ' Parchment commenced) been admitted to their Freedoms in divers Corporations, and fuch their Admif- ft,uflions"A'he ' fions have meerly by Miftake or Mifconftrudion been entred upon Paper or Parchment ftampt for a lefs l^„ „„ ftampt ' Duty than ought to have been paid for the fame : And whereas in other Cafes feveral Perfons Freedoms Paper, tc. have ' have been admitted, and their AdmifHon entred upon Paper or Parchment without any Stamp at all, or entred Admif- - ' any Thing paid or received for the fame : And whereas divers other Perfons, Clerks, Stewards, or Bai- ^"""^ of Free- ' lifts, keeping or holding inferior Courts of Record, County Courts, Courts Baron, and Courts Leet, p°^J/^ g^ ""^ ' have through the like Miftake or Mifconftrudtion of the Laws as aforefaid, omitted the iffuing, entring, duly ftampt, ' inrolling, or filing of divers Adtions, Plaints, Bails, Appearances, and other Procefs and Proceedings her Majefty's good Subjects ; be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the faid Free- difcharged from men fo admitted, and all and every the faid Clerks, Stewards, and Bailiffs, and all other Perfon and Per- ''"^ Penalties, fons fo concerned and forfeiting, as aforefaid, fhall be, and they hereby are freed and difcharged of and Duties b'y"^h from all and every the Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures not already recovered, and by them refpeftively joofSe-t^jLj" incurred, for or in Refpeft of the PremifTes before the firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and five ; provided that fuch Perfon or Perfons forfeiting, as aforefaid, pay or caufe to be paid, the fe- veral Duties dire£ted to be paid, by the feveral A6ts for granting Duties upon ftampt Vellum, Paper, and Parchment, to the Receiver General of the Stampt Duties, before the nine and twentieth Day oi Septanber ene thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and in Default thereof, fuch Perfons refpe£tively fhall lofe the Be- nefit of the Indemnity granted by this Aft. VIII. Provided alfo. That the Admiffions of all fuch Freemen, as were admitted into any Corpora^ Freemens Ad- lion or Company, before the faid firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and five, and all the miffions, &c. faid other Proceedings before that Time had, fhall be good and valid in Law, notwithftanding any Ne- 6°°^ '" ''^*' flecS or Omi.Tion before that Time, with Relation to the faid Stampt Duties; and that all Penalties and "orfeitures for any Offence committed, as aforefaid, which fhall not be difcharged by paying fuch Duties Duties notdif- before the faid nine and tv/entieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fix, fhall and may be charged, Penal- fcied for, profecuted and recovered, fo as the Profecution be commenced at any Time within one Year '^estobefoedfo*. after the faid nine and twentieth Day of September. IX. And it is hereby further enacted and declared. That the Duties made payable by the faid A£ls, How Duties on relating to ftampt Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for or in Refpedt of Appearances, and other the Mat- Appearances ■ters in the faid Afls, or any of them contained, relating thereto, ftiall be conftrucd to extend to Appear- ^"^te"™'* ancesin fuch Actions wherein no Bail is filed, or put in, and not otherwife ; any thing in the faid Afts contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' X. And whereas by feveral Ads of Parliament, relating to the Duties on Marriages, Births, and Bu- Duties on Mar- ' true Account, and keep a Regifter in Writing of all and every Perfon or Perfons, married, buried, ^^^g^''*^"^' I chriftencd, or born, in his or their refpeftive Pariilies or Precinfts ; and likewife in the fame Regifters, ' ^, ' ^' together with the Name of every Perfon fo married, buried, chriftened, or born, to fet down and ex gSc ioW. 3, prefs in Writing the refpeftive Degree, Condition, and Quality, according to which the Duty to the «. 3.5. I Crown ought to be paid: And in Cafe of Burials, the Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, Fathers, Mo- ' thers. Guardians, Church- v/ardens, or others, v/ho by the faid A£ts ought to pay for the fame, and "^ where they dwell refpeftively : And in Cafe of Births, the Names of the t athers. Mothers, or thofe that I take on them the Guardiapfhip, or Care of fuch Children fo born, and where they live refpeiflively : And ' 1^ in cafe of Marriages, the Place of Abode of the feveral Huftjands, under the Penalty of one hundred ^ Pounds for fome of the faid Omiffions, and other great Penalties for the reft: And whereas feveral Par- I fons. Vicars, and Curates, and other Ecclefiaftical Perfons, not being fufficiently appriz,ed of the full Import of the faid A£ts of Parliament, have not exaftly obferved the Directions therein, as aforefaid, 1 g,'ven, and thereby incurred the Penalties in the faid Adls refpeftivelv mentioned, and they and their ^ Hmilies remain therefore expofed to Ruin, although the faid Duties have been duly anfwered to her Ma- jeft ;' Be it therefore ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon and Perfons in Holy Parlbns &c. who Orders, Parfon, Vicar, and Curate, and his and their Subftiture, having neglected to keep a Regifter in have ne^^kfted , Wntmg, as aforefaid, of all and every, or any Perfon or Perfons fo married, buried, chriftened, or fer of f«h^Mar- born, as aforefaid, or to fet down and exprefs, together with the Name of fuch Perfon fo marri"d, ri^n sk, (in^ ' buried, chriftened, or born, the refpeflive Degree, Condition, or Quality, according to which the faid cafe the Duties late Kmg's, or her prefent Majefty's Duties ought to be paid, or the Name or Place of Abode of any are paid) to be Perfon '°^"»»'*'^
 * upon double ftampt Vellum, Paper, or Parchment;' Wherefore for quieting the Minds of fo many of
 * rials, all Parfons, Vicars, Curates, and other E^rclefiaftical Perfons, are required to take an exafl: and «-ia3es,Births,&c.