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 A. D. 1706. Anno quinto ANNiE ReglnJB. C. 20. 247 already recovered, and by them refpedlively incurred, for or in refped of the Premiffes, before the twen- tieth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fix : Provided, that fuch Perfon or Perfons having fo negleaed and offended as aforefaid, do before the three and twentieth Day of November one thoufand feven hundred and feven, pay or caufe to be paid to the Treafurer or Receiver General of the Stampt Duties, the feveral Duties which by him or them refpe£tively ought to have been paid by virtue ol the faid feveral Afts ; and in Default thereof, fuch Perfon or Perfons refpeftively fliall lofe the Benefit of the ^^^^^f^ Indemnity granted by this A£t; and that all Penalties and Forfeitures for any Offence committed as ' ' "° ^' aforefaid, which fhall not be difcharged by paying fuch Duties before the faid three and twentieth Day of November, {hall and may be fued for, profecuted and recovered, fo as the Profecution be commenced at any Time within one Year after the faid three and twentieth Day of November, and not afterwards. ' XXIX. And forafmuch as by the doubtful wording of the Statute made in the iirft Year of her Ma- i Anna, flat. a. ' 7nent, and Paper, the Attornies and Clerks of the feveral Courts of Record at IVeJlminJler may be in ' Danger of incurring the Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities mentioned in the faid Aft, and other ' former Adls relating to the faid Duties, by reafon of their proceeding in any Aftions or Suits in any ' of the faid Courts, before the Attorney or Clerk of the adverfe Part hath entred, fried, or recorded ' fuch Bail, Appearance, or other Matter or Thing, as he or they ought to have entred, filed, or re- ' corded in the faid refpeiSlive Courts :' For the explaining whereof, be it declared and enatSted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon or Perfons fhall forfeit, incur, or be profecuted for any Penalty, Attornies, &t. Forfeiture, or Difability mentioned in the faid A<St made in the faid firll: Year of her Majefty, for or by not to incur P«- reafon of his or their tranfadting, entring, recording, or filing, or having tranfa£ted, entred, recorded, i!'l"i=s for pro- or filed any further or other Proceeding, Matter or Thing, fubfequent or relating to any Aftion, Plaint, ^^^ 'other Vary Bail, or Appearance, which by any other Perfon or Perlbns whatfoever ought to have been, or is to be hith filed Bail, firfl entred, filed, or recorded in anypf her faid Majefty's Courts of Record at TVe/iminJler, btfore the &c. fame hath been or fhall be duly entyed, filed, or recorded ; any thing in the faid feveral Afts, or any of ^'"'thsi- Pnvi- them, or in this prefent Aft, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. ^sZmTDuti^' 8 Ann. c, 9, g Ann, c. 11 &' 23- 18 Ann. c, 19 & 26. 12 Ann. St, l. c, 2. 12 Ann, St. 2, c, 9. j Gea» i. c. 19, 6 Cm. i. c, zi. 11 Gee. i, A 8. 12 Ceo. I. c. 53. 9 Geo, a. c, 31, 16 Geo, i, c, a6. 29 Geo. z. c, la & ij. 30 Get, a, c, 19. and ja Geo. a, c, 35. C A P. XX. An A&: for the better Encouragement of the Royal Luftring Company. WH ER E A S by an Aft of Parliament made in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of our 3 & 4 Annas, moft gracious Sovereign Queen Anne, intituled. An AB for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce '^- '3- ' ported, into this Kingdom, fhall be feized and condemned, one Moiety to her Majefty, her Heirs and ' SuccelTorSj and the other Moiety to the Informer : And whereas divers of her Majefty's Subjefts, under ' Colour of the faid Aft, have taken upon them to fell and difpofe of French Luftrings and Alamodes fo ' feized and forfeited, as if they were allowed to be ufed and worn in England, which is contrary to the ' true Intent and Meaning of the faid Aft, which was defigned more efFeftually to prevent the Importa- ' tion and Ufe of the faid Silks, and alfo to the manifefi; Prejudice of fo profitable a Manufafture fet up ' in this Kingdom by the Royal Luftring Company, and thereby evading the Force of feveral Afts of ' Parliament paft for the Encouragement of the faid Manufafture :' For Remedy whereof, be it enafted '9 ^- 7- '■ 2i» by the Queen's mofl: Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and- Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That Not to counte- neither the before recited Aft for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France, nor any thing therein "^"" wearing contained, fhall be conftrued to extend to countenance the ufing and wearing any French Alamodes or ^'^^"'^^ Ala- Luftrings in ti.is Kingdom, but that the fame fhall be feized, condemned and exported in like Manner ftjings^ ^.j.. and Form, and under the like Penalties, as they, are or ought to have been before the palling the faid Aft. II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral Afts of Parliament hereto- Afts to be in fore made for the Encour?.g"r.-.ent of the Manufaftures aforefaid, fhall remain in full Force and Virtue, force. as if the faid Aft for prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France had never been made; any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ' III. And whereas great Trouble has been occafioned to Shopkeepers and others, by common Informers, STone but Ofli- ' who ?.re Perfons of mean Reputation ;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That only fuch Perfon cers of the Cu- or Perfons who is or are dficer or Officers belonging to the Cuftoms, or who fhall be deputed by the fto^s *="^; '" Royal Luftring Company, and fhall have Writs of AiTiftance from her Majefty's Courtof Exchequer, ^r Ahmotof and no others, fhall and may k'xze. any Luftrings or Alamodes within the Ci-ties of London and Weft- niinfer and the Bills of Mortality; any thing herein or in any former Aft to the contrary notv/ith- ftanding, ' IVf And whereas by an /'vf; made in the ninth and tenth Years of tlie Re'gn of his late Majefty 9 & ro W. 3. ' King William the Third, intituled, An AB for the better Encouragement of the Royal Luftring Company, c- 43- ' and the more effectual preventing the fraudulent Importations of Lii/irings and Alamodes ; it is amongft other ' things enafted. That before any Perfon or Perfons fhall be admitted to claim any of the laid Silks, they ' fhall give good Security by Recognizance, in the Court where fuch Claim fhall be entred, not only to ' pay the Cofts of Suit, m cafe fuch Claimer or Claimers fliall be caftj but alfo to anfwer and pay the Pe- nalties
 * jefty's Reign, intituled. An ASt for preventing Frauds in her Majejifs Duties upon J^ampt Vellum, Parch- *• *^'
 * with France; it is declared (amongft other Things) That all Silks of the Manufafture of France, im-