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 3o6 C. 2 2. Anno fexto Ann.e Rcginae. A. D. 1707. No I'rofecution for non Obferv- ante of Statutes, before 9 March J 707. Queen may alter, revoke, or en- large the Sta- tutes, and make new ones, &c. Prebendaries, and other Members of the faid Churches, from the faid Time have ufed to be fworn at their Inftallments or Admiflions, fliall be, and ftiall be taken and adjudged to be good and valid in Law, and (hall be, and be taken and ajudged to be the Statutes of the faid Churches refpeftivcly ; neverthelefs fo far forth only as the fame, or any of them, are in no Manner repugnant to, or inconfiftent with the Conftitution of the Church oi England, as the fame is now by Law eftabliftied, or the Laws of the Land. IL Provided always, and be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon or Perfons fhall at any Time hereafter be liable to any Profecution, Cenfure, or Punifliment whatfoever, for not having obferved any of the Statutes hereby ratified and confirmed, or for having done any thing contrary to the fame, on or before the ninth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and feven ; anything herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. in. Provided always, and be it enacted. That it fliall and may be lawful for her Majelly, during her Life (which God long preferve) from time to time to alter, amend, corredt, revoke, diminifh, or enlarge the faid Statutes, or any of them, and to make new Statutes and Ordinances for the faid Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and for refuming or fettling the local Vifitationof them, or any of them, in fuch Manner, from time to time, as to her Majefty fhall feem meet., CAP. XXII. An Aft for continuing feveral Duties therein mentioned, upon Coffee, Chocolate, Spices, Pidtures, and Muflins, and additional Duties upon feveral of the faid Commodities, and certain Duties upon Callicoes, China Wares and Drugs ; and for continuing the Duties called the Two Third Subfidies of Tunnage and Poundage, for preferring the publick Credit; and for afcertaining the Duties of Coals exported for Foreign Parts ; and for fecuring the Credit of the Bank of England ; and for paffing feveral Accounts of Taxes raifed in the County of Monmouth ; and for promoting the Confumption of fuch Tobacco as fhall have paid her Majefty's Duties. 3&4Ani)E,c.4. ' L A «" O S T gracious Sovereign; Whereas by an Aft of Parliament made m England in the third Year XVJ. of your Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A Si for continuing Duties upon Low Wines, and upon Cof- fee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices and PiSiures, and upon Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and upon Muflins, and for granting new Duties upon feveral of the faid Commodities ; and alfo upon Callicoes, China IVare, and Drugs, feveral Duties therein mentioned upon CoiFee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea, Nut- megs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Pi£tures imported, were continued from the laft Day o( April ont thoufand feven hundred and fix till the twenty-fourth Day of fune one thoufand feven hundred an tenj * and a certain Duty upon Muflins imported, after the Rate of fifteen Pounds for every one hundred Pounds of the true and real Value thereof, was continued from the twenty-ninth Day o{ September one thoufand feven hundred and fix till the faid twenty-fourth Day of ^kk^ one thoufand feven hundred and ten ; and by the fame Adl for increafing your Majefty's Revenues, feveral new additional Rates and Sums therein particularly expreiTed, were laid upon all Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Pidtures, ,which fhould be imported at any Time or Times after the firft Day oi February one thoufand feven hundred and four, and before the twenty- fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and ten, and by the fame A£t feveral further Rates and Sums therein particularly mentioned, were charged or impofed for and upon all white Callicoes, Por- celan, commonly called China Ware, and Drugs (except Drugs for Dying) imported from and after the ^AT)zy oi February one thoufand feven hundred and four, at any Time or Times before the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and ten ; the faid feveral Duties to he feverally afcertained, anfwered, and paid in the Manner therein mentioned ; and in the faid A6t there are con- tained Claufes of Credit for lending thereupon any Sums not exceeding in the whole feven hundred thoufand Pounds, at an Intereft not exceeding the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annum, as by the fame may more largely appear : And whereas it is likely that the Duties granted by the faid A&, may and will determine before the Loans made thereupon, and all the Intereft due, or to grow due for the fame, will be fatisfied :' We therefore your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, for preferving the publick Credit, have given and granted, and do by this Adt give and grant unto your Majefty the feveral Rates, Duties, and Sums of Money to be payable for and upon all Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Piftures, Muflins, White Callicoes, Porcelan, called China Ware, and Drugs ^ex- cept Drugs for Dying) herein after mentioned, for the Term and Pupofe herein after expreffed ; ana do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may be enafted ; and be it enacted by the Qiteen's moft Ex- cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the (aid Duties^ which by the faid Aft of the third Year of her Majefty's Reign were continued upon Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Ccxroa Pafte, Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Piftures, and upon Muflins, and the faid increafed, or new additional Rates and Duties which were thereby laid upon all CoiFee, Co- coa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa, Pafte, Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Piftures, and the faid further Rates and Sums which were thereby charged or impofed for and upon all White Callicoes, Porcelan, commonly called China Ware, and Drugs [except Drugs for Dying) fliall by virtue of this Act Duties on Coffee, &C, continued from 23 June 1 7 10. ifor four Years longer. 3 & 4 Ann^, c. 4. and made perpetual by 7 Annae, c. 7. ^, 26. but the Dutieson Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa ^Juts imported are repealed by 10 Geo. I. c. 10. "and new ones jhu^ored.