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 3o8 C. 22. Anno fexto Ann^ Reginae. A. D. 1707. of March one thoufand feven hundred and eight, within or during the faid Term of three Years, by way „, of Merchandize, that is to fay, two third Parts of fuch or the like feveral and refpe£tive Duties, as by the Gurrans, ^a Su! faid Aft of the ninth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign were granted, and by the faid Aft of the firft gar, from the Year of her Majefty's Reign are continued and payable for or upon the fame Goods and Merchandizes re-. Inglidi Phnta- fpedively (except Tobacco and fuch Currans as fhall be imported in Englijh huilt Shipping, navigated tions, &c. according to the Laws now in Force, and Sugar from the Englijh Plantations, and fuch Goods and other See 8 Annafj Merchandizes, as by the two Aifts lafl: mentioned, or either of them, are exempted from Payment of the How Duties Aall V. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Duties, commonly called the Two third '*""'^^""* "" Subfidies, by this Afl: granted and continued as aforefaid, and every of them refpedively, fhall be afcer- counte or. tained, fecured, raifed, levied, recovered, anfwered, paid, and accounted for, by fuch Rules, Ways, Means, and Methods, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, and with fuch Diftribution of the faid Penalties and Forfeitures, and fubjeiSl: to fuch Drawbacks, Allowances, and Re-payments, and in fuch Manner and Form in all Refpefts, as the like Duties, commonly called the Two third Subfidies refpeftive- 3 <r4 Anns, ly, granted by the faid A£t of the third Year of her Majefty's Reign, are thereby, or by any other KQi or s- 4- ■ Ails, Laws or Statutes whercunto that AiSl hath Reference, prcfcribed, enafted, or appointed, to be af- certained, fecured, raifed, levied, recovered, anfwered, paid, and accounted for, during the Continuance Former Powers thereof refpeftively ; and that all fuch of the Powers, Dire<Slions, Penalties and Forfeitures, Claufes, revived. Matters and Things provided, fettled, or eftablifhed by the faid Subfidy Aft of the third Year of her Ma- jefty's Reign, or by any other A£t or Afts now inTorce, whereunto that KEk hath Relation, for the bet- 'ter raifing, levying, recovering, anfwering, or paying the faid refpeftive Duties, commonly called the two third Subfidies, thereby granted, or for making any Drawbacks, Repayments, or Allowances out of any of the faid feveral and refpeijtive Duties upon Exportations, fhall be revived, and be continued, and be in Force and Virtue, during the Continuance of A61: ; and further for the Recovery of all the Ar- rearages, and Sums of Money, which fliall become due or payable to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succcf- fors upon this A£l, in as full and ample Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Powers, Di- reftions. Penalties, Forfeitures, Claufes, Matters and Things, and every of them, were again repeated and re-enafted in the Body of this prefent A£t. Duties appropri- VL And it is hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Duties, commonly ated for fecuring palled The two third Subfidies, by this A£i: continued and payable (the necefTary Charges of raifing, ma- the Monies un-j^ggjj^g^ P'''y'"Sr ^"^^ accounting for the fame, excepted) fhall be appropriated, paid, and applied, and S^ubfidy Aa" ^e fubjeft and liable (over and above the faid Duties called The two third Subfidies, granted by the faid 3 & 4 ADn£e> former Afl) to and for the fecuring, paying, and fatisfying all the Principal and Intereft Monies, which c. 5. fhall from Time to Time remain unfatisned of or for the faid Loans, not exceeding fix hundred thirty-fix tboufand nine hundred fifcy-feven Pounds four Shillings and a Halfpenny, made upon the faid Subfidy A£l: of the third Year of her Majefty's Reign, in the fame Courfe, Order, and Manner, as the Monies arifing by the KE. laft mentioned were thereby prefcribed to be applied thereunto, and ftiall not be di- and not diverted verted or divertible to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfoever, under the like Penalties, Forfei- to any other ufc.tures, and Difabilities, as by the faid Subfidy hSi of the third Year of her Majefty's Reign are prefcrlbed,^ for diverting, or mifapplying any the Monies thereby arifing. When Debt (ha'l VIL Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That when and as the faid re- be paid off. Mo- fpe£live Sums of feven hundred tboufand Pounds and iix hundred thirty-fix thoufand nine hundred fifty- nies to ^ '^V''- feven Pounds four Shillings and a Halfpenny, and all the Intereft thereof due and to grow due, fhall be ftdforpublick j-efpeftively paid offhand fully difcharged, or that fufficient Money ihall be refervcd in the Exchequer far that Purpofe purfuant to the true Meaning of this Ait, then and from thenceforth the faid Duties charge- able by this KEk. v/ith the faid Principal and Intereft, and cither of them refpedively, for and during the then Remainder of the faid refpective Terms hereby granted of and in the fame refpectively, fhall be dif- pofable for the publickUfe and Service by Authority of Parliament, and not otherwife; any thing herein contrary to the contrary notwithftanding. eityW. 3» ' VIII. And whereas by an Act made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King 18. *■ "William the Third (intituled. An ASifor granting to his Majejiy certain Duties upon Glafs Wares, Stone ' and Earthen Bottles^ Coals and Cubn, for carrying on the TVar agniti/i YrTinct) recitzd. That the Impofition ' nution of his Majefty's Cuftoms, and leflening the Englijh Navigation on the Exportation of Coals be- ' foreign Bottoms fhould, during the Continuance of that Act, only pay ten Shillings the Chaldron, and ' Englijh Bottoms only three Shillings the Chaldron, which Part of the faid Act was to determine on or ' about the twenty-ninth Day of Septetnler one thoufand feven hundred ; and by another Act made in the &• j2 w. 3. ' eleventh Year of the fame King's Reign, for continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned, it was eijact- J ,3, ' ' ed. That all Coals exported. beyond the Seas in foreign Bottoms, fhould from and after the faid tvventy- ' ninth Day of Sep timber one thoufand feven hundred, for and during the Space of feven Years, and from ' thence to the End of the then next Seflions of Parliament, only pay ten Shillings the Chaldron, and in ' Eaglijh Bottoms only three Shillings the Chaldron ; which feveral Acts, in Relation to Coals exported, ' hav^ been found very beneficial and ufeful to the Publick, and fully to have anfwered the good Ends and ' Intent thereof;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, 'hat all Coals exported beyond the fofeigrCtoms Seas, from and after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, until the twenty-fifth Day of /^^jrc/; to I ay until One thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, and from thence to the End of ths then uext Seffion of Parliament, J715, only 10s. fifom {« Chaldron, ia BiitiOi Bottoms o:ily %%, per Chaldrojit t,
 * ' '^" ' ■ Subfidies thereby granted.)
 * upon Coals exported to foreign Parts was fo great, that it was almoft a Prohibition, to the great Dimi-
 * yond the Seas : For Remedy v.'hereof it was thereby enacted. That all Coals exported beyond the Seas in