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 ^.$0 Cm, Aimo feptimo Ann^e Reginse*^ A.D. 1708. !* Flefh exported, ajid to be exported from Scotland, fo faked with Foreign Salt imported before the faiql •* iirft Day oi May one thoufand feven hundred and feven, being computed according the Rates un- " ijog^isfc. And to be brought to the Commiffioners of the Cufloms at^c&fer^A, by 15 yi</ci709. Noit No Debenture V. And for preventing Frauds, be it ena£led. That no Debentures for any Allowances to be made by ^ af J <■■ faid allowances not exceeding the faid Sum of twent-y-eight thoufand four hundred and fifty-two tPound? nineteen Shillings and feven Pence, for Fifh and Flefli cured with -Foreign' Salt -rmported from Seotlani before the Union as aforefaid, only excepted) fliall be pjepared or allowed until fuch Oaths be made an4 taken, which the proper Officers have hereby Power to adminifter ; and all fuch other Matters and Things be done and performed for preventing of Frauds to her Majefty's Prejudice, as by any Law or Statute now in Force in ^^^^TZfi? ov Scotland are to be made, tak^n, done or performed for preventing Frauds in the like Allowances for the like Kinds of Fifti and Flefh refpedlively ; and aH Laws now in Force in England or Scotland, for preventing any Frauds upon the Importation and Exportation of Fifli an4 Flefh, for which the faid Allowances are to be made by Law, fhall be in Force, and extended to Scotland, ' VL And whereas certain Quanties of fuch Foreign Sdt imported into Scotland htioKXh^ fai^ firft Day ' venty-fevenBufhels, reckoning eighty-four pounds Weight to the Bufnelj' It is hereby furtherenadledjCs'c. .;;'.£. J ,.i:; *'niiflioners by 15 July ij og. Not to exceed 51,777 Bufiiels. Stock in Hand not delLvered, forfeitejdi ^* Salt fo delivered to be cellar'd, ^c. Treafury to iffue Money for Payment a,t 9 s. fer Buihel, to Sir Pa~ How the Alloiy- X. And for the better afcertaining and fecuring all fuch Allowances as by Law ought to be made for wettained, ° ^ " f''lted and cured only with Foreign Salt imported finoe the faid firft Day of May one thoufand Tevqn himdred and feven, or hereafter to be imported i^nto^wrfoK^^/, and for which lier Majefty's Duties pay^ able by the Aft of Union, have been, or fhall have 'been frrft .duly paid or fercured ; Be it further en^ a£ted by the Authority aforei^id. That all fuch Allowances (-not being already fatisfied) <hall be pai$ by the Officer appointed to colleftthe Duties upon Salt payable in Scotland, out of the fame jDuties arifen or to arife in the fame Port from whence any furh Fifli have been or fhall be exported, withiii Thirty Days after Demand thereof, on a Debenture to be prepared by the Colle£tors of the Cuftoms in the Port where fuch Fifh or Flefh have been or fhall be entered out for Exportation, and verified by the Perfon executing the Office of Searcher in fuch Port, as to the Quantity of Fifh or Flefh aftually fhipt, ^nd that'tbeOafh ef- the. Exporter oir Agent be firft taken before the principal Officers of ihe hM Port, before the Debenture he allowed, who ate hereby required and imp.owered to give the faid .Oath, that the Fifli in every fuCh Debenture mentioned, w^ere caught byHer Majefty's Subje'fts, Inhabitants of Great Britain, and that the Fifh and Flefh in fuch Debenture mentioned, v>rere really exported to Parts beyond the Seas for S.ale, and not intended to he relanded in Great Britain, and were duly cured only with ■^reign Salt imported into 5«i^W after the faid firft Daiy oi May one thoufand feven hundred 3nd fe-. Ven, without any Mixture oi Britijij or Irijh Salt, -and that her Majefty's Duties for fuch jmported Salt fliall have been dufy paid or fecured ; all which Particulars fhall be fpecified in fuch Debentures refpec- tively, for which Deisenture or Debentures no Fee or Reward IhaU betaken; and.in cafe the 0:^cef hereby directed to pay fuch Debenture, fhall not have fufficient Money in- his Hands to pay thp^ftme, then fuch .Officer and Officers fliall give a Certificate in Writing thereof, without Fee or Charge, to thf Exporter or his Agent, to be direfled either to the Commiffioners of the Cuffomis, or the CommHfionerj of E-xciffe in Scotland, at the Option of the faid Exporter, or his Agent, and upo-n producmg fuch Certir ficates, together with the Debenture or Debentures fo certified, to the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, oj" .the Gommiffioners of Excife for the time being, to whom fuch Certificate fliall be direfted, fliall cauf? fuch Debenture or Debentures fo certified, to be paid and fatisfied without Fee pr Charge, in .Courfe, ou^ of any her Majefty's Duties arifing upon Salt in Scotland, or out of the faid Revenues of CuftonJs, an^ ByioAnni, Excife in Scotland, or any of them, which are hereby charged therewith, arid rriade liable therennto, out c. 26. §, 108. of the firft Monies arifmg by the faid Revenues refpeftively, and with Preference to all other Payment? Thefe Salanea whatfoever to be made out of the fame ; the Charges of raifing and managing thofe Revenues, and the on tbTcuftoms ^^^^j Salaries, and other Charges allowed, or to be allowed by herMajefly, her Heirs or SuccefTors, for and Excife, fiff. keeping up the Court of Seffion and Jufticiary, and the Exchequer Court in Scotland s^wilys excepted an(j And fee £ Geo.' forcprized ; any Law, Statute, or-Ufage to the contrary in any wiiC» notwithftanding j and -any Officer 1. c, ao. /. I. - I or
 * tended for Sale only : And whereas the Sura total of all the AVIowances claimed for the fald Filh and
 * queftionably allowable for the like Fifh and Flefh falted with Foreign Salt imported into Scotland after
 * the faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and feven, will not by Eftimation exceed twenty-
 * eight thoufand four hundred and fifty-two pounds nineteen flailHrigs and feven pence ;' Be it eriadled, iifc,
 * ' Fifli, ^r. cured with Foreign Salt only, imported before i May 1707. to liave the fame Allowances aj
 * ' fmcethe -Union. Debentures to be prepared for Filh, fs";:. -exported fince i May 1707. and before 15 May
 * ' to exceed 28,452 /. 19 s. 7 d. Treafury to iffue Money for Payment to Sir Patrick John/an, isc. £ X P.
 * 'ii'o°'h"&"'^ Law for any Fifli or Fleflr exported, or hereafter to be exported from Scotland (the Debentures for the
 * oi M/^y one thoufand feven hundred and feven, do ftill remain in the -Hands of feveral of her M-ajeity'^
 * Subje6ts there, not having been employed in the curing of Fifh orFlefh, or otherwife howfoever, which
 * Salt in Hand doth not, by Computation, exceed in the whole fifty-one thoufand feveji hundred fe-
 * ' Such Foreign Salt in Hand to 'be weighed by the Salt OfEcer by'i y««^'i709. and tcertifred to the Com-
 * ^ trick Johyifonyliz. ?,'u Patrick John/on, he. to hwQzd. fer VoMnA." ' 'EKP.
 * "'^"ih ll'b r- ^"^ ^'^ °^ Flefh exported, or hereafter to be exported from Scotland, w^ich have been or fhall be duly