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 A.D. i7ro. Anno nono Ann^ Reginas. C. 12. 461 foil or Perfons fhall endeavour to defraud her Majefty of her Duties hereby granted, by ufmg twice, or ot'cner, the fiime Bag, with the Officers mark thereupon, fuch Perfon or Perfons, for every fuch Oifence, fhall forfeit the Sum of forty Pounds. ' XXI[, And in Regard it is found by Experience, That Hops ufed in the making of Malt-Drinks Tir-.vrer, .tc not ' are more wholfome for thofe that drink or confume the fame, and of greater Advantage to the Drink '" "" ("'"^'f ' itfelf, than any other bitter Ingredient that can be uied inftead thereof,' it is hereby further enacted by ^^"" the Authority aforefrid, ^i'hat during the Continuance of this A6t, no common Brewer, Inn-keeper, or Vi£tua!ler, Ihall ufe any Broom, Wormwood, or any other bitter Ingredient (to ferve inftead of Hops) in brewing or making any Beer or Ale to be brewed or made by him, her or them, for Sale in any Part of Gnat Britain., under the Penalty of forfeiting the Sum of twenty Pounds for every fuch Offence ; the Exception, infufing of Broom or Wormwood into Beer or Ale, by the Retailer, after the fame is brewed and tunned, to make the fame Broom or Wormwood Ale, or Broom or Wormwood Beer, always excepted. XXV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Powers, Autho- Powers, &c. in ritics, Direftions, Rules, Method, Penalties, Forfeitures, Claufes, Matters and Things, which in and nCar. 2. c. 24. by an A£t made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An ASi for ^f £°^^|" ["^ be taking aivay the Court ofWarch and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite, and by Knights Service, and Piirvcyancr^ in Force' and for fettling a ReveJ.'ue upon his Majefly in lieu thereof, or by any other Law in Force relating to her Ma- jefty's Revenue of Excife upon Beer, Ale, or other Liquors, are provided, fettled or efrablifhed, for ma- naging, raifmg, levying, collecting, mitigating, or recovering, adjudging, or afcertaining the Duties thereby granted, or any of them (other than in fuch Cafes for which other Penalties or Provifions are made and prefcribed by this A(St) fliall be exercifed, pra6tifed, applied, ufed, and put in Execution in and for the managing, raifing, levying, colledting, mitigating, recovering and paying the faid Duties upon Hops hereby granted, during the Continuance of this Aft, as fully and efFcftually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if all and every the faid Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Methods, Penalties, For- feitures, Claufes, Matters and Things were particularly repeated and again enafted in the Body of this prefent A61. XXVI. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Fines, Penalties and Forfei- Fines, &c. how tures, in Relation to the faid Duties by this A<£t impofed on Hops, except in fuch Cafes where other Pro- recoverable. vifions are made by this AiSt, fhall and may be fued for, levied and recovered, or mitigated by fuch Ways, Means and R4ethods, as any Fine, Penalty and Forfeiture, is or may be recovered or mitigated, by any Laws of Excife now in Force, and not by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Informatian in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at IVefiminfer, or in the Court oi Exchequer in Scotland, and that one Moiety of every fuch Fine, Penalty and Forfeiture (unlefs in Cafes otheruife prefcribed by this Act) fhall be to her M^jefty^ her Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety to him or them that fliall difcover, in- form, or fue for the fame. ' XXVII. And in Regard the Growth of Hops, in feveral Parts of Great Britain, is ver^r much in- No Drawback on ' creafed of late Years,' it is hereby further provided and enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That none fo™!/^"^^^)"^^ of the Duties by this or any former Aft granted upon any Hops whatfoever, (except Hops of Britijh Growth) fhall be repaid or drawn back upon the Exportation thereof for Ireland; and that no Perfon or Hops imported Perfons whatfoever fhall import or caufe to be imported into the faid Kingdom oi Ireland from Flanders from Fladers, or' any other Parts whatfoever (other than from Great Britain) any Hops whatfoever, upon Pain of for- ^^'^•'"l:'^" feiting all the Hops which fhall be fo imported into Ireland, contrary to the true Meaning of this Aft, or s°hip,"'&c.''" ' ^ the Value of the fame, and alfo of the Ship or Veilel in which they fhall be fo imported, with her Tackle, -what is to he Apparel and Furniture, that is to fay, two third Parts thereof to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifli in done btfce Hops Ireland, where fuch Hops fhall be feized or difcovered, and the other third Part thereof to the Ufe of fuch aie landed in he- Perfon or Perfons as will feize, inform or fue for the fame, or for the Value thereof, in any her Ma- '3"^- jefly's Courts of Record at Dublin m the faid Kingdom of Ireland. And it is hereby declared, That the J_ ^^°'7' g^' ' '" Importation of any Foreign Hops into Ireland (other than from Great Britain) contrary to the Tenor and true Meaning of this Aft, is and fhall be adjudged a common ^Jufance. ^ ' XXVIli. And whereas ffanding Contrafts may have been made before the ninth Day o( Alay one OnContraflsbe- ' thoufand feven hundnd and eleven, by Planters, Hop-Merchants, Dry Sakers, and other Dealers in p.'^'^^S^^'^^^'"^"^' ' Hops, for ferving of Hops to certain Perfons or Societies in Great Britain, to be delivered in Point of ^1,^ q^^j. ^^ ^^^ ' Ti:ne after the faid firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and eleven ;' It is hereby enafted. That Ptice. the Perfon ferving fuch Hops, after the faid fiift Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, in Purfusnce of fuch former Contrafts, fliall be allowed to ; dd the Duties hereby charged upon fuch Hops to the Price thereof, and fhall be entitled by virtue of this Aft to be paid for the fame accordingly. XXIX. And to the End all the Monies arifing by the Duties on Hops hereby granted (the neceflary Commiffionrrs, Charges of raifmg, paying, and accounting for the fame, only excepted) may be duly and certainly railed ^f"'"jj"J^^ and brought into'the faid Receipt of Exchequer; It is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, j'°;^"'„'^^' That, from, time to time, during the Continuance of this Aft, there fhall be appointed fuch and fo many ^ ' ^' ' Commiffioners and Officers as fhall be proper and neceffary for the raifing, paying and accounting for the faid Duties ; and that the famic Officers refpeftively fhall perform their feveral Duties therein, as to them fhall refpeftively appertain, under fuch and the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Dlfabilities, for any Offence or Negleft therein, or for detaining, diverting, or mifappiying any Part of; the faid Pvlonies, as are prefcribed and to be inflifted, by virtue of an Aft of Parliament made and paiied in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefly King William the Third, intituled. An Act for raifing a Sum not exceed- ing two Millions, upon a Fund for Pavment of Annuities, aftet the Rate of eight Founds per Centum per An- num, and for fettling the Trade to the'Lz'A. Indies, for the like OfFence or Negleft relating to the Duties upon