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 A,D. xyio. Anno nono Ann^ Regins. C. 22. 487 ' vantages were thereby given, or intended to be given to the Seamen and others (o regiftred, as in the faid ' ASt is expreffed : And whereas by an Aft made in the eighth Year of the Reign of die faid late King ' William the Third, intituled, An ASi to enforce the ASt for Encrcafe and Encouragement of Bearnen, divers S .t 9 W. 3. ' other Provifions are made, and Direftions given touching the faid regiftred Seamen, as by the faid feveral c- 23- ' Afts, Relation being thereunto feverally had, may more fully appear : And whereas the f^tme Aits, or ' either of them, have not had the good EfFefts, which were intended thereby for the Service of the Crown, ' or for the Encouragement of Seamen, but on the contrary have occafioned much Charge, Vexation and ' Trouble;' Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Aft, intituled. An Ad for the Repeal of the Encreafe and Encouragemeyrt cf Seariien^ and the faid Aft, intituled. An Act to enforce the Aii for the Eftcrcafe -^^^ ^' "^^ and Encouragement of Seamen, and either of them, and all and every the Claufes, Matters, and Things in ""^ cam-n.- them, and either of them contained, fo far forth only as the fime do or may concern the regifliring Sea- men, or Perfons who were thereby allowed or intended to be regiftred, or the Seamen or Perfons fo re- giftred, o'r the giving any Bounty Money, or other Advantages in Refpeft thereof, are and fhall be, by Force and Virtue of this, prefent Aft, repealed, and utterly void ; anything in the faid former Afts, or ei- therofthem, contained- to the contrary notwithftanding. ' LXV. And whereas feveral Peribns, (who have, fmce the Commencement of the fard Raters or Du- ' tics upon Monies, given, paid, or contrafted for with Clerks and Apprentices, taken Clerks and Ap- ' prentices, and received and contrafted for Sums of Money, with or in Refpeft- of the taking fuch Clerks ' and Apprentices) have, through Negleft or Inadvertencey, omitted to pay the feveral Rates and Duties- ' payable in that B:half, and to have the Indentures or Contrafts ftampt, within the Times for thofe Pur- ' pofes refp'eftively lim.ited by the Aft of Parliament in that Cafe made, whereby fuch Clerks and Ap-- ' prentices will, according to that Aft, be difabled to follow or exercife the intended Trades, ProfelTions,, ' or Employments, unlefs fome further Provifion be made :' Now for Relief of fuch Clerks and Apprenti- ces, and compelling the Mafters and Miftrelles duly to pay, for the future, the Rates and Duties laft-men- tioned; Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That upon Payment of the refpeftive Rates and ClaufeforKe- Duties which have been fo omitted or neglefted to be paid, as aforefaid, on or before the nine and twen- ' '^°5r'A' tieth Day oi September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, to fuch Perfon or flc'i-'shav'eomi--r Perfons, to whom the fame ought to be paid according to the faid former Aft, and tendring to be ftamped ted to pay the fuch Indentures or Contrafts fo omitted to be ftamped, on or before the five and twentieth Day of Decern- Duties, and to- ^f?- in the faid Year one thoufand kvzn hundred and eleven, the fame Indentures or Contrafts fliall be ^'^''^ 'beir In- ftamped, and flrall be good and available in Law or Equity, and the Clerks or Apprentices therein named 'Ventures flamp-- fhall be capable of following and exerciftng the refpeftive intended Trades, Profeffions, or Employments, "^ " as fully as if the Rates or Duties fo omitted to be paid, had been duly paid, and the Indentures or Con- trafts ftamped within the refpeftive Times in the fame Aft for thofe refpeftive Purpofes limited; anything therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. . LXVI. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Mafter or Miftrefs fhall Mafters here- hereafcer negleft to pay the faid Rates or Duties laft-mentioned, within the refpeftive Times herein, and ^^^y omitiing,- by the faid former Aft for that Purpofe limited, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the fame, '° "'f'^'Vs^'- every fuch Mafter and Miftrefs fliall, for every fuch Negleft, forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds ; the one Moiety thereof to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety thereof with full Cofts of ^^ y-^^,^^^ j.^_ Suit, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall inform and fue for the fame, in any of the Courts at Wejiminjler, larmg to'indel- iov fuch Negleft commiitted in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, or in the^ Court of Exchequer in fra, 6Geii.i. Scotland, for any fuch Negleft there, by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no EfToin, "^^ 'i- iS Geo, Pro:eftion, or Waeer of Law, or any more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed. ^ ^" -*• *° ' . ■ * '■• 45- 31 Ceo. 2. c. 23. And concernivg South Sea Cjtnpanyt fee farther lo Aim. r. 19, 26 £f go. 12 Ann. fiat. 3. c. 9. i Geo. i. Jljt, z. c. 21, 3 Geo. i . c. o,- ■ 5 Geo. 1. c. 19, 6 Cm. 1. f. 4 &■ u. 7 Geo. 1. c. 5. 7 Geo, i. fleit. 2, 8 Ceo. i. c. 20, 21 & 22. 9 Geo. 1. e. 6, i Geo. 2. c. 8. 3 Geo. 2. c. ih & 20. 4 Geo. 2. c, 5. 5 Ceo, I e. 17, 6 Geo, 2. c. 25 & 28. 7 Ceo, 2. c, 17. 9 Geo, 2. e. 34. 10 Geo, z. c. 17, 20 Geo, 2. c, 3. J'e3, 60, i^ Geo. 2. C'i & IJ. 26 Geo, i. c. 16. CAP. XXII. An Act for granting to her Majefty feveral Duties upon Coals for building fifty New Churches in and about the Cities of London and JVefiminJler, and Suburbs thereof, and other Purpofes therein mentioned. OST gracious Sovereign ;^We your Majefty 's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons ofs^w. (-.4. _ Great Britain in Parliament affembled, being zealous to provide fuch Supplies as may enable your 9 ^''"- 1^- '■ Majefty to purfue your pious and gracious Intentions to increafe the Number of Churches in or near the populous Cities of London and JVefimlnfier, or the Suburbs thereof, for the better Inftruftion of all Perfons inhabiting or who fhall inhabit in the feveral Parifties wherein the fame fhall be built, in the true Chriftiari Religion as it is now profelTed in the Church of England, and eftablifhed by the Laws of this Realm, do nioft humbly prefent to your Majefty the feveral Impofitions, Rates, and Duties herein after mentioned, and do befeech your Majefty that it may be enafted ; and be it enafted by the Qiieen's moft Excellent Ma- ^ jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That for all Sorts of Coals and Culm, o-^tyupgn Coak which, from and after the fourteenth Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, and before the from 14 May nine and twentieth Day of September one. thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, fhall be imported and 1716.1029 Sept, brought into the Port of the City of London, or the River of Thames within the Liberty of the faid City '7*4- upon the fame River, there fhall be paid to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, by way of Impofuion thereupon, over and befides all other Impofitions .and Duties,, according to the Rates hereafter mentioned, that