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 A. D. lyn. Anno decimo A N N iE Reginae. C. i 9. 537 and in -cafe fuch Officer or Officers {hall mifs any Quantity or Quantities offuch. Oil, Tallow, Pot-afti,' and other Materials aforefaid, which he had taken an Account of at the lail Time he was at fuch Makers' of Sope, and {lull not, upon reafonable Demand, receive Satisfaction what is become of fuch Oil, Tal- low, and other Materials fo miffing, then, and in every Uich Cafe, it {liall and may be lawful for fuch Of- ficer to charge fuch Maker of Sope v/ith fuch Quantity of Sope, as fuch Oil, Tallow, and Materials fo miffing, in his Judgment would reafonable have made, not exceeding fourteen Gallons of fuch Ingredients mixt or unmixt (belides the Lees) for every Barrel of Sope confi{ling of two hundred and fifty-fix Pounds Weight Avcrdupois, and fo in Proportion for a greater or leflTer Quantity, XV". And be it enacted. That if any Maker or Makers of Sope (hall obflrruct or hinder any of the faid O^'ft^uaing df- Officers in the Execution of the Powers and Authorities given to him or them by this Act, for the afcer- ^"^' *°""" taining and fecurin^ the faid Duties upon Sope, the Perfon or Perfons offending therein, {hall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and lofe the Sum of twenty Pounds. XV^I. And it is hereby further enacted. That no Maker or Makers of Sope, after the faid tenth Day of Makers not to ytine one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, during the Continuance of the faid Duties on Sope, fnall remove Sope "(under Pain of forfeiting the Sum of twcnly Pounds for every OfFence) remove, carry, or fend away, or " "'"'""^ '^"'^ '^"'" i'uiFer to be removed, carried, or fent away any Sope by him, her, or them made, of which no Account officer '"oirPa'.i fhall have been firft taken. by the proper Officer, for the faid Duties, from the Place where the fame Sope of jol.' {liall have been made, without giving to the proper Officer or Officers, within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, twenty-four Hours Notice at the leafl,' and to the proper Officer or Officers in other Parts of Great Brifain, two Days Notice at the leaft, of his, her, or their Intentions to remove, carry, or fend away the fame, that fo the faid Officer (without his own wilful Neglect or Default) may have Time to gauge, weigh, or otherv.'ife take an Account thereof. XVII. And for the better afcertaining the faid Duties upon Sope, Be it further enacted by the Autho- Sope not fur- rity aforefaid, That all Makers of Sope, fnall, from time to time, keep all the Sope by them to be made, veyed, to bekept and which (hall not have been furveyed and taken an Account of by the faid Officers for the faid Duties %-"j"^>'"' P^'" on Sope, feparate and apart from ail other their Sope which fnall have been furveyed and taken an Account of by luch Officers, for the Space of twenty-four Hours after the making thereof, within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, or for the Space of two Days after the malcing fuch Sope in any other Part <)f Great Britain, unlefs fuch Sope fliall have been fooner furveyed, and taken an Account of by the faid Officers rcfpeflively, on Pairi to forfeit for every fuch OfFence therein the Sum of five Pounds. XVIII. And be it further ena£Ied, That if any of the faid Makers of Sope fhall fraudulently hide or Sope concealed, conceal, or caufe to be hid or concealed, any Sope chargeable by this Aft, or any of the Materials for ma- fo^fi^'ts 20I. king. the fame, to the Intent to deceive her Majefly of the jufl Duties by this AiTt granted, that then,?>" ' '^™'  and in every fuch Cafe, the Party fo oitending fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds for every fuch « 14. it forfeits Offence. ' ■ . 500!. &c. XIX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Sope, Oil, Tallow, and other so;,e, &c. found Materials for making Sope, which fhall be found in any private Boiling-houfe, Work-houfe, Ware-houfe, in priva'e EoU-, or other Place, and all private Coppers, Kettles, Furnaces, Troughs, and other Veflels, for which no En- 'Eg:houf s, Sfc,' try fhall be made, or Notice given, as aforefaid, fhall be forfeited and -lofl, and the fame, and the Value fo'^^'"^- thereof, fhall and may be feized and recovered by the faid Officer or Officers for the faid Duties upon Sope, to her Majefly's Ufe. , XX. And it is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Sope, and all the Mate- All Sope, Ma^ rials and Utenfds for the making of Sope, in the CuHody of any Maker or Makers of Sope, or of any "rials, *c. Perfon or Peifons, to the Ufe of or in 'IVufl: for ftich Maker or Makers of Sope, fhall be liable and fub- '^J'^ieaMe with je£i: to, and are hereby made chargeable with all the Debts and Duties for Sope in Arrear and owing by ^^^ ^^ Aircar fuch Maker or Makers, for any Sope made by him, her, or them, or in his, her, or their Working-houfes or Places aforefaid; and fhall alfo be fubjedl: to all Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by fuch Perfon or Perfons fo ufing fuch Work- houfe or other Place, for any Offence againft this Aft, relating to the faid Duties upon Sope; and that it fhall and may be lawful in all fuch Cafes, to levy Debts and Penalties, and ufe fuch Proceedings as may' lawfully be done by this A61 in relation to Sope, in cafe the Debtor or Of- fender were the true and lawful Owner of the fame, XXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for all Sope which any Sope-boilers, -'^<"^'<^ '" H'nd Chandlers, or other Sellers and Dealers in Sope in Great Britain, or any Perfon or Perfons in Truft for °" '°J""'^' '" him, her, or them, or for his, her, or their Ufe, fliall be pofleffed of or interefled in, upon the faid tenth Day ^■' of yiine one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, for Sale, there fhall be yielded and paid to her Majefty the like refpecflve Rates, as are by this Aft to be paid for the like Sorts of Sope refpeftively to be m.ade or imported after the faid tenth Day of June; and that all and every the faid Sope-boilers, Chandlers, and Stock in Hand other Sellers and Dealers in Sope, and all and every other Perfon and Perl'ons who, in Truft for them, or^" '"^ f^f^^ed at any of them, or for the Ufe of them, or any of them, fhall be poiTefTed of, or have in his, her, or their £^j.j™"j^j-Jj'_ Cuflody or Poffeflion, or in his, her, or their Boiling-hoiil'e, Work-houfe, Ware-houfe, Store-houfe, Shop, ture'of 50I. Room, or other Place or Places whatfoever, upon the faid tenth Day of j^f/wi? one thoufand feven hun- anJthe Soj-erot dred and twelve, any Stock, Parcel, or Quantity of Sope of Foreign or Britijio Manufafture for Sale, fhall, ="'""» on or before the faid tenth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, make a true and parti- cular Entry thereof at the Office for the faid Duties within the Limits of which they fhall refpeftively in- habit, upon Pain to forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds, and the faid Sops for which no fuch Entry ihall have been made; and within fix Days after he, fhe, or they {hall have made or ought to have made fuch Entries, ^"'' t!?c Duty as aforefaid, fhall pay down the Duties hereby payable for fuch Sope, or wMthin the faid fix Days fhall J-", l'".?""^- °J- give Security to the proper Officers for paying the fame Duties to her Majefly's Ufe within three Months 6^0™/"'"° then next enfuing; and in cafe the faid Duties for fuch Stock of Sope be paid down within the faid fix Days, . then there {hall be allowed out of the faid Duty for fuch prompt Payment an Allowance after the Rate of forj'rompc'pai- VoL. IV. Zzz tenment.