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 A. D. I 7 1 :?• Anno duodecimo A n n ^ Reginas. Stat. j. 597 -fix Pence for every Bufliel of Malt which he, fhe or they or any other Perfon or Perfons in Trufi: for him, her or them, fliall be poflelTed of, on the faid four and twentieth Day of "Jioie one thoufand k.vt hundred and thirteen ; and that all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons snw have or hath, or fhall make fuch Compofuion for their faid Duties on Malt, in Purfuance of the faid, former Acts or any of them, and who fliall make Default in continuing fuch their Compofition, as aforel'aid, Ihall on or before the tenth Day oi 'July one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, make true and particular Entries of all fuch Malt as they or any of them, or any other Perfon or Perfons in Trull for them or any of them, fhall be poffefled of, or have in his or their Cuftody or PofTefuon, at theOfHce of Excife within the Limits of which they fliall refpeilively inhabij:, upon Pain to forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds and the Malt, of which no fuch Entry fliall be made ; and within fix Days after he, flie or they fliall have made or ought to have made fuch Entry, as aforefaid, fhall pay dov.'n the Dufies hereby charged upon the fame, or in Default thereof lliali forfeit and lofe double the Value oi the faid Malt ; and that the Houfes, Out-houfes, and other Places belonging to fuch Compounders, who fhall make Default in continuing fuch their Coinpofitions, as aforefaid, Ihall be and are hereby made liable to the Search and View of the Officers for the faid Duties, in, the fame Manner, and under the fame Penalties for Refufal, as other Perfons making Male for Sale are liable. XIV.. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and. after the faid three and Malt damagei twentieth Day of June one thoufand ieven hundred and thirteen, and after the Duty by this Aft impofed i>y the caBmg ,OJi Malt is paid by the Malller, if ajiy Qiiantity of Malt ftiall unfortunately happen to be damaged by ttve y^-^ei" &c rafting avv'ay or finking of the Barge or Veffel in v/hich the faid Malt (hall be tranfported from one Part of » • - this Kingdom to another within the fame, That the Jufiices of the Peace of the County, Riding,, or Divi- " ,fion, where fuch Accident fhall happen, fliall at the next General Quarter- SefJions to be held for fudi' J'^fUces to'feij County, Riding, or Divifion, upon Proof of fuch Damage, and of Payment of the Duty, as.- aftirefaid, ^'"""^ '^' determine and i^eitle the CHiantity of the Damage done to-fuch Malt by the carting away or finking of the ^"^S^' ^'- Barge or VefTel in which the fame fliall be tranfported, as afoiefaid, and an Allowance to be made in re- fpedt thereof, and to give a Certificate under their Hands and Seals of the Sum allowed, which Allowance. fiiaU bear the fame Proportion to the whole Duty, as the faid Damage fliall appear to bear to the Value of •the faid Malt before it was fo damaged ; upon producing of which Certificate to the Officer appointed to and Cflicsr to collect the fiiid Duty, he fhall be obliged to repay or allow to the faid Proprietor or Proprietors, out of the ''^P^y theBu- Duty paid for the faid Malt, fo much. Money as the Sum certified by the faid Jufirices fliall amount unto,*'" or in Default thereof, that the Proprietor or Proprietors of the faid Malt (hall'and may deduil the Allow- ..ance fo certified out of the next or any other fubfequent Monies becoming due from fuch Proprietor or Pro^ ^rietors by Virtue of this prefent Afl;. ■■ XV. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That where any fuch Lofs or Notice to -Damage fliall happen, as aforefaid, the Perfon or Perfons who fliall fufl:ain the fame, fliall, three Days at left with the leaft before the next Quarter-Seffions, give or leave Notice in VV"riting thereof with the CollectbTs of Ex- Colleftor threi cife of the Diftriil: or Colleflion where-fuch Lofs or Damage fliall happen, and of his and their Intention ^^^ before of applying at the next General Qirarter-Seflions of the Peace for an Allowance in refpecl of fuch Da- fio;.,*;'" mage or Lofs. ' XVI. And whereas many Malfters and Makers of Malt, in order to the defrauding her Majefi-y of the No Malfcrto ' fteeping and fleeped, and making into Malt, do in the Abfence of the Officers remove Part of their Corn ^"""6 "^"h ■' or Grain out of the Ciftern or. Wetting-Fat, and mix the fame with Corn or Grain of a former Wetting, wtt'tine ^on f" .* and fupply the Place of the Corn or Grain fo removed with frefli Corn or Grain,, and do alfo mix their feiture of 5 s, during the Conti.nuance of the Duties hereby granted, no Malfter or Maker of Malt, other than Com- pounders for the faid Duties, fliall, during the Continuance of the faid Duties, mix, or caufe to be mixed) .Jiis, her or their Corn or Grain making into, Malt, of one Wetting or Steeping, or any Part thereof, v/ith his, her or their Corn or Grain making into Malt, of a former Wetting or Steeping, or any Part thereof, beforethe fame is put on the Kiln for drying., on Pain of Forfeiture of the Sum of five Shillings for every ^ufliel of Corn fo mixed, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning hereof. " XVJI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Gagers and other Officers of Ex- Gagers tomca* ■cife, for the Time being, or that fliall be deputed to put this prefent Act into Execution, fliall, durin» the ^^"^ by the Contiriuance of the Duties hereby charged, meafure fuch Corn and Grain making into Malt by the G-age biah'e Bum' only, and not by the Buftiel ; any Thing herein before contained, or in any former A61 or A£ls,. relating to the Duties hereby granted, to the contrary in any wife notv/ithftanding. ., ' XVIII. And whereas in making of Mak, pradlifed before the granting the faid Duties, the Barley, or Pcna.ityon-M9!. '■* fiderably, that it was thought reafonable, uppn granting the faid Duties, in all Charges to be made by the M?lt together ia ' of fuch Rife or Swelling of the Corn, which Allowances have been and are made accordingly: And ■* true Quantity of the Corn fteeped or in the Couch, :and thereby have the Allov.'ance, as aforefaid, though ker of Malt for Sale, during the Continuance of the Duties on Malt by this Ail granted, fliall tread, rarn, or otherwife Force together in the Ciftern, Uting-Fat, or Couch, any Corn fteeping or fteeped, in order to tke jaaking into Malt, every fuch Malfter or Maker of Malt for Sale,, ftiaU for gvery fuch QiFence, forfeit
 * Duty, and preventing the Officers from taking and keeping a true Account of the Corn or Grain by them ™'-"^ .Corn of-oue
 * fevera! Couches and Floors, in fuch R'lanner that the Officers for the faid Duties cannot diftinguifh one peiEufliel.
 * Wetting from another ; For Remedy whereof,' Be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That
 * other Corn or Grain, during its Steeping in the Ciftern or Uting-Fat, did ufually rife and fwell fo con- ^<:rs prefflng
 * Officers from the Ciftern or Couch, to allov/ to the Malflers, upon Payment of the Duty, four Bufliels ^''5' glf"'""' ^'^'
 * in every twenty.Bufliels, and fo proportionably upon every greater or leflcr Quantity, in Ccnfideration iufc,,!, ''"'^
 * whereas many Malfters or Makers of Malt for Sale, by preffing, treading, ramming, or other Methods,
 * do now not only make their Corn lye.fo clofe in the Ciftern or Uting-Fat, and alfo in the Couch, that
 * the Rife or Swelling, as aforefaid, is prevented, but alfo renders it very difficult for Officers to know the
 * the R^afon of making the fame is takerraway ;' Be it therefore further enadled. That if any Malfter or Ma-