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 2 2 C. 2r. Anno decimo & undeclmo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1699. for gr-antlng io his Majefly feveral Duties upon Coals and Ci/lin^ are prefcribed, authorized, or mentioned, ■ for raifing, levying, and colkaing the Duties thereby granted. ' XXIX. And whereas the Importation of Tobacco in Bulk hath given abundant Opportunity to ill ' great impairing of the Revenue, and the no lefs Prejudice of the fair Trader :' For Remedy whereof, NoTohaccofiiall be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the twenty-ninth Day oi September, which be in.porieo but JiiaH be in the Year of our Lord One thoufand fcven hundred, no Tobacgo be brought or imported into inCark.Cbeft, this Kingdom ai England, Dominion of /^/«, or Town of B^rzy/fi n-pon Tweed, in any Ship or Veffel ^'' from any of his R'lajefty's Plantations on the Continent o^ America, nor fhipped in any of the faid Plain- tations in order to be fo imported, otherwife than in Caflc, Cheft, or Cafe only, each Cafk, Cheft, or Each Calk to Cafe whereof, fliall contain two hundred Weight of neat Tobacco at the leaft, and each hundred thereof contain aoojb. {^.iW Contain One hundred and twelve Pounds, under the Penalties and Forfeitures following, that is to p'uS'^'' ^^y' That all the Tobacco fo imported, or fliipped to be imported, contrary to this Aft, fhajl be forfeit- ^ ^ ' ecJ^ and every Perfon or Perfons offending, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning hereof, Ihall forfeit Sixpence for every Pound Weight thereof, two third Parts thereof to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- fors, and the other third Part thereof to fuch Perfon as fliall feize and fue for the fame : Provided never-, thelefs, That fuch fmall Quanties as fliall be neceflary for the Ships Companies fmoaking in the faid Voyage, fliall not lie deemed or conftrued any Breach of this A61; the faid Forfeitures and Penalties to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at IVeJhninfler, in which no Effoin, Proteftion or Wager of Law fliall be allowed, nor more than one Imparlance. Pearl A(hes may XXX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and be imported, for any Perfon or Perfons whatfocver, from and after the faid tenth Day of iWizy one thoufand fix hun- dred ninety-nine, to import into England, JVales, or Berwick upon Tiveed, from Germany, Pearl Aflies, raying Cuiloni as being the Produdl oi Germany, paying his Majefty his Cuftoms and Duties as Pot Afties ; any Law, Cu- Pot-afhes, ftom or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notwithffcanding. New England XXXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Whale Fin taken and caught "Whale Fin, isff, by the People and Inhabitants of ^'irtf £«^/a«)^, New Tork, and Penfilvania, or any other his Majefty's topaythefame Plantations and Colonies in America, and imported from thence, fliall be chargeable with and pay to his P""' w^h?'r°" ^•''f^J^^V (^y Virtue of an Adt of the laft Scffion of Parliament, intituled. An Aci for taking away half the a& ID v/ ? ° -^^^^^^ impofed on Glafs Wares, and the tvholc Duties lately laid on Stone and Earthen tVares, and Tobacco Pipes, c, 45. ' ff granting in lieu thereof, new Duties upon TVale Fins and Scotch Linen) the like Duties, as Whale Fin 5 Geo, 1. c, 23. caught and imported in and by any Ships or Veflels whatibever, of or belonging to the Company efta- ?2 0eo. 2,c.45. bliihed for the Greenland T.' nde are chargeable withal, and no further or other Duty by Means or Virtue of the faid Adl only ; any Thing in the faid laft mentioned Acl to the contrary notwithftanding. 8&9W. 3, ' XXXII. And whereas the Duties granted to his Majefty by one Aft of Parliament, intituled, An e, zz. ' Aif for granting to hi: Majefly certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Sweets, Cyder and Perry, as well towards ' of one Farthing a Day allowed by the laft recited Aft, upon feveral Bills or Tickets, commonly called Addition of a enafted by the ;Authority aforefaid. That from and after the twenty- fifth Day oi March in the Year of Farthing a Day our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-nine, upon every fuch Bill or Ticket carrying the faid Intereft Intereft to the of One Farthing a Day (other than fuch Bills or Tickets as fliall be paid off and difcharged by the Duty jviait Ticksts j^Q^ chargeable with the fame) an additional Intereft of one farthing a Day fliall be allowed and paid re- unpai. fpeftively upon every fuch Bill or Ticket, until fuch Bill or Ticket fhall be fully paid off and difcharged. ^ Sums of Money, payable with Intereft ; feveral of which Tickets are fince burnt, loft or otherwife de- ' ftroyed j' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes where it fliall appear by Affidavit, to be made before any of the Barons of the Exchequer, that any Ticket or Tickets, being in Courfe of Payment, out of the Monies arifen or to arife, on or before the tenth Day of May one thoufand jiialt Tickets ^^ hundred ninety-nine, into the Receipt of the Exchequer for the Duties aforefaid, is or are burnt, de- burnt or loft on fttoyed, or Otherwife loft, it fliall and may be lawful for the Officer or Officers, appointed to pay or dif- Affitiavit made charge the faid Annuities, on producing a Certificate from the faid Baron, of fuch Affidavit made before thereo. and Cer- him, which Affidavit the faid Barons, or any of them, is and are hereby authorized to take, and which tjficate. Certificate he or they are hereby required to grant without Fee or Reward ; and on Security given to the Officer required f^jj Officer to his good Liking, to indemnify him againft all other Perfons whatfoever, for or concern- ket^s'V"^ "^ '"S the Monies contained or fpecified in fuch Ticket or Tickets, or which was due thereon, he the faid ' ' Officer fliall and is hereby required to pay and difcharge the faid Tickets, being fuch as came in Courfe within the Time aforefaid, as if the faid Tickets had been produced, and fhall be allowed fuch Payment in his Accounts j any Thing in this or any other Aft contained to the contrary hereof in any wife not- withftanding. Penalty 03 ' XXXI V. And wkereas it is found by Experience, That notwithftanding any Law now in Force, Brewe. uiing ' many Common Brewers do ufe great Quantities of Melaffes in the brewing Ale and Beer, whereby the Rletefl?!, ^c. I Confumption of Malt is very much hindred, and his Majefty defrauded of a great Part of the Duties of ,1 ' fuch
 * difpqfed Perfons to run the fame on Shore, without paying his Majefty's Cuitoms due thereon, to the
 * carrying on the_ War againji ranee, as for the neceffary Expenccs if his Majejly's Houjhold, arc likely to ex-
 * pire before they have fully anfwered and fatisfied^the Ends and Purpofes for which they were granted ;
 * And whereas the Commons in Parliament afl'embled, have declared they will make good all fuch Defi-
 * ciencies as fliall happen upon the falling fliort of the faid Duties : And whereas there is a fmall Intereft
 * Malt Lottery Tickets :' Now for the advancing the Credit and Value of the faid Bills or Tickets, be it
 * XXXIII. And whereas by an Aft pafl'ed in the eighth Year of his Majefty's Reign (wherein cer-
 * tain Duties were granted upon Malt and other Things) feveral Tickets were made forth for feveral