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 A. D. 1719* Anno fexto Georgii Regis* C. 21. 321 thoufand (even hundred and twenty, in cafe there fhajl appear to be any Difference in Weight between: the Quantity Specified in fuch Certificate, and the Quantity entred and {hipped for Exportation thither, fo that the Quantity landed in Ireland lhal be lefs than the Quantity fo entred and (hipped for that King- dom, in all and every fuch Cafe and Cafes an Allowance fnall be made to the Merchant Exporter on the Duties to be drawn back of all fuch Tobacco fo {hipped and exported to Ireland, in Confideration of the Waftc which may happen (if any be) in the Voyage between Great Britain and Ireland, fo as fuch Allow- ance do not in any Cafe exceed two per Centum ; any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwith- ftanding. ' XLIX. And whereas it is found by Experience, That great Quantities of Tobacco arc clande'ftiriely run Tobacco ex port- ' Exporters have entitled themfclves to Debentures for the Drawbacks in this Kingdom, in Prejudice of his f a r ts » la, n ' J " d . m , rv'. A ' i-v , 1 r~i- c c • T- j 1 T> ■ c ^1 o. j l 1 a 1 Ireland, forfeited aforefaid, That if any Tobacco fo entred out and exported {hall afterwards be landed in Ire/and, the fame Drawback, &c and double the Drawback thereof fhall be forfeited, and every Debenture fcr the Drawback thereof fhall. become void, as if the faid Tobacco were relanded in any Part of Great Britain; which Forfeitures {hall and may be profec.uted and recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weflminftcr or Dublin re- flectively, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland; in which Profecution no Effbin, Protection or Wager of Law {hall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance ; one Moiety of which Forfeiture or Forfei-. tures to be to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him or them that" will fuc for the fame as aforefaid. ' the Tobacco fliippc ^ and certified is not landed, or intended to be relanded in any Part of Great Britain S '&^a to°the It is hereby enacted, That from and after the firft Day of Augujl one thoufand feven hundred and twenty Oath of Export- Ireland th& be added and included in the Oath before-mentioned (except for fuch Tobacco as fhall be re- ers of Tobacco gularly {hipped for Ireland) without which the Officers of the Cuftoms fhall not fuffer the Debenture to t0 foreign Parts, pals ; any Law or Cuftom to the contrary notwithstanding. UrTt'fJ^r 9 Geo. 1. c. 21. 12 Geo. I. c. 28. 21 Geo. 2. e. 2. 14 Geo. 2. c. 41. 26 Geo. 2. c. 13. ' a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof, for the Service of the War, and other her Majefty s Occafons ; the, of ^, J!^^. ' Kingdom of Ireland or other his Majefty's Dominions, certain Rates in the fame Aft mentioned for the diftinft Letters, ' Port of every fingle Letter or Piece of Paper : And whereas Bills of Exchange are frequently fent wrote 9 A " n • Ci '"• ' on one and the fame Piece of Paper with a Letter, and alio feveral Letters to feveral and diftinct Perfons are ' fent wrote upon one and the fame Piece of Paper :'■ Be it declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it was and is the Intent and Meaning of the fame Act, That every fuch Bill and every fuch Letter fhould be rated, taxed and paid for as fo many feveral and diftinct Letters, according to the Rates within the fame A£t mentioned. And be it enacted by the. Authority aforefaid,. That the fame fhall be accordingly rated, taxed, and paid for as fo many feveral and diftinct Letters, according to the Rates within the fame Ait mentioned. ' LII. And whereas by the fame Act it is amongft other Things provided, That all Merchants Accounts 9 Ann. c, 10. ' be thereby underftood'to be' allowed without Rate in the Price of the Letter : And whereas fome Doubts. M " c t s Bins of ' have been made touching the faid Ciaufe and Provifo :•' Be it therefore enacted and declared by the Autho- Exchance in- rity aforefaid, That it was and is the Intent and Meaning of the Act laft mentioned,- and of thefe P'refents, voices, &c. wrote that'the faid Provifo and Allowance fhall extend to fuch Merchants Accounts, Bills of Exchange, Invoices on one Sheet of" and "Bills of Lading only, as fhall be lent to or from the faid General Poft- Office in London to or from any pa i> er > *° "tend Parts or Places beyond the Seas, not within his Majefty's Dominions ; and that all other Merchants K c r°eJkmtofo-" counts. Bills of Exchange, Invoices and Bills of. Lading fhall be rated-, taxed and paid for as fo many fe- «.;«, Parts. vera! Letters, according to the Rates in the fame .Act mentioned, and the true Intent and Meaning of Father Pr°vifir thefe Prefents. / »« warning '.'■' Poft Office 4 Geo. 2. c. 33. a Geo. 2. c. 25. 26 Geo. 2. c. 1 3. ' LIII. And whereas .many Under-Sheriffs, and other Perfons acting as fuch, do make and deliver out Sheriffs, &-c. ' into Cuftody upon mean Procefs, without having any Writ or Writs or other legal Procefs in their Cuftody rc aj ng perfons For Re- to Attornies,&c. r Depu- before they have fqnrl t'pre>r, theWrits in their hundred and twenty make or caufe to be made or delivered out-to any Perfon or Perfons" whomfoever, any f "f e ; t '^' o i, a ' Warrant or Warrants, either blank or filled up in Part or in all, before they or fome of them fhall actually have in their Cuftody the refpective Writs upon which fuch Warrants fhould and ought to iffue, that then the feveral Perfons fo offending, and every of them, fhall forfeit the Sum of ten Ppunds for every fuch Offence. ' LIV. And whereas by a Statute made in the fifth Year of the E.eign of King William and .Queen 5 &6W. & M. ' Mary, for granting to their Majefties feveral Duties upon Vellum, Parchment and' Paper ; and by ano j c. 21. fea.4. v ther Statute made in the ninth Year of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, for granting to & IO w. ' (inter alia) enacted, That from and after the Time and Times therein reflectively ex pre/Ted every Of- ' ficer or Clerk belonging to the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer, who fhould fign Vol. V, T t ' ten
 * into Ireland after the cntring and exporting the fame from Great' Britain for other foreign Parts, and the t(j for r
 * Majefty s Revenues and to the Diicouragemcnt of fair I rade.rs : Be it further enacted by the Authority an a double the
 * L. And whereas the Exporters of Tobacco for any foreign Parts are now only obliged to fwear, that . ,
 * LI. And whereas by an Act made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen' Bills of Ex-
 * ANNE, intituled, An Afi for cjlablijhing a General Poft-Ofpcefor all her Majeflys Dominions, and fr fettling c j ,a "e e v -' r0 . te ofl
 * Poftmafter General is authorized to demand, have, receive and take, for fingle Letters or Pieces of Paper,, Letter tote
 * to and from the General Poft-Office in London, to. and from any Parts or Places of Great Britain, the. rated as Co many
 * not exceeding one Sheet of Paper, and all Bilis of Exchange, Invoices and Bills of Lading are and fhall *""*• *3-i
 * • blank Warrants and other Warrants to Attornies, Bailiffs and others, for the arrefting and taking Perfons Wamnts^orlr-
 * his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, further Duties on ffampt Vellum, Parchn-.ent and Paper, it was c. 2-5; lea'^ii
 * any Writ before Judgment to arreft any Perfon or Perfons thereupon, fhould, at the Signing thereof, let
 * down upon fuch Writ or Procefs the Day and Year of his Signing the fame, under the Forfeiture of