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 322 C. 21. Anno fexto G e o r g 1 1 Regis. A. D. 1719, ' ten Pounds for every fuch Offence or Neglect :' Therefore for the better preventing the Frauds aforefaid, Every Warrant Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Warrant to_ be made out or to iffue upon any fuch to be made out V/rit or Writs, fhall have the fame Day and Year plainly and diftinctly fet down thereon, as fhall be fo fet hav^'heDa^and ^ own on the Writ itfelf, under the Forfeiture of ten Pounds for every fuch Neglect or Omiffion, to be paid YeYr Vet down" D Y the Perfon who (hall write, fill up or deliver out fuch Warrant; both which Penalties to be fued for, re- thereon, on For- covered and divided in fuch Manner as the other Penalties in the faid recited Act of the ninth of King feiture of 10 1. William are directed to be fued for, recovered and divided.. Perfons tearing < LV. And whereas a Practice hath of late prevailed for Perfons to cut out and tear off the Mark or off the Mark on ' Stamp upon the fpotted or painted Side of playing Cards after fuch Cards have been fold, ufed or played pUying^Cards, or t ^^ anc [ by pafting on and affixing the fame Stamps and Marks on other Cards, do frequently make one or'new fpotti"" ' Mark or Stamp ferve for two or three feveral Packs of Cards : And whereas the Seal and Stamp upon any Dice which ' the outfide Papers inclofing each Pack of Cards are frequently made ufe of again after they have been fold have been fold, « and difpofed of, to inclofe other Packs of playing Cards, by which fraudulent and unjuft Practices his &c forfeit iol. ' Majefty's Revenue is daily leffened and diminilhed :' For Remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Autho- rity aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons, at any Time after the firft Day of Auguft one thoufand (even hundred and twenty, fhall fraudulently cut, tear or get off any Mark or Stamp in refpect whereof or whereby any Duties are payable, or are denoted to be paid or payable to his Majefty on playing Cards, or fhall file, fquare or new fpot any Dice which have been fold or played with, or fhall fraudulently inclofe any Parcel or Pack of playing Cards in any outfide Paper fo fealed and ftamped as aforefaid, the fame ha- ving been once made ufe of for the Purpofe aforefaid, or in cafe any Perfon or Perfons fhall hereafter fell or expofe to Sale any playing Cards, the fame not being, at the Time of fuch Selling or expofing to Sale, actually ftamped on the fpotted or painted Side, and alfo inclofed in Paper and Thread, fealed and ftamped, as by the Act of the tenth Year of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, which charges the faid Duties, is 30 Ann. c. ig. directed; then, fo often, and in every fuch Cafe, every Perfon fo offending in any of the Particulars be- ' * ' fore-mentioned fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds, to be recovered by Action of • Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminfter, wherein no Ef- foin, Protection or Wager of Law fhall be admitted, nor more than one Imparlance; one Moiety whereof to the King's moft Excellent Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, the other Moiety to the Informer; and the Perfon recovering in fuch Action fhall be allowed his full Cofts. 5 Ann. c, 23- * LVI. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty ' Queen Anne, for licenfing and regulating Hackney-Coaches and Chairs, and for charging certain new ' Duties on ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper; it was (inter alia) provided, That for every Piece of ' for felling of Ale or Beer, or other excifeable Liquors, by Retail, a Duty of one Shilling fhould be paid to omit the Writing of other Matters charged with Stamp-Duties fince the making of the Act of Parliament 1 Ann. Stat c 12, ' lineations of fuch Ale-Licences, Policies of Infurance, and feveral other Matters and Things chargeable vention of the faid Frauds and Omiffions and other like Frauds and Omiffions, in relation to any of his Ma- Mayors, &c. jelly's Duties under the Management of the Commiffioners for managing his Majefty's Stamp-Duties, Be it A^Lic^ces"' f urtner enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Mayors, Town-Clerks and other Perfons whom it may finiy'ftarnpeabe- concern » wno ^ a " ta ' ce anv ^ ucn Recognizances, fhall be obliged to make or caufe to be made out fore new Recog- Ale-Licences duly ftamped before fuch Recognizances be taken, under the Penalty of ten Pounds niiances be ta- for every fuch Offence; and that all Pains, Penalties and Provifions given and laid on by this Act, and ken, on Penalty the faid Act of the firft Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, for the Punifhment or 1 Ann' St 2 Prevention of fuch Frauds and Omiffions as are herein and therein mentioned and intended, relating to c ii. ' ' ' the Duties then in Being, fhall extend and be conftrued to extend to the like Frauds and Omiffions relating to any of his Majefty's other Stamp-Duties impofed or laid on at any Time fince the making of the faid laft mentioned Act of the firft Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, and to be fued for, recovered and di- vided in fuch Manner as is directed by the faid laft mentioned Act. 9 Ann. e, 43. « LVII. And whereas by a Statute made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen ic§. 41. c Anne, f or licenfing and regulating Hackney-Coaches and Chairs, and for charging certain new Duties on ' ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, it was (inter alia) enacted, That the ' make true Entries upon Oath with the Commiffioners of the Stamp-Duties, or their Officers, of all the ' for the fame, under the Penalties therein mentioned : And whereas the refepective Card-Makers do often - make up Cards, the Duties on which amount to fifty Pounds and upwards per Week, and each Card-- ' Maker may make up treble that Quantity, if he fhall think fit, whereby they have an Opportunity of be- ' ing greatly in Arrear to his Majefty, and the faid Duties are thereby often in Danger of being loft, in re- ' gard the fame Act hath made no Provifion whatever for fecuring the faid Duties, until the faid fix Weeks ' fhall expire, be the Danger ever fo apparent:' For Remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Authority Card Makers at aforefaid, That from and after the firft Day of Auguft one thoufand feven hundred and twenty every Card- entimg therr Maker fhall be obliged, at the refpective Times of entring every Parcel or Quantity of playing Cards as BojriinaMnal a f° re f a M> t0 enter into Bond to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, with fufficient Surety or Sureties, 4 in
 * Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, on which fhould be engroffed or written any Licence
 * her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, during the Term of thirty-two Years : And whereas a Practice
 * has obtained to take the ufual Recognizances from Perfons for whom Ale-Licences are intended for felling
 * Ale and other excifeable Liquors, and to take a Lift of their Names, and the Fees for fuch Licences, but to
 * omit to make out or write the fame, to avoid the Payment of the Stamp-Duties given thereon, and to
 * with the Payment of the Stamp-Duty, to make one Stamp ferve for feveral Purpofes :' Now for the Pre-
 * ■ Makers of Cards and Dice, during the Term therein mentioned, fhould once in every twenty-eight Days
 * Cards and Dice by them refpectively made; and fhould once in every fix Weeks clear all the Duties owing