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 THE STATUTES at Large, &c. Anno Regni G E O R G 1 1 Regis Magnse Britannia, Francis & Hibcr- ni£e 3 primo. T the Parliament met at Weftminfler the fit-It Day of Augujl, Ann. Dom. one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, in the firft Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEOP.GE by the Grace .. of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. on Occa- fion of the Deinife of her late Majefly Queen ANNE (of Bleflfed Memory] in purfuance of the Aft of the fixth Year of her faid late Majefly 's Reign, intituled, An Ail for. the further Security of her Ma- jejiy's Perfon and Government, and of the Succejfwn to the Crown of Great Britain in the Proteftant Line, {a) < ^ The foL and by Adjournments continued until the twenty-fifth Day of the fame Month.' lowing Words 1 are added from the lnroUm=nt.' C A P. I. An Act for the better Support of his Majefty's Houfhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain. - MAY it pleafe your mofl Excellent Majefly, Whereas by an Aft of Parliament made in the firfl: Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Anne (of Bleffed Memory,) intituled, Atfi Ann. Stat, i, Ail for the better Support of her Majefty's Houjhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, it wasc 7. (amor.gft other Things) enafted, That the Rates and Duties of Excife, upon Beer, Ale, and other Li- quors, which had been granted to his late Majefly King Charles the Second (of Bleffed Memory) by an isC r. i.e. 2^ Aft made in the twelfth Year of his P-eign, intituled, A Grant of certain Impoftions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for the Increafe of his Mcjejtys Revenue during his Life, and which were granted to their la Majefties King William and Queen Mary (of Bleffed Memory) by an Aft made in the fecond Year of 2 w. &M. their Re'gn, for their Lives, and the Life of the Survivor of them (a certain Duty of fix Pence for every Sell; 1. c. 3. Barrel of Vinegar-Beer, granted by the fame Acts, excepted) and alfo a Duty of fix Pence, Part of a Duty of eight Shillings, which was granted to his faid late Majefly King William, for and upon every Barrel of Vinegar, Vinegar-Beer, or Liquor preparing for Vinegar, which fhould be brewed or made of any Engliflj Materials, by any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever for Sale, and fo in proportion for a greater or letter Quantity, by an Aft made in the tenth Year pf his Reign : And likewife the further Sublidy of '10& uW. 3. Tonnage and Poundage, and other Duties uponWines, Goods and Merchandizes, which had been gran- c. 21 Anne, for and during the Term of her natural Life : And in and by the faid Aft'of the firft Year of T Ann. Stat, the Reign of her faid late Majefly Queen Anne, it was enafted and declared, That the Hereditary Rates c 7. and Duties 'of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, which were granted to the Crown in the twelfth Year of. the Reign of the fad late King Charles the Second, and the faid Duties of Exci r e upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, granted to her Majefly by the faid Aft of the firfl: Year of her Reio-n, for her Life (fubjeft neverthelefs to the Incumbrances in that Aft mentioned) and the Monies Support of her Majefty's Houfhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, as by the faid Aft ? arr *'". 3 . rr llns of the firfl Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign (Relation being thereunto had J mai more fully appear • cTlrvV 4 ?' OL. V. B ' N0WStat. a .c-i*. s.ij, and
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