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 368 C.i2. 'Anno odavo Georgi i Regis. A. D. 1721! water 7 rotted, bright and clean, each Ton containing twenty grofs Hundreds and fix Pounds, (hall b e continued from the Expiration of the faid Act of the twelfth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, for and during the Term of fixteen Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seflion of Parliament, and fhall be paid and payable in the fame Manner, and under the fame Rules, Methods and Reftrirtions as are pjefcribed in and by the faid former Acts or either of them, touching the fame; and all fuch Hemp being lawfully imported into this Kingdom after the four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fevea Hemp Imported hundred and twenty-two, fhall be free and clear of and from all Duties, Cuftoms and Impofitions what- after 24 June foever, payable to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors; any Law, Cuftom or other Matter or Thing to iyu, Duty-free. the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. ' II. And whereas great Quantities of Wood and Timber, and of the Goods commonly called Lumber, e herein after particularly enumerated, (that is to fay) Deals of feveral Sorts, Timber Balks of feveral 6 Sizes, Barrel Boards, Clap Boards, Pipe Boards, or Pipe Holt, White Boards for Shoemakers, Boom, ' and Cant Spars, Bow Staves, Capravens, Clap Holt, Ebony Wood, Headings for Pipes, and for Hogf- ' Trunnels, Speckled Wood, Sweet Wood, Small Spars, Oak, Plank and Wainfcot, or fome of them' e have ufually been imported into this Kingdom from foreign Countries at exceflive Rates or Prices ' efpecially in Time of War, and Foreigners have thereby found Opportunities to export the coined Mo- ' nies of this Realm; and it is well known that the faid Commodities, being of the Growth and Product ' of his Majefty's Plantations in America, may be furnifhed from thence, if due Encouragement was given Wood, Lumber, ' in that Behalf:' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Per- &c ex«ptMafts, fons, who,' within the Term of one and twenty Years, to be reckoned from the four and twentieth Day &c.) imported f J lme one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, fhall import or caufe to be imported into Great Bri- J lom A y"**tf to '"' directly f rom an y of his Majefty's Britijh Plantations or Colonies in America, in any Ship or Veflel, ^aillvntiiii. Ships or Veffels, which may lawfully trade to or from his Majefty's faid Plantations or Colonies, and •Duty Free. ' which fhall be navigated according to Law, any Sort of Wood, Plank or Timber whatfoever, wrought or unwrought, or any of the Goods called Lumber, before in this Act enumerated, fuch Wood, Plank, Timber and Lumber, being of the Growth and Product of the faid Plantations or Colonies, or fome of mf™™ imported t ^ em ( exce Pt Mafts, Yards and Bowfprits, touching which Duties and Premiums are afcertained by for- Duty free"by r * mer Acts in that Behalf) fhall and may import the fame free from all Cuftoms and Impofitions whatfoever, 1 Geo. i. Stata. granted to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succellbrs. «. 17. f. 5. .Continued by 3 1 Ceo. 2. c. 35. to 29 Sept. 1764. Pre emption of HI. And to the End his Majefty's Royal Navy may, from time to time, have the Benefit of fo much of Hemp imported, r uc h Hemp, as fhall be requifite for the Service thereof; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, CommfrTioners' That upon the Importation of any Hemp, for which any Bounty or Premium is by this or any former Aft &c of the Navy. gi ven 5 the Pre-emption or Refufal of fuch Hemp fhall be offered and tendred to the Commiffioners of his Such Hemp not Majefty's Navy, or fome of their Agents for the Time being, upon landing the fame; and if within the contracted for Space of twenty Days after fuch Tender,' the faid Commiffioners (hall not contract or bargain for the fame, by them within it fhall be lawful for the Importer or Importers, Owner or Owners of fuch Hemp, otherwife to difpofe so Days, to be thereof, as by Law they may, for his, her or their beft Profit and Advantage. Bufed'of! ' ^ • And wnereas in arui by the * aid Act, made in the third and fourth Years of her faid late Majefty: ' '.Queen. Anne, intituled, An jlcl for encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores from her Majefty s Planta- 3 4 nn.cio. c f} ons " m America, a Reward or Premium was given for Tar, brought into this Kingdom directly from ' her Majefty's Plantations in America, after the Rate of four Pounds for every Ton of good and mer- c chantable Tar, under fuch Rules, Regulations, and Provifoes, as are therein mentioned; which Act ia Ann. Stat. 1. •' was continued by one other Act made in the twelfth Year of the fame Reign, intituled, An Acl for con- s. 9. " tinuing an Acl made in the third and fourth Years of the Rei*n of her prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aft for ' encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores from her Majefty s Plantations in America; and for encouraging ' the Importation of Naval Stores from that Part of Great Britain called Scotland to that Part of Great Br'i- 1 tain called England, and is ftill in Force; and by the faid laft mentioned Act the like Reward or Pre- '_mium of four Pounds per Ton, was extended to and given for Tar brought from that Part of Great ' Britain called Scotland to that Part of Great Britain called England, under the like Rules, Regulations cCeo. i.e. 11. ' a nd Provifoes, as in the Cafe of Plantation Tar : And whereas by one other Act palled in the fifth Year ' of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ail againfl clandefiine running of ' uncuflomed Goods; and f for the mere effeclual preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms, the faid Reward or Premium is to be al- ' lowed for fuch Tar only as fHould be clean, good, merchantable, and well conditioned, and fit for ' -making Cordage; and nevertheless, the Tar imported from the faid Plantations has hitherto been found ' to retain an hot and thick Quality, whereby it is not fo fit for making Cordage, as the Eaft Country ' Tar:' Wherefore for Remedy thereof for the future, and to the End his Majefty's Navy may have the After* Sept. Benefits intended by the faid Afts, in being fupplied with Plantation Tar fit for making Cordage; Beit 1724. NoCer'ti- enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September which fhall ficaie to be made be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, no Certificate be made out by by Officer of the an y Officer of his Majefty's Cuftoms, .in any Port of this Kingdom, for any Tar which fhall be imported Cuftoms for Tar mto jj^j Kingdom, from any of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America, nor any Bill made out noJ^Brn granted by the Commiflioners or principal Officers of his Majefty's Navy, whereby to entitle the Importer of fuch by Commif- fioners of Navy to entitle Importer to a Premium, unlefs Certificate from Governor, &c. do sxprefs that fuch Tar was made from green Trees in Manner hereby prefciibed. Tar
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