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 A. D. 1 7 14. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. 1, 2. 5 Anno Regni GEORGII Regis Magna? Britanniae, Francize & Hiber- niac, primo. T the Parliament begun and holden at WefimikJler the feventcenth Day of March, Anno Domini one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, in the fir ft Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord JL -XL GEORGE, by the Grace of Gcd, of Great Britain., France, and Ireland, King, Defender o the Faith, &c. la) And by feveral Adjournments continued till the twenty-fixth Day of June in the' (<0 The fol- ic* ond Year of his Majefty's Reign, being the firft Seffion of this prefent Parliament.' i° t "LddJftom the lnrollmcnt.* CAP. I. An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty, to be raifed by a Land-Tax in Great Britain, for the Ser- vice of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen. 2s. in the Pound. EXP. C A P. II. An A£t for charging and continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Y/ear one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen ; and for making forth Dupli- cates of Exchequer-Bills, and Lottery-Tickets, loft, burnt, or deftroyed ; and for enlarg- ing the Time for adjuftirjg Claims in feveral Lotteries ; and for making forth new Order3 in lieu of certain Lottery-Orders obliterated or defective •, and for. continuing certain Du- ties on Hops, until the firft Day of Av.gufi one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen. I, 1 /TOST Gracious Sovereign, We your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of >«• the Appnpri- IV J. Great Britain, in Parliament affembled, towards raifing the necefiary Supplies to defray your Ma-«»«/**;«- jefty's publick Expences, have freely and unanimoufly refolved to give and grant unto your Majefty ^as.rfmgbjihUAa t Rates, Duties, and Impofitions herein after mentioned ; and do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that-^'^v e °' u it may be enacted : And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That within and throughout the whole Kingdom of Great Britain, the feveral Malt Aft and refpective Rates, Duties, and Impofitions, for and upon all Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, which in I2 Ann. ft. i. and by one Act of Parliament made and pafled in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen ^^"d, ^ June, of blefled Memory, intituled, An Acl for granting to her Majefiy Duties upon Mult, Mum, Cyder and™ j U nei7i6<,. Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen ; and for making forth Duplicates of ■ Lottery Tickets, loft, burnt, or defrayed ; and for enlarging the Time for adjifing Claims in feveral Lottery Atis ; and to punifh the Counterfeiting or Forging of Lottery Orders ; and for explaining a late Acl in relation to Stump-Duties on cufomary Eftates which pafs by Deed and Copy, were granted to her Majefty, or chargeable in manner therein mentioned, until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and four- teen, and which by another Act of Parliament made and pafled in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty, intituled, An A Si for charging and continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, I2 Ann. ft. z, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen ; and for the Encouragement of the d'ftilling c. 3. Brandy from malted Corn and Cyder ; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, and Lottery Tickets, lojl, burnt, or defrayed; and to enable the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and others,- to lend Money upon South-Sea Stock, were continued until the twenty- fourth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, (hall be further continued in like manner, and fhall be, and are by this Act charged, for and upon all Malt which fhall be made, and all Mum which fhall be made, or imported, and all Cyder and Perry, which fhall be made for Sale within the Kingdom of Great Britain, from and after the three and twentieth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, and before the four and twentieth Day of Jun: which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen ; and fhall be raifed, levied, collected and paid unto his Majefty, hisDuties to be Heirs and Succeffors, during the Term aforefaid, by the fame Ways, Means, and Methods, and by fuch raifed as by Rules and Directions, and with fuch Allowances and Repayments, and under fuch Penalties and Forfei- tlie forroet Afl3 ' tures, and with fuch Power of Mitigation, and other Powers, and in fuch Manner and Form, in all re- fpects, as are prefcribed, mentioned and exprefied in the faid former Acts, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament thereby referred unto, or any of them, for or concerning the faid Duties, or any of them; and that the fame Acts formerly made and pafled, and the faid other Acts thereby referred unto, as to, for and concerning the faid Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, and every Article, Rule, Claufe, Matter and Thing, in them, and every or any of theme ontained, or thereby referred to, and now being in Force, fhall be of full Force and Effect, to all Intents and Purpofes, for raifing, levying, collecting, fecuringand accounting for the fame Rates, Duties and Impofitions hereby granted or continued, and for levying and