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 A.D. 1723. Anno decimo Georgii Regis. C. 10. 487 which Permits or Certificates the Officers who grant the fame, (hall exprefs and limit the Time for Which the fame (hall continue in Force. XVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty- Timn for ma. fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and tWenfy-foui' all and every Perfon and Perfons what- kln « Entrin of ifoever, who fliall be a Maker of Chocolate, or the refpective Perfon or Perfons for whofc Ufe he, flic or cboa >ttt m«ie. they fhall make any Chocolate, in cafe the fame b? made in Lpndo'n or IVeflminfler, or in any Parts within Every Week, if the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, fliall weekly and every Week, and in cafe the fa <■ (hall rn .''" ™ lhin ,he be made in any other Part of Great Britain, fhall once in every fix Weeks make a true and parti l v 'L"'; Entry in Writing at the next Office for the faid Inland Duties hereby fei and impoferl, of all Chocolate if mLeinorhct which fhall be made by or for him, her or them within fuch Week or fix Weeks refpectively ; which l J jrr,. faid Entries (hall contain the Weight of all Chocolate by or for him, her or them rejpectively made 50J. forewry within the Time to which the fame refpectively relates ; on Pain of forfeiting for every Neglect of Entry ™& ta of ! " h the Sum of fifty Pounds ; which Entry (hall be made upon Oath by the faid Makers or Proprietors re- ^'v fpectively, or by his, her or' their chief Workman or Servant employed therein, according to the bed of i< upo^Oaib". their Knowledge and Belief, unlefs fuch Maker or Proprietor, or their refpective Workmen or Servanis making fuch Entry or Entries as aforefaid, be a known Quaker, in which Cafe the folemn Affirmation of fuch Maker or Proprietor, or his, her or their Workman or Servant making fuch Entry, fhall and may- be taken inftead of fuch Oath ; and the faid Entries, Oaths and Affirmations to verify the fame fliall, for Eefore whom fuch Chocolate as (hall be made within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, be made with and l " uch ° a,ns A" 11 adminiftred by fuch Officer or Officers, as fhall be appointed by the refpeftive Commiffioners for the faid ke mide ' Inland Duties, or the major Part of them for the Time being, who fliall attend at the General Office for that Purpofe in London or We/iminjier (who have hereby Power to adminifter the fame) and for all Chocolate which fliall be made in other Parts of Great Britain, with and by the Collectors and Super- vifors of the Diftrift or Divifion within which the refpeftive Makers or Proprietors fhall inhabit (who have hereby Power to adminifter the fame) without any Fee or Charge whatfoever to be demanded or taken for the fame : Provided always, That no fuch Maker or Proprietor (hall be obliged to go or fend For ruch Y _ n *rr further than u the Market-Town where fuch Chocolate fhall be refpeftively made, or the next Market- fhannext m" Town to the Place where his, her or their Chocolate (hall be refpectively made, for the making of fuch ket-Town. Entries as aforefaid. XVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every fuch Maker or Pro- Limitation of prietor of fuch Chocolate, in cafe the fame fliall be made in London or IVeJiminjier, or within the Limits "}' m " '" Pa V~ of the faid weekly Bills of Mortality, fhall within one Week, and in cafe the fame fliall be made in any t at 8 e made° C °" other Part of Gnat Britain, (hall within fix Weeks next after he, (he or they (hall fo make or ought to Every Week have made fuch Entry as aforefaid, pay and clear off" all the faid Duties by this A 61 fet and impofed on within the fuch Chocolate, which ihall be due from him, her or them refpeftively ; and that all and every fuch Weekly Bills. Makers and Proprietors of Chocolate, who (hall refufe or negleft to make fuch Payment as aforefaid, f^"l "* Weeks fliall forfeit and lofe for every fuch Offence the Sum of fifty Pounds, over and above the faid Duty whereof the Payment fhall be fo refufed or neglefted ; and that no fuch Maker or Proprietor of fuch 5°]: { ° T ^p' y Chocolate, after fuch Default in Payment of the Duties as aforefaid, (hall fell, deliver, or carry out any in ^ e ° ay " Chocolate, until he, (he or they have or hath paid and cleared off his, her or their Duties as aforefaid ; on Pain of forfeiting treble the Value of all fuch Chocolate fo fold, delivered or carried out. ' XIX. And for the more effectual Prevention of the unlawful Importation of Chocolate ready made ' from Parts beyond the Seas, and likewife the clandeftine making thereof in Great Britain;' Be it fur- ther enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Chocolate, which from and after the twenty-fourth A " Cn0 «Ue Day of 'June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four ihall be made in Great Britain, fhall be packed o° J° ' nc P l e ln in rvfTi r ■in/r i*/* ■ i i ■ r ■ a n scampi, tapers^ up, and a btamp or Mark put upon the fame, in the Manner herein after mentioned ; that is to lay, All each containing fuch Makers or Proprietors of Chocolate which fhall be made in Great Britain, fliall from time to time, one Pound, and at the refpective Times and Places where they are by this Aft directed and required to make fuch Entries of the Chocolate by or for them refpectively made as aforefaid, produce all the Chocolate con- tained in fuch Entry, or which ought to be contained in fuch Entry, at the refpective Offices where fuch Entries are or ought to be made to the refpective Officers, who in Purfuance of this Act fliall be appointed for the receiving of fuch Entries, which Chocolate (hall be inclofed and tied up with Thread in feveral Papers, containing one Pound Weight of Chocolate each, and not more or lefs, each of which Papers to be tied up, fliall by an Officer to be appointed by the refpective Commiffioners for the faid Duties Commiflionerj for that Purpofe, or the major Part of them refpectively, have fuch a Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or De- [° r a the j e Dutie3 vice affixed theeron, as fliall be by the faid refpective Commiffioners, from time to time, devifed or ap- stamp"' and" pointed for that Purpofe, which faid Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device, (hall or may be varied or al- f rom t 'i me to tered, from time to time, in fuch Manner, as the faid Commiffioners (hall judge to be mod proper for time alter it. the Purpofes aforefaid. XX: And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Chocolate, as fliall or ought Chocolate Stock to be entred upon or before the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty- {^ U h nd "^ four, within the Limits of the weekly Bills of Mortality, ihall within fourteen Days after the faid twen- c ™" t s o ^.,^1 ty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, and all fuch Chocolate, as fhall or edj v j z. ought to be entred upon or before the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and All within the twenty-four, in any other Part of Great Britain, (nail within fix Weeks next after the laid twenty-fourth weekly Bil's in Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, be brought to the refpeftive Offices where the H Day? after fame Entries fliall or ought to be made, inclofed and tied up in like Manner as is before directed, and C h^ co 'j ate in - (hall then have fuch Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device affixed thereon as aforefaid, other Pans in XXI. And fix Week's.