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 488 C. io. Anno decimo Geo rgh Regis. A. D. 1723. Chocolate found XXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the End of the laid c"ftod P of an laft mentioned fix Weeks, all fuch Chocolate as fhall be found in the Poffeffion or Cuftody of any Maker Dcale/tcrfeiied. or Seller of Chocolate (other than and except fuch Chocolate, for which the Duties granted by this AcTt fhall not have been become due or payable) without fuch Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device thereon, Forfeit of 20 s. fhaii i, e forfeited, and fuch Maker or Seller of Chocolate fnall further forfeit and pay twenty Shillings of r chocolat° U not ^ or ever y Pound Weight of fuch Chocolate fo found in his or her Cuftody or Poffeffion without fuch ftamped. cho- Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device as aforefaid; and all fuch Chocolate as, from and after the End of coUce found re- the laft mentioned fix Weeks, fhall be found removing from one Place to another without fuch Mark, moving without Stamp, Impreffion or Device as aforefaid, fhall be forfeited, and may be feized for his Majefty's Ufe, to- sump, forfeited. getrier w; t h the Package containing the fame. For_to»nterfeit- XXII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons whatsoever tEl'ftrrcy forfeits ^ a ^ at an y Time counterfeit or forge, or caufe to be counterfeited or forged, any fuch Mark, Stam|i, cool, and to Impreffion or Device, which fnall be provided and made ufe of in Purfuance of this Aft, or fhall utter, fufter 12 Months vend or fell any Chocolate with fuch counterfeit Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device thereon, knowing Imprifonmtm. the fame to be counterfeit; then every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending therein, fhall for every fuch jiGeo. i. c. 30. Offence forfeit and lofe the Sum of five hundred Pounds, and alfo fhall be committed to the next County 1. '?'■ Gaol, there to remain for twelve Months without Bail or Mainprize. Chocolate made - .v..... ... ... — ____.__■ I. in private Fa- ' XXIII. And whereas many of his Majefty's Subjects have been accuftomed, or may be difpofed, to milies. ' make or caufe Chocolate to be made not for Sale, or to make any Profit thereof, but to be confirmed in ' their own private Families;' For the better Accommodation of fuch Perfons, It is hereby provided and Upon thrte Days enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thou- mayelve private *" :lnc ' ^ ven hundred and twenty-four, in cafe any fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be minded to make any, Perfons Permif- Quantity of fuch Chocolate at his, her or their own private Houfe, or any other Place, and fhall give lions to make Notice in Writing, under his, her or their Hand or Hands, of fuch his, her or their Intention to make Chocolate for f uc h Chocolate, to the Officer for the faid Duties hereby fet and impofed, of the Divifion or Place in ynvate Ufe only, which f uc h Chocolate for private Ufe is intended to be made, by the Space of three Days at the leaft, before his, her or their beginning to work or make, or caufing to be begun to be worked or made fuch Chocolate, in which Notice fhall be particularly Specified the 'Weight or Quantity of Cocoa Nuts de- figned to be fo made into Chocolate, the Name or Names of the Perfon or Perfons to be employed in the making or working thereof, and the Houfe or Place where the fame Chocolate is to be fo made; then and in every fuch Cafe fuch Officer or Officers fhall fign or give a Permiffion in Writing, under his or their refpective Hand or Hands, without Fee or Reward, for the making or working fuch Quantity of Chocolate by fuch Perfon or Perfons, and at fuch Place or Places, as fhall be fo notified as aforefaid, and. fuch Houfe or Place fnall not, in refpect of the making fuch Chocolate there, be fubject or liable to be furveyed, vifited or infpected by fuch Officers as aforefaid; any Thing in this Act before contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ^eDa's^after XXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in every fuch Cafe finifting'fuch the Chocolate fo made as aforefaid for private Ufe, the Perfon or Perfons who fhall work or make the Chocolate, it is fame,_ or for whofe Ufe the fame fhall be worked or made, do and fhall, within three Days_ after the not entred, finifhing the working or making the Quantity of Chocolate fo permitted to be made for private Ufe, brought to be make or c^.ufe to be made an Entry on Oath with the proper Officer before directed to take Entries of uTd« a "fd Coffee ' Tea and Chocolate, in the Divifion, DiftricT: or Place, where fuch Chocolate fhall be made as the l'arty P for- aforefaid, of the whole Quantity of Chocolate then made by Virtue of fuch Permit, and fhall bring or • feits the Choco- produce, or caufe to be brought or produced, all fuch Chocolate fo made, ready wrapt up or inclofed, as late, and treble before is directed, to have fuch Mark, Stamp, Impreffion or Device affixed thereon, and at the fame the Value. Time fhall pay, or caufe to be paid, the Duty hereby impofed for the fame Chocolate; and that in De- fault of fuch Entry, Marking Or Stamping, and Payment of fuch Duties as aforefaid, all fuch Choco- late as fhall not be entred, marked or ftamped, or for which fuch Duties fhall not be paid as aforefaid, fhall be forfeited, and the Perfon or Perfons for whom the fame fhall be made, fhall forfeit to his Majefty treble the Value thereof. hundredweight XXV. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon or Per- of"cocoa Nuts f? ns fr? a 'l De permitted to work or make into Chocolate, for his, her or their own private Ufe, any Quan- at eachTimenot tity of Cocoa Nuts lefs than half one hundred Weight of Cocoa Nuts at a Time; any Thing in this to be made into A£t before contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Chocolate for XXVI. And for the better fecuring the Inland Duties by this A& granted upon Coffee and Tea fold private e. t0 ^ e confirmed in this Kingdom, and upon Chocolate which fhall be made and fold in Great Britain, by Wholefale or Retail, and to the Intent that the fame may not be too burthenfome on the Importers of fuch Coffee and Tea as fhall be exported to Parts beyond the Seas; It is hereby provided and enarfted by " "coffee 6 t ' le Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid 'four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand feven Tea 4 and°Cocoa hundred and twenty-four, all fuch Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Nuts, as fhall be imported into the King- Nuts imported, dom of Great Britain from any foreign Parts, upon the Entry thereof at the Cuftcm-houfe, and paying to be entred at or fecuring the feveral Subfidies and additional Impofts which fhall then remain due thereon, fhall be theCuftom- forthwith carried or put into fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes as fhall be for that Purpofe provided, at the imoaWarehouVe Cnar £ e of the refpeftive Importer or Importers of fuch Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Nuts, and fhall be ap- provided by the P r °ved of by the Commilfioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms, or the major Part of them for the Time be- • Importer, and ing; and the faid Importer or Importers thereof fhall have Power to garble and feparate in fuch Ware- approved by houfes fuch Coffee and Cocoa Nuts, as hath been ufual, to make it Merchantable; and the faid Coffee, Cornmiflioners Tea and Cocoa Nuts fo brought into fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes,- fhall not be taken or carried out 9f c ^ 9mj - 3 ■ thence