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 A. D. 1723. Anno decimo Georgii Regis. C. 10. 491 Berries (hall be roafted, burnt or dried in Great Britain, in order to make the fame fit for Sale, but in fome one of thofe Houfes to be provided as aforefaid ; upon Pain of forfeiting the Coffee which fhall be fo roafted, burnt or dried in any Place, other than in fome one of thofe Houfes to be provided as aforefaid* and the Sum of five Shillings for every Pound Weight of Coffee-Berries, which fhall he fo roafted, burnt or dried in any other Place than in fome one of the faid Houfes to be provided as aforefaid, and in that Proportion for a greater or leffer Quantity. XXXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Officer ,??', wn'^" or Officers, Roafter or Roaiters of Coffee, who fhall be appointed by the Commiflioners for the faid In- forfeit! for land Duties hereby granted, to attend fuch Roafting-houfes as aforefaid, fhall neglect or refufe to give Offence rol. fot due Attendance at fuch Roafting-houfes, for the roafting of fuch Coffee as flvill be brought thither for fec " nd :o > •' • that Purpofe, fuch Officer or Officers fo neglecting or refufing, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and '° be """H^ lofe the Sum of ten Pounds for fuch his or their firft Offence therein ; and in Cafe fuch Officer or Offi- tfo dea! „ g. r cers fhall afterwards offend in the fame Nature a fecond Time, fuch Officer or Officers, for fuch fucond 10 receive 'out of Offence, fhall refpectively forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds, and alfo from thenceforth be incapable of fuch Warehoufc holding any Office or Employment in any Branch of his Majefty's Revenues : Provided always, That no !£,. th K an lo ° ' Seller or Dealer in Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Nuts fhall receive out of any of the publiclc Ware 'ioufes afore- {c"yL°'^c' faid, any lefs Quantity of Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Nuts than one hundred Weight of each Sort at one c "a Nuls^cfpecl Time, except in fuch particular Cafes where the Importation and delivering into fuch Warehoufcs fhall tively at each be in lefs Quantities or Parcels, or where the faid Goods fhall be publickly fold by any Lot or Lots, T,n;<: = Except I Parcel or Parcels, in lefs Quantities than - one hundred Weight of each Sort. whcrc lhe Im_ ° portation is in XXXV. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That for the better afcertaining ^ g^j* 3 .' *"* i the Quantities of all Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts and Chocolate which fhall from time to Time be fold, all & Ci andKeeVera Sellers and Dealers therein, or in any of them, and all Makers of Chocolate, and all Coffeehoufe-keepers of Coffee and and Chocolatehoufe-keepers who fhall fell or confume the fame, or any of them, in fmall Quantities un- chocolatehoufes, der the Weight of fix Pounds, fhall and are hereby obliged and directed, from time to time, after the faid '° keep Accounts twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, to keep an Account of all fuch °han "pounds" ' Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and Cocoa Nuts, which they or any of them refpectively fhall fo fell or confume „f Coffee, Tea in fmall Quantities in each Day, and fhall every Night enter in a Book, to be kept for that Purpofe, an and Chocolate Account of the Grofs Quantities of the faid feveral Commodities which have been by him, her or them daily fold or con- refpe£tively fo retailed or confumed in that Day in fmall Quantities under the faid Weight of fix Pounds ; |J! me ! 1 ' an j* the and the faid Sellers or Dealers in Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts and Chocolate, and Coffee-houfe-keepers r^NightVet" and Chocolatehoufe-keepers fhall alfo keep one other Book, wherein they fhall refpectively enter down in a Book. each Parcel of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts or Chocolate above the Weight of fix Pounds, which they fhall refpeaively fell in each Day • which faid Parcels of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts or Chocolate, & c /„ e ne " t "'r above the Weight of fix Pounds, fhall not be removed out of the refpeftive Sellers Cuftody, without a Book to fet down Permit or Certificate figned by fome Officer for the faid Duties, expreffing the Quantity and Quality of each Parcel fold, the Coffeee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts or Chocolate fo fold, and the Name of the Perfon fo felling, and the Per- &<><■ being above fons fo buying the fame, and the Place to which the fame is intended to be carried ; and that the Duties 6 Pounds - by this Act charged on the Coffee, Tea and Chocolate were paid, or that the Cocoa Nuts were entred, Such Parcels or that the fame were condemned as forfeited, or were Part of the Stock in Hand of fome Perfon or Per- above fix Pounds fons, expreffing their Names, of which an Account had been taken on or before the faid twenty-fourth not to be remo- Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four ; which faid Books fhall be, and are hereby di- p Cd Wltll0ut rected to be prepared for the making fuch Entry as aforefaid, and delivered, upon Demand, unto the re- crmit ' fpedtive Sellers and Dealers in Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts and Chocolate, by the Commiflioners for the faid Such Books to Inland Duties, or fuch Perfon or Perfons, as they the fame Commiflioners for the faid Inland Duties fhall be prepared by for that Purpofe direct and appoint: Provided always, That no fuch Seller or Dealer as aforefaid, fhall g^°™™ lf ~ have in his, her or their Cuftody, more than one fuch Book of each Sort at a Time ; and when the faid inland Duties. Books in their Cuftody fhall be filled up, the fame are hereby directed, from time to time, to be returned No Se|]er t<> ' to the refpective Officer or Officers for the faid Inland Duties, from whom the fame were refpectively re- have at the fan* ceived, upon the Oath, or in Cafe of a Quaker, upon the Solemn Affirmation of fuch Sellers or Dealers Time above one as aforefaid, or his, her or their Servant or Servants, who kept the fame, and made the Entries therein, Book of each of the Truth of fuch Entries, according to the beft of his, her or their Knowledge and Belief; and one °"' or more new Book or Books fhall thereupon be delivered to fuch refpective Sellers or Dealers, in the JhenfiMu Room of fuch Book or Books fo returned, and fo toties queries, as often as fuch Book or Books fhall be t0 he delivered' filled up with fuch Entries ; which faid Books fo kept by fuch refpective Sellers or Dealers fhall, from back upon Oath; time to time, lie open to be perufed by the Officers for the faid Inland Duties hereby granted, the better Books fo kept to to enable them to make their Charges of fuch Duties, and keep their Stocks of the Increafe and Decreafe lieopc, n , t0 ^ of the refpective Commodities charged therewith : Provided always, That if any fuch Seller or Dealer in j^, e b ? ° f - . Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts or Chocolate fhall neglect or refufe to keep fuch Books and make fuch Entries Refu ^ ers to k therein, or to permit the faid Officers for the faid Duties to infpect them, or not return the faid Books ac- fuch B s ok ° ; " p cording to the Direction of this Act, or fhall make any falfe Entry in fuch Book or Books, he fhe or they m ,ke fuch En- fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and lofe the Sum of one hundred Pounds. tiles, or toper- mi: Officers to infpect them, or not delivering them back; or for making falfe Entries, forfeit roc 1. R r r 2 ' XXXVI. And