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 66 C. 27. Anno quarto Georgii II. A. D. 1731. hereby declared to be amended and remedied by the Statutes now in Force for the Amendment cf any Jeofails; and this Claufe fhall be taken and conftrued in all Courts of Juftice in the moft ample and beneficial Manner, for the Eafe and Benefit of the Parties, and to prevent frivolous and vexatious Delays. CAP. XXVII. An Aft for the further encouraging the Manufacture of Briri/h Sail Cloth, by taking off the Duties and Drawbacks therein mentioned; and allowing an additional Bounty on Britifi made SailCloth exported; and for ftamping Britijh made Sail Cloth with the Name and. Place of Abode of the Maker. Tcrmrr p,-K-y<ms ' TI7HEREAS the Wealth and Pfofperity of this Kingdom does very much depend upon the • :'"•.'; hereto, W Prefervation- and Improvement of its Manufactures* and whereas the Manufacture of Sail 13% W. 5. 2 *" ' Cloth does give a comfortable Support and Maintenance to marry of his Majefty's Subjects imploy- t. 10 Sf to.' c ed in the fame, and there is reafon to believe that it would be greatly improved in this Kingdom,. 12 Ann. St. x, * and the Exportation of it to foreign Parts confiderably inCreafed, if the Duties payable upon the . it>. ' Importation of rough and undreffed Flax, and the Drawback upon the Re-exportation of foreign Sail 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,. TJndrefled Flax That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, it to be imported fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever to import into this Kingdom any eaEmry & y ' Qi lant i t y °f rough or undreffed Flax, without paying any Subfidy, Cuftom, Impofition or other Duty ■' ." whatfoever, for the fame, fo as a due Entry be firft made thereof in the Cuftomhoufe belonging to the Port into which the fame fhall be imported, in fuch Manner and Form, and ex pr effing the Quantities of fuch rough or undreft Flax, as were ufed and practifed before the making of this Act, and fo as the fame be landed in the prefence of the proper Officer appointed for that Purpofe, and the Importation thereof be according to the Rules prefcribed and enjoined by an Act of Parliament paffed in the twelfth Year of j2Car,i. ciS.. the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Acl- for the encouraging and increafing of Shipping and' Navigation. Flax liaSleto the II- Provided neverthelefs, andbe it further enacted, That on Failure of the Conditions or Directions. Duties on Non- herein laft mentioned being performed, or any of them, in manner aforefaid, all fuch rough or undreft JfJ£ 1 j^j ncewIth f 'lax fhall be liable to. the refpective Duties charged thereon, as the fame might or would have been liable to, if this Act had never been made; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary not- withftanding.. No Drawback III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth - t > ion R off Xp ° rta " Dzy o( June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, there (hall not be allowed or made, on the Sail Cloth™ 8 " Re-exportation of foreign Sail Cloth, or any foreign made Sails, any Drawback or Repayment of any of the Cuftoms or Duties charged and paid on the Importation thereof into this Kingdom, by any Act or Acts of Parliament; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwith- ftanding. Allowance of IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid,. That from and after the faid twenty-fourth one Penny per Day of fune one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, there fhall be allowed,, over and above the Saii'cioth'ex- Allowance already given, a further Reward or Recompence of one Penny for every Elf of Britifi made ported. Sail Cloth exported, the fame to be given and paid out of the Money ariiing from an- additional Duty laid on. all Sail Cloth imported into this Kingdom, by an Act of the twelfth Year of the Reign of iz Ann. c. j6. ' ier ' ate Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ail for the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain^ and continued by fubfequent Acts; which faid further Reward of one Penny per Ell. fhall be fubject to the fame Provifoes and Penalties as the Allowance already given is fubject and liable to. V. And to the End that no Perfon or Perfons, Body Politick or Corporate, who is or are intitled to to any Part, Share or- Intereft, in the Monies arifing by the faid Duties on rough or undieft Flax im- ported into this Kingdom, may be no Lofers or receive any Prejudice, by taking off the faid Duties, Be: Treafarytoitate it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and maybe lawful to and for the Commif- an Account of f loners of his Majefty's Treafury now being, the High Treafurer or any three or more of the Commit- wtoughFiai fi° ners °f the Treafury for the Time being, and they are hereby enjoined and required, on or before the- fur 7 years paft. faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, to caufe an Account to be made up and ftated of the Monies which fhall have arifen by the faid Duties on rough or undreft Flax* for kcn Years laft paft. Tha Medium of VI. And it is hereby enacted, That the Medium of the Monies appearing to have arifen by the the Produce faid Duties within feven Years, fhall be a certain annual Sum to be- charged on the Fund called charged on the fj^g Aggregate Fund, and being fo charged, fhall from Time to Time be iftued, paid, diftributed and forl'Siiy 'to applied, to make good to the feveral publick Creditors or other Perfon or Perfons, Body Politick or the Creditors. Corporate, having Intereft or Security in the Money arifing from the fame Duties on rough or undreft Flax, would have been apportioned and applied, in cafe the faid Duties had been continued, and not been determined by this Act. « VII. And
 * Cloth or foreign made Sails, were taken off, and an additional Bounty allowed on all Britijh made:
 * Sail Cloth exported; ' Therefore may it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted