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 96 C. 28. Anno quinto Georgii 11. A. D. 1732, Form of Engiifh A B. you are fervcd ivith this Procefs, to the Intent that you may by your Attorney appear in his Mfejl/j Defendant ■**■* Court of " at the Return thereof, being the Day ' of (as the Cafe (hall happen to be) in order to your Defence in this Aclion; and without Fee. f or which faid Englijh Notice no Fee or Reward (hidl be demanded or taken. After the End That from and after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, where the Caufe of Action (hall °o f1icferw"t not amount t0 the Sum of ten Pounds or upwards in any fuperior Court, or to forty Shillings or m°ay P be'i a (rued r 'in upwards in any inferior Court, no fpecial Writ or Writs, nor any Procefs Specially therein expreffing fmaller Suits, the Caufe or Caufes of Action, (hall be fued forth or iffued from any fuch fuperior or inferior Court re- spectively, in order to compel any Perfon or Perfons to appear thereon in fuch Court or Courts : And all Proceedings and Judgments, that (hall, from and after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parlia- ment, be had on any fuch Writ or Procefs, (hall be, and is hereby declared to be void and of none Effect; and every Attorney or Officer of fuch Court or Courts, fuing forth or iffuing any fuch ing fuch fpecial ma il an d mav recover the fame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's CoftsofVuit. Courts of Record at Weflminjier, together with full Coifs of Suit, in which no Effoin, Protection or Wager of Law, (hall be allowed or any more than one Imparlance. ' VI. And whereas the faid Act hath been found by Experience to be ufeful and beneficial,' Be it ThefeAftsto therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the laid Act (except wherein the fame is by this pre- . continue feven. f ent ^^ explained and amended) (hall be and is hereby continued, and Shall, together with this prefent Made perpetual Act, be and remain in full force from the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, for and during 21 Geo. 2. c. 3. the Term of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, and no fi«.6G«>.2.f.i4. longer. CAP. XXVIII, An A£t for encouraging the Greenland FHhery:. 4 & 5 TV. (s M. ' yy for Whales, Seals and other Creatures caught there, is a very beneficial Trade to this King- j'o & 11 w. 3. ' dom, not only in employing great Numbers of Seamen and Ships, and confuming great Quantities of c 25. 17. ■' Provifions, but alfo in bringing into this Nation great Quantities of Fins, Oil, or Blubber of Whales, xAm.St. i.e. 16. « an( j Oil Skins, and other Produce of Seals and other Creatures; and whereas the permitting the Im- ia Caf. 1! C 'c. <i, ' portation of fuch Fins, Oil, or Blubber, or other Produce whatfoever of Whales, Seals, and other ■hi,. ' Creatures caught by his faid Majefty's Subjects in the faid Seas, Streights, or in any other Parts of the ' Seas adjoining thereunto, without paying any Duty for the fame for a competent Time, may greatly ■' contribute to the Encouragement and fupport of the faid Trade;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prelent Parliament affembled, After Dec. 25 and by the Authority of the fame, That it (hall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, for 'V 3 ' ' wh"f an d during the Space of nine Years, to be computed from the twenty-fifth Day of December one thou- ors'eai skins, 6 &nd feven hundred and thirty-one, to import Whale Fins, Oil, or Blubber of Whales, Sea Oil, Seal &c may be im- Skins, or any other produce of Seals, or other FiSh or Creatures taken or caught in the faid Greenland- ported trorn g eas or j) av j s ' s Streights, or in any other Parts of the Seas adjoining or adjacent thereunto, in Britijh c'uftom free by Ships, whereof the Captain or Mailer, and one third Part at the lealt of the Mariners are Britijh Sub- Eritim Subjefts, jects, without paying any Cuftam, Subfidy, or other Duty for the fame, during the faid Term of nine Years, any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. IL Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained (hall extend or be conftrued to extend to give en Oath of the -Lib eri: y °f importing any of the before mentioned Commodities Duty free, unlefs the Captain, Mailer Maiter of the or other commanding Officer of the Ship or VeSTel importing the fame Shall firft make Oath before Some Veffel before the or one of the Commissioners or principal Officer of the Cuftoms in the Port or Ports of Importation the Cuftoms S ° f ( wn ° is and are hereby authorized and required to administer fuch Oath) that all the Whale Fins, .that fuch Oil, or Blabber of Whales, Seal QiL, Seal Skins, or other Produce of Seals, or other Fifh or Crea- Whaies, &c. tures, imported in fuch Ship or Veffel was really and bona fide the Fins, Oil, or Blubber of Whales, or .there by iuch the Skins, Oil, or other Produce of Seals, or other Fifh or Creatures caught and taken in the Said Green- ships. land Seas, Davis's Streights, or other Parts of the Seas adjoining or adjacent thereunto, by the Crew Continued by f fuch Ships and Veffels only, whereof the Captain or Mailer, and one third Part at lead of the Ma,. 22 Geo. 2. C d-C. • Ti-.'/701.n " Jnd farther by < ' nners were Brttijh Subjects. 2.2 Geo, 2. c, 20. See farther 6 Ceo, z, c. 33. 13 Geo, 2, c, 28. § 5. ■C A P.
 * V. And whereas great and unneceSSary Expences have been occasioned in fmall and trifling Suits,
 * by the fuing forth of fpecial Writs;' For Remedy whereof be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid,
 * Penalty on iflu- Writ or Pracels, (hall forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds to the Perfon or Perfons aggrieved thereby, who
 * $C<zr.t. c.7. x IX J HERE AS the Trade to Greenland, the Greenland Seas, and Davis's Streights, in the fifhing