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 166 C. i3 r 19. Anno feptimo Georgxx II. A. D. 1734. ' Sums of all the Bonds then owing by the (aid Company, to be fairly entred and regiftred in a Book, ' and that no new Bonds lhall be iffued under the Seal of the Company, nor any Bonds paid off or bought ' up with the Company's Money, except the Proprietors of the faid Company (hall, in a General Court ' called and held for that Purpofe, be firft acquainted with the Ufes for which the faid Bonds were intended ' to be blued : And whereas fome Doubts have arifen about the Intent and Meaning of the faid in Part re- ' cited Act of Parliament, and whether the faid South-Sea Company was not restrained thereby from paying South-SeaCom- ' off their Bonds;' May it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted and declared by puny may pay the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- nfthe d Manner P°ral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That they might have it (hail and may be lawful for the faid Company to pay off the Whole or any Part of the faid Company's done before the Bonds, in fuch Manner as by Law they might have done in cafe the faid in Part recited Act had not been laid Aft. mac ] e j an y Thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. A further Expli- H. And be it alfo declared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Intent and Meaning of the faid faidAft f the m P art recited Act of Parliament was and is, that no new Bonds, nor ^anyBonds paid off or bought up by and with the Company's Money, mould be iffued but by the Confent and Direction of the General Court of the faid Company firft had and obtained, as in the faid Act is directed. PublickAfl-. III. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act (hall be deemed and taken See farther con- t0 ^ e a publick Act, of which Notice (hall be judicially taken by all judges and other Perfons whatfoever,. c.34. loGeo. 2. c. 17, zoGeo.2. c. 3. 24 Geo. 2. c. 2 & 11. z6Geo. 2. c. 16. CAP. XVIII. An Art for the Revival of an Act made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- jefty King George the Firft, intituled, An At! for the free Importation of Cochineal during the 'Time therein limited; and alfo for the free Importation of Indico. 12 Car. 2, c. iS, ' J H E R E AS Cochineal and Indico are of principal Ufe in dying of Cloths, and other Woollen ' W Manufactures of this Kingdom, to the great Improvement thereof, by which great Numbers of ' thereof ought therefore to be encouraged in the moft exteniive Manner, that the Dyers may at all ' Times be lupplied with Cochineal and Indico on the cheapeft Terms poffible : And whereas the faid ' Commodities cannot at prefect be imported into this Kingdom, but according to the Rules prefcribed c and enjoined by an Act of Parliament paffed in the Twelfth Year of King Charles the Second, inti- ' tuled, An Acl for the encouraging and increafing of Shipping and Navigation, which hath been found incon- ' venient, tending to make them dearer in thefe Kingdoms than they would be, if they could be freely ' imported from any Place where they may be purchafed cheapeft : And whereas by an Act of Parliament 13 Geo. 1. 0.25. « paffed in the thirteenth Year of his late Majefty King George, intituled, An Acl for the free Importa- ' tion of Cochineal during the Time therein mentioned; Liberty was therein granted for the free Importation ' of Cochineal, during the Continuance of the faid Act, which is now expired :' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Ma- jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and 1 e nip oral, and Commons, in this The AS 13 prefent Parliament affembled, andby the Authority of the fame, That the faid laft mentioned Acl of freeimflStation the thirteenth of his late Majefty King George, (hall, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June of Cochineal, one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, be revived, and is hereby revived, and (hall remain in full revived. Force and Virtue. .After 1:4 Tune jj_ And be it fjrther enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth assorts may be ^ a Y °f J une one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, it (hall and may be lawful to and for any- imported from Perfon or Perfons to import and bring into this Kingdom, hi any Ship or Veffel belonging to Great Bri- any Pof t in Bri- tain, or to any Kingdom or State in Amity with his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, from any Port. or shi'TinAmi Place whatfoever, Indico of all Sorts; any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary in any wife notwith- with Britain. ftandillg. Continued by HI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Act of the thirteenth Year 27 Geo. 2. c. iS. of his late Majefty King George, and this prefent Act, (hall continue and be in Force for feven Years, And^frnber by_ f r0 m the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. ■ Geo. 2. c. 16. 9 Anna;, c. 12. 1 Geo. I. St. 2. c. 72. JS Geo. 1. c. n. & 21. £ Geo, 2. c. 37. CAP. XIX. An Art for the more effectual preventing the clandeftine Importation of foreign Hops into Great Britain and Ireland, and to prevent the adulterating or fophifticating of Hops, to alter the Colour or Scent thereof. WHEREAS by an Act: of Parliament made in the ninth Year of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ail for laying a Duty upon Hops, it is enacted,_ That there (hall be raifed, levied and paid unto and for the Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon all Hops which, at any Time or Times within or during the Term of four Years, to be reckoned from the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, (ha 1 be imported or brought into the Kingdom of Great Britain, over and above all other Cuftoms, Subiidies and Duties impofed upon or payable for the fame, ' the
 * Vr-r without fpedally pleading the fame.
 * His Majefty' s Subjects are employed in nnifhing and perfecting fuch Manufactures, and the Importation