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 266 C. 19. Anno decimo Georgii II. A. D. 1737. 9 Anns, e. 13. ' ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, for charging certain new Duties on ftampt Vellum, Parch- ' ment and Paper, and for other Purpofes, whereby, amongft other Things, feveral Duties therein ex- ' prefled are directed to be paid for every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, ' on which (hall be engroffed or written any Licence for retaling of Wine, or for felling of Ale, Beer, ' or other excifeable Liquors by Retale, it was provided, That nothing in the faid Aft contained fhould ' bridge, or either of them had, or claimed to have, to the licenfing any Taverns, Inns or Alehoufes, ' within their feveral Jurifdiclions, but that the faid Univeriities might, from time to time, grant Li- ' cences for any Taverns, Inns and Alehoufes, within their feveral Jurifdiclions, fubject to the feveral 12 Ann*, ft. 1. < t i ie faid A c l had never been made : And whereas by an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of c " ,3 ' ' her faid Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aft to enable fuch Officers and Soldiers as have been in her Ma- ' jefty' s Service during the late War, to exercife Trades, and for Officers to account with their Soldiers, it was 10 & 11 W. 3. ' provided, That neither the faid Act, nor an Act made for the like Purpofe in the tenth and eleventh c * "• * Years of King William the Third, lhould in any wife be prejudicial to the Privileges of the Univer- ' fities of Cambridge and Oxford, or either of themj or extend to give Liberty to any Perfon to fet up ' the Trade of a Vintner, or to fell any Wine or other Liquors within the faid Univeriities, without Li- ' cence firlt had and obtained from the Vice-Chancellors of the fame refpectively : And whereas by aa jGeo.j. c. 23. e Act made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aft for laying a Duty upon the Retalers of Spiri- ' tuous Liquors, and for licenfing the Retalers thereof, it was enacted, That from and after the twenty-ninth ' Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, any Perfon or Perfons who had followed ' and exercifed the Art or Bufinefs of Diftillation for feven Years then laft paft, or had ferved, or on the ' twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, were ferving any Apprenticefhip ' to the fame, lhould and might have full Liberty and Authority to exercife or follow any other Trade, ' Art, Bufinefs or Manufacture in any City, Town or Place, within that Part of Britain called England; f making of the faid laft mentioned Act, and under Colour thereof, Perfons not licenfed by the Chancel- 4 lor, Mafters and Scholars of the faid Univerfity of Cambridge, or by the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor ' City of Oxford and Town of Cambridge, the Trades of Vintners or Wine Sellers, and much Evil-rule f and Diforder may be practifed in Taverns not fo licenfed, to the great Annoyance of the faid Chancel- Aft 9 Geo. 2. ther enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one not to affeft the thoufand feven hundred and thirty-feven, nothing in the faid laft mentioned Act contained (hall extend, Vnlvertmes. ' * or ^ e conftrued to extend, to prejudice the Right which the Chancellor, Mafters and Scholars of the faid Univerfity of Cambridge, or the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of the faid Univerfity of Oxford, in the Right of the faid Univerfity of Oxford refpectively, claim of licenfing Taverns and other Publick Houfes within the Precincts of either of the faid Univerfities; but that the faid Chancellor, Mafters and Scholars of the faid Univerfity of Cambridge, and the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the faid Uni- verfity of Oxford, in Right of the faid Univerfity of Oxford refpectively, (hall and may ufe and enjoy the faid Right, as fully and freely as they might have ufed and enjoyed the fame, if the faid Act had not been made; any thing in the faid Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. BiftUlers, III. Provided always, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who have followed and exercifed the Art or Bufinefs of Diftillation for feven Years, before the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, or have ferved, or on the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, were ferving any Apprenticefhip to the fame, and who, fince the faid twenty- ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix, have exercifed or followed in the faid Town of Cambridge the Trades of Vintners or Wine Sellers, without the Licence of the Chan- and Wine Sei- cellor, Mafters and Scholars of the Univerfity of Cambridge, fhall have full Liberty and Authority to exercife thdrTrades'Tp- or f°N° w tri e faid Trades of Vintners or Wine Sellers in the faid Town of Cambridge, fo as they and on taking out every of them on or before the twenty-fourth Day of June next following, take out fuch Licences, Licences. paying their Proportion for the fame of the Money ufually and annually paid by the Vintners or Wine Sellers now licenfed by the faid Chancellor, Mafters and Scholars, and upon fuch Terms, and fubject to fuch Regulations, Conditions, Reftrictions and Power of Revocation, as the faid Vintners or Wine Sellers' fo licenfed as aforefaid are fubject to j any thing in tills Act contained to the contrary notwith- ftanding. No Fee to be IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall not be cences f ° r L '" ' aw f u l f° r the faid Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of the faid Univerfity of Oxford, or any other Officer See farther °f that Body, to receive or take, directly or indirectly, any Fee, Perquifite, Gratuity or Reward, for 17 Gee, 2. c. 40. granting fuch Licences as aforefaid; nor (hall any Sum of Money, Fee, Gratuity or Reward be here- 16 all '2 ' c 12 aI " ter P a '^ to anv Perfon or Perfons for or in refpect of fuch Licences, other than fuch annual Pay- 30 Got! 2'. r". 19! ments in like Manner, and to the like Ufes, as have been ufual in the Univerfity of Cambridge; any 32 Geo. 2. c. 19. Law or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. This a& not to V. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not in any wife be con- affea the Privi- (trued to prejudice or confirm any of the Liberties, Privileges, Franchifes, Jurisdictions, Powers and •f S Oxfo«h C ' ty Authorities appertaining or belonging to the Mayor, Bailiffs and Commonalty of the City of Oxford, ■or to any of them, but that they and every of them, and their Succeffors, may have, hold, ufe and en- joy, all their Liberties, Privileges, Franchifes, Jurifdictions, Powers and Authorities, in fuch large and ample wife as though this prefent Act had never been had or made. 8 VI. And
 * extend, or be conftrued to extend, to prejudice any Right the two Univerfities of Oxford and Cam-
 * . Duties aforefaid, in as ample Manner as they refpectively might lawfully have granted the fame, if
 * any Law, Charter, Grant, Cuftom or Ufage, to the contrary notwithftanding : And whereas fince the
 * of the faid Univerfity of Oxford, have exercifed and followed, or may exercife and follow, in the laid
 * lors, Mafters and Scholars, and Corruption of the Youth educated in the laid Univeriities;' Be it fur-