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 l, D. i74 2 « C. i, 2. 44-r Anno decimo quinto GEORGII II. Regis. AT the Parliament begun and holden at Wefminfier, the ftrft Day of December, Anno Dom. 1741, in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, bJc being the firit 'Seffion of this prefent Parliament.' C A P. I. 11 Act for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called England; and for granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty- two. EXP. See 20 Geo. 2. c. 5. And the better to enable the Officers for the Duties upon Malt, to difcover whether all fuch Malt made r Exportation, and that has been locked up and fecured in any Storehoufe, or other Place or Places, to • exported, has been really exported; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every MjI tiers on 2 4. ch Malfter or Malfters, Maker or Makers of Malt, that on the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thou- J'.nc 1742, "to nd feven hundred and forty-two, (hall have any Quantity of Malt locked up and fecured in any Store- clear out of their bufe, or in any other Place or Places, as is before directed, to be exported, {hall, within fifteen Months Wa ' ehou, fl r a11 xt after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, remove and clear fifteeiTMonshs. ic pf his Storehoufe, or other Place or Places, all and every Part and Parcel thereof, that at any Time af- r the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two {hall be locked up and rurcd in fuch Storehoufe, or other Place, in order to be exported ; and {hall always, from Time to Time, every fifteen Months, remove and clear out of fuch Storehoufe, or other Place or Places, in order to be ported, all and every Part and Parcel of Malt, that at any Time within every fifteen Months after the It clearing {hall be locked up and fecured in any Storehoufe, or in any other Place or Places that fhall be ade ufe of by him, her, or them, for the keeping of Malt for Exportation, on Pain of forfeiting and lo- he the Sum of fifty Pounds. CAP. II. n Aft to repeal fo much of art Act pafTed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An ASt for the Prefervation of the Pubtick Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England, as obliges Perfons not travelling for Hire to make ufe of Waggons with Wheels bound with Streaks or Tyre of a certain Breadth, or the faid Streaks to be fattened with Nails of a certain
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WHEREAS by an Act pafTed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Ail for the Prcfervi- p ream b!e, «- iion of the P ublick Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England, reciting, That whereas an citing the ABs Act was made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Ail nGeo. 1.0.42, for making more effectual the fever al Ails paJJ'ed for repairing and amending the Highways of this Kingdom, §• 6i and 'which had proved infufficient for that Purpofe, by reafon that the faid Acl: extended to fuch Waggons s Geo ' '' c ' **' and Carts only as travelled for Hire, and by reafon of many Difficulties in the Manner of convicting and punifhing the Offenders againft the fame; it was enacted, That the faid Ait, and all and fingular the Claufes, Penalties, and Forfeitures therein contained, fhould extend, and be conftrued to extend to all Waggons and Carts, and to the Owners and Drivers thereof, his and their Horfes, with the Geers, Bri- dles, Halters, and Accoutrements, whether travelling for Hire or not for Hire, or in any Manner what^ foever, and that, all and every Perfon and Perfons who fhould offend againft either of the (aid Acts, fhould for every fuch Offence (being thereof Convicted as therein is mentioned) feverally forfeit, befubjectand liable to the refpedtive Penalties and Forfeitures in the faid Act of the fifth Year of his late Majefty con- tained, to be levied, recovered, and applied in fuch Manner, and to fuch Ufes, as in and by the faid Act is mentioned and directed, and his and their Horfes, with the Geers, Bridles, and Accoutrements, fhould, for the Space of three Days next after fuch Offence, be and remain fubject and liable to fuch Seizures and DiftrefTes, and for the Ufe and Benefit of fuch Perfon and Perfons, as they would or might have been, had they been feized or diftrained in the Fact during the Commiffion of fuch Offence : And whereas the extending fuch Part of the faid Act as relates to the Breadth of the Streaks or Tire with which the Wheels of Waggons are to be bound, or to the Nails with which they are to be fet or faftened on to fuch Wag- gons as do not travel for Hire, or to the Owners or Drivers thereof, has been found inconvenient to Far- mers and others, and highly detrimental to the Markets of this Kingdom ;' Be it enacted by the King's Covta^lur Ifig&s
 * o(t Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and wayife^/ertbtr

ommons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That fo much of the i&Gco, a. c. 29. id Act of the laft Seffion of Parliament, as tends to extend fuch Part of the faid Act of the fifth Year of l3 £«•*■ c -33- ■ is late Majefty, as relates to the Breadth of the Streaks or Tire, or to the Nails with which they are to be " G ™| *' c ' '*' t or fattened on to fuch Waggons as do not travel for Hire, or to the Owners or Drivers thereof, fhall, 1& Geo.z.c. zl' om and after the tenth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and forty-one, be and is hereby re- & 30. saled to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. sS G «> 2 <"• »'• 30 Geo. 2. c. 28. 31GV0. i.e. 34. Vol. VI. Lll CAP.