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 A. D. 1742. Anno decimo quinto Georgii IL C. 23. 475 CAP. XXXIII. An Act to revive feveral Acts for the Punifhment of Perfons deflroying Turnpikes or J o or other Works erected by Authority of Parliament, and for other Purpoies therein men- tioned ; and to continue feveral Acls relating to Rice, to Frauds in the Cuftoms, to the clandeftine running of Goods, and to Copper Ore, of the Britijh Plantations ; and for ex- tending the Liberty given by the Act of the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for carrying Sugar of the Growth of the Britiftj Sugar Colonies in America to Ships belonging to any of his Majefty's Subjects refiding in Great Britain, and navigated according to Law ; and for the more effectual preventing the cutting of Starr or Bent. « -wt T H E R E A S the Laws herein after mentioned ( which have by Experience been found ufeful and ' W beneficial) are expired, or near expiring ;' May it therefore plcafe your Majefty, that it may be ena&ed ; and be it enacted 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 aflcmblcd, and by the Au- thority of the fome, That an Aft made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, 5 Geo. ». c. 33. An Aft to explain, amend, and render more ejfeftual an Aft pajfed in the firjl Year of bis prefent Majefty 's Reign,, Geo 2 c intituled, An Act for punifhing fuch Perfons as fhall wilfully and mulicioufly pull down and deftroy Turn- pikes for repairing Highways, or Locks or other Works erected by Authority of Parliament, for ma- king Rivers Navigable, and alio an Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, in- and S Geo. 2. tituled, An Aft for rendering the Laws more ejfeftual for punijhing fuch Perfons as Jhall wilfully and malhioufly c *°- rel ; tin S pulldown or defray Turnpikes for repairing Highways, or Locks or other Works erefted by Aft of Parliament, ^L^kw" for making Rivers Navigable, and for other Pv.rpofes therein mentioned; which faid Acts are expired, (hall J" vc 4fo r ! be and the fame are hereby revived, and fhall be in Force for the Purpofes therein mentioned, from the <M ade erpl firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, until the firft Day of June one thoufand fe-, 7 Geo. x. c.16.' ven hundred and forty-feven. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That an Act made in the third Year of the Aft 3 Geo. 2. Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Aft for granting Liberty to carry Rice from his Majefty's Province c - **• I? !atin S ^"Carolina in America, direftly to any Part o/Europe, Southward sfCape Finifferre, in Ships built in, and^^ c ie belonging to, Great Britain, and navigated according to Law ; which was to be in Force for five Years, ■ * from the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, and from thence to the, , End of the then next Seflion of Parliament ; and alfo an Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of 3 %Gw°L " to. his prefent Majefty, to continue the faid Act, from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-ninth Day for continuing ' of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of the then next the fame till Seflion of Parliament, and to extend that Liberty to his Majefty's Province of Georgia in America, ? e P r - z 9> '74s. fiiall be, and are hereby further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the faid, firft Day of , Gp ex "" <led J° June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion commued^ill of Parliament. June 1, 1747. ' Continued by 27 Geo. 2, c. 18' and farther by 33 Geo. 2. c. 16. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the feveral Claufes in an Act made in ClaufesinsGee. the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, An Aft agalnft clandeftine running of uncufiomed '• "•}*• a 6 3lnft Goods ; and for the more ejfeftual preventing of Frauds relating to the Cuftoms, relating to fuch foreign Goods, ft^ed Goods" Wares, and Merchandizes, as fhall be taken in at Sea, out of any Ship or Veffel, in order to be landed or put into any other Ship, Veffel, or Boat ; and alfo relating to Goods not reported, and found after clearing Ships ; and whereby further Remedies are provided againft relanding Goods prohibited to be worn in this Kingdom, and foreign Goods (hipped out for Parts beyond the Seas ; and alfo relating to the open- ing or altering the Package of Goods on board Ships outward bound; and alfo relating to hovering Ships or Veffels of -the Burthen of fifty Tons or under ; and alfo concerning the Bales or Package in which Coffee fhall be exported ; and alfo relating to Rum imported in Cafks or Veffels, not containing twenty Gallons at the leaft ; and alfo relating to Certificate Goods entered in order to be exported to Ireland i which faid feveral Claufes were to have Continuance for the Term of three Years, from the feveral Times of the Commencement thereof, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament refpec- tively ; and by another Act paffed in the ninth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, were continued from 9 Geo. s. c. 8. the Expiration of the feveral and refpective Terms therein mentioned, for the Term of five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which faid Claufes, by an Act made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his piefent Majefty, were further continued until the twenty-ninth a Geo. 2. c. 2S. Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which faid Claufes by another Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign s Geo. 2, c. 21. of his prefent Majefty, were further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of the then next Sef- fion of Parliament ; fhall be, and are hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the faid C T°„ t e m I ued : firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then « Father conti- next Seffion of Parliament. ^ nued by 27 Geo. 2. C. 38/ and farther by 33 Geo. 2. c. 26. P p p 2 IV. And