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 w 478 C. 35. Anno decimo quinto Georgii II. A.D. 1742. CAP. xxxv. An Act to continue feveral Laws for the Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain-, and of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for allowing a Drawback on the Exportation of Copper Bars imported; and to explain a Claufe in an Act made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, to prohibit the Exportation of Corn, and other Things therein mentioned; and to give further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks and Apprentices. HE RE AS the Laws herein after mentioned, which have by Experience been found ufeful and beneficial, are near expiring;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enacted, and be it enabled 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 alTembled, and by the Autho- (it 4nn flat i. r ' tv °^ ^ ]e fame, That an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen A e, c- .j6, ' intituled, An Act for the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain; which was to continue in Force for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; 5 Geo. 1. c 15. and which was by an Act made in the fifth Year of his late Majefty's Reign further continued for the ioGeo. i.e. 17. Term of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which by 8 Geo. 2. c 18. another A£t made in the tenth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty was further continued for the June 1, 1747, another Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the &c' twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of 'Farther conti- the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expira- nued by 2,7 Geo. t j on tnereo f unt j] t h e firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to %darafafa 33 l ' le ^ nc ^ of th e then next Seffion of Parliament. Geo. 2. c. 17. claufes in 8 Geo. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the feveral Claufes contained in an A<9: ». c. 15. made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, An Ail for the Encouragement of the for encouraging Stffc Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchandizes exported; and for redu- fhe Silk Manu- c - n ^ t j H £> u ties upon Beaver Skins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves and Nutmegs imported; and for Importation of all ' Furs of the Product of the Britifh Plantations into this Kingdom only; and that the two Corporations of Affuranct on any Suit brought on their Policies, Jhall be liable only to Jingle Damages and Co/is of Suit, relating to the En- couragement of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchan- dizes exported; which were to continue in Force for three Years, from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Par- 11 Geo. i.e. 29. liament; and which faid Claufes were by an Act made in the eleventh Year of his faid late Majefty's r. Geo. 2. c 28. Reign continued from the Expiration thereof for three Years, and from thence to the End of the then SGco. 2. c. iS, next Seffion of Parliament; and by another Act made in the fecond Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign were further continued from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thou- fand feven hundred and thirty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; continued to an d which by another Aft made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty were further con- June i, 1747. tinued until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence •Farther conti- to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame are hereby continued from the nuedby26Geo. Expiration thereof until the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from wdallin by 52 thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. Geo, 2. c. 23, The two laft HI- And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the two laft Claufes in an Act made ClaufesinanAft in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for continuing of fome Laws, and reviving others 9 Geo. i.e. 8. therein mentioned, for more effectual preventing Frauds in mixing Silks with Stuffs to be exported; ta r v° n & nU ' nS which faid Claufes were by an Act made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, to « Fart'hc/conti- cont i nuc m Force to the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, and nued as 8 Geo. from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which by another Acvt made in the i.e. 15.' eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty were further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of t'nued to March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion June 1, 1747, ■ of Parliament, fhall be and are hereby further continued until the firft Day of June one thoufand kven anifartberby hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. 32 Geo. 2.e. 23. A Claufe in an ^ r ' And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Claufe contained in an Act made A&9 & jo wil. in the ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An 3.C.26. §. 19. Act to fettle the Trade to Africa, for allowing during a limited Time a Drawback of the Duties upon relating to Cop- the Exportation of Copper Bars imported; and which Claufe, after the Expiration thereof, was by £-' °' e ' an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, revived and continued I2 c A "g S; ftat " .for fourteen Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and alfo the Pro- continue'd it v 'f° ul l ' ie ^'^ ^ Act contained, being in the Words following; that is to fay, Provided nevcrthelefs. Years. and be it enacled, That no Drawback Jhall be allowed on the Exportation of any Copper, but fuch as hath been or 13GC0. 1. c. 27. Jhall be imported from the Eaft Indies, and the Coajl «/~Barbary only; and which faid Claufe and Provifo, by another Act made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, were further continued for four-
 * Continued to Term of feven Years, and from thence to th? End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which by