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 A. D. 1744.: Anno decimo feptimo Georgii IT. C. 32. 561 ' the Crown, pay to fuch Importer or Proprietor the Value of thirteen Pence per Yard, taking a Receipt ' for the fame from fuch Exporter or Proprietor, in full Satisfaction for the f aid Goods as if they had been ' and publickly fold for the beft Advantage, and out of the Produce thereof, the Money fo paid cm ' Cambricks granted by this Act, as in and by the faid recited .A£t, Relation being thereunto had, may ' Cuftoms, fhall be thought to be of greater Value than twelve Pence per Yard, and who fhall on De- ' mand made in Writing by the Cuftomer or Collector, and Comptroller of the Port where fuch Linens' ' the fame, by reafon whereof many Frauds and Abufes may be committed and enfue, and the good De- aforefaid, That the faid thirteen Pence per Yard fo mentioned to be paid as aforefaid to the Importer or Penalty on wjJ Proprietor, fhall be paid to the Exporter; and that from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one fctjaluinjBri- thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, if any Perfon or Perfons fhalj enter for Exportation any Linens | ), * s [ I b* e x. 1 " of Britijh or Irijh Manufacture made of Hemp or Flax, as of the Value of fix Pence per Yard, or any „ one <i, higher Value, and not exceeding the Value of twelve Pence per Yard, and which upon the View and Ex- $ a , n Geo _ 2 c# amination of the proper Officers of the Cuftoms fhall be thought to be of greater Value than twelve Pence $6. for continuing per Yard, and fhall on a Demand made in Writing by the Cuftomer or Collector, and Comptroller of the Bounty on the the Port where fuch Linens are entered for Exportation, refufe to deliver or caufe to be delivered fuch Exportation of ' Linens into his Majefty's Warehoufe at the Port of Exportation, for the Ufe and Benefit of the Crown, 'H' 1 '"""' and to receive from the faid Officers of the Cuftoms at the faid Port the Value of thirteen Pence per Yard for fuch Linens, in full Satisfaction for the fame; or if fuch Linens fhall be lefs in Quantity than fhall be exprefied in the faid Indorfement on the faid Entry or Cocquet, or if the fame fhall be entered and in- dorfed under a wrong Denomination ; that then and in every fuch Cafe all fuch Linens which fhall be On fraudulent fo refufed to be delivered, or which fhall appear to be lefs in Quantity than exprefied in fuch Indorfe- Entries for Ex- ment, or entered and indorfed under a wrong Denomination, fhall be forfeited and loft, and fhall and may P ortat,on > ' ne be feized by any Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms ; one Moiety of the Forfeiture of which Goods fhall {f !hcd be to the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as '. f fhall fue for or profecute the fame, and the Seizures of fuch Goods fhall and may be profecuted and de- ^ the'other termined by Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftmiiifter, or in to the informer, the Court of Exchequer in Scotland re{pe£tivdy, wherein no Effoin, Protection, Privilege, Wager of Law, or Profecutor. or more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed. Concerning Limns fee farther i S Geo. 2. c. 24, 25, 27 & 36. 21 Geo. 2. c. 26, 24 Gem. 2. c. 46. 29 Geo, 2. c, 15. 32 Geo, 2. c. 32, V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Action or Suit fhall be com- menced againft any Perfon or Perfons on account of feizing fuch Goods, the Defendant or Defendants in any fuch Action or Suit, may plead the General Iffue, and give this Act, and the Special Matter in Evi- General Iflue. dence at any Trial to be had thereupon ; and that the fame was done in purfuance, and by the Authority of this Act ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done, the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defen- dants; and if the Plaintiff" fhall be nonfuited or difcontinue his Action, after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared, or if Judgment fhall be given upon any Verdict or Demurrer againft the Plaintiff", the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may recover Treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame as any Defendant or Defendants have in other Cafes by Law. CAP. XXXII. An Act to explain and make more effectual feveral Acts of Parliament parTed in the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for building a Bridge crofs theRiver Thames, from the City of IVefim'mfter to the oppofite Shore in the County Surrey, and for the better enabling the Commiffioners for building the faid Bridge, to finifh the fame, and to perform the other Trufts repofed in them •, as alfo for granting further Time for exchanging the Tickets unclaimed in the laft Lottery for the faid Bridge-, and to make Provifion for Tickets in the faid Lottery, loft, burnt or otherwife deftroyed. P R. J HERE A S the Commiffioners for building a Bridge crofs the River Thames, from the Woolftaple, 9 Geo. 2, t. 29. Vol. VI. 4C ' « ll jjjnG«.2.c.M. ,;.',.. 12 Geo. 2. c. 33. fi Geo'. '4; 'c. l«.i ' J4 Geo. ft c. 40. j 5 Geo. 2, c. 26.
 * regularly fold ; and the respective Commiffioners of the Cuftoms fhall caufe the (aid Goods ro be fairly
 * vanced as aforefaid, fhall be repaid to fuch Cuftomer or Collector, with the Privity of the Comptollet,
 * to be replaced to fuch Funds from whence the fame was borrowed, and the Overplus (if any! thai] be
 * paid into his Majefty's Exchequer, towards the Sinking Fund, by the Title oi the additional Duty on
 * more fully and at large appear : And whereas by the faid recited A£t, no Forfeitures. or Penalties are
 * inflifled upon any Perfon or Perfons who fhall enter for Exportation any of the Linens therein menti-
 * oned, as of the Value of fix Pence per Yard, or any higher Value, and not exceeding the Value of
 * twelve Pence per Yard; and which upon the View of, and Examination by the proper Officers of the
 * are entered, refufe to deliver or caufe to be delivered fuch Linens into his Majefty"s Warehoufe at the
 * Port of Exportation, for the Ufe and Benefit of the Crown, and to receive from the Officers of the
 * Cuftoms at the faid Port the Value of thirteen Pence per Yard for fuch Linens, in full Satisfaction for
 * figns of the faid recited Act may be fruftrated ;' For Remedy whereof, Be it enabled bv the Authority
 * VV °r thereabouts, in the Parifh of Saint Margaret, in the City QiWeJiminfter, to the oppofite Shore 1° Geo. 2. c. 16.