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 622 C. 25. Anno decimo oflavo Georgii II. A. D. 1745. tion ror me uie anu isencht or the Crown, ana to receive from the laid VJrhcers or the cuttom: m itonen^ereT ^ ort ' t ' le Value of nineteen Pence per Yard for fuch Linens, in full Satisfaction for the fame .'/emu'ed'^nder Lihfcns fhall be lefs in Quantity, than fhall be cxprefted in the laid Indorfement on the laid En a wrong Deno- quet, or if the fame fhallbe entred and indorfed under a wrong Denomination, then and in ever Linens uvufai potter or Seller for Exportation of fuch Linens fhall, on Demand made in Writing by the Cuftomer or at that Price, Collector, and Comptroller of the Port where fuch Linens are entered for Exportation, refufe to deliver or cairfe to be delivered, all or any of fuch Linens, into his Majefty's Warehoufe at the Port of Exporta- tion for the Ufc and Benefit of the Crown, and to receive from the faid Officers of the Cuftoms at the faid , '" ^"."j" Port, the Value of nineteen Pence per Yard for fuch Linens, in full Satisfaction for the fame; or if fuch Dntry or Coc- ery fuch Cafe mnutiun> iot- all fuch Linens which fhall be fo refuted to be delivered, or which fhall appear to be lefs in Quantity than i«"«d» cxprefled in fuch Indorfement, or entered or indorfed under a wrong Denomination, fhall be forfeited and loft, and fhall and may be fcized by any Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms. To prevent X. And in order to prevent Abufes, by exporting Linens which fhall be under the Value of five Pence iam"' S 'B ° b *' /"' Yard, wnen tnc Exporter or Seller fhall, in his Entry and Indorfement on his Cocquet, exprefs, that ainmu oun les. t ) ie Value thereof is five Pence, or upwards per Yard, in order fraudulently to obtain a Bounty of one Penny, inftead of a Halfpenny per Yard, or under the Value of fix Pence per Yard, when the Exporter or Seller for Exportation fhall exprefs the Value thereof to be fix Pence, or upwards per Yard, in order Officer may «a- fraudulently to obtain a Bounty of three Halfpence, inftead of one Penny per Yard; Be it further enacted mne Linens, {,y t h e Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful to and for any Searcher or other proper Of- ficer, after the Entry of any of the faid Goods, and before or after the fhipping thereof, to open and ftrictly examine, any Bale, Trufs, Chcft or other Package, to fee if the Goods are right entered and in- dorfed on the Cocquet; and if on fuch Examination, the fame fhall be found to be right entered and in- dorfed, the Searcher fhall, at his own Charge, caufe the fame to be repacked; which Charge fhall be al-' lowed to the faid Officer by the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, if they think it reafonable; but in cafe the Officer fhall, on Examination, find fuch Goods to be lefs in Qiantity than fhall be exprcfled in the In- if lefsinQaanti- dorfement in the Exporter's or Seller's Entry or Cocquet, or fhall find any Pait thereof to be under the tv, or under th'e Value exprcfled in the Indorfement on fuch Entry or Cocquet, or that the Goods fhall be entered and in- V ahie, or under irjj T'v •'• i %' - " r r • t * r^i r s~, n ■ ■ . a wrong Deno- "orled under a wrong Denomination, or that the fame are not of the Manufacture of Great Britain or mination, to be Ireland, whereby his Majefty would have been defrauded, all the Goods contained in all- and every the forfeited. Package or Packages indorfed on the faid Entry or Cocquet, may be feized by any Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms, and the fame fhall be forfeited and loft, and the Oivner or Merchant fhall lofe the Benefit of receiving the Bounty for fuch Goods. Provifion made. •' XI. And whereas in many Ports of the Kingdom of Great Britain, from which -Britijh or Irijh Li-' for a Deficiency <■ nens ma y De exported, there may not be fo much collected and received by the additional Duty on- C.imbncks y a" ' Cambricks, granted by the faid Act made in the fifteenth and fixteenth Years of his prefent Majefty's certain Ports 5 ' Reign, as maybe fufficient to pay the Bounty allowed by this and the faid former Act, whereby the' ' Exporters, or Sellers for Exportation, at fuch Ports, cannot have the. Benefit of the faid Bounty;' For Remedy thereof, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any, of the Collectors of the Cuftoms in any of the Out-ports in South Britain, or of any Port in North Britain, fhall not have fufficient Mo- ney in his Hands, arifing by the faid additional Duty, to fatisfy and pay filch Bounty which fhall be due. to any Exporter, or Seller for Exportation, of Britijh or Irijh Linnens as aforefaid, that then fuch Col-' CuirctT-or^o give lector of any of any of the faid Out-ports in South Britain, fhall (if required) give to the Perfon inti- a Certificate i tied to fuch Bounty, a Certificate, without Fee or Reward, under his Hand, attefted by the Comptroller,. De'fiSencvwthe °^ what is due to fuch Perfon for fuch Britijh or Irijh Linnen fo exported, from any fuch Fort in South Commifiior.ersof-^''' 7 " 7 * certifying to the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms at London, that he hath not Money?rP Cuftoms at Lon- his Hands, arifing from the Duties granted by the fliid Act, fufficient to pay the fame; and fuch Collector don or'Edin- ot any Port in North Britain, fhall likewife (if required) give to the Perfon demanding fuch Sum or Sums '""gh > of Money, lawfully authorized, without Fee or Reward, a Certificate under his Hand, to the Cdmmif- .fioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms at Edinburgh, of what is due to fuch Perfon, for the Bounty of the Britijh Linnens exported from any fuch Port. in North Britain; and upon producing fuch Certificate and the Debenture of the Linnens exported, to the Commiffioners there, they arc hereby required, in cafe 'there be any Money in the Hands of! the Receiver General, or Cafhier of thc'Cuftoms there, arifing by I the Duties granted by the faid Act, to pay or caufe to be paid to the Perfon producing fgch Certificate .. .•- and Debenture, being authorized as-aforefaid, the Sum or Sums of Money i'o certified; aiid if they have rnjt fufficient to pay fuch Sum or Sums of Money, they fhall forthwith, without Fee or Reward, give L fuch Exporter, or Seller for Exportation, a Certificate,' certifying the fame to the Commiffioners of his # Majefty's Cuftoms at London; which refpectivc-Certificates being affixed to the Debentures, for the Bpuh-" ty of the faid Linnens fo exported, and being produced to the faid Commiffioners of his Majefty's Cuf- toms at London, they the faid Commiffioners are hereby airtrrorizc.d and required on Demand, by the Per- to be paid out of fon authorized as aforefaid, that fhall bring the fame,' to Caufe the Monies thereby due, to be paid by the the Doti« grant- Receiver General, or Cafhier of the Cuftoms, without Fee or 'Reward, out of fuch Monies as fhall be edby 15 Geo. z.;„ n j s H anf j s? arifing out of the Duties granted by the faid Act of the fifteenth and fixteenth Years of • ~0u- j,; s Majefty's Reign, for the Payment of the faid Bounty; and in cafe fuch Receiver or Cafhier fhall not have Money in his Hands fufficient for paying the Whole of fuch Sum or Sums of Money fo certified as aforefaid, he is hereby authorized arid required 1 to- pay the fame, fo far as the Money in his Hands will then go, .and the Remainder, from time to- time, as the Money arifing by the Duties granted by virtue of the (aid Act, fhall be by him received; and he is alfo hereby required to obferve a due Courfe of paying fuch Debentures, in the Order of Time which they fhall be' produced or prefented to the Cbmrniffio'ners Debentures to be ot the Cuftoms,' who-fhall caufe fuch Debentures to be numbered progreffivply, as they fhall be pre- numbiTcd. jenttd to them, or to- the Officer or Officers appointed by them to receive the fame. 2 XII. And